Details

General

Morphemic form: V{niariaq}V
New orthography: +niariarluni, +niariartoq
Old orthography: +niariardlune, +niariartoĸ
Sources: [19, 18]
Combinations: View list
Constituents: V{niaq}V + V{-riaq}V
See also: V{niutə}N, V{-riutə}N, V{niariutə}N
Left sandhi: Default
Right sandhi: /aq/ drop
Inflection sandhi: Default/none
Stem type: q-stem
Diathesis: None
Valency: Preserving, Preserving
HTR-morphemes: V{ði}V

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This is a straightforward combination of V{niaq}V and V{-riaq}V. It has a special meaning with endings in the subordinate moods, i.e. contemporative and participial, namely: 'just after Subject Vb'ed'.

See also V{niutə}N, V{-riutə}N and V{niariutə}N for a different construction with the same meaning. Compare also V{llautə}N for a related construction with V{-utə}N denoting time.


Meanings and examples

With endings in the contemporative or participial moods.

  • iserniariarluni, just as he had entered, (he ...) [19]
  • nuiniariarluni, right after he appeared, (he ...) [19]
  • tikinniariarluni, just after he had arrived, (he ...) [19]

    Or 'had come home'.