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*''-ay'' (h): abstract noun
*''-ay'' (h): abstract noun
*With prefixed verbs, the stress shift derives verbal nouns: *ri·kʷā́n ~ ·ríkʷan  'to rest; to check out'. This is the source of some infinitives being marked with stress shifts in [[Shalaian]] (''riwháin'' vs. ''ríwhain'').
*With prefixed verbs, the stress shift derives verbal nouns: *ri·kʷā́n ~ ·ríkʷan  'to rest; to check out'. This is the source of some infinitives being marked with stress shifts in [[Shalaian]] (''riwháin'' vs. ''ríwhain'').
==Syntax==
Proto-Shalaian syntax was AuxVOS:
*Stative verbs (eventually all intransitives): Aux_i prep VN-w_i S_i (abs/erg in Shal.)
*Dynamic verbs (eventually transitives): Aux_i prep s_j-VN-w_i O_j S_i (abs/erg in Shal.)
*Infinitive clauses: prep VN.INF-w_i S_i O ... (nom/acc in Shal.)
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