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* ''*ə̄c-si'' ('large, big') → ''*əʔə̄c-si'' ('huge, enormous') | * ''*ə̄c-si'' ('large, big') → ''*əʔə̄c-si'' ('huge, enormous') | ||
Occasionally a reduplicated term may carry both of these meanings. For example, ''*kekel'' may have the plural meaning 'islands,' or the collective 'land, all the islands, great island, continent.' | Occasionally a reduplicated term may carry both of these meanings. For example, ''*kekel'' may have the plural meaning 'islands,' or the collective 'land, all the islands, great island, continent.' | ||
Reduplication is used in verbs to form mediopassive verbs from active transitive ones. Due to the ''bi-moraic rule'', the conclusive verb ending is dropped before a pausa in verbs with single mora stems. | |||
* ''*misu'' ('to see') → ''*mimi'' ('to be visible') | |||
*: ex. ''*sauk it-misu'' ('I see a hawk') vs. ''*sauk mimi'' ('the hawk is visible/the hawk sees') | |||
* ''*bura'' ('to protect') → ''*bubura'' ('to be safe, to be protected') | |||
* ''*aŋ'' ('to open (something)') → ''*aʔaŋ'' ('to open, to be open') | |||
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