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General

Morphemic form:	{akiliq}V
New orthography:	akilerpaa, akiliivoq
Old orthography:	akilerpâ, akilîvoĸ
Sources:	[MFSJLK10], [SK71], [CWSL58], [JP67], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations:	View list
Constituents:	{aki}N + N{-liq}V
Right sandhi:	Assibilation (t⇒s)
Inflection sandhi:	Default/none
Stem type:	q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this stem can be either of the following:

'Agent pays Patient (something@INS)'.
'Agent pays (something@INS) for Patient'

This seems to be related to the two different 'price' meanings of {aki}N.

Notable forms:

HTR: {akiliq}V + V{ði}V ⇒ /akilii/

The HTR-form follows directly from N{-liq}V and is mention in [SK71], [CBBJRPIKJR97].

Meanings and examples

100 kr-nik akilerpaa, he pays him 100 kr [CBBJRPIKJR97]
ikiormani akilerlugu ikiorpaa, because he had been helped by him, he helped him (in order) to repay him [SK71]
avanniinnaleraluarmat akilerpaa, because there had blown a northerly wind (for so long), it now pays for it [SK71]

I.e., now there is an equally strong southerly wind blowing.

100 kr-nik akilerpaa, he pays 100 kr for it [CBBJRPIKJR97]

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Tags

Semantic categorisation / Uncategorised

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.
[JP67] Jonathan Petersen (1967): Ordbogêraĸ.
[CBBJRPIKJR97] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.