36 8.1. EXISTENCE. 



Afx. Not ngilaq; without ( )(poq (not to be confounded 

 with the stemword so spelled), ilaq. 



Flexion. Negation is also expressed by the peculiar infinitive 

 ending nane, wsf. nago. 



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

 jnpoq (without things pe) ; a desert inuilaq (without people inuk) 

 excepting that pinago (not doing with that) ; yes dp (subj. of ak), 

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

 answers in the affirmative dp, he means, contrary to us: (yes) it 

 is not". 



4) LIFE, REALITY, VISIBLENESS. 



Stw. Is visible erssipoq; lives ttmavoq ; man inuk (see Sect. 17). 



Afx. Real, proper rpiaq, vik. 



Drv. Expl. Becomes visible, appears ersserpoq; is born inu- 

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

 animal umassoq ; is a man , is born , lives inuvoq (not used for 

 animals). 



5) DEATH, VANISHING. 



Stw. Death toqo\ is consumed, has totally disappeared nu- 

 nguvoq. 



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

 iarpd, erpd. 



Drv. Expl. Is dead toquvoq; is deprived of everything su- 

 erupoq. 



6) NATURE, STATE, CONDITION. 



Stw. Behaves, proceeds ilivoq. 



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



Drv. Expl. Nature, quality ilerqoq, pissuseq; he is in that 

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

 piniarpoq. 



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

 and 17; Pronouns S. 2 and 17. 



II. PECULIARITIES AND EXAMPLES FROM THE OTHER DIALECTS. 



(Words apparently representing peculiar stemwords: nipagpoq 

 LC; suk LWns.; tan Wns.A.; tivfik L.) 



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

 suk* 5) in his absence (tibvik) tibviane*. 



