Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{-jaŋŋit}V |
| New orthography: | -janngilaq |
| Old orthography: | -jángilaĸ |
| Sources: | [18, 11] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | V{-ja}V + V{ŋŋit}V |
| See also: | V{-jait}V |
| Left sandhi: | Truncative |
| Right sandhi: | Assibilation (t⇒s), tð⇒ts |
| Inflection sandhi: | Irregular |
| Stem type: | t-stem |
| Diathesis: | None |
| Valency: | Preserving, Preserving |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This is a straightforward combination of V{-ja}V, 'can easily' and the negation affix V{ŋŋit}V.
The meaning is something like 'Subject cannot Vb' or 'Subject never Vb'.
Right sandhi:
Right sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{ŋŋit}V. See this for details.
Inflection sandhi:
Inflection sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{ŋŋit}V. See this for details.
Meanings and examples
Or 'Subject never Vb'.
- sinilianngilaq, he does not easily fall asleep; he cannot fall asleep
[11]
From sinilerpoq, 'he falls asleep'.