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General

Morphemic form: +{k(k)attar}V, +{q(q)attar}V
Phonemic orthography: k(k)attaʀ-, q(q)attaʀ-
Sources: [MFSJLK10]
Combinations: View list
Constituents: +{k(k)ətar}V + +{t(t)ar}V
Stem type: Uvular stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The authors of [MFSJLK10] define this as 'repeatedly' or 'habitually', but with some uncertainty about the meaning. They seem to suggest that this morpheme is a combination of +{k(k)ətar}V + +{t(t)ar}V, although it is not explained how that combination should yield the present form.

Alternatively, they propose that the first morpheme could be +{qqar}V, but as they argue: it is more likely that the second form, +{q(q)attar}V, with initial /q/ would have been generalised from the k-initial form on uvular bases, rather than the other way around, because there are more uvular than velar bases in the PE.


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