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General


Morphemic form: V{nəqaq}V
New orthography: +neqarpoq
Old orthography: -neĸarpoĸ
Sources: [11, 14, 8]
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: V{nəq}N, N{-qaq}V,
See also: V{-ðau}V,
Left sandhi:
Default,
ə-eliding,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: q-stem
Diathesis: Subjective
Valency:
Agent decreasing,

Description and behaviour


Form and usage:

This affix is formed by a combination of abstract participle V{nəq}N and N{-qaq}V. This combined affix is used to create a dynamic passive construction: Hence, it only makes sense on divalent stems, and it reduce the valency to yield a monovalent stem.


Left sandhi:

Left sandhi is inherited from the left-most component, V{nəq}N. See this for details.


Meanings and examples


  • qimmeq toqunneqarpoq, the dog is/gets killed

    I.e. it transitions from one state (being alive) into a new state (being dead). Compare this with the static passive qimmeq toqutaavoq, 'the dog is/was killed', which instead denotes that the dog is now in a state of having been killed.

  • qimmeq Piitamit toqunneqarpoq, the dog was killed by Piitaq

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