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Morphemic form: {suŋiusaq}V
New orthography: sungiusarpaa, sungiusarpoq
Old orthography: sungiusarpâ, sungiusarpoĸ
Sources: [SK71], [CWSL58], [JP67], [CBBJRPIKJR97, only as sungiusarpoq]
Combinations: View list
Constituents: {suŋiut}V + V{saq}V
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Default/none
Stem type: q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This stem is formed from {suŋiut}V + V{saq}V. The latter affix is t-truncative, so it has deleted the stem-final /t/, thus giving the present form.

The literal meaning of this stem is 'Agent makes Patient accustomed to N@ALL'. However, the dictionaries [SK71], [CWSL58] translate it as 'Agent trains Patient in N@ALL' instead.

The secondary object, N@ALL, indicates the thing to which the Patient is getting accustomed. However, according to Kleinschmidt [SK71], this secondary object may alternatively be indicated in two other ways:

Note that we would normally expect that adding V{saq}V to {suŋiusaq}V should yield the meaning: 'Agent makes someone=N@INS accustomed to Patient', yet we see the aforementioned meaning instead. Thus, the meaning does not quite follow from the meanings of the constituents.

Intransitive usage
The affix V{saq}V is reflexive, and this stem too may be used reflexively with intransitive endings, in the sense of 'Agent=Patient=Actor practices'.

Kleinschmidt [SK71] mentions sungiusarpoq with the meaning of "practises", which should make sense if one were to think of it as 'one makes oneself accustomed to something'. In particular, Kleinschmidt's translation of the reflexive usage (in Danish) is "øver sig", which includes the Danish reflexive 3rd person pronoun 'sig'. Note that the intransitive usage is the only one given in the Oqaatsit dictionary [CBBJRPIKJR97].


Meanings and examples

The secondary object N@ALL may alternatively be given with V{nəq}N or with a contemporative object clause (possibly with V{tət}V). The meaning 'practices' is reflexive, i.e. with intransitive endings without a HTR-morpheme.

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  • qaannamut sungiusarpaa, He trains him in kayaking [SK71]

    Literally: 'he makes him accustomed to kayak'.

  • qamanermut sungiusarpaa, he trains him in lying in wait (for an animal) [SK71]
  • allanneq sungiusarpoq, he practices writing [SK71]

    Note that allanneq is not the subject of the sentence, but it nevertheless appears in the absolutive case. This is strange.

  • sungiusarniaraluarpunga aaqqateqarnanga, I am (slowly/a bit beginning to) practice not having gloves (on) [SK71]

    I.e. while kayaking.


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