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*'''Nomen obiecti''': suffix ''-las''; added to transitive verbs without the voice marker to denote the object of the action. ''laja'' ‘sing’ → ''lajalas'' ‘song’ | *'''Nomen obiecti''': suffix ''-las''; added to transitive verbs without the voice marker to denote the object of the action. ''laja'' ‘sing’ → ''lajalas'' ‘song’ | ||
There is one operation available to derive nouns from nouns: the collective ({{sc|COLL}}) reduplication, which a full initial L→R reduplication. | There is one operation available to derive nouns from nouns: the collective ({{sc|COLL}}) reduplication, which usually a full initial L→R reduplication. However, for polysyllabic words, only the first CV pair is copied. | ||
*'''ha-tav''' ‘a feeling’ → '''ha-tatav''' ‘sentiments, emotional state’ | *'''ha-tav''' ‘a feeling’ → '''ha-tatav''' ‘sentiments, emotional state’ | ||
*'''ha-tok''' ‘a chicken’ → '''ha-toktok''' ‘poultry’ | *'''ha-tok''' ‘a chicken’ → '''ha-toktok''' ‘poultry’ | ||
*'''ha-lilov''' ‘a being’ → '''ha-lililov''' ‘humanity’ ( and not **ha-lilovlilov) | |||
====Verbs==== | ====Verbs==== | ||