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Absence of suffix vowel means the thing that must be done. KARO=a straight thing, KAR=a thing that must be straightened. To express the imperative by means of it, the object of the imperative verb should be in a genitive or dative form: A TAN KIW=a thing of yours that must be said=you must say. O MA KUR=a thing to me that must be protected=I must protect. (A KIW=you must be said, i.e. you must be mentioned, talked about; O KUR=I must be protected). | Absence of suffix vowel means the thing that must be done. KARO=a straight thing, KAR=a thing that must be straightened. To express the imperative by means of it, the object of the imperative verb should be in a genitive or dative form: A TAN KIW=a thing of yours that must be said=you must say. O MA KUR=a thing to me that must be protected=I must protect. (A KIW=you must be said, i.e. you must be mentioned, talked about; O KUR=I must be protected). | ||
===== In the stem ===== | ===== In the stem ===== | ||
A stem with 2 consonants but no vowel (or an epenthetic | A stem with 2 consonants but no vowel (or an epenthetic "-") means the opposite of the cAc root: KARO=straight, KRO=crooked. | ||
=====Independent -N===== | =====Independent -N===== | ||
=some/any. (Occurs only in divination messages). | =some/any. (Occurs only in divination messages). | ||