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General

Morphemic form: {sivunəkcaq}N
New orthography: siunissaq
Old orthography: sujunigssaĸ
Sources: [SK71], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Constituents: {sivunəq}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:

The meaning of this stem is 'future' or 'goal' (of an action). According to Kleinschmidt [SK71], this can also denote the future awaiting in the afterlife.


Right sandhi:

Right sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, N{kcaq}N. See this for details.


Meanings and examples

Tags: Time

  • siunissaq nalunallaaraaq, the future is (always) entirely unknowable [SK71]

    I.e. it is always unknown what the future will hold. The verb is from {nalu}V + V{naq}V + V{llaarə}V + V{IND.3sg}.

  • siunissat isumaginiaruk, think of thy future [SK71]

    Here in the sense of 'future that awaits after the end of thy life'.

  • siunissarinngilarput eqiasuttut ikiussallugit, it is not our goal (of our work) to help the lazy [SK71]

    Literally: 'we do not have helping the lazy as our future'. The main verb is from {sivunəkcaq}N + N{-gə}V + V{ŋŋit}V + V{IND.1pl/3sg}.


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