Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {nappaqsimmavik}N |
| New orthography: | napparsimmavik |
| Old orthography: | náparsímavik |
| Sources: | [CWSL58], [JP67], [CBBJRPIKJR97] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | {nappaqsima}V + V{'-vik}N |
| Right sandhi: | Assibilation (t⇒s) |
| Inflection sandhi: | Regular stem, Default/none, up-declined |
| Stem type: | k-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The meaning of this stem is 'hospital'. It is a straightforward combination of {nappaqsima}V, 'be ill', and the semi-productive affix V{'-vik}N, 'place where', which causes gemination of /m/ to /mm/ in the stem. Thus, the literal meaning is 'a place where one is ill', likely modelled after the Danish word, sygehus 'house for the ill'.
Meanings and examples
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References
- [CWSL58] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): Den Grønlandske Ordbog.
- [JP67] Jonathan Petersen (1967): Ordbogêraĸ.
- [CBBJRPIKJR97] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.