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This caused some triggers to be reinterpreted as noun-deriving affixes in some daughter languages. Demonstration by contrived example, with the instrument trigger:
This caused some triggers to be reinterpreted as noun-deriving affixes in some daughter languages. Demonstration by contrived example, with the instrument trigger:
:'''''p{{angbr|ak}}tuś fit rif fit Qin ŋa maXokis.'''''
:'''''p{{angbr|ăk}}tuś fit rif fit Qin ŋă măXokis.'''''
:{{angbr|INST}}stab IND 1SG IND 3SG.M DIR stone-F
:{{angbr|INST}}stab IND 1SG IND 3SG.M DIR stone-F
:''I stabbed him with the stone.''
:''I stabbed him with the stone.''
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Some "adjectives" are actually prepositional phrases instead of verbs:
Some "adjectives" are actually prepositional phrases instead of verbs:


''*Xu Qopr fit fedn Xtar.'' (PRED high.NOM DIR creature black) 'The black one is up high.'
''*Xu Qopr fit fedn Xtăr.'' (PRED high.NOM DIR creature black) 'The black one is up high.'


== Sample text ==
== Sample text ==
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