Details

General

Morphemic form: {utəq}V
New orthography: uterpoq, uterpaa
Old orthography: uterpoĸ, uterpâ
Sources: [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [CWSL58], [JP67], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Default/none
Stem type: q-stem
Diathesis: Agentive (NPP)
Valency: Monovalent, Divalent

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The basic meaning of this stem is 'Actor returns (to something@ALL)'. This can be used to express a collection of related meanings: 'Actor comes back/comes again' (after having been away), or 'Actor turns around' (after having been going forward for a while, with or without having reached his goal).

It can also denotes that 'Actor regresses' (in senility). The idea here is that the Actor 'returns' to a child-like state.

Lastly, the stem can also be used transitively in two different senses:

The stem does not take a HTR-morpheme, so we record it here as agentive. The suppressed Patient role can be reintroduced in the instrumental case.


Meanings and examples

Either in the sense of 'comes again', 'turns around', 'comes back' (with or without having reached his destination), or 'is brought back'.

  • nuussuaq tungaaliinnarlugu uterpugut, we turned around, when we had just come towards the great promontory [CWSL58]

According to Kleinschmidt [SK71], this usage is uncommon; {utəq}V + ?? would be more common for this meaning.

E.g. a word or a sentence.

I.e. due to cognitive decline. The idea in this usage is, that the Actor 'returns to childhood'.


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