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# augmented, a trisyllabic root with attached derivational affixes. | # augmented, a trisyllabic root with attached derivational affixes. | ||
A lemma always constitutes a valid clause on its own, containing both a triconsonantal noun as the subject and a trivocalic verb as the predicate | Augmented roots are rare. More information about them is forthcoming. For now, only the trisyllabic roots will be discussed here. | ||
A lemma always constitutes a valid clause on its own, containing both a triconsonantal noun as the subject and a trivocalic verb as the predicate. Lemma clauses are always true by definition, self-evident sentences of the structure "the X is an X", and therefore rather void of pragmatic purpose. Here are some examples. | |||
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| '''''taaguhii''''' || The ''tahu'' is a ''tahu''. || '''''t_g_h_''''' || the ''tahu'' || '''''_aa_u_ii''''' || be a ''tahu'' | | '''''taaguhii''''' || The ''tahu'' is a ''tahu''. || '''''t_g_h_''''' || the ''tahu'' || '''''_aa_u_ii''''' || be a ''tahu'' | ||
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| '''''hiitaahii''''' || The ''kia tahu'' is a ''kia tahu''. || '''''h_t_h_''''' || the ''kia tahu'' || '''''_ii_aa_ii''''' || be a ''kia tahu'' | | '''''hiitaahii''''' || The ''kia tahu''* is a ''kia tahu''. || '''''h_t_h_''''' || the ''kia tahu'' || '''''_ii_aa_ii''''' || be a ''kia tahu'' | ||
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| '''''levaile''''' || The woman is a woman. || '''''l_v_l_''''' || the woman || '''''_e_ai_e''''' || be a woman | | '''''levaile''''' || The woman is a woman. || '''''l_v_l_''''' || the woman || '''''_e_ai_e''''' || be a woman | ||
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| '''''taamitaa''''' || What is what? || '''''t_m_t_''''' || what, who, which || '''''_aa_i_aa''''' || be what, be who, which? | | '''''taamitaa''''' || What is what? || '''''t_m_t_''''' || what, who, which || '''''_aa_i_aa''''' || be what, be who, which? | ||
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* ''Kia tahu'' is the Guaru term for a future ''tahu'', a boy raised to be a ''tahu''. | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||