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General

Morphemic form: V{-riaŋŋuallaq}V
New orthography: -riannguallartoq
Old orthography: -riánguatdlartoĸ
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: V{-riaq}V, V{ŋŋuaq}V, V{llaq}V,
See also: V{-riallaq}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:

This combination has a special meaning in the participial mood, and maybe also in the causative mood: 'first when Subject had Vb'ed, then ...'. It indicates this specific point in time (and not before) as the onset of some event. Thus, the construction is similar to the combination V{-riallaq}V, but where the addition of V{ŋŋuaq}V seems to be to indicate 'exactly/just this point in time'. This seems similar to the way the nominal variant N{ŋŋuaq}N is used with spatial nouns to denote 'right/just in the N direction'.


Left sandhi:

Left sandhi is inherited from the left-most component, V{-riaq}V. See this for details.


Right sandhi:

Right sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{llaq}V. See this for details.


Inflection sandhi:

Inflection sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{llaq}V. See this for details.


Meanings and examples

I.e. indicating this specific point in time (and not before) as the onset of some event.

  • aasariannguallartoq, when summer had come, then ...
    [8]

    From aasarpoq, 'it has become summer' (summer has come).

  • taarseriannguallartoq, after darkness had fallen, then ...
    [8]

    From taarsivoq, 'it has become dark' (darkness has fallen).

  • unnoriannguallartoq, the night had come, before ...
    [8]

    From unnuppoq, 'it has become night' (night has come).


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