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General

Morphemic form: V{lqammiŋŋit}V
New orthography: -qqamminngilaq
Old orthography: -rĸámíngilaĸ
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: V{lqammiq}V, V{ŋŋit}V,
Left sandhi:
Default,
Right sandhi:
Assibilation (t⇒s),
tð⇒ts,
Inflection sandhi:
Irregular,
Stem type: t-stem
Diathesis: None
Valency change: Preserving
Valency:
None,

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.


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