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==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
===Affixes=== | ===Affixes=== | ||
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*gʷaināsay, *gʷaināmas | *gʷaināsay, *gʷaināmas | ||
=== | ===Roots=== | ||
In Aryan, roots are either static or mobile. In the first case, they serve as a prototypical source of meaning, impossible to be further decomposed. Otherwise, further analysis is possible through pure consonantal and vocalic segments, treated as "fundamental atoms". | |||
A consonantal root is intrinsically modified by vocalic roots. | |||
*pʰair < mobile root *pʰ "bearing" + static root *ai "person" + insertion of epenthetic *r, as the static root does not carry laryngeals | *pʰair < mobile root *pʰ "bearing" + static root *ai "person" + insertion of epenthetic *r, as the static root does not carry laryngeals | ||
===Clitics=== | ===Clitics=== | ||
==Lessons== | ==Lessons== | ||