Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {piriaqvikcaq}N |
| New orthography: | perifissaq |
| Old orthography: | perifigssaĸ |
| Sources: | [CBBJRPIKJR97] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | {pi}V + V{-riaq}V + V{(v)vik}N + N{kcaq}N |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Weak stem, Default/none, p-declined |
| Stem type: | q-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
According to Oqaatsit [CBBJRPIKJR97], the meaning of this stem is 'chance' or 'opportunity' (for something). It can also denote 'time to ...' (do something).
The stem is not recorded in any of the older dictionaries, so it is presumably a fairly recent construction. It seems to be built from {pi}V + V{-riaq}V + V{(v)vik}N + N{kcaq}N, but how this combination gives rise to the meaning is not entirely clear, except that V{(v)vik}N + N{kcaq}N may be used to indicate a time (in the future) for something.
Right sandhi:
Right sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, N{kcaq}N. See this for details.
Meanings and examples
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References
- [CBBJRPIKJR97] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.