Details

General

Morphemic form: V{llarik}V
New orthography: -llarippoq
Old orthography: -tdlarigpoĸ
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: V{llaq}V, V{'-rik}V,
Variants: V{llaqqik}V,
Left sandhi:
Default,
Right sandhi:
Assibilation (t⇒s),
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: k-stem
Diathesis: None
Valency change: Preserving
Valency:
None,

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This affix is a combination of V{llaq}V, here denoting emphasis, and V{'-rik}V, 'Subject is proficient at Vb'ing'. Thus, the meaning of the present affix, is straightforward: 'Subject is (particularly) proficient at Vb'ing'.

The latter affix normally causes gemination of a single consonant in the preceding stem, but in the case of V{llaq}V, there is no single consonant to geminate, so the form is therefore just plain /llarik/. However, note also that the alternative combination V{llaqqik}V, which apparently is synonymous with the present affix, and where gemination seems to have been displaced onto the /r/.


Right sandhi:

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


Meanings and examples

  • akisuallarippoq, it gives a good echo
    [8]

  • sianaallarippoq, it chimes well/beautifully
    [8]

    I.e., of a bell.


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