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 | The Inchoative is primarily used to denote changes of state with stative verbs, e.g. ''saxpayyarkurran'' "He became black from the ashes", from the root ''-kūr-'' "to be black".
-The form ''-sax-'' is used when followed by a stop, e.g. ''saxtaharran'' "He became green" <!-- from tahāl "green" -->, or /h,ħ/, e.g. ''Saxušuran'' "He became blue" (from ''hušur-'' "be blue") .  Voiced stops become devoiced.  In some dialects this form is used whenever followed by any consonant.
+The form ''-sax-'' is used when followed by a stop, e.g. ''saxtaharran'' "He became green" (from ''tahāl-'' "be green"), or /h,ħ/, e.g. ''Saxušuran'' "He became blue" (from ''hušur-'' "be blue") .  Voiced stops become devoiced.  In some dialects this form is used whenever followed by any consonant.
 The Inchoative is also used to derive the middle voice from transitive verbs, e.g. ''Yahamb saxaradaran'' "The fish pot broke", c.f. ''Yahamb harattarru'' <!-- from harad (to break st) --> "He broke the fish pot."