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General

Morphemic form: N{-liuq}V
New orthography: -liorpoq, -siorpoq
Old orthography: -liorpoĸ, -iorpoĸ
Sources: [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97], [FAJN19]
Combinations: View list
Constituents: N{-li}V + V{-uq}V
Variants: N{-li}V
Left sandhi: Truncative, Replacive, /VC/ deleting
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Default/none
Stem type: q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This is the productive variant of N{-li}V, meaning 'Actor makes N'. It seems to have been formed by combination with V{-uq}V, but seemingly with no change in meaning.

According to Nielsen [FAJN19], this affix can also form a passive participle with V{-ðaq}N, despite being monovalent. It appears that the incorporated N is viewed as the logical Patient of the action, and the resulting passive participle therefore refers to this N; i.e. the meaning becomes 'a made N'. This seems to have been inherited from N{-li}V, which can also form such a 'passivised noun'. See Passive incorporation for a list of affixes that behave similarly.


Left sandhi:

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


Notable forms:

Meanings and examples

This can be both in the sense of 'build/create', but also 'make/prepare/process' with e.g. foods.

  • kaagiliorpoq, he makes/bakes a cake
  • kaffiliorpoq, he makes coffee
  • illuliorpoq, he builds a house [CWSL58]
  • neqiliorpoq, he prepares/cooks seal meat [CWSL58]
  • nerisassiorpoq, he makes/prepares food [CWSL58]

    The base is nerisassaq, where the final morpheme is the nominal future affix N{kcaq}N. Here we see the affix having deleted the final /aq/, just like N{-li}V may do.

  • imertaasiorpoq, he makes a bucket [CWSL58]

    From {əməqtautə}N (imertaat), 'water bucket'. Here we see the affix having caused replacivity of /təl/ ⇒ /s/.

  • Nukissiorfiit, The name of the company providing electricity in Greenland

    From nukissaq, '(future) electric power'. The final morpheme is nominal future affix N{kcaq}N, where the affix causes aq-drop.

  • qaanniorpoq, he makes a kayak [CWSL58]

    From {qajaq}N, where the affix causes /aq/ to drop, which triggers compensatory gemination in the stem. Note that this stem displays a very uncommon kind of gemination /qaj-/ ⇒ /qainn-/.

  • iffiugaq, pastry [FAJN19]

    From iffiorpoq, 'he bakes something', originally from {əvək}N, 'blade of grass', with the present affix causing VC-deletion and gemination or metathesis. This is an example of the passive participle form.

  • erinniugaq, (musical) composition [FAJN19]

    from erinaq, 'melody/tune', here with VC-deletion and gemination of /n/. This is an example of the passive participle form.

  • kaffiliukkat, coffee-beans that have been made/prepared (i.e. roasted and ground) [FAJN19]

    Here in plural, causing gemination of /g/. This is an example of the passive participle form.


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