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*'''''ʔajV''''' – This proto-morpheme indicates motion or duration and can be attached to various roots to signify this meaning. This morpheme likely had the meaning “to go”, it became reduced to palatal late Lámeyi languages. | *'''''ʔajV''''' – This proto-morpheme indicates motion or duration and can be attached to various roots to signify this meaning. This morpheme likely had the meaning “to go”, it became reduced to palatal late Lámeyi languages. | ||
*'''''*kʲV/ *sV''''' – Its purpose is mainly diminutive. | *'''''*kʲV/ *sV''''' – Its purpose is mainly diminutive. | ||
*'''''wajV''''' – It likely was a copula or an auxiliary verb, but later it was reduced to a suffix that occurs in roots carrying abstract grammatical meanings, such as pronouns. | *'''''wajV''''' – It likely was a copula or an auxiliary verb (being similar to Proto-Mtari ''*be'' which became the optative marker), but later it was reduced to a suffix that occurs in roots carrying abstract grammatical meanings, such as pronouns. | ||
==Later development== | ==Later development== | ||