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*'''Inchoative/Durative:''' add ''-eyà'' to the stem (minus any final vowel). | *'''Inchoative/Durative:''' add ''-eyà'' to the stem (minus any final vowel). | ||
**This is mostly used with verbs that form their past in ''-èra'' (other than ''sê'', which instead becomes ''fiká'') - e.g. ''altú'' "to be tall/long" (past: ''altéra'') -> ''alteyá'' "to become tall/long". It may also be added directly to nouns - e.g. ''râyba'' "anger" -> ''raybeyâ'' "to become angry". | **This is mostly used with verbs that form their past in ''-èra'' (other than ''sê'', which instead becomes ''fiká'') - e.g. ''altú'' "to be tall/long" (past: ''altéra'') -> ''alteyá'' "to become tall/long". It may also be added directly to nouns - e.g. ''râyba'' "anger" -> ''raybeyâ'' "to become angry". | ||
**Other verbal suffixes can be added on top of it,in which case the final ''-a'' is dropped - e.g. ''alteyfá'' "to make tall/long" | **Other verbal suffixes can be added on top of it,in which case the final ''-a'' is dropped - e.g. ''alteyá'' "to become tall/long" -> ''alteyfá'' "to make tall/long". Note that adding the middle suffix does not change the meaning - e.g. ''alteyá'' "to become tall/long" -> ''alteysé'' "to become tall/long" | ||
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