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 ===Verbs===
+====Roots and Stems====
+Burunko has so-called '''primary''' and '''secondary''' verbs.
+Primary verbs are composed of a root, usually mono- or disyllabic, which carries meaning but cannot occur alone (here roots are written in capitals to show that they are not words in their own right), e.g. ''ZUKI'' 'touch', ''AZ'' 'take', ''KASH'' 'learn'. Such roots are essentially a closed class. In some instances, a single root may be both nominal and verbal, so ''DANG'' 'to drink' and ''dang'' 'a drink'. The most basic form of a functional verb is the stem, composed of the root with the verbalising prefix ''E-'', which is realised as ''i-'' before a high vowel (''i, u'') in the next syllable, as ''y-'' before vowels and as ''e-'' elsewhere, .e.g. ''izuki'', ''yaz'', ''ekash''.
+Secondary verbs are derived from primary verbs by affixation or compounding. The primary affixed forms are:
+* the '''causative''', formed with the prefix ''eda-'', which replaces the verbaliser ''E-'', e.g. ''edakash'' 'teach'
+* the '''applicative''', formed with the suffix ''-ki'', e.g. ''edakaiki'' 'teach someone', ''edanki'' 'drink to, toast'.
 ====Tense, Aspect and Mood====