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General

Morphemic form: {ipuk}V
New orthography: ipuppoq, ipuppaa
Old orthography: ipugpoĸ, ipugpâ
Sources: [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [CWSL58], [JP67], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Variants: {iput}V
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Default/none
Stem type: k-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this stem is 'Agent rows Patient', and, if used intransitively: 'Agent=Actor rows', i.e. a boat. Kleinschmidt [SK71] further elaborates that he rows a boat with a an oar that has a single oar blade (unlike the kayak oar, which is double-bladed).

Kleinschmidt [SK71] and Schultz-Lorentzen [CWSL58] describe both a transitive and an intransitive usage, but the newer dictionary Oqaatsit [CBBJRPIKJR97] only lists the intransitive usage. Thus, the intransitive usage is likely the most common. Both Kleinschmidt and Schultz-Lorentzen, and also Ordbogeeraq [JP67], also describe a different stem, {iput}V, which only seems to be used transitively, but with exactly the same meaning as the present stem.

According to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [MFSJLK10], the historical, reconstructed form of the present stem is {iput}, so the final /t/ on the variant form probably reflects the historical form. It is not clear why the present stem has turned into a k-stem, but the preference for using the t-stem form for the transitive usage may be due to influence from the non-productive affix V{-t}V, which precisely is a transitiviser. Thus, there are several monovalent k-stems, that have a corresponding divalent t-stem, due to the addition of this affix. However, in the present case it rather seems that the t-stem form is the original, and the present k-stem form has developed from this.


Notable forms:

Inflection

Inflection pattern:

Stem type: k-stem
Inflection sandhi: Default/none


Meanings and examples

I.e. rows a boat, with a an oar that has a single oar blade (unlike the kayak oar, which is double-bladed). The stem is most commonly used intransitively.

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  • akulikitsumik ipupput, they row with quick strokes [CWSL58]
  • akuttusuumik ipupput, they row slowly with long strokes [CWSL58]

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