Details

General

Morphemic form: V{-iq}V
New orthography: -erpoq, -arpoq
Old orthography: -erpoĸ
Combinations: Click here
Variants: N{-iq}V,
Left sandhi:
Truncative,
/aq/ deleting,
Right sandhi:
Assibilation (t⇒s),
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: q-stem
Diathesis: None
Valency change: Preserving
Valency:
None,

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This affix is a variant of N{-iq}V, but used on verbal stems. It is not used productively, but is found in a number of lexicalised words and affixes. It is rather untranslatable, but its function is to negate or remove the property denoted by the stem or morpheme to which it is attached.


Meanings and examples

  • nalunaarpoq, he announces
    [4]

    Lexicalised, from nalunarpoq, 'it is unknown', so 'he removes the unknowingness by making now be known'.


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