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Proto-Lakovic was zero-copula (different descendants use different etymologies for the copula). | Proto-Lakovic was zero-copula (different descendants use different etymologies for the copula). | ||
This caused some | This caused some triggers to be reinterpreted as noun-deriving affixes from verbs in some daughter languages. Demonstration by contrived example: | ||
:'''''p{{angbr|ək}}tuś | :'''''p{{angbr|ək}}tuś Hit riH Hit Qin Xu məHokis.''''' | ||
:''I stabbed | :{{angbr|INST}}stab IND 1SG IND 3SG.M DIR stone-F | ||
:''I stabbed him with the stone.'' | |||
was reinterpreted as "The stone was a stabbing-instrument for it". | was reinterpreted as "The stone was a stabbing-instrument for it". | ||