Details

General

Morphemic form: V{niariaq}V
New orthography: +niariarluni, +niariartoq
Old orthography: +niariardlune, +niariartoĸ
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: V{niaq}V, V{-riaq}V,
See also: V{niariutə}N, V{niutə}N, V{-riutə}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.


Left sandhi:

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


Right sandhi:

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


Inflection sandhi:

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


Meanings and examples

With endings in the contemporative or participial moods.

  • iserniariarluni, just as he had entered, (he ...)
    [8]

  • nuiniariarluni, right after he appeared, (he ...)
    [8]

  • tikinniariarluni, just after he had arrived, (he ...)
    [8]

    Or 'had come home'.


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