Details

General

Morphemic form: V{vqaŋŋit}V
New orthography: -qqanngilaq
Old orthography: -rĸángilaĸ, -vĸángilaĸ
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: V{vqaq}V, V{ŋŋit}V,
Left sandhi:
Default,
Right sandhi:
Assibilation (t⇒s),
tð⇒ts,
Inflection sandhi:
Irregular,
Stem type: t-stem
Diathesis: None
Valency change: Preserving
Valency:
None,

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This is a straightforward combination of V{vqaq}V, 'Vb barely' and the negation affix V{ŋŋit}V, which is mentioned in Kleinschmidt (1871) and Schultz-Lorentzen (1958) under the entry for -rĸarpoĸ. According to them, the negation is here often applied to V{vqaq}V alone, rather than the whole preceding stem, which thus inverts the meaning, such that it becomes something like 'Subject Vb to a very high degree' (literally: 'Subject does not barely Vb'). They only give a single example, so we cannot say much about the general usage based on that, but, given the meaning, I assume that this usage will mostly (or only) make sense with adjectival stems.


Right sandhi:

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


Inflection sandhi:

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


Meanings and examples

Literally: 'Subject does not barely Vb'.

  • iteqqanngitsoq, (something that is) very deep
    [13]

    From itivoq, 'it is deep', and with intransitive participle V{ðuq}N. Thus literally 'something that is not barely deep'.


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