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General

Morphemic form: V{-ŋaaq}V
New orthography: ajorpoq
Old orthography: ajorpoĸ
Sources: [12, 11]
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: V{-ŋa}V, V{-aq}V,
Left sandhi:
Truncative,
Irregular,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: q-stem
Diathesis: None
Valency:
Preserving,

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This is a non-productive morpheme found in a few lexicalised words. It is mentioned in Schultz-Lorentzen [11] and Ordbogeeraq [12], but not elsewhere.

According to Schultz-Lorentzen [11], the meaning of the affix is 'looks a little Vb'ing'. It appears to be a combination of the affix V{-ŋa}V and V{-aq}V, but the meaning seems more to be like that of N{-ŋa}V, 'resemble', and including some notion of 'a little', similar to V{-laaq}V. Thus, there may be some conflation with these affixes. In any case, the present affix appears to only have been used on stems derived with V{-aq}V.

Note that there is also a different morpheme, V{-ŋaaq}V, with an entirely different meaning: 'Vb highly'. That morpheme is productive, in contrast to the present affix.


Left sandhi:

Left sandhi is inherited from the left-most component, V{-ŋa}V. See this for details.


Meanings and examples

  • equngaarpoq, it looks la little crooked [11]

    Compare equngavoq, 'it is crooked'.

  • sissangaarpoq, he looks a little bow-legged [12]

    Compare sissangavoq, 'he is bow-legged'.


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