Details

General

Morphemic form: V{niariaq}V
New orthography: +niariarluni, +niariartoq
Old orthography: +niariardlune, +niariartoĸ
Sources: [14, 13]
Combinations: Click here
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 change: Preserving
Valency:
None,

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 ...) [14]
  • nuiniariarluni, right after he appeared, (he ...) [14]
  • tikinniariarluni, just after he had arrived, (he ...) [14]

    Or 'had come home'.