Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{nərujukcuu}V |
| New orthography: | +nerujussuuvoq |
| Old orthography: | -nerujugssûvoĸ |
| Combinations: | Click here |
| Constituents: | V{nəq}N, N{-rujuk}N, N{(q)cuaq}N, N{-u}V, |
| See also: | N{-rujukcuaq}N, V{ðurujukcuu}V, |
| Left sandhi: | Default,
ə-eliding,
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| Right sandhi: | Default/none,
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| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none,
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| Stem type: | Vowel stem |
| Diathesis: | None |
| Valency change: | Preserving |
| Valency: | None,
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Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This combination is just a variant of the verbal comparative/superlative affix V{nəru}V, i.e. V{nəq}N + N{-u}V, with the combination N{-rujuk}N{(q)cuaq}N interpolated for emphasis. The latter is an aq-stem, which drop /aq/ before N{-u}V, thus yielding the present form. As with other combinations of this affix (see N{-rujukcuaq}N and V{ðurujukcuu}V), N{-rujuk}N may be repeated an arbitrary number of times for further emphasis, i.e.:
- -nerujussuuvoq
- -nerujorujussuuvoq
- -nerujorujorujussuuvoq
... and so on.
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
- Piitaq uannit annerujussuuvoq, Piitaq is much (much) bigger than me
Note that the object of comparison (here 'me') is optional, but if specified, it is in the ablative case, uannit.
References
- [11] Stig Bjørnum (2003): Grønlandsk Grammatik.