Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{yuminait}V |
| New orthography: | -juminaappoq, -kkuminaappoq, -ruminaappoq, -uminaappoq |
| Old orthography: | -umináipoĸ, -jumináipoĸ |
| Sources: | [14, 11] |
| Combinations: | Click here |
| Constituents: | V{yuminaq}V, V{-it}V, |
| Left sandhi: | Default,
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| Right sandhi: | Assibilation (t⇒s),
tð⇒ts,
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| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none,
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| Stem type: | t-stem |
| Diathesis: | Subjective |
| Valency change: | Decreasing |
| Valency: | Avalent,
Monovalent,
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Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The meaning of this affix is 'it is difficult to Vb'. It is a straightforward combination of V{yuminaq}V (is easy to) and V{-it}V, giving the opposite meaning.
Left sandhi:
Left sandhi is inherited from the left-most component, V{yuminaq}V. See this for details.
Right sandhi:
Right sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{-it}V. See this for details.
Meanings and examples
The affix contains V{naq}V as part of the first constituent, so the meaning is avalent, or possibly monovalent but only with 3rd person subjects.
- ilikkuminaappoq, it is difficult to learn
- ilikkuminaatsoq, something that difficult to learn
With intransitive participle V{ðuq}N, illustrating that /tð/ become 'ts'.