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General

Morphemic form: {nuannarə}V
New orthography: nuannaraa, nuannarinnippoq
Old orthography: nuánarâ, nuánaringnigpoĸ
Sources: [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [CWSL58], [JP67], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Constituents: {?} + V{(n)naaq}V
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Default/none
Stem type: ə-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this stem is 'Agent enjoys Patient', or 'is happy about' etc. The stem is one of a collection of three different stems with related meaning, that often can be difficult to distinguish:

All three seem to be derived from a common verbal base *{nua-}, but this does not exist as an independent stem in Kalaallisut. According to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [MFSJLK10], it is actually from the nominal stem {nuna}N, 'land', seemingly with a loss of /n/, but how 'land' relates to the aforementioned meanings 'enjoy' is entirely unclear. In any case, these combinations are very old. We therefore record the initial component as unknown here.

The second component is then V{(n)niq}V, V{(n)narə}V, and V{(n)naaq}V, respectively. It generally seem sto be the case that when there exists a lexicalised stem derived with one of these affixes, then there also exist two other lexicalisations derived wit the two other affixes.


Meanings and examples

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  • nunasiara nuannareqaara, I am very happy with the land I have found [SK71]

    I.e., 'with my new living-place'.

  • ajortut nuannarai, he enjoys (doing) evils [SK71]

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