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Much like in PIE, PQ had an ablaut system where roots (usually of 2 or 3 consonants) were inflected in different ablaut grades. | Much like in PIE, PQ had an ablaut system where roots (usually of 2 or 3 consonants) were inflected in different ablaut grades. | ||
Roots: | |||
*''ł-x̌ʷ'' = 'be' | *''ł-x̌ʷ'' = 'be' | ||
*''x̌-nʼ'' = 'live' | *''x̌-nʼ'' = 'live' | ||
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*''q-s-tʼ'' = 'friend, companion' | *''q-s-tʼ'' = 'friend, companion' | ||
*''n-kʷ'' = 'up' | *''n-kʷ'' = 'up' | ||
Ablaut grades | |||
*''a''-grade: present tense | |||
*''i''-grade: preterite tense | |||
*''ə''-grade: verbal noun | |||
*''∅''-grade: derived stems | |||
===Determiners=== | ===Determiners=== | ||