fortite en · VERB
Etymology
Back-formed from fortition? Compare lenite, lenition.
Meanings
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(uncommon) To fortify; to undergo, or cause to undergo, fortition.
It is very striking that natives of this archipelago, Scandinavian-speaking well into the modern era, should have developed */xw/ in a similar fortited way to their Faeroese and Norwegian neighbours.
2023 May 18, Robert McColl Millar, R L Trask, Trask's Historical Linguistics, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN:Fortited sound /t/ /k/ If a verb root beginning with /d/ or /g/ is reduplicated, the initial sound in the base form of the verb is fortited. For example , the verb root /gita/ 'look at' is reduplicated to the left[…]
2010, Cynthia Schneider, A Grammar of Abma: A Language of Pentecost Island, Vanuatu:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fortited | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| fortited | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| fortiting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| fortites | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |