Details

General

Morphemic form: {ajuq}V
New orthography: ajorpoq
Old orthography: ajorpoĸ
Sources: [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Default/none
Stem type: q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this stem is: 'Actor is bad' (in any sense of the word), or 'Actor is broken/not working/out of order' etc., which can be considered a more specific sense of the former. Thus, it can be used to describe e.g. to a person who is ill, or feeling unwell, but also a machine that is not working, or a product that is faulty or of a poor quality etc.

In the first sense, it can also be in an avalent sense 'it is bad', when used with a 3p.sg ending without an explicit specification of the subject. Note that the only way to express that something is good (or working, or in order, or OK) is to negate this stem with V{ŋŋit}V. Thus, ajunngilaq is the standard way of expressing confirmation similar to English 'OK' or 'alright'.


Meanings and examples

  • ajorpoq, it is bad/not good
  • ajunngilaq, it is good/ok/alright

    With negation affix V{ŋŋit}V (see this for an explanation of the ending).

  • ajorpoq, it does not work/is out of order
  • ajorpunga, I am unwell/ill

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