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General

Morphemic form: V{-kattaq}V
New orthography: -kattarpoq
Old orthography: -kátarpoĸ
Sources:
[11]
[10]
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: ?, V{(t)taq}V,
Left sandhi:
Truncative,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: q-stem
Diathesis: None
Valency change: Preserving
Valency:
None,

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

According to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [15] , this affix is a (seemingly non-productive) variant of V{-qattaaq}V. The meaning of the affix is the same: 'Subject Vb again and again', i.e. some form of repeated motion.

According to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary, the present affix is only used after k-stems. This seems to match the examples in Schultz-Lorentzen's dictionary [10] and in Ordbogeeraq [11] , where all the stems, that I have been able to identify, indeed appear to be k-stems. Ordbogeeraq gives the following examples:

where three of them appear to be from the bases

I have not been able to identify the bases of apukátarpoĸ and sánikátarpoĸ, though. The former may be from aporpoĸ, and may thus be a counter-example to the rule that it is only used on k-stems. Alternatively, one dictionary does mention a word, apuppoq, but since this is in the new orthography, we cannot see whether the stem-final consonant indeed is a /k/. For the latter, there is a stem, sánikarpoĸ, where the final morpheme may be equal to the first morpheme in this affix (which otherwise does not appear to have a descendant in Kalaallisut), but it is unclear what the base then is.


Left sandhi:

The affix is only (or, at least almost exclusively) used after k-stems.


Meanings and examples

I.e., some form of repeated motion

  • pissikattarpoq, it jumps around
    [10]

    From pissippoq, old orthography pigsigpoĸ, 'it jumps'.

  • ajakattarpaa, he pushes him, again and again
    [10]

    From ajappaa, old orthography ajagpâ, 'he pushes him'.