Details
General
Morphemic form: | V{-jaaq}V |
New orthography: | -jaarpoq, -aarpoq |
Old orthography: | -iârpoĸ, -jârpoĸ |
Combinations: | Click here |
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: | q-stem |
Diathesis: | None |
Valency change: | Preserving |
Valency: | None,
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Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The meaning of this affix is 'Subject
Vb early'.
Kleinschmidt (1871) notes that the implied meaning sometimes may be 'too early'.
Left sandhi:
The affix is truncative and completely regular. However, note that /j/ is not written in the new orthography when following [i], hence the initial /j/ will not be written in such contexts, which is the explanation for the form -aarpoq.
Meanings and examples
Sometimes the implied meaning may be 'too early'.
- aallajaarput, they departed early
[4]
From aallarpoq, 'he travels/departs'.
- makiaarpoq, he got up early
[4]
From makippoq, 'he gets up' (from bed). In this case, the stem ends in [i], after the final consonant has been deleted, hence the initial /j/ is not written in the new orthography.
- iniaarpaa, he finished it early
[4]
From inerpaa, 'he finishes it'. After the final /q/ has been deleted from the stem, it ends on [i], which again means that the initial /j/ of the affix is not written in the new orthography.
References
- [4] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): Den Grønlandske Ordbog.
- [6] Jonathan Petersen (1967): Ordbogêraĸ.
- [8] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.
- [13] Samuel Kleinschmidt (1871): Den grønlandske Ordbog.