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*Infinitives of intensive or progressive verbs: ''b'''e'''rō'' “I pick up” — ''b'''i'''rātei'' “to pick up”; ''g'''e'''nō'' “I drive” — ''g'''u'''ntei'' “to drive”; ''p'''ei'''siō'' “I write” — ''p'''i'''sātei'' “to write”. | *Infinitives of intensive or progressive verbs: ''b'''e'''rō'' “I pick up” — ''b'''i'''rātei'' “to pick up”; ''g'''e'''nō'' “I drive” — ''g'''u'''ntei'' “to drive”; ''p'''ei'''siō'' “I write” — ''p'''i'''sātei'' “to write”. | ||
*Detransitive verbs with the ē-suffix: ''b'''au'''dītei'' “to wake” — ''b'''u'''dētei'' “to be awake”; ''sw'''ai'''tātei'' “to dawn” — ''sw'''i'''tētei'' “to shine”. | *Detransitive verbs with the ē-suffix: ''b'''au'''dītei'' “to wake” — ''b'''u'''dētei'' “to be awake”; ''sw'''ai'''tātei'' “to dawn” — ''sw'''i'''tētei'' “to shine”. | ||
*Inchoative verbs from progressive verbs and adjectives: ''s'''au'''šas'' “dry” — '' | *Inchoative verbs from progressive verbs and adjectives: ''s'''au'''šas'' “dry” — ''s'''u'''šnetei'' “to dry up”. Some original inchoative verbs instead have conjugational zero-ablaut: ''l'''e'''getei'' “to lie down” — ''l'''i'''ngō'' “I lie down”; ''rēstei'' “to find” — ''rindō'' “I find” (here the ''-n-''infix does not appear in the infinitive). | ||
Its use in derivation is much less common, than the qualitative ablaut: | Its use in derivation is much less common, than the qualitative ablaut: | ||
*''samdas'' “agreement” from ''d'''ē'''tei'' “to do”, where the root is reduced to a single consonant "d". | *''samdas'' “agreement” from ''d'''ē'''tei'' “to do”, where the root is reduced to a single consonant "d". | ||