Details

General

Morphemic form: *{lu}
New orthography: +lu
Old orthography: -lo, -dlo
Sources: [CBBJRPIKJR97], [CWSL58]
Combinations: View list
See also: {aamma}
Ancestor(s): *{ɬu} (PE)
Left sandhi: Default

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this enclitic is 'and'. It is an alternative to the particle {aamma} with the same meaning. Note that the enclitic is added to the last word in a pair or list; i.e., the word that would have followed an 'and' in English.

When used on a noun, that acts as an explicit specification of Subject for a verb with a 1pl person marker for Subject in the ending, the addition of this enclitic can imply 'Subject(s) and I'. The I (uanga) is implied by *{lu} but does not need to be explicitly mentioned.


Meanings and examples

This is the general meaning. Note that it is added onto the word that 'and' would come before.

Tags:

  • Kaali Piitarlu, Carl and Peter.
  • Anda, Kaali, Piitarlu, Anda, Carl and Peter.

When used on 1pl subjects.

Tags:

  • Kaalikkullu Uummannaliarpugut, The Carl's (Carl and his family) and I travelled to Uummannaq

    Here Kaalikkut denotes 'Carl and his family'. The sentence could alternatively be expressed as Uanga Kaalikkullu Uummannaliarpugut with an explicit specification of I, but this is simply often omitted.

  • Inuulluarna! Illillu!, Farewell! And you too!

    Inuulluarna is a common farewell phrase, literally 'live well', and the reply illillu literally means 'and thou also', from 1.sg pronoun illit 'thou/thee'. However, illillu is also a standard polite reply to e.g. qujanaq, 'thanks', similar to English 'you're welcome'.


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