Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{ŋŋitcuuq}V |
| New orthography: | -nngitsoorpoq |
| Old orthography: | '-ngitsôrpoĸ |
| Sources: | [19] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | V{ŋŋit}V + V{ðuuq}V |
| Left sandhi: | Default |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem type: | q-stem |
| Diathesis: | None |
| Valency: | Preserving, Preserving |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The meaning of this affix is 'Subject (unfortunately/unexpectedly) happened not to Vb', indicating that the verbal action did not take place, although it was expected to.
This affix is a combination of the negation affix V{ŋŋit}V and V{ðuuq}V, 'Vb unfortunately/unexpectedly'.
In this combination /tð/ have become /tc/ as expected, thus giving the present form.
Note that if the affix is negated again, the meaning becomes 'definitely Vb'.
Meanings and examples
- agginngitsoorpoq, he did not come (even though he was expected to)
[19]
From aqqgerpoq, 'he comes/arrives'.
- atuanngitsoorpoq, he was not at school (today)
[19]
I.e., he was expected to be at school, but did not show up. From atuarpoq, here in the sense of 'he is at school'.
- pinngitsoornanga aggissaanga, I shall definitely come
From the dummy base {pi}V, giving the pure meaning of the affix, and with the negative contemporative 1sg ending V{naŋa}, thus negating the meaning of the affix.