Details

General

Morphemic form: V{-piluuq}V
New orthography: -piloorpoq
Old orthography: -pilôrpoĸ
Sources: [14]
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: V{-piluk}V, V{-uq}V,
Left sandhi:
Truncative,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: q-stem
Diathesis: None
Valency:
Preserving,

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

According to Fortescue [13], the meaning of this affix is 'Subject Vb strongly/violently/hard'. It appears to be an extension of V{-piluk}V, 'badly/hard', presumably by V{-uq}V, although it is not quite clear how this affects the meaning.


Meanings and examples

  • oqapiloorpoq, he makes a rude comment; he says something hard/rude [14]

    From oqarpoq, 'he says something'.

  • saneqqutipiloorpoq, he passes by at high speed [14]

    From saneqquppoq, 'he passes by (something)'. Note, this is a t(ə)-stem.

  • sisupiloorpoq, it slides down fast [14]

    From sisuvoq, 'it slides down'.