Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{-juiq}V |
| New orthography: | -juerpoq, -suerpoq |
| Old orthography: | -juerpoĸ, -suerpoĸ |
| Combinations: | Click here |
| Constituents: | ?, N{-iq}V, |
| See also: | V{-juit}V, |
| Left sandhi: | Truncative,
Irregular,
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| Right sandhi: | Assibilation (t⇒s),
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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:
This is apparently a non-productive affix with unclear meaning.
According to the Comparative Eskimo dictionary, this affix consists of a morpheme {yu-}, which has no direct descendant in Kalaallisut, and {ŋiʀ-}, i.e. modern-day N{-iq}V, even though this morpheme normally attaches to noun stems.
{yu-} means something like 'Subject is good at Vb'ing', or, according to Kleinschmidt (1871): 'Vb så let at den gør det ved hver given lejlighed', i.e. 'Subject Vb so easily that Subject does so at any given opportunity'.
The meaning of the combined affix is then negative because if N{-iq}V, but different dictionaries give different definitions of its meaning:
- Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: '
Subjectno longer Vb' - Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): '
Subjectnever Vb', which is the same meaning as V{-juit}V, similarly formed from {yu-} but with V{-it}V instead. - Kleinschmidt (1871): '
Subjectvil for sit vedkommende ikke vide af at Vb'e', i.e. 'Subjectwill not acknowledge Vb'ing'.
Neither the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary, nor Ordbogeeraq (1951) gives any translation examples, and Kleinschmidt (1871) only gives a single example, which does not seem to fit with his own proposed translation. Hence, we shall here assume Schultz-Lorentzen's (1958) translation is the best fitting.
Left sandhi:
According to the examples in Schultz-Lorentzen (1958) and Kleinschmidt (1871), it seems that the affix has (or had) a special left-sandhi rule, that caused the initial /j/ to alternate with /s/ on vowel stems. Thus:
- soraajuippoq from soraarpoq, a consonant stem,
- qasusuerppoq from qasuvoq, a vowel stem.
The same is the case for V{-juit}V, since both have the morpheme {yu-} as their first component.
Right sandhi:
Right sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, N{-iq}V. See this for details.
Inflection sandhi:
Inflection sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, N{-iq}V. See this for details.
Meanings and examples
Or 'no longer'.
- qasusuerpoq, he is tireless
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From qasuvoq, 'he is tired'. Note: /j/ has changed to /s/ on the vowel stem. Kleinschmidt (1871) also mentions this example, but he translates it rather differently: 'he continues, even though one would expect him to be tired'. This translation does not even seem to fit with Kleinschmidt's own proposed meaning of the affix.
- soraajuerpoq, it is endless; it never stops
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From soraarpoq, 'it ends'.
References
- [4] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): Den Grønlandske Ordbog.
- [6] Jonathan Petersen (1967): Ordbogêraĸ.
- [13] Samuel Kleinschmidt (1871): Den grønlandske Ordbog.