Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{-ŋajak}V |
| New orthography: | -ngajappoq |
| Old orthography: | -ngajagpoĸ |
| Sources: | [14, 11] |
| Combinations: | Click here |
| Variants: | V{-ŋajak}N, N{-ŋajak}N, |
| See also: | V{-kanniq}V, |
| Left sandhi: | Truncative,
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| Right sandhi: | Default/none,
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| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none,
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| Stem type: | k-stem |
| Diathesis: | None |
| Valency change: | Preserving |
| Valency: | None,
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Description and behaviour
Meanings and examples
Or 'more or less Vb'ing'.
- nutaangajappoq, it is almost new
[11]
From nutaarpoq, 'it is new'.
- inersimangajapoq, he is almost an adult
[11]
Or 'he is almost fully grown/developed.' From inersimavoq, 'he is grown-up/adult', cf. inersimasoq, 'adult'.
- iningajalerpara, I am almost finished with it
[11]
- napparsimangajattoq, someone who is poorly/unwell
[11]
From napparsimavoq, 'he is ill'.