Details

General

Morphemic form: V{nəru}V
New orthography: +neruvoq
Old orthography: -neruvoĸ
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: V{nəq}N, N{-u}V,
Left sandhi:
Default,
ə-eliding,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: Vowel stem
Diathesis: None
Valency change: Preserving
Valency:
None,

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This affix is a verbal form of the comparative/superlative, meaning 'to be the more/most Vb'ing'. This is just a combination of V{nəq}N{-u}V, and this combination always (but non-standardly) has the speciality that /q/ is not deleted, but instead weakened to /r/.


Left sandhi:

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


Right sandhi:

Right sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, N{-u}V. See this for details.


Inflection sandhi:

Inflection sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, N{-u}V. See this for details.


Meanings and examples

In the comparative sense 'more Vb'ing', an optional noun phrase in the ablative case can also be added, to specify the thing the subject is more Vb'ing than.

  • ajunnginneruvoq, It is better

    From {ajuq}V{ŋŋit}V 'is good'.

  • Piitamit anneruvunga, I am bigger than Piitaq

    Piitaq is here given as an explicit element of comparison in the ablative case. The verb is {aŋə}V, with elision of /ə/ before V{nəq}N. angineruvunga without schwa-elision is also possible.


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