Details

General

Morphemic form: N{-lirətuuq}N
New orthography: -leritooq
Old orthography: -leritôĸ
Sources: [Uwn], [FAJN19]
Combinations: View list
Constituents: N{-lirə}V + V{tu}V + V{ðuq}N
Left sandhi: Truncative, Replacive, /VC/ deleting
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Default/none
Stem type(s): Weak q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This affix is a combination of N{-lirə}V, 'work with N', and the non-productive affix V{tu}V, 'is highly inclined to', which takes its intransitive participle as /uq/, i.e. +tooq instead of the normal, expectable +tusoq. The combination thus denotes 'one who is highly inclined to work with/be concerned with N'. This can also be rendered as 'one who really likes N', or even, in cases where N is a nominalised verb stem, as 'one who really likes to Vb'.


Left sandhi:

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


Meanings and examples

This can also be: 'one who really likes N'.

  • oqaasileritooq, linguist [FAJN19]

    From oqaaseq, 'word', so literally: 'one who is highly inclined to work with words'.

  • atuakkeritooq, book-worm; one who really likes books [CBBJRPIKJR97]

    From atuagaq, 'book', with drop of the final /VC/ and compensatory gemination of /g/ to [kk].

  • sinneritooq, sleepy-head; one who really likes to sleep [CBBJRPIKJR97]

    From sinik, 'sleep', with drop of the final /VC/ and compensatory gemination of /n/ to /nn/.

  • nerreritooq, foodie; one who really likes food/to eat [CBBJRPIKJR97]

    From nerivoq, 'he eats'. This is irregularly formed, and the affix seems to have been added directly to the verbal stem without a nominalising affix first. As in some of the other examples, the final /VC/ is dropped, and with compensatory gemination of /r/ to /rr/.


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