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Tidied up section on emphatic forms
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This lengthening can also be used on infixes marking objects e.g. | This lengthening can also be used on infixes marking objects e.g. | ||
pyoli-uu /pʲɔliʔuː/ - purify you, verb focus | pyoli-uu /pʲɔliʔuː/ - purify you, verb focus | ||
pyooli-uu /pʲɔːliʔuː/ - purify you (emphatic), verb focus | pyooli-uu /pʲɔːliʔuː/ - purify you (emphatic), verb focus | ||
If an object would be formed by vowel replacement (instead of an infix), then the emphatic form is created by lengthening the first vowel e.g. | |||
sisíeychu /siseiʔcu/ - to stab, verb focus | |||
sóesíeychu /sɜʔseiʔcu/ - to stab you, verb focus | |||
sóoesíeychu /sɜːʔseiʔcu/ - to stab you (emphatic), verb focus | |||