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tshapidzhé, v. To break up a word or set phrase with an infix; tmesis. Lilitika does not have many phrasal verbs, making this primarily a poetic or expletive tool. Examples include kí-gegloko-pagí, directly equivalent to "abso-fucking-lutely"; la zhombiris sainí mefistasa úebes tshitsewai, "she punched our mothers with words" (lit. "her puns were really terrible"); and kezalokezo, "to decide to hate something for pleasure" which is made by inserting 'kezo' into kezaloné to emphasize the fact that the subject is secretly enjoying the situation. The verb rebossezé could be considered a similar example, where ossez was inserted into rebé to show that the the offer has already been made.

See inflection scheme: iomanazinení noun
See inflection scheme: sarasí noun
See inflection scheme: zeyetaní noun
See inflection scheme: íomanazinení verb

tags: verb, rhetoric, linguistics, transitive