Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{-ucaq}V |
| New orthography: | -usarpoq, -asarpoq, -jusarpoq |
| Old orthography: | -ussarpoĸ |
| Sources: | [19, 16] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Variants: | N{-ucaq}N, V{-ucaaq}V, N{-ucaaq}N, N{-ucaaq}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 is one of a group of affixes, which are all related either by origin or meaning:
- V{-ucaq}V, 'is semi-Vb'bing',
- N{-ucaq}N, 'something resembling N',
- N{-ucaaq}N, 'something resembling N',
- N{-ucaaq}V, 'act like N',
- V{-ucaaq}V, 'keep on Vb'ing'.
According to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [21], they derive from two different morphemes, which however presumably are related:
- {ŋ(ŋ)uðaʀ(-)}, which is the source of N{-ucaq}N and N{-ucaaq}N,
- {ŋuðaʀaʀ-}, which is the source of V{-ucaq}V, N{-ucaaq}V, and V{-ucaaq}V.
Meanings and examples
Or 'more or less Vb'ing'. From the examples, it seems to be used only with stems describing a state of being.
- ajuusarpoq, it is semi-bad
From ajorpoq, 'it is bad'.
- paniusarpoq, it is semi-dry
From panerpoq, 'it is dry'.
- qeriusarpoq, it is semi-frozen
From qerivoq, 'it is frozen'.