Details

General

Morphemic form: N{-katak}V
New orthography: -katappoq
Old orthography: -katagpoĸ
Sources: [14, 11]
Combinations: Click here
Variants: V{-katak}V,
Left sandhi:
Truncative,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: k-stem
Diathesis: Subjective
Valency change: None
Valency:
Monovalent,

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