Details

General

Morphemic form: {tuqu}V
New orthography: toquvoq
Old orthography: toĸuvoĸ
Sources: [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Default/none
Stem type: Vowel stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this stem is: 'Actor is dead' (or 'is as if he were dead', i.e. lifeless).


Meanings and examples

  • toqusaraluarami kingumut uummartarpoq, he seems to have died several times, coming back to life again afterwards [SK71]

    With V{ðaq}V for recurring action and V{galuaq}V for 'seemingly but not actually'.


Search the corpus for further examples.


Tags

References