Details

General

Morphemic form: V{tciaq}V
New orthography: -tsiarpoq
Old orthography: -tsiarpoĸ
Sources: [14, 11]
Combinations: Click here
Variants: N{tciaq}N,
Left sandhi:
Default,
Right sandhi:
Default/none,
Inflection sandhi:
Default/none,
Stem type: q-stem
Diathesis: None
Valency change: Preserving
Valency:
None,

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

This affix has two meanings, seemingly contradictory meanings: 'Vb fairly much' and 'Vb a bit/briefly'. There is also a nominal variant, N{tciaq}N, meaning 'a fair-sized N'.


Meanings and examples

  • sisungaatsiarpoq, it slid fairly far down [11]

  • anitsiarpoq, he went outside for a moment [11]
  • takutsiarpaa, he saw it briefly [11]
  • atutsiarlara, let me borrow it for a moment [11]