Details
General
| Morphemic form: | {əðəgənnaaq}V |
| New orthography: | isiginnaarpaa, isiginnaarpoq |
| Old orthography: | issigingnârpâ, issigingnârpoĸ |
| Sources: | [SK71], [CWSL58], [JP67], [CBBJRPIKJR97] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | {əðəgə}V + V{(n)naaq}V |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem type: | q-stem |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This stem has both a transitive and an intransitive usage, similar to {əðəgə}V:
- Transitive: '
AgentbeholdsPatient', or 'Agentis a spectator ofPatient'. - Intransitive: '
Actorlooks on'.
There seems to be an element of looking/watching for a longer duration in this stem, and maybe also with a degree of pleasure, cf. the second component V{(n)naaq}V. It may be used for someone watching e.g. a play, a football match, a television programme etc.
Meanings and examples
Or 'he watches him to see how he does' (e.g. how he performs a task) according to Kleinschmidt [SK71]. Transitive usage.
Intransitive usage.
- isiginnaartut, the spectators/the audience
[SK71]
With V{ðuq}N in plural.
- isiginnaariat, the audience
[SK71]
I.e., 'those who have come in order to spectate'.
- tv-mik isiginnaarpoq, he watches TV
[CBBJRPIKJR97]
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References
- [SK71] Samuel Kleinschmidt (1871): Den grønlandske Ordbog.
- [CWSL58] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): Den Grønlandske Ordbog.
- [JP67] Jonathan Petersen (1967): Ordbogêraĸ.
- [CBBJRPIKJR97] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.