تٞاتٞى
téte (yetéte/ľitέte)
basic morphological information

v. (Ib)

to accomplish a task, to come to the end with something
выполнить задание, что-то завершить
أنهى
LS 437, 283; CSOL I 679; CSOL II 613; Bulakh 2024:216
text examples

a. ˁémer ˁad šek ˁam tétek ˁö́mor aḷ-ˁad ‘They asked: “Is there anything else or have you finished?” He said: “Nothing else”’ (CSOL I 2:18)

b. wa-yezóˁom ˁaf ľibέt énneʰ téte díˀʸheʰ fŝo ‘And he would wait till he thought that he (the boy) had finished his lunch’ (CSOL I 22:5)

c. wa-ho díˀʸho ri sémek ḷaḷ aˁámer έhɛ ṭaʰ yeγáṭṭ men ḥaʰ di-ˁaľέ yetéte ‘Now at that time the hair on my head was so long that when I did like this, it covered my face from here up completely’ (CSOL I 18:21)

d. ho tétek súkkar ‘My sugar has run out’ (CSOL I 5:43)

morphological notes

perfect 3 sg. f. titóˀoʰ

The jussive form ľitέte is irregular.

pass. tetéwe (yetóutɛ/ľitéto)

 

semantic notes

‘To come to the end with one’s activity (absolute, activity unexpressed)’ (a)

‘To come to the end with one’s activity (direct object)’ (b)

‘To do in full, completely (?)’ (c)

‘To become short of something (direct object)’ (d)

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