MOFO - Details

Details

General

Morphemic form:	V{-piluk}V
New orthography:	-piluppoq
Old orthography:	-pilugpoĸ
Sources:	[SK71], [JP67], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations:	View list
Variants:	N{-piluk}N
Left sandhi:	Truncative
Right sandhi:	Default/none
Inflection sandhi:	Default/none
Stem type:	k-stem
Diathesis:	None
Valency:	Preserving

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This affix appears to have two different meanings:

Kleinschmidt [SK71] and Schultz-Lorentzen [CWSL58] record its meaning as: 'Subject Vb in a bad, evil, despicable way', corresponding very closely to the meaning of the variant nominal affix N{-piluk}N.
In Oqaatsit [CBBJRPIKJR97], the examples indicate a rather different, less negative meaning: 'Subject Vb hard'. This may be negative, but it need not be; compare e.g. English 'he works hard'.

Given that Oqaatsit is a much newer (from 1997), it is likely that the affix is no longer used productively in the sense described by Kleinschmidt and Schultz-Lorentzen.

Meanings and examples

This meaning is likely not productive nowadays.

nuannaapiluppoq, he is joyous in a mean, evil way [SK71]

E.g. by celebrating others' misery.
inuulluapiluppoq, he lives well in an evil way [SK71]

E.g. at the expense of others.
oqalupiluppoq, he swears and curses [CWSL58]

This meaning is productive according to Oqaatsit [CBBJRPIKJR97].

assoruupiluppoq, he exerts himself greatly [CBBJRPIKJR97]

From assoruuppoq, 'he exerts himself; uses all his strength/might'.
sulipiluppoq, he works hard [CBBJRPIKJR97]
tagiutipiluppaa, he is rubbing it violently/hard against something [CBBJRPIKJR97]

From tagiuppaa, 'he rubs it against something'. Note, this is a t(ə)-stem.

References

[SK71] Samuel Kleinschmidt (1871): Den grønlandske Ordbog.
[JP67] Jonathan Petersen (1967): Ordbogêraĸ.
[CWSL58] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): Den Grønlandske Ordbog.
[CBBJRPIKJR97] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.