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===Stem extensions and terminations=== | ===Stem extensions and terminations=== | ||
Stem extensions are bound morphemes that may be placed after the stem, and mark | Stem extensions are bound morphemes that may be placed after the stem, and mark five different categories. Up to one for each category may be present: | ||
# The first stem extension is '''-(a)mo-''', which marks the optative mood | |||
# The | # The second stem extension is the causative marker '''-ild-''' (non-causatives are not marked) | ||
# The | # The third stem extension is the interior verb marker '''-ir-''' (exterior verbs are not marked) | ||
# The | # The fourth stem extension is the evidential category: '''-∅-''' for direct visual evidentiality – as well as knowledge by trusted (proved) historical facts and laws of science –; '''-yat-''' for non-visual evidentiality; reportative '''-adm-'''; first (likely, trusted) inferential '''-ann-'''; and second (unlikely, doubted) inferential '''-āk-'''. | ||
# The | # The fifth stem extention, which is entirely optional (i.e. there is no unmarked category), marks consequentiality: '''-(n)ār-''' for a cause ("given that...") or '''-uts-''' for an opposition. | ||
Stem extensions may be stacked and may also combine in unpredictable ways. The combinations listed here are those that do <small>''NOT''</small> follow regular saṃdhi (all other ones are regular). | Stem extensions may be stacked and may also combine in unpredictable ways. The combinations listed here are those that do <small>''NOT''</small> follow regular saṃdhi (all other ones are regular). | ||