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* ''*kel'' ('island') → ''*kekel'' ('islands') | * ''*kel'' ('island') → ''*kekel'' ('islands') | ||
* ''*dūnə'' ('person') → ''*dudūnə'' ('people') | * ''*dūnə'' ('person') → ''*dudūnə'' ('people') | ||
* ''* | * ''*sawk'' ('hawk') → ''*sasawk'' ('hawks') | ||
Reduplication can also be used with uncountable or collective nouns to refer to large or otherwise extreme or emphatic versions of a noun. The same is true of adjectives: | Reduplication can also be used with uncountable or collective nouns to refer to large or otherwise extreme or emphatic versions of a noun. The same is true of adjectives: | ||
* ''*sēl'' ('the ocean') → ''*sesēl'' ('the vast ocean') | * ''*sēl'' ('the ocean') → ''*sesēl'' ('the vast ocean') | ||
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Reduplication is used in verbs to form mediopassive verbs from active transitive ones. Due to the ''bi-moraic rule'', the conclusive verb ending is dropped before a pausa in verbs with single mora stems. | Reduplication is used in verbs to form mediopassive verbs from active transitive ones. Due to the ''bi-moraic rule'', the conclusive verb ending is dropped before a pausa in verbs with single mora stems. | ||
* ''* | * ''*mīh'' ('to see') → ''*mimīh'' ('to be visible') | ||
*: ex. ''* | *: ex. ''*sawk ti-mīh'' ('I see a hawk') vs. ''*sawk mimīh'' ('the hawk is visible') | ||
* ''*bura'' ('to protect') → ''*bubura'' ('to be safe, to be protected') | * ''*bura'' ('to protect') → ''*bubura'' ('to be safe, to be protected') | ||
== Development == | == Development == | ||