Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{-tuaq}V |
| New orthography: | -tuarpoq, -suarpoq |
| Old orthography: | -tuarpoĸ, -suarpoĸ |
| Sources: | [11, 14, 8] |
| Combinations: | Click here |
| See also: | N{-tuaq}N, |
| Left sandhi: | Truncative,
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| Right sandhi: | Default/none,
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| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none,
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| Stem type: | q-stem |
| Diathesis: | None |
| Valency: |
Preserving,
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Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The meaning of this affix is 'Vb for once/at least'. There may be a relation to N{-tuaq}N, 'the only/sole N', although the proto-eskimoic reconstructed form in the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [16] indicates that they are two different morphemes. There is also a combination with V{llaq}V, i.e. V{llatuaq}V, with seemingly no difference in meaning.
Left sandhi:
The forms with initial /s/ in the new/old orthography are caused by assibilation by a preceding /i/ (the t-to-s rule).
Meanings and examples
Or: 'only for a single time'.
- aallatuarpoq, he travels for once
Or 'it is the only time that he travels'
- atuatuarpoq, he reads something for once
[14]
- oqatuarpoq, for once, he said something
[14]
- qarsaat nunamut pillatuaraangamik imaq tarrillugu pisarput, the single time the loons go on land, they do it such that they can no longer see the sea
[9]
The key verb here is pillatuaraangamik in the iterative mood with the 4pl ending. The base is {pi}V, here in the sense of 'arrive at' or 'come to'.