Details

General

Morphemic form: V{qqaq}V
New orthography: -qqarpai
Old orthography: -rĸarpai
Combinations: Click here
See also: V{-juraq}V, V{-juqtuq}V,
Left sandhi:
Default,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: q-stem
Diathesis: None
Valency change: Preserving
Valency:
None,

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This is a non-productive morpheme found in some lexicalised words. According to Schultz-Lorentzen [4], the meaning is 'Agent Vb the Patients at length, one by one'. This seems to be synonymous with the productive affixes V{-juraq}V and V{-juqtuq}V, and indeed, Schultz-Lorentzen records -orarpai, i.e. V{-juqtuq}V, as a variant form of the present affix, believing both derive from V{-raq}V. However, the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary does not agree with this interpretation, giving instead a separate morpheme {qqaʀ-} as the source of the present affix (although they do not a possible relation to V{-raq}V).


Meanings and examples

  • ilioqqarpai, he places them, one after the other
    [4]

    This appears to be from ilivaa with V{-uq}V, and Schultz-Lorentzen records it as synonymous with iliorarpai, cf. V{-juraq}V.


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