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Cha roots do not have an inherent part of speech attached to them; instead, each root word can freely transition between different parts of speech, and often has a separate meaning when it is used as a noun, verb etc. Of course all these meanings are closely related. Let us give just a couple of examples: | Cha roots do not have an inherent part of speech attached to them; instead, each root word can freely transition between different parts of speech, and often has a separate meaning when it is used as a noun, verb etc. Of course all these meanings are closely related. Let us give just a couple of examples: | ||
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|+'''Root ''de''''' | |+'''Root ''de''''' | ||
|'''Form''' | |'''Form''' | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|''deit'' | |''deit'' | ||
|up | |up, onto | ||
|Adverb | |Adverb | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''dei'' | |''dei'' | ||
|on | |on, above | ||
|Noun in Locative | |Noun in Locative | ||
|- | |- | ||
|'' | |''deix'' | ||
| | |over | ||
|Noun in Locative | |Noun in Locative | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''de'' | |''de'' | ||