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| style="text-align:center;" | ''*ra-''
| style="text-align:center;" | ''*ra-''
| Forms intransitive verbs from stems related to motion, or creates stative verbs of position.
| Forms intransitive verbs from stems related to motion, or creates stative verbs of position.
| ''*rattes'' 'I come down'
| ''*rat-tes'' 'I come down'
| style="text-align:center;" | ''*e-''
| style="text-align:center;" | ''*e-''
| Forms transitive verbs from stems related to motion, or creates transitive verbs from root unaccusative verbs of manipulation or change of state.
| Forms transitive verbs from stems related to motion, or creates transitive verbs from root unaccusative verbs of manipulation or change of state.
| ''*yettes'' 'I lower it'
| ''*iet-tes'' 'I lower it'
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| style="text-align:center;" | ''*re-''
| style="text-align:center;" | ''*re-''
| Forms unaccusative verbs from stems related to manipulation.
| Forms unaccusative verbs from stems related to manipulation.
| ''*reren'' 'it comes off', ''*redək'' 'it closes'
| ''*re-ren'' 'it comes off', ''*re-dək'' 'it closes'
| style="text-align:center;" | ''*c-''
| style="text-align:center;" | ''*c-''
| Forms transitive verbs from stems related to manipulation, or change of state.
| Forms transitive verbs from stems related to manipulation, or change of state.
| ''*ictdək'' 'I close it'
| ''*ict-dək'' 'I close it'
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| style="text-align:center;" | ''*ri-''
| style="text-align:center;" | ''*ri-''
| Forms intransitive verbs denoting a static state from stems related to state.
| Forms intransitive verbs denoting a static state from stems related to state.
| ''*ritaidə'' 'it suffices'
| ''*ri-taidə'' 'it suffices'
| style="text-align:center;" | ''*ca-''
| style="text-align:center;" | ''*ca-''
| Forms transitive verbs from stems denoting a state of change, especially a physical impact, or causative verbs from stems relating to speech or sound.
| Forms transitive verbs from stems denoting a state of change, especially a physical impact, or causative verbs from stems relating to speech or sound.
| ''*icatsakidə'' 'I scorched it,'  ''*icattasu'' 'I add it'
| ''*icat-sakidə'' 'I scorched it,'  ''*icat-tasu'' 'I add it'
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| style="text-align:center;" | ''*e-''
| style="text-align:center;" | ''*e-''
| Forms unaccusative verbs from stems denoting a state of change, especially a physical impact.
| Forms unaccusative verbs from stems denoting a state of change, especially a physical impact.
|  ''*ekusidə'' 'it is cut', ''*esakidə'' 'it got scorched'
|  ''*e-kusidə'' 'it is cut', ''*e-sakidə'' 'it got scorched'
| style="text-align:center;" | ''*cə-''
| style="text-align:center;" | ''*cə-''
| Forms causative transitive verbs from stems denoting labour or a physical or mental change of state.
| Forms causative transitive verbs from stems denoting labour or a physical or mental change of state.
|  ''*ticənəskidə'' 'You woke me up'
|  ''*ticən-əskidə'' 'You woke me up'
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| style="text-align:center;" | ''*i-''
| style="text-align:center;" | ''*i-''
| Forms intransitive verbs from stems denoting labour or a physical or mental change of state.
| Forms intransitive verbs from stems denoting labour or a physical or mental change of state.
|  ''*itəskidə'' 'I wake up'
|  ''*it-əskidə'' 'I wake up'
| style="text-align:center;" | ''*ce-''
| style="text-align:center;" | ''*ce-''
| Forms causative transitive verbs from stems denoting physical location or position.
| Forms causative transitive verbs from stems denoting physical location or position.
| ''*icetnər'' 'I put them on the boat'
| ''*icet-nər'' 'I put them on the boat'
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| style="text-align:center;" | ''*ma-''
| style="text-align:center;" | ''*ma-''
| When attached to an adjectival stem, it creates an intransitive verb meaning 'to become (''adjective'').'  These take regular verbal marking, rather than stative verb (adjectival) marking.
| When attached to an adjectival stem, it creates an intransitive verb meaning 'to become (''adjective'').'  These take regular verbal marking, rather than stative verb (adjectival) marking.
| ''*hur-si'' ('it is high') → ''*mahur'' ('it becomes high')
| ''*hur-si'' ('it is high') → ''*ma-hur'' ('it becomes high')
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| style="text-align:center;" | ''*me-''
| style="text-align:center;" | ''*me-''
| When attached to an adjectival stem, it creates a transitive verb meaning 'to make (''adjective'').'  These take regular verbal marking, rather than stative verb (adjectival) marking.
| When attached to an adjectival stem, it creates a transitive verb meaning 'to make (''adjective'').'  These take regular verbal marking, rather than stative verb (adjectival) marking.
| ''*hur-si'' ('it is high') → ''*timehur'' ('I make it high; I heighten it')
| ''*hur-si'' ('it is high') → ''*time-hur'' ('I make it high; I heighten it')
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| style="text-align:center;" | ''*pəl-''
| style="text-align:center;" | ''*pəl-''
| Attaches to noun stems, creating stative verbs meaning 'like a (noun).'  These take stative verb (adjectival) marking.
| Attaches to noun stems, creating stative verbs meaning 'like a (noun).'  These take stative verb (adjectival) marking.
| ''*sauk'' ('a hawk') → ''*pəlsauk-si'' ('it is like a hawk.')
| ''*sauk'' ('a hawk') → ''*pəl-sauk-si'' ('it is like a hawk.')
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