Details
General
Morphemic form: | V{tciaq}V |
New orthography: | -tsiarpoq |
Old orthography: | -tsiarpoĸ |
Combinations: | Click here |
Variants: | N{tciaq}N, |
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:
This affix has two meanings, seemingly contradictory meanings: 'Vb fairly much' and 'Vb a bit/briefly'. There is also a nominal variant, N{tciaq}N, meaning 'a fair-sized N'.
Meanings and examples
- sisungaatsiarpoq, it slid fairly far down
[4]
- anitsiarpoq, he went outside for a moment
[4]
- takutsiarpaa, he saw it briefly
[4]
- atutsiarlara, let me borrow it for a moment
[4]
References
- [4] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): Den Grønlandske Ordbog.
- [8] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.