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1.       si++
3785 posts
 08 Nov 2013 Fri 04:26 pm

Find the examples of the following:

Stem-suffix(es) where stem=suffix(es)

I have found around 25 examples so far. 1 to 5 examples are OK. Please do not submit more than 5 (give a chance to others).

 

I will give one example for a start:

uyuzuyuz = we are sick of him

 

2.       si++
3785 posts
 09 Nov 2013 Sat 09:34 am

Nobody is interested in my puzzle?

 

Come on guys. You need to scan your memories and spot some relations. It´s good for your brains...

 

Here´s another easy one:

 

dur = stop (intransitive verb)

durdur = stop it (transitive verb)

3.       Abla
3648 posts
 09 Nov 2013 Sat 09:37 am

arar ´he calls´

4.       Abla
3648 posts
 09 Nov 2013 Sat 09:46 am

sizsiz ´without you´

5.       si++
3785 posts
 09 Nov 2013 Sat 09:56 am

 

Quoting Abla

arar ´he calls´

 

Well, not this one. Because stem = ara.

 

arar

 

Actually I find similar ones that don´t qualify:

 

dilerdiler

salarsalar




Edited (11/9/2013) by si++

6.       Abla
3648 posts
 09 Nov 2013 Sat 10:06 am

Quote: si++

Well, not this one. Because stem = ara.

 

arar

Yes you´re right. I´ll take it back. And suggest this:

 

sansan ´if you imagined´

7.       Abla
3648 posts
 09 Nov 2013 Sat 02:59 pm

inin ´descend!´

8.       si++
3785 posts
 09 Nov 2013 Sat 03:13 pm

 

Quoting Abla

inin ´descend!´

 

also

inin = your cave

9.       Abla
3648 posts
 09 Nov 2013 Sat 03:18 pm

Artificial maybe but

 

deyimdeyim ´I am in the phrase´

10.       si++
3785 posts
 09 Nov 2013 Sat 03:33 pm

 

Quoting Abla

Artificial maybe but

 

deyimdeyim ´I am in the phrase´

 

Actually it´s also included in my list.

 

deyimdeyim  = I am (working) on the phrase

11.       Abla
3648 posts
 09 Nov 2013 Sat 04:05 pm

anan ´the one who mentions´

unun ´your flour´

sinisini ´her tray (ACC)´

sinesine ´to her breast´

12.       Abla
3648 posts
 09 Nov 2013 Sat 05:08 pm

sunusunu ´her presentation (ACC)´

13.       Abla
3648 posts
 09 Nov 2013 Sat 05:29 pm

sunsun ´let him present´

sünsün ´let it stretch´

14.       si++
3785 posts
 09 Nov 2013 Sat 05:52 pm

How ´bout other languages?

 

English:

inging = The process of adding the suffix "ing" to a word (noun, adjective, verb, etc.) to make it into a verb in present continuous tense.

15.       MarioninTurkey
6124 posts
 09 Nov 2013 Sat 06:02 pm

doesn´t exactly fit the puzzle, but it is fun too:

 

müdür müdür müdür

 

Is the boss the boss?

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16.       MarioninTurkey
6124 posts
 09 Nov 2013 Sat 06:03 pm

Or how about Qs where the answer is the same as the question.

 

Kim geldi?

Kim geldi.

 

Who came?

Kim came.

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17.       si++
3785 posts
 10 Nov 2013 Sun 11:35 am

diktirdiktir = that´s probably "diktirdik"

 

A possible dialog:

- I can´t read the part di..irdik. dindirdik, dizdirdik veya diktirdik olabilir.

- "diktirdik"tir

18.       si++
3785 posts
 11 Nov 2013 Mon 09:47 am

nene

ne = what

ne-n = what of yours

ne-n-e = to what of yours

 

as in

nene gerek = what´s it to you

 

 

nü = nude picture

nü-n = your nude picture

nü-n-ü = your nude picture (Acc.)

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19.       si++
3785 posts
 12 Nov 2013 Tue 09:01 am

-(y)ama-/-(y)eme- = not to be able to ...

 

yama- = patch

yeme- = not eat

 

yamayama = don´t be able to patch it

 

even

 

yemeyeme = don´t be able not to eat it. That´s possible in theory but hard to understand even for native speakers.

20.       si++
3785 posts
 26 Nov 2013 Tue 03:26 pm

 

Quoting si++

Nobody is interested in my puzzle?

 

Come on guys. You need to scan your memories and spot some relations. It´s good for your brains...

 

 

I wouldn´t expect I could come up with any 3-syllable stem but I have found 5 of them so far.

 

Any taker (native speakers included)?

21.       Abla
3648 posts
 27 Nov 2013 Wed 04:14 pm

A reverse dictionary could be useful in this. But I don´t think there is one  -  or is there?

22.       Abla
3648 posts
 09 Dec 2013 Mon 09:23 pm

direndiren ´the one/thing that makes someone/thing resist´



Edited (12/29/2013) by Abla

23.       TheNemanja
116 posts
 09 Dec 2013 Mon 10:15 pm

sinsin - let him cringe

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24.       si++
3785 posts
 10 Dec 2013 Tue 10:42 am

Oh, there is still some interest in my puzzle.

 

I will share one of the 3-syllable stems I have found so far:

 

nacaklanacakla

 

nacak = small axe, hatchet

nacakla = cut down (some wood) using a hatchet

nacakla-n- = to be cut down using a hatchet

nacakla-n-acak = those to be cut down using a hatchet

nacakla-n-acak-la = with those to be cut down using a hatchet

25.       Abla
3648 posts
 29 Dec 2013 Sun 09:44 pm

What about the infinitive

 

                    ilişiliş ´the manner/action of (some people) touching, handling´?

26.       si++
3785 posts
 30 Dec 2013 Mon 10:17 am

 

Quoting Abla

What about the infinitive

 

                    ilişiliş ´the manner/action of (some people) touching, handling´?

 

Actually iliş-iş would give the same meaning. Adding passive (iliş-il-iş makes it more like "... being touched/attached/hooked"

 

Well anyway, but don´t stop there:

iliştiriliştir

iliştir = attach

iliştir-il = to be attached

ilşitir-il- = being attached

iliştiriliş-tir= that must/may be "iliştiriliş"

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