Details
General
| Morphemic form: | V{tətəaq}V |
| New orthography: | -titaarpaa, -titaarpaa |
| Old orthography: | -titârpâ |
| Sources: | [11] |
| Combinations: | View list |
| Constituents: | V{tətəq}V + V{-aq}V |
| Left sandhi: | t-truncative |
| Right sandhi: | Default/none |
| Inflection sandhi: | Default/none |
| Stem type: | q-stem |
| Diathesis: | Patientive (NAP) |
| Valency: | Preserving, Agent increasing |
| HTR-morphemes: | V{ði}V |
Description and behaviour
Form and usage:
According to Nielsen [11], the meaning of this affix is 'Agent Vb Patient in stages', i.e. indicating an incremental action.
Given the meaning, it seems to be an old combination of V{tətəq}V and V{-aq}V, where the combination /əa/ has yielded [aa], thus indicating that the combination must be old (since stem-internal /ə/ normally do not change their sound, even of the following phoneme changes due to affixing).
Left sandhi:
Left sandhi is inherited from the left-most component, V{tətəq}V. See this for details.
Notable forms:
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HTR-form:
V{tətəaq}V + V{ði}V ⇒ /tətəari/
This HTR-form is mentioned in Nielsen [11].
Meanings and examples
Indicating an incremental action.
- immikkoortitaarpai, he groups them
[11]
From immikkoorput, 'they are separate'.