Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{lqammiŋŋit}V |
| New orthography: | -qqamminngilaq |
| Old orthography: | -rĸámíngilaĸ |
| Sources: | [13] |
| Combinations: | Click here |
| Constituents: | V{lqammiq}V, V{ŋŋit}V, |
| Left sandhi: | Default,
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| Right sandhi: | Assibilation (t⇒s),
tð⇒ts,
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| Inflection sandhi: | Irregular,
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| Stem type: | t-stem |
| Diathesis: | None |
| Valency change: | Preserving |
| Valency: | None,
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Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This affix is a straightforward combination of V{lqammiq}V, 'recently' and the negation affix V{ŋŋit}V.
However, according to Fortescue (1983), the negation is here only applied to the meaning of V{lqammiq}V, and not to the whole preceding stem.
Hence, the meaning becomes 'Subject Vb'ed some time ago', i.e. 'not recently'.
Right sandhi:
Right sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{ŋŋit}V. See this for details.
Inflection sandhi:
Inflection sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{ŋŋit}V. See this for details.
Meanings and examples