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==Irregular verbs== | ==Irregular verbs== | ||
===Suppletive verbs=== | ===Suppletive verbs=== | ||
Suppletive verbs | Suppletive verbs have many monosyllabic forms; in order to compensate for the lack of tonal information other roots were grafted into their paradigms. | ||
===Reduplicating stems=== | ===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. | ||