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Agentive nouns are derived either from ''gu-'' or ''guqa-''; in some regions ''guqa-'' is instead a suffix ''-guqa''. | Agentive nouns are derived either from ''gu-'' or ''guqa-''; in some regions ''guqa-'' is instead a suffix ''-guqa''. | ||
Causative ''wai'' (bearing the modified word's tone) can be applied before any part of speech. It is also used with some verbs as a non-shifting | Causative ''wai'' (bearing the modified word's tone) can be applied before any part of speech. It is also used with some verbs as a non-shifting prefix ''wai-'' to derive new meanings; in some regions ''wai-'' is used on all verbs instead of particle ''wai'', and in some of those regions may be stress-shifting. | ||
====Reduplication==== | ====Reduplication==== | ||