Details

General

Morphemic form: V{-kujuk}V
New orthography: -kujuppoq
Old orthography: -kujugpoĸ
Sources: [17, 16, 19]
Combinations: View list
Variants: V{-kuluk}V, V{-kujuuq}V
See also: V{-rujuk}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 'Subject Vb somewhat; partially'. It appears to be a variant of V{-kuluk}V and also related to the affix V{-rujuk}V. There is also a variant V{-kujuuq}V with seemingly no difference in meaning.


Meanings and examples

Or 'rather', i.e. indicating 'more than just a little bit', but not to the highest degree.

  • ajortunngortikujuppaa, he has almost destroyed it [16]

    From ajortunngortippaa, actually 'he makes it into something that is bad', so the translation given by Schultz-Lorentzen is somewhat strange.

  • ilassuutikujuppoq, it partially fades into the surroundings [19]

    From ilassuuppoq, a t(ə)-stem.

  • ipertukujuppoq, it is somewhat dirty [19]

    From ipertuvoq, 'it is dirty'.

  • uernakujuppoq, he is somewhat sleepy [19]

    From uernarpoq, 'he is sleepy; drowsy'.