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==Derivation==
==Derivation==
*''-ay'' (h): abstract noun
*''-ay'' (i): deverbal 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'').