Details

General

Morphemic form: V{nəqluk}V
New orthography: +nerluppoq
Old orthography: -nerdlugpoĸ
Sources: [12, 11, 14]
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: V{nəq}N, N{luk}V,
Variants: V{'-qluk}V,
See also: N{luk}V,
Left sandhi:
Default,
ə-eliding,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: k-stem
Diathesis: None
Valency change: Preserving
Valency:
None,

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This affix is a straightforward combination of the abstract participle V{nəq}N and N{luk}V, 'Subject has bad N'. The meaning is simply a verbal form of the latter, i.e. 'Subject Vb badly'.

According to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary, there is also a non-productive variant of this combination, V{'-qluk}V, where /nə/ appears to have dropped and instead causes compensatory gemination in the stem. This appears to have been formed similar to the geminating affix V{'-rik}V, likewise from a combination of V{nəq}N and N{-gik}V, where the latter is the antonym of N{luk}V.


Left sandhi:

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


Meanings and examples

  • sananerluppaa, he has made/produced it badly [11]

    From sanavaa, 'he makes it' (or produces, fabricates etc.).

  • atuinerluppoq, he uses (something) badly [14]

    In the sense that he is not careful with the things he is using.

  • iternerluppoq, he is grumpy when he wakes up [14]

    From iterpoq, 'he wakes up', so literally 'he wakes up badly'.

  • kamannerluppoq, he is unpleasant when he is angry [14]

    From kamappoq, 'he is angry', so literally 'he is badly angry', or 'angry in a bad way'.