Details
General
| Morphemic form: | N{-katak}V |
| New orthography: | -katappoq |
| Old orthography: | -katagpoĸ |
| Combinations: | Click here |
| Variants: | V{-katak}V, |
| Left sandhi: | Truncative,
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| Right sandhi: | Default/none,
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| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none,
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| Stem type: | k-stem |
| Diathesis: | Subjective |
| Valency change: | None |
| Valency: | Monovalent,
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Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
This affix means 'Actor is tired of eating N', with N being a noun stem representing some type of food.
There is also a verbal variant V{-katak}V meaning 'Subject is tired of Vb'ing'.
Meanings and examples
Or 'is fed up with', etc.
- iffiakatappoq, he is tired of eating rye bread
- neqikatappoq, he is tired of eating meat
- saarullikatappoq, he is fed up with eating cod
- sukkulaatikatappoq, he has had too much chocolate
References
- [4] C.W. Schultz-Lorentzen (1958): Den Grønlandske Ordbog.
- [8] Christian Berthelsen, Birgitte Jakobsen, Robert Petersen, Inge Kleivan & Jørgen Rischel (1997): Oqaatsit.