Details

General

Morphemic form: V{yuminait}V
New orthography: -juminaappoq, -kkuminaappoq, -ruminaappoq, -uminaappoq
Old orthography: -umináipoĸ, -jumináipoĸ
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: V{yuminaq}V, V{-it}V,
Left sandhi:
Default,
Right sandhi:
Assibilation (t⇒s),
tð⇒ts,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: t-stem
Diathesis: Subjective
Valency change: Decreasing
Valency:
Avalent,
Monovalent,

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.


Inflection sandhi:

Inflection 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'.


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