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The feminine demonstrative pronouns have been subjected to loaning, explaining the diverseness in roots. However, the remaining roots are derived from the root √t, which is translated as ''one, pertaining to unity''. | The feminine demonstrative pronouns have been subjected to loaning, explaining the diverseness in roots. However, the remaining roots are derived from the root √t, which is translated as ''one, pertaining to unity''. | ||
====Distal demonstratives==== | ====Distal demonstratives==== | ||
The distal demonstratives, sometimes dubbed the ''normal'' demonstratives imply a relatively far distance way from the speaker, similarly to the English deictic "''that''", but they are also the default definite articles, like English "''the''" and third person pronouns | The distal demonstratives, sometimes dubbed the ''normal'' demonstratives imply a relatively far distance way from the speaker, similarly to the English deictic "''that''", but they are also the default definite articles, like English "''the''" and third person pronouns. | ||
It is important to note that null-coda articles are inverted and prefixed when preceeding a word with an onset. Thus for example ''ta'' → ''at-''. | |||
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! colspan="7"|Distal demonstrative pronouns | ! colspan="7"|Distal demonstrative pronouns | ||