Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{nəqaq}V |
| New orthography: | +neqarpoq |
| Old orthography: | -neĸarpoĸ |
| Sources: | [16, 19, 11] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | V{nəq}N + N{-qaq}V |
| See also: | V{-ðau}V |
| Left sandhi: | Default, ə-eliding |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem type: | q-stem |
| Diathesis: | Subjective |
| Valency: | Avalent, Monovalent, Agent decreasing |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This affix is formed by a combination of abstract participle V{nəq}N and N{-qaq}V. This combined affix is used to create a dynamic passive construction: Hence, it only makes sense on divalent stems, and it reduce the valency to yield a monovalent stem.
Left sandhi:
Left sandhi is inherited from the left-most component, V{nəq}N. See this for details.
Meanings and examples
- qimmeq toqunneqarpoq, the dog is/gets killed
I.e. it transitions from one state (being alive) into a new state (being dead). Compare this with the static passive qimmeq toqutaavoq, 'the dog is/was killed', which instead denotes that the dog is now in a state of having been killed.
- qimmeq Piitamit toqunneqarpoq, the dog was killed by Piitaq