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Similarly, Minhast INs exhibit weak suppletion, and it occurs extensively, particularly with nouns longer than two syllables, e.g. ''sussagarānī'' > ''-suggan-'' ("big toe"). | Similarly, Minhast INs exhibit weak suppletion, and it occurs extensively, particularly with nouns longer than two syllables, e.g. ''sussagarānī'' > ''-suggan-'' ("big toe"). The contrast can be seen in the following two examples, the first where the noun occurs in its full form as the dependent argument in a possessive NP, and the second wherein the noun appears in truncated form after noun incorporation: | ||
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|phrase = | |phrase = <u>Sussagarānī</u>tirektiki kahušnišattekaran. | ||
| IPA = | | IPA = | ||
| morphemes = sussagarānī-tirek=de=ki kah-ušn-šatt-ek-ar-an | | morphemes = sussagarānī-tirek=de=ki kah-ušn-šatt-ek-ar-an | ||
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|phrase = | |phrase = Kahušni<u>sugga</u>š<u>n</u>attekaran. | ||
| IPA = | | IPA = | ||
| morphemes = kah-ušn- | | morphemes = kah-ušn-sussagarānī-šatt-ek-ar-an | ||
| gloss = INV.VOL-hit-toe-RFLX-1S.NOM-PST-TRNS | | gloss = INV.VOL-hit-toe-RFLX-1S.NOM-PST-TRNS | ||
| translation = I stubbed my big toe. | | translation = I stubbed my big toe. | ||