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General

Morphemic form: V{-aq}V
New orthography: -arpoq
Old orthography: -arpoĸ
Sources: [SK71], [JP67], [CBBJRPIKJR97], [FAJN19]
Combinations: View list
See also: V{-raq}V, V{-gaq}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 an old, non-productive morpheme, found in some lexicalisations. It seems to have two different meanings:

It is unclear these two meanings reflect that the present affix actually derives from two different, historical morphemes. Only the first meaning is mentioned in the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary, and only the second is mentioned in the other dictionaries. Here we record both as meanings of a single morpheme, since they in any case behave similarly.


Meanings and examples

This meaning is with stems describing a state of being.

  • qaquarpoq, it is white-ish [CBBJRPIKJR97]

    From qaqorpoq, 'it is white'.

  • qalaarpoq, is boiling (a bit) [CBBJRPIKJR97]

    From qalappoq, 'it boils' or 'it is boiled'.

  • isuarpoq, it (a liquid) is a little murky [SK71]

    From isorpoq, 'it is murky', e.g. of waters.


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