Details

General

Morphemic form: V{tətəq}V
New orthography: +titerpaa, +titerivoq, +titerpoq
Old orthography: -titerpâ, -titerivoĸ, -titerpoĸ
Combinations: Click here
Constituents: V{tət}V, V{təq}V,
Left sandhi:
t-truncative,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: q-stem
Diathesis: Patientive
Valency change: Increasing
Valency:
Divalent,
HTR morpheme:
ði,
HTR stem: tətəri,

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this affix is 'Agent lets Patient Vb in stages', or 'several times' or 'one by one'. It is a straightforward combination of causative V{tət}V, 'let' and V{təq}V, 'in stages'. Note that the latter is an /əq/ stem, which prevents vowel-initial affixes from removing the final /q/, like a nominal strong q-stem. See the component V{təq}V for further examples of this.

Its intransitive form is formed with the {-i} variant of the HTR-morpheme {ði} as usual with a q-stem, but this too will not remove the final /q/, but instead weaken it to /r/, so we obtain the HTR-form /tətəri/. When used intransitively without HTR, the meaning is passive 'Patient is Vb'ed in stages'.


Left sandhi:

Left sandhi is inherited from the left-most component, V{tət}V. See this for details.


Right sandhi:

Right sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{təq}V. See this for details.


Inflection sandhi:

Inflection sandhi is inherited from the right-most component, V{təq}V. See this for details.


Meanings and examples

Or 'one by one'.

  • kigartiterpoq, it has gotten many scratches
    [8]

    From kigarpaa, 'he scratches it'.

  • singartiterpoq, it is full of dents
    [8]

    Of something made of metal, from singarpoq, 'it is flattened' or 'crushed flat' or similar.

  • atisatik siggortiterpai, they wring their clothes
    [4]

    From siggorpaa, 'he wrings water out of it'.

  • pigisatik aggortiterpaat, they divided their possessions amongst them(selves)
    [4]

    From aggorpaa 'he divides it' (into several separate pieces/sets).

When used intransitively without HTR, the meaning is passive.

  • kilertiterpoq, it is full of cuts
    [8]

    From kilerpaa, 'he cuts it'. The meaning here becomes passive


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