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*''-ji'': occupational deverbal, e.g. ''kor-ji'' "butcher"
*''-ji'': occupational deverbal, e.g. ''kor-ji'' "butcher"


The language has a variety of converbs which appear before their head.  These converbs encode modality, aspect, manner, and various adverbial meanings.  The converbs may be separated from their head by other elements, such as illocutionary particles, discourse markers, etc.  Common converbs include:
The language has a variety of converbs which appear after their head.  These converbs encode modality, aspect, manner, and various adverbial meanings.  The converbs may be separated from their head by other elements, such as illocutionary particles, discourse markers, etc.  Common converbs include:
 
 
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! sútu
| "and; additionally; to add"; <br/> a direct loan from Minhast ''suttu'' "and"
| style="text-align:center"| X
| Voicing <br/> Palatalization
| style="text-align:center"| ''hen'' cliticized to noun in the Past-Genitive
| style="text-align:center"| -zut <br/> -šut
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*''sutu, sútu'': "and; additionally; to add"; a direct loan from Minhast ''suttu'' "and"
*''sutu, sútu'': "and; additionally; to add"; a direct loan from Minhast ''suttu'' "and"
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