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General

Morphemic form: {qanət}V
New orthography: qanippoq, qanippaa
Old orthography: ĸanigpoĸ, ĸanigpâ, ĸanípâ
Sources: [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [CWSL58], [JP67], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Default/none
Stem type: t-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this stem is 'Actor is close (to something@ALL)'. The dictionaries [SK71], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97] also give a secondary, transitive usage: 'Agent is close to Patient', although that usage is likely not as common as the former.

Etymology and form
Note that Schultz-Lorentzen [CWSL58] spells this stem ĸanig-, both in the intransitive and the transitive usage, i.e. as a k-stem. However, in Ordbogeeraq [JP67], the intransitive usage is spelt ĸanigpoĸ, but the transitive usage is spelt ĸanípâ, i.e. as a t-stem, thus suggesting that the transitive and intransitive usages are actually two different stems (this difference is lost in the new orthography), maybe assuming that the transitive usage is developed from the intransitive by adding the transitivising affix V{-t}V. However, according to the Comparative Eskimo Dictionary [MFSJLK10], the reconstructed historical form is {qanət-}, i.e. it was always a t-stem. Therefore, we also record it as a t-stem here.


Inflection

Inflection pattern:

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


Meanings and examples

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