Details

General

Morphemic form: +{ðugar}+
Phonemic orthography: ðuɣaʀ(-)
Sources: [MFSJLK10]
Combinations: View list
Constituents: +{ðug}N + +{ar}N
Stem type: Uvular stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

According to [MFSJLK10], this morpheme can be used as both a nominal and a verbal stem, and it has two meanings: 'big' (when used as a nominal stem), and 'a lot' (when used as a verbal stem).

The authors also hypothesise that it may be from a combination of +{ðug}N + +{ar}N. We adopt this hypothesis here, and record it as a combination. This is also consistent with the behaviour of the descendant of this affix in Kalaallisut, which drops its final /aq/ in certain contexts and instead behaves as a k-stem. These forms are presumably directly from +{ðug}N (with stem-final PE /g/ becoming /k/ in Kalaallisut).


Meanings and examples

When used nominally.

When used verbally.


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References