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General

Morphemic form: V{-ŋajak}V
New orthography: -ngajappoq
Old orthography: -ngajagpoĸ
Sources: [13, 17, 16, 11]
Combinations: View list
Variants: V{-ŋajak}N, N{-ŋajak}N
See also: V{-kanniq}V
Left sandhi: Truncative
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Default/none
Stem type: k-stem
Diathesis: None
Valency: Preserving

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this affix is 'almost Vb'ing' or 'more or less Vb'ing', 'half-Vb'ing' etc. It also has two nominal variants, V{-ŋajak}N and N{-ŋajak}N, but the present, verbal variant is the most commonly used.


Meanings and examples

Or 'more or less Vb'ing'.

  • nutaangajappoq, it is almost new [16]

    From nutaarpoq, 'it is new'.

  • inersimangajapoq, he is almost an adult [16]

    Or 'he is almost fully grown/developed.' From inersimavoq, 'he is grown-up/adult', cf. inersimasoq, 'adult'.

  • iningajalerpara, I am almost finished with it [16]
  • napparsimangajattoq, someone who is poorly/unwell [16]

    From napparsimavoq, 'he is ill'.

  • nalaannangajassimavoq, he had almost only been lying down [11]

    From nalavoq, 'he lies down', with V{-(g)innaq}V and V{sima}V.


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