win säpi

[Eltu Lefngap Makto]

I just found this verb in the dictionary.  I can't understand how this is an actual word and not just an idiom.  Can you say oe win säpäpi I hurried myself?

[Sireayä mokri]

This is verb win si with reflective infix <äp> in it. It means that a person performs an action on him/herself. Use it to say I hurried myself, there's no need to inflect it anyhow else.

[Eltu Lefngap Makto]

I get that, but it's in the dictionary as its own entry:

win säpi: [win sæ."p
i] PF vin. hurry (c.w. from win fast and s«äp»i do (reflexive))

I was to say, "She hurried" then I have to write, "po win säpi", according to the dictionary.  But what if I want to say, "I hurried myself."  The dictionary would seem to indicate I need to infix this verb phrase.

[wm.annis]

I get that, but it's in the dictionary as its own entry:

win säpi: [win sæ."p
i] PF vin. hurry (c.w. from win fast and s«äp»i do (reflexive))

I was to say, "She hurried" then I have to write, "po win säpi", according to the dictionary.  But what if I want to say, "I hurried myself."  The dictionary would seem to indicate I need to infix this verb phrase.

There is no substantive difference in meaning between "I hurried" and "I hurried myself."  Oe win säpi is sufficient to indicate either sense.

[Eltu Lefngap Makto]

I can see that.  What I don't understand is how it gets its own entry.  Isn't it the same as "I rushed myself"?  Shouldn't this just be an idiom and not a separate dictionary entry?

[wm.annis]

I can see that.  What I don't understand is how it gets its own entry.  Isn't it the same as "I rushed myself"?  Shouldn't this just be an idiom and not a separate dictionary entry?

Probably.  What I'd really love is a blog post from Frommer about some of these transitivity questions.