Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{-uq}V |
| New orthography: | -orpoq |
| Old orthography: | -orpoĸ |
| Combinations: | Click here |
| 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 is an old, non-productive morpheme, found in a number of lexicalisations. According to Kleinschmidt (1871), it denotes a prolonged state of repetitions with short intervals.
Meanings and examples
- taajorpaa, he mentions it several times
[13]
From taavaa, 'he mentions it'.
References
- [1] Michael Fortescue, Steven Jacobson, Lawrence Kaplan (2010): Comparative Eskimo Dictionary (2ED).
- [13] Samuel Kleinschmidt (1871): Den grønlandske Ordbog.