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Different words may be derived just by putting a single root in different classes. So for example we have ''kaKalurilut'' (a Kalurilut person), ''saKalurilut'' (the Kalurilut language), ''iKalurilut'' (the Kalurilut land), or ''ruKalurilut'' (Kalurilut-ness, or their ethnic identity). | Different words may be derived just by putting a single root in different classes. So for example we have ''kaKalurilut'' (a Kalurilut person), ''saKalurilut'' (the Kalurilut language), ''iKalurilut'' (the Kalurilut land), or ''ruKalurilut'' (Kalurilut-ness, or their ethnic identity). Sometimes they're less obvious synchronically, e.g. ''tutavik'' (wolf) and ''rutavik'' (moon). | ||
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