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=== Nouns === | === Nouns === | ||
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Proto-Dynic makes extensive use of reduplication to form the plural of nouns. Generally, the first onset and nucleus of a word are reduplicated, with any long vowels shortened in the reduplicated syllable: | Proto-Dynic makes extensive use of reduplication to form the plural of nouns. Generally, the first onset and nucleus of a word are reduplicated, with any long vowels shortened in the reduplicated syllable: | ||
* ''*kel'' ('island') → ''*kekel'' ('islands') | |||
* ''*dūnə'' ('person') → ''*dudūnə'' ('people') | * ''*dūnə'' ('person') → ''*dudūnə'' ('people') | ||
* ''*sawk'' ('hawk') → ''*sasawk'' ('hawks') | |||
Reduplication can also be used with uncountable or collective nouns to refer to large or otherwise extreme or emphatic versions of a noun: | |||
* ''*sēl'' ('the ocean') → ''*sesēl'' ('the vast ocean') | |||
== Lexicon == | == Lexicon == | ||