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Proto-Lakovic was zero-copula (different descendants use different etymologies for the copula). | Proto-Lakovic was zero-copula (different descendants use different etymologies for the copula). | ||
This caused some trigger verbs to be reinterpreted as derived nouns from verbs: | This caused some trigger verbs to be reinterpreted as derived nouns from verbs. Demonstration by contrived example: | ||
:'''''p{{angbr|ək}}tuś (it riH) mi Qin Xu məHokis''''' | |||
:''I stabbed it with the stone.'' | |||
was reinterpreted as "The stone was a stabbing-instrument for it". | |||
==Vocabulary== | ==Vocabulary== | ||