Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{tciaq}V |
| New orthography: | -tsiarpoq |
| Old orthography: | -tsiarpoĸ |
| Sources: | [19, 16] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Variants: | N{tciaq}N |
| Left sandhi: | Default |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem type: | q-stem |
| Diathesis: | None |
| Valency: | Preserving |
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
[16]
- anitsiarpoq, he went outside for a moment
[16]
- takutsiarpaa, he saw it briefly
[16]
- atutsiarlara, let me borrow it for a moment
[16]