Details

General

Morphemic form: V{galuktuaq}V
New orthography: +galuttuarpoq, -kkaluttuarpoq, -raluttuarpoq
Old orthography: -alugtuarpoĸ, -alugtuaĸ
Sources: [11]
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: ?, V{juaq}V,
Variants: V{galuktuaqə}V,
Left sandhi:
Default,
Right sandhi:
/aq/ drop,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: q-stem
Diathesis: None
Valency change: Preserving
Valency:
None,

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This affix means something like 'be careful! there is a danger that Subject will Vb'. It may also be used in an exclamatory sense without a verbal ending; especially after avalent V{naq}V, where there is no real Actor/Subject anyway. The affix may also be used with V{-qə}V for further emphasis, and that form seems to be the only productive variant today.

It is unclear what the affix consists of: It is not mentioned in the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [16]. The second component may be V{juaq}V V{juaq}V (which has j/t-alternation), but the first component is unknown. Schultz-Lorentzen [11] relates it to N{-aluk}N, but this cannot be the case, since it neither makes sense w.r.t. the meaning, nor does it explain the initial /g/.


Meanings and examples

This meaning is not always a fitting translation. The effect of this affix seems to be to issue a warning of some kind.

  • tupinnaraluttuaq!, Now, something strange happens! [11]

    From tupinnarpoq, 'it is strange'. In this example, the affix is used in an exclamatory sense without a verbal ending.

  • eqqanaraluttuaq!, Oh no, it will end badly! [11]

    This is again a rather untranslatable exclamation.

  • nungukkaluttuarpaa!, now he is going to eat it all! [11]

    From nunguppaa, 'he uses/consumes it all' (so there is nothing left). In this example, we see that the affix used with a transitive ending, so the affix is valency preserving.