Details

General

Morphemic form: V{-piluuq}V
New orthography: -piloorpoq
Old orthography: -pilôrpoĸ
Sources: [19]
Combinations: View list
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, Preserving

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

According to Fortescue [18], 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 [19]

    From oqarpoq, 'he says something'.

  • saneqqutipiloorpoq, he passes by at high speed [19]

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

  • sisupiloorpoq, it slides down fast [19]

    From sisuvoq, 'it slides down'.