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===Trisyllabic lemmas=== | ===Trisyllabic lemmas=== | ||
The majority of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemma_(morphology) lemmas] (citation forms of words) are trisyllabic. These always constitute a valid clause on their own, containing both a triconsonantal noun as the subject and a trivocalic verb as the predicate. Trisyllabic lemma clauses are always, by definition, self-evidently true sentences of the structure "the X is an X" (or "that which X-es X-es"), and therefore rather void of pragmatic purpose. Here are some examples of trisyllabic roots. | The majority of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemma_(morphology) lemmas] (citation forms of words) are trisyllabic. These always constitute a valid clause on their own, containing both a triconsonantal noun as the subject and a trivocalic verb as the predicate. Trisyllabic lemma clauses are always, by definition, self-evidently true sentences of the structure "the X is an X" (or "that which X-es X-es"), and therefore rather void of pragmatic purpose. Here are some examples of trisyllabic roots in their lemma forms. | ||
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* A ''tahu'' is a man who is a member of the ''Tagahu'', roughly the militarised police force and government of Oru. | * A ''tahu'' is a man who is a member of the ''Tagahu'', roughly the militarised police force and government of Oru. | ||
** ''Kia tahu'' is the Guaru term for a future ''tahu'', a boy raised to be a ''tahu''. | ** ''Kia tahu'' is the Guaru term for a future ''tahu'', a boy raised to be a ''tahu''. | ||
===Naming words=== | ===Naming words=== | ||