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Verbs appear to have had little inflection except on auxiliaries. Reduplicated forms existed, such as {{ash|*ku~kwa:}} "to cycle".
Verbs appear to have had little inflection except on auxiliaries. Reduplicated forms existed, such as {{ash|*ku~kwa:}} "to cycle".


There were two primary auxiliary verbs, stative {{ash|*a:}} and active {{ash|*qa:}}, perhaps best translated as "do" (or "apply") and "be" respectively. These were often used with nouns and have led to many active and stative verbs in modern Ash as well.
There were two primary auxiliary verbs, active {{ash|*qa:}} and stative {{ash|*a:}}, perhaps best translated as "do" (or "apply") and "be" respectively. These were often used with nouns and have led to many active and stative verbs in modern Ash as well.


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