Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {əqniinnaq}N |
| New orthography: | erniinnaq |
| Old orthography: | ernĩnaĸ |
| Sources: | [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | {əqniq}V + N{-(g)innaq}N |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Regular stem, Default/none, up-declined |
| Stem type: | q-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
The meaning of this stem is 'soon', 'shortly', 'immediately' etc., i.e. in the very next moment. It consists of the adverbial {əqniq}V and N{-(g)innaq}N, but here added to a verbal stem. Equivalently, we could say that the second component were V{-(g)innaq}V, but used without a verbal ending. Regardless, the point is that the present stem is nominal, although it is not normally used with any inflection endings, and rarely with any affixes.
Meanings and examples
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References
- [MFSJLK10] Michael Fortescue, Steven Jacobson, Lawrence Kaplan (2010): Comparative Eskimo Dictionary (2ED).
- [SK71] Samuel Kleinschmidt (1871): Den grønlandske Ordbog.
- [CWSL58] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): Den Grønlandske Ordbog.
- [CBBJRPIKJR97] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.