Alternation ‘Mediopassive (middle)’ (Coded)

This construction is coded with an -st form, originally a cliticization of the reflexive pronoun. The alternation mostly involves simple transitive verbs which becomes intransitive through the addition of the -st morpheme, denoting a middle reading, but this construction can also have intransitive verbs as input. With some verbs he former subject be added as accusative argument optionally (cf. ex.147).

Verb Meaning Verb form Basic coding frame Derived coding frame Occurs Comment # Ex.