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General

Morphemic form: V{nnək}V
New orthography: -nnippoq
Old orthography: -ngnigpoĸ
Sources: [13, 17, 16, 11]
Combinations: View list
See also: V{(k)liq}V, V{ði}V
Left sandhi: Default
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Default/none
Stem type: k-stem
Diathesis: Subjective
Valency: Patient decreasing

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This affix is a so-called 'half-transitivising' morpheme, abbreviated HTR, which is used to give divalent, patient-preserving stems intransitive form, without changing the meaning of the stem. The concept of HTR-morphemes and their usage is further described on this page: Half-transitive affixes.

The present affix is primarily used on ə-stems, almost all of which are formed with N{-gə}V or V{-gə}V. However, it is sometimes also used on other vowel-stems as well, for example asavaa, asannippoq, 'he loves him' and takuaa, takunnippoq, 'he sees him'. According to Kleinschmidt [13], it is occasionally also used on q-stems and k-stems, but he does not give any examples.


Meanings and examples

  • piginnippoq, he owns (something) [16]

    From pigaa, 'he owns it'.

  • nalunaarfiginnittoq, herald; announcer [16]

    From nalunaarfigaa, 'he announces it', and with V{ðuq}N.

  • nuannarinnittiga, the one who likes me [16]

    From nuannaraa, 'he enjoys it' and with V{ðə}N and absolutive possessive 1sg/sg N{-ga}.


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