Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{-rujuuq}V |
| New orthography: | -rujoorpoq |
| Old orthography: | -rujôrpoĸ |
| Combinations: | Click here |
| Constituents: | V{-rujuk}V, V{-uq}V, |
| Variants: | V{-rujuk}V, |
| Left sandhi: | Truncative,
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| Right sandhi: | Default/none,
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| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none,
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| Stem type: | q-stem |
| Diathesis: | None |
| Valency change: | Preserving |
| Valency: | None,
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Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This affix is a variant of V{-rujuk}V with seemingly no difference in meaning. It is seemingly composed from this morpheme and the non-productive affix V{-uq}V, usually denoting repeated or prolonged activity. In the case of this affix, the meaning must presumably be the latter.
Left sandhi:
Left sandhi is inherited from the left-most component, V{-rujuk}V. See this for details.
Right sandhi:
Right sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{-uq}V. See this for details.
Inflection sandhi:
Inflection sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{-uq}V. See this for details.
Meanings and examples
Or: 'insignificantly' or similar.
- qaamarujoorpoq, there is a faint light
[4]
I.e., the lighting is weak/insignificant
References
- [4] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): Den Grønlandske Ordbog.
- [8] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.