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==Morphology==
==Morphology==


===Trisyllabic lemmas===
===Trisyllabics===


The majority of lemmas (citation forms of words) are trisyllabic. These always constitute a valid clause on their own, a ''word-clause'', containing both a triconsonantal noun as the subject and a trivocalic verb as the predicate. Trisyllabic 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 in their lemma forms.
The majority of words in Letaale consist of three syllables and are thus called ''trisyllabics''. Each trisyllabic consists of two ''triphonemic'' roots, a noun root (or subject root), which consists of three consonants (triconsonantal), and a verb root, which consists of three vowels (trivocalic), counting the long vowels and the diphthong /ai/ as one vowel each. Containing both subject and verb, each trisyllabic constitutes an entire clause in its own right.
 
Lemmas (citation forms) of trisyllabics consist of a noun root and its equivalent verb root. These are related by the one-to-one correspondence of consonants to ''[[Letaale#vowels|primary vowels]]'', meaning that lemmas consist only of the syllables ''na'', ''taa'', ''le'', ''xee'', ''mi'', ''hii'', ''jo'', ''soo'', ''gu'' and ''kuu''. Like all trisyllabics, lemmas make up a valid clause on their own, however, the relationship between noun forms and verb forms is consistent to the the point that trisyllabic lemmas 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 mostly rather void of pragmatic purpose. Here are some examples of trisyllabic roots in their lemma forms.




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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''
| '''''taaguhii''''' || The ''taaguhii''* is a ''taguhii''. || '''''t_g_h_''''' || ''taaguhii'', he || '''''_aa_u_ii''''' || be a ''taaguhii''
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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''
| '''''hiitaahii''''' || The ''hiitaahii''** is a ''hiitaahii''. || '''''h_t_h_''''' || the ''hiitaahii'', he || '''''_ii_aa_ii''''' || be a ''hiitaahii''
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| '''''levaile''''' || The woman is a woman. || '''''l_v_l_''''' || the woman, she || '''''_e_ai_e''''' || be a woman
| '''''levaile''''' || The woman is a woman. || '''''l_v_l_''''' || the woman, she || '''''_e_ai_e''''' || be a woman
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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?
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  * A ''tahu'' is a man who is a member of the ''Tagahu'', roughly the militarised police force and government of Oru.
  * A ''taaguhii'' is a ''tahu'' in active duty, roughly equivalent to a soldier or police officer.
  ** ''Kia tahu'' is the Guaru term for a future ''tahu'', a boy raised to be a ''tahu''.
  ** ''Kia tahu'' is the Guaru term for a future ''tahu'', a boy raised to be a ''tahu''.


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