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All lemmata (citation forms of words) are either | All lemmata (citation forms of words) are either | ||
# trisyllabic, a grouping of three allowable syllables, or | # '''trisyllabic''', a grouping of three allowable syllables, or | ||
# augmented, a trisyllabic root with attached derivational affixes. | # '''augmented''', a trisyllabic root with attached derivational affixes. | ||
A lemma always constitutes a valid clause on its own, containing both a triconsonantal noun as the subject and a trivocalic verb as the predicate. Augmented roots contain an additional nominal prefix and a verbal suffix. Lemma clauses are always, by definition, self-evidently true sentences of the structure "the X is an X" (or "that which X-es X-es"), and therefore rather void of pragmatic purpose. Here are some examples of trisyllabic roots. | |||
A lemma always constitutes a valid clause on its own, containing both a triconsonantal noun as the subject and a trivocalic verb as the predicate. Lemma clauses are always | |||
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg sortable" | {| class="bluetable lightbluebg sortable" | ||
|+ '''Trisyllabic roots''' | |||
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! Lemma !! Translation !! Noun !! Translation !! Verb !! Translation | ! Lemma !! Translation !! Noun !! Translation !! Verb !! Translation | ||
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| '''''vailevai''''' || You are you. || '''''v_l_v_''''' || you || '''''_ai_e_ai''''' || be you | | '''''vailevai''''' || You are you. || '''''v_l_v_''''' || you || '''''_ai_e_ai''''' || be you | ||
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| '''''taaguhii''''' || The ''tahu''* is a ''tahu''. || '''''t_g_h_''''' || ''tahu'', he || '''''_aa_u_ii''''' || be a ''tahu'' | |||
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| ''''' | | '''''hiitaahii''''' || The ''kia tahu''** is a ''kia tahu''. || '''''h_t_h_''''' || the ''kia tahu'', he || '''''_ii_aa_ii''''' || be a ''kia tahu'' | ||
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| ''''' | | '''''levaile''''' || The woman is a woman. || '''''l_v_l_''''' || the woman, she || '''''_e_ai_e''''' || be a woman | ||
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| '''''soovaigu''''' || The civilian man is a civilian man. || '''''s_v_g_''''' || the civilian man, he || '''''_o_ai_u''''' || be a civilian man | |||
| '''''soovaigu''''' || The civilian man is a civilian man. || '''''s_v_g_''''' || the civilian man || '''''_o_ai_u''''' || be a civilian man | |||
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| '''''kuumixee''''' || The monkey is a monkey. || '''''k_m_x_''''' || the monkey || '''''_uu_i_ee''''' || be a monkey | | '''''kuumixee''''' || The monkey is a monkey. || '''''k_m_x_''''' || the monkey || '''''_uu_i_ee''''' || be a monkey | ||
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| '''''taamitaa''''' || What is what? || '''''t_m_t_''''' || what, who, which || '''''_aa_i_aa''''' || be what, be who, which? | | '''''taamitaa''''' || What is what? || '''''t_m_t_''''' || what, who, which || '''''_aa_i_aa''''' || be what, be who, which? | ||
|} | |} | ||
* A ''tahu'' is a man who is a member of the ''Tagahu'', roughly the militarised police force and government of Oru. | |||
** ''Kia tahu'' is the Guaru term for a future ''tahu'', a boy raised to be a ''tahu''. | |||
Here are some examples of augmented roots. In their lemma form, which contains both the noun and verb forms, both the nominal prefix and verbal suffix are present, which will not be the case when combined with other roots. All of these words given here are proper names. | |||
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! Lemma !! Translation !! Noun !! Translation !! Verb !! Translation | |||
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| '''''tuataanagutia''''' || Tuataanagutia is Tuataanagutia || '''''tuat_n_g_''''' || Tuataanagutia || '''''_aa_a_utia''''' || be Tuataanagutia | |||
|- style="vertical-align: top;" | |||
| '''''xuikuuhiimiixiu''''' || Xuikuuhiimiixiu is Xuikuuhiimiixiu || '''''xuik_h_m_''''' || Xuikuuhiimiixiu || '''''_uu_ii_iixiu''''' || Xuikuuhiimiixiu | |||
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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||