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*''iptis'' forceps (also from ''iptas'' "hoe") | *''iptis'' forceps (also from ''iptas'' "hoe") | ||
A few derivational affixes occur as prefixes attaching directly to a verb root. The most common ones are the Telicity affixes. Technically telicity is a type of aspect, but unlike other aspect markers, which can be spontaneously employed in a single utterance, these affixes serve a more derivational purpose; their function is chiefly semantic as opposed to syntactic. For example, the verb root ''-dāwap-'' (to drip), when prefixed with the Durative, creates the derived verb ''-ħtaštāwap-'', which means "to trickle", and the verb root ''-sar-'' (to see) becomes ''-ħtassar-'' (to watch). | |||
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! Telicity | |||
! Affix | |||
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! Durative | |||
| -ħtaš- | |||
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! Semelfective | |||
| -minn- | |||
|} | |||
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