36 S.l. EXISTENCE. 



Afx. Not ngilaq; without ( — ) 'qyoq (not to be confounded 

 with the stem word so spelled), ilaq. 



Flexion. Negation is also expressed by the peculiar infinitive 

 ending папе, wsf. пш/о. 



Drv. Expl. He has not eaten nerlngilaq (nerivoq); he is poor 

 jjTjJOq (without things ])e}; a desert inuilaq (without people imilc); 

 excepting that pinago (not doing with that) ; yes a}) (subj. of oZ-), 

 sôruna. If. on being asked negatively ..is it not", the Greenlander 

 answers in the afhrmative âp, he means, contrary to us: ,,(yes) it 

 is not". 



4) LIFE, REALITY, VISIBLENESS. 



Stw. Is visible erss'ipoq; \i\qs nmafoq-, man шг^А: (see Sect. 17). 



Afx. Real, proper rpiaq, vik. 



Drv. ExPL. Becomes visible, appears ersserpoq; is born imi- 

 ngorpoq; a real man (no doll, no animal) inorpiaq; living, also: an 

 animal nmassoq; is a man, is born, lives iniuoq (not used for 

 animals). 



5) DEATH, VANISHING. 



Stw. Death toqo; is consumed, has totally disappeared tw- 

 nguvoq. 



Afx. Is deprived of ( — ) erpoq , erùpoq ; has deprived him of 

 iarpâ, êrpâ. 



Dry. Expl. Is dead ioqnvoq; is deprived of everything sii- 

 erupoq. 



6) NATURE, STATE. CONDITION. 



Stw. Behaves, proceeds ilivoq. 



Afx See Vol.1 p. 65: neq, siorpoq, sstiseq, toq, ssoq, te. 



Drv. Expl. Nature, quality ilerqoq, 2>/s6«S'e«7 ; he is in that 

 state taima ilivoq; a provider jnniartoq (strives to get something 

 2nniarpoq. 



Note: As to Articles see Section 3,5; Demonstratives S. 9,1 

 and 17; Pronouns S. 2 and 17. 



II. PECILIARITIES A>D EXAMPLES FROM THE OTHER DIALECTS. 



(Words apparently representing peculiar stemwords : niimgpoq 

 LC; skI- LWns.; tan Wns.A.; tivfil- L.) 



L. 4) Lives innovok (man), omavok (animal); man innid; 

 snk* — 5) in his absence (tibvik) tibviane*. 



