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... noun , e.g. wāk - ikot / e = w ' he has a curved nose ' . This happens most frequently for body parts but also for other objects , mahk - astotin / ē = w ' he has a big hat ' . When the root describes the incorporated nouns , the value ...
... noun , e.g. wāk - ikot / e = w ' he has a curved nose ' . This happens most frequently for body parts but also for other objects , mahk - astotin / ē = w ' he has a big hat ' . When the root describes the incorporated nouns , the value ...
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... noun but also whether it is animate or inanimate , transitive or intransitive - all in a single term . 1 ) Noun weskuwimut — ' an animate that is talked about ' weskuhutasik - ' an inanimate that is talked about ' These two words are ...
... noun but also whether it is animate or inanimate , transitive or intransitive - all in a single term . 1 ) Noun weskuwimut — ' an animate that is talked about ' weskuhutasik - ' an inanimate that is talked about ' These two words are ...
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It is as if the noun in a nominal preverb remains a noun . Nouns do not have changed forms . Body part preverbs , how- ever , do occur with changed forms . For example ( with the verb final -in- , ' suffer ' ) : ( 34 ) when he has ...
It is as if the noun in a nominal preverb remains a noun . Nouns do not have changed forms . Body part preverbs , how- ever , do occur with changed forms . For example ( with the verb final -in- , ' suffer ' ) : ( 34 ) when he has ...
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