Details

General

Morphemic form: V{nəqliuq}V
New orthography: +nerliorpoq
Old orthography: -nerdliorpoĸ
Sources: [19]
Combinations: View list
Constituents: V{nəq}N + N{(q)liuq}V
Left sandhi: Default, ə-eliding
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Default/none
Stem type: q-stem
Diathesis: None
Valency: Preserving, Monovalent, Monovalent, Preserving

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this affix is 'Subject Vb badly/unpleasantly'. I suspect it is formed in parallel to affixes such as V{'-qluk}V and V{nəqluk}V, where the former is a contracted (and geminating) variant of the latter. We similarly have N{(q)liuq}V with a somewhat related meaning to the present affix, so the present affix may be a recent a back-formation from this. Indeed, the present affix only seems to occur in newer dictionaries; it is not mentioned in Kleinschmidt [13], Ordbogeeraq [17] or Schultz-Lorentzen [16].


Left sandhi:

Left sandhi is inherited from the left-most component, V{nəq}N. See this for details.


Meanings and examples

  • aalakoornerliorpoq, he became unpleasant because he was drunk [19]

    From aalakoorpoq, 'he is drunk', so literally: 'he was unpleasantly drunk'.

  • arpannerliorpoq, he performs badly in a run [19]

    From arpappoq, 'he runs'.

  • kisitsinerliorpoq, he does badly in math; he makes a counting error [19]

    From kisitsivoq, 'he counts; calculates'.