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General


Morphemic form: V{-ŋaaq}V
New orthography: -ngaarpoq, -ngaarmat
Old orthography: -ngârpoĸ
Sources: [14, 18, 17, 20]
Combinations: View list
Variants: N{-ŋaaq}N
See also: V{-qə}V, V{-vik}V, V{llaq}V
Left sandhi: Truncative
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Default/none
Stem type: q-stem
Diathesis: None
Valency: Preserving

Description and behaviour


Form and usage:

This affix has two meanings:

Given its meaning, it is likely primarily used with adjectival stems.


Meanings and examples


or 'highly' or similar. When negated with V{ŋŋit}V: 'not very/particularly Vb'.

  • pingaarpoq, it is important

    Literally 'it is very' with the dummy verb stem {pi}V, giving the pure meaning of the affix.

  • ajungaarpoq, it is very bad [17]
  • aliasungaarpoq, he is very saddened [17]
  • asangaarpaa, she loves him very much [17]
  • takingaanngilaq, it is not very long [17]

    With negation V{ŋŋit}V.

  • ajungaanngilaq, it isn't particularly bad [17]

    With negation V{ŋŋit}V.

  • erligingaanngilaa, It can easily be gotten from him [17]

    From erligaa, 'he values it highly', hence the literal translation is 'he does not value it particularly highly' (implied: and therefore, we give it away easily/cheaply).

When used with endings in the causative mood

  • akisungaarmat, it is so expensive that ... [20]
  • pullangaarmat, because it is so swollen (that ...) [20]
  • qaningaarmat, because it is so close (that ...) [20]