Hlou-Shum languages: Difference between revisions

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Proto-Hlou-Shum was head-initial like Vietnamese.
Proto-Hlou-Shum was head-initial like Vietnamese.
===Derivation===
===Derivation===
TODO: preinitial prefixes
*{{angbr|l}} infix?
*''s-'': nominalization, "metonymy", adjectivizer
*''s-'': nominalization, "metonymy", adjectivizer
**''louʔ'' 'spring (season)' > ''slouʔ'' 'springlike, where there is spring'
**''louʔ'' 'spring (season)' > ''slouʔ'' 'springlike, where there is spring'