ḫawwafa (خوف)

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A stem II verb
(causative/intensive of stem I verb of the same root 'fear')

Coding frame

Complex Verb form

Example

(31)
Ḫawwafat albintu ṭṭifla.
ḫawwafat
fear.II.CAUS.INT.PRF.3SG.F
al-bint-u
ART-girl.F-NOM
ṭ-ṭifl-a
ART-child.M-ACC
‘The girl scared the child.’
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Verb meaning , Microroles , Coding sets and Argument types

# FRIGHTEN Coding set Argument type
1 frightener V.subj NP-nom A
2 frightenee NP-acc P

Alternations

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Alternation name Occurs Examples
C
Stem VIII Reflexive more info
N y
C
Stem IV Causative more info
N y
U
Locative Alternation 1 more info
N n
C
Stem VI Reciprocal more info
N y
C
Stem VI Reflexive more info
N y
U
Prepositional (min 'from') / Accusative Object Alternation more info
N n
C
Stem II Causative more info
N y
C
Stem V Anticausative more info
N y
C
Stem V Reflexive more info
R y
(44)
Taḫawwafat firansā min ʾazmatin ʾiqtiṣādīyatin.
‘France feared an economic crisis.’
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C
Stem VI Passive more info
N y
C
Stem VII Passive more info
N y
C
Stem VIII Reciprocal more info
N y
U
Theme / Recipient Alternation - Prepositional (li+ 'to') / Accusative Object more info
N n
U
Locative Alternation 2 more info
N n
C
Stem X Causative more info
N y
U
Prepositional (bi+) / Accusative object Alternation more info
N n
C
Stem VII Anticausative more info
N y
C
Stem VIII Anticausative more info
N y
U
Locative Alternation 3 more info
N n
U
Goal Alternation - Prepositional (ʾilâ+ 'to') / Accusative Object more info
N n
U
Object Omission Alternation more info
N n
U
Theme / Source Alternation - Prepositional (min+ 'from') Accusative Object more info
N n
C
Caused Motion Alternation more info
N y
U
Object Adding Alternation more info
N n