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| style="text-align:center;" | ''*ma-'' | | style="text-align:center;" | ''*ma-'' | ||
| When attached to an adjectival stem, it creates an intransitive verb meaning 'to become (''adjective'').' These take regular verbal marking, rather than stative verb (adjectival) marking. | | When attached to an adjectival stem, it creates an intransitive verb meaning 'to become (''adjective'').' These take regular verbal marking, rather than stative verb (adjectival) marking. | ||
| ''*hur-si'' ('it is high') → ''* | | ''*hur-si'' ('it is high') → ''*mahur'' ('it becomes high') | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | ''*me-'' | | style="text-align:center;" | ''*me-'' | ||
| When attached to an adjectival stem, it creates a transitive verb meaning 'to make (''adjective'').' These take regular verbal marking, rather than stative verb (adjectival) marking. | | When attached to an adjectival stem, it creates a transitive verb meaning 'to make (''adjective'').' These take regular verbal marking, rather than stative verb (adjectival) marking. | ||
| ''*hur-si'' ('it is high') → ''* | | ''*hur-si'' ('it is high') → ''*timehur'' ('I make it high; I heighten it') | ||
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| style="text-align:center;" | ''*pak-'' | | style="text-align:center;" | ''*pak-'' | ||