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General

Morphemic form: N{-katak}V
New orthography: -katappoq
Old orthography: -katagpoĸ
Sources: [19, 16, 11]
Combinations: View list
Variants: V{-katak}V
Left sandhi: Truncative
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Default/none
Stem type: k-stem
Diathesis: Subjective
Valency: Monovalent

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This affix means 'Actor is tired of N'; often, but not always, with N being a noun stem representing some type of food, in which case the meaning becomes 'is tired of eating N'. 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. Often with nouns for foods, in which case the meaning becomes 'is tired of eating N'.

  • iffiakatappoq, he is tired of eating rye bread [19]
  • neqikatappoq, he is tired of eating meat [19]
  • saarullikatappoq, he is fed up with eating cod [19]
  • sukkulaatikatappoq, he has had too much chocolate [19]
  • angutikatappoq, she is tired of men [11]

    From angut, 'man'.


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