Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{niaq}V |
| New orthography: | +niarpoq, +niarit!, +niarluni, +niartoq |
| Old orthography: | -niarpoĸ |
| Combinations: | Click here |
| Variants: | V{niaq}N, |
| See also: | V{niaqcarə}V, |
| Left sandhi: | Default,
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| Right sandhi: | /aq/ drop,
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| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none,
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| Stem type: | q-stem |
| Diathesis: | None |
| Valency change: | Preserving |
| Valency: | None,
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| HTR morpheme: | ði,
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| HTR stem: | niai, |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The general meaning of this affix is 'Subject intends/strives to Vb'.
Furthermore it has special meanings when used with contemporative and imperative mood endings:
- 'in order to Vb' with positive contemporative endings, and 'in order not to Vb', or 'to avoid Vb'ing' with negative contemporative endings,
- 'polite command', somewhat like 'please Vb!' in English, when used with the imperative mood where it acts as a softener of the command.
Meanings and examples
- aallarniarpoq, he intends to travel
[4]
- iserniarpoq, he intends to enter
[4]
- aniniarpoq, he intends to go out
[8]
- pulaarniarpoq, he intends to visit
[8]
This can also be 'hunt for' in combination with stems meaning 'to hunt'; especially those derived from words for animals with N{(t)}V.
- anngunniarpoq, he tries/strives to reach the destination
[8]
From annguppoq, 'he reaches the destination/goal'.
- aqqisserniarpoq, he hunts for ptarmigan
[4]
- tuttunniarpoq, he hunts for caribou
When used with the imperative mood, similar to English `please'.
- iserniarit!, please come in!
[4]
- inginniarit, please be seated!
[4]
- tuaviorniarit!, hurry up, please!
[4]
From tuaviorpoq, 'he hurries', so literally 'kindly be in a hurry'.
References
- [4] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): Den Grønlandske Ordbog.
- [8] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.