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**This can be combined with the middle to form ''-dase''.

*'''Inchoative/Durative:''' add ''-eyà'' to the stem (minus any final vowel).

**This is mostly used with verbs that form their past in ''-èra'' (other than ''sê'', which instead becomes ''fiká'') - e.g. ''altú'' "to be tall/long" (past: ''altéra'') -> ''alteyá'' "to become tall/long". It may also be added directly to nouns - e.g. ''~~râyba~~'' "~~anger~~" -> ''~~raybeyâ~~'' "to ~~become angry~~".

**This is mostly used with verbs that form their past in ''-èra'' (other than ''sê'', which instead becomes ''fiká'') - e.g. ''altú'' "to be tall/long" (past: ''altéra'') -> ''alteyá'' "to become tall/long". It may also be added directly to nouns - e.g. ''bôs'' "voice, vote" -> ''boseyâ'' "to vote".

**Other verbal suffixes can be added on top of it,in which case the final ''-a'' is dropped - e.g. ''alteyá'' "to become tall/long" -> ''alteyfá'' "to make tall/long". Note that adding the middle suffix on its own does not change the meaning - e.g. ''alteyá'' "to become tall/long" -> ''alteysé'' "to become tall/long"

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 **This can be combined with the middle to form ''-dase''.
 *'''Inchoative/Durative:''' add ''-eyà'' to the stem (minus any final vowel).
-**This is mostly used with verbs that form their past in ''-èra'' (other than ''sê'', which instead becomes ''fiká'') - e.g. ''altú'' "to be tall/long" (past: ''altéra'') -> ''alteyá'' "to become tall/long". It may also be added directly to nouns - e.g. ''râyba'' "anger" -> ''raybeyâ'' "to become angry".
+**This is mostly used with verbs that form their past in ''-èra'' (other than ''sê'', which instead becomes ''fiká'') - e.g. ''altú'' "to be tall/long" (past: ''altéra'') -> ''alteyá'' "to become tall/long". It may also be added directly to nouns - e.g. ''bôs'' "voice, vote" -> ''boseyâ'' "to vote".
 **Other verbal suffixes can be added on top of it,in which case the final ''-a'' is dropped - e.g. ''alteyá'' "to become tall/long" -> ''alteyfá'' "to make tall/long". Note that adding the middle suffix on its own does not change the meaning - e.g. ''alteyá'' "to become tall/long" -> ''alteysé'' "to become tall/long"