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Morphemic form: V{-qatəsirə}V
New orthography: -qatiseraa
Old orthography: -ĸatiserâ
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: V{-qatə}N, ?,
Left sandhi:
Truncative,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
ə-contraction,
Stem type: ə-stem
Diathesis: Reflexive
Valency change: Increasing
Valency:
Divalent,
HTR morpheme:
nnək,
HTR stem: -qatəsirənnək,

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

From the examples given in Oqaatsit [8], the meaning of this affix is 'Agent asks/encourages Patient to Vb with him=Agent'. The affix does not appear in any of the older dictionaries; the first appearance I have found is in Oqaatsit [8] from 1997, so it must be recently formed. The first part is clearly V{-qatə}N, but the origin of the second part, /sirə/, is unknown.


Meanings and examples

  • aneqatiseraa, he asks him, if he wants to go outside (with him)
    [8]

    From anivoq, 'he exits; goes outside'.

  • angalaqatiseraa, he encourages him to travel (with him)
    [8]

    From angalavoq, 'he travels'.

  • qajartoqatiseraa, he would like to have him along for a kayak trip
    [8]

    From qajatorpoq, 'he sails in kayak'.


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