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* ''khlu-'' (to search, look for) → ''trālkhlu-'' (to keep searching) | * ''khlu-'' (to search, look for) → ''trālkhlu-'' (to keep searching) | ||
Reduplication (with one coda consonant and basic vowel) with diachronic lengthening and '''-ve(y)-''' (''-vi(y)-'' in the past tense) forms frequentative verbs | Reduplication (with one coda consonant and basic vowel) with diachronic lengthening and '''-ve(y)-''' (''-vi(y)-'' in the past tense<ref>Ex.: ''dadarveyuça'' "I repetitively do" vs. ''dadarviyauça'' "I repetitively did"</ref>) forms frequentative verbs.<br/>Due to the common use of this form in modern Chlouvānem, some grammarians consider it as an inflectional category instead of a derivation. Note though that this does not apply for motion verbs, as the multidirectional ones are already understood to be frequentative. | ||
* ''dṛ-'' (to do) → ''dadarve-'' (to repetitively do) | * ''dṛ-'' (to do) → ''dadarve-'' (to repetitively do) | ||
* ''na-gya-'' (to happen) → ''nagigyave-'' (to keep happening)<ref>The verb "to happen" does not exist as an iterative.</ref> | * ''na-gya-'' (to happen) → ''nagigyave-'' (to keep happening)<ref>The verb "to happen" does not exist as an iterative.</ref> | ||