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Other infinitive in abujhmaria suffix -na/a:na and the Kurux infinitive suffix -na seem to be borrowed from Indo-Aryan.
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In Abujhmaria and languages like Kon a, Kui, Naiki (Chanda), Kurux infinitives also function as verbal nouns.
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| Maria |
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tinda:na: watur ‘(he) came to eat’
kiy-a:na: puno:r ‘(he) did not know how to do’ |
| Kui |
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una sidru ‘drinking water’ |
| Naiki |
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tin-en un-en ‘eating (and) drinking’ |
| Kurux |
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es-na ‘breaking’ |
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In Brahui, the verbal noun with suffix -ing (variant -e:ng) is used as the infinitive.
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tin-ing |
‘to give’ |
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khall-ing |
‘to strike’ |
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ras-e:ing |
‘to arrive’ |
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The Abujhmaria causative suffix -h corresponds to -R in Kona, -c in Pengo, Mana, -S in Kui and -ss in Kuvi.
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Maria : to:-h- |
‘to cause to show’ |
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Kona : to-R- |
‘to cause to appear’ |
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Pengo : co:-c- |
‘to cause to appear’ |
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Mana : tu:-c- |
‘to cause to appear’ |
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Kui : to:-s- |
‘to cause to appear’ |
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Kuvi : to:-ss- |
‘to cause to appear’ |
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All these could be traced to *to:tt- (DED. 2942).
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Besides these correspondences we have other correspondences also.
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Maria -h corresponds to -R in Kona, -c in Pengo, -h Mana, Kui and Kuvi (also as -s/-ss).
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Maria, Gondi |
: ni:h- ‘to fill’ |
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Kona |
: ni:-R- ‘to fill’ |
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Pengo |
: ne-c- ‘to fill’ |
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Mana |
: ne-h- ‘to fill’ |
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Kui |
: ne-h/ne-s ‘to fill’ |
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Kuvi |
: ne-ss/ne-h ‘to fill’ |
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