Details

General

Morphemic form: V{lqammiiq}V
New orthography: -qqammeerpoq
Old orthography: -rĸámêrpoĸ
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: V{lqammiq}V, N{-iq}V,
See also: V{-riikatak}V,
Left sandhi:
Default,
Right sandhi:
Assibilation (t⇒s),
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: q-stem
Diathesis: None
Valency change: Preserving
Valency:
None,

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This affix is a non-standard combination of V{lqammiq}V, 'recently', and N{-iq}V, usually meaning 'deprive of', but which here has seems to have been irregularly added to a verbal stem, with a meaning seemingly similar to V{-it}V, i.e. 'is un-Vb'ing'. Thus, the meaning of this affix is 'Subject Vb'ed long ago'. It is not listed in newer dictionaries, and thus does not seem to be used productively today. Even Kleinschmidt (1871) notes that it is not commonly used at his time of writing.


Meanings and examples

  • oqarfigeqqammeerpara, I have told him a long ago
    [13]

    From oqarfigaa, 'he says something to him'.


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