Details
General
Morphemic form: | V{niinnaq}V |
New orthography: | +niinnarpoq |
Old orthography: | -nĩnarpoĸ |
Combinations: | Click here |
Constituents: | V{niaq}V, V{-(g)innaq}V, |
Left sandhi: | Default,
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Right sandhi: | Default/none,
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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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Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The meaning of this affix is 'Subject
try (all the time/at all cost) to just Vb'.
It is a combination of V{niaq}V and V{-(g)innaq}V, where the latter has caused /aq/ to drop from the former.
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{-(g)innaq}V. See this for details.
Inflection sandhi:
Inflection sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{-(g)innaq}V. See this for details.
Meanings and examples
With connotations of 'all the time' or 'at all cost'.
- aniinnarpoq, he wants/tries to go out all the time
[8]
- innarniinnarpoq, he just wants to go to bed
[8]
- katanniinnarpoq, it falls off so easily
[8]
- aallarniinnarpoq, he just/absolutely wants to travel
[4]
- iserniinnarpoq, he forces an entry
[4]
References
- [2] Michael Fortescue (1983): A comparative manual of affixes for the Inuit dialects of Greenland, Canada and Alaska.
- [4] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): Den Grønlandske Ordbog.
- [8] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.