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General

Morphemic form: N{suaqnit}V
New orthography: +suarnippoq
Old orthography: -suarnípoĸ
Sources: [13, 16, 17]
Combinations: View list
Constituents: N{suk}N + N{-aq}N + N{nit}V
Variants: N{suknit}V
Left sandhi: Default
Right sandhi: tð⇒ts
Inflection sandhi: Default/none
Stem type: t-stem
Diathesis: Subjective
Valency: Monovalent, Avalent, Monovalent

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This is a non-productive variant of N{suknit}V, seemingly meaning 'Actor smells good of N'. It appears to be constructed of the same components as this aforementioned affix, but with N{-aq}N injected in between them.


Left sandhi:

Left sandhi is inherited from the left-most component, N{suk}N. See this for details.


Right sandhi:

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


Meanings and examples

This is a tentative translation, based on the examples given in Kleinschmidt [13] and Schultz-Lorentzen [16].

  • nunasuarnippoq, it smells good of land (shrubs, flowers etc.) [13]

    From nuna, 'land'.

  • ivissuarnippoq, it smells good of fresh hay [13]

    From ivik, 'grass'.


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