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General

Morphemic form: {pujuq}V
New orthography: pujorpoq, pujorpaa
Old orthography: pujorpoĸ, pujorpâ
Sources: [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [CR93], [CWSL58], [JP67], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Variants: {pujuq}N
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Default/none
Stem type: q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The basic meaning of this stem is 'Actor emits smoke' or 'steam', i.e. a fire or lamp, a steaming pot etc. For smoking tobacco, see {pujuqðaq}V.

The stem may also be used in a general sense with an unspecified 3sg actor (likely 'the weather'), to denote 'it is foggy'. Lastly, Christian Rasmussen [CR93] and Schultz-Lorentzen [CWSL58] also give a transitive usage: 'Agent smokes Patient' (i.e. fish, meat etc. for preserving it). However, this usage is not mentioned in later dictionaries such as Oqaatsit [CBBJRPIKJR97], which instead gives {pujuuq}V for this meaning.


Inflection

Inflection pattern:

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


Meanings and examples

I.e., a fire, a lamp, a steaming pot etc.

With an impersonal 3sg or 4sg ending, with no explicit specification of the Subject (likely implied to be 'the weather').

I.e. meat, fish etc. for preserving it. This meaning is likely not used nowadays.


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