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===Radical stems=== | ===Radical stems=== | ||
==Reduplicating stems== | ==Irregular verbs== | ||
===Suppletive verbs=== | |||
Suppletive verbs are monosyllabic; in order to compensate for the lack of tonal information other roots were grafted into their paradigms. | |||
===Reduplicating stems=== | |||
These verbs are reflexes of monosyllabic verbs whose stem originally consisted of consonant clusters with no vowel and was subsequently reduplicated to accommodate tonal patterns. They comprise a few irregular verbs. | These verbs are reflexes of monosyllabic verbs whose stem originally consisted of consonant clusters with no vowel and was subsequently reduplicated to accommodate tonal patterns. They comprise a few irregular verbs. | ||