mpy  |
‘because of going’ |
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| imipy |
‘because of sleeping’ |
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m py |
‘because of working’ |
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Reduplicated
Verbs :
There are certain moods which are expressed through reduplication
where the mood markers are added to verb root and the duplicated
one. |
‘si
... ha’ - To express the difficulty involved in performing
an action identified by the verb, ‘si ... ha’ is added
as in the following : |
| lusi luha |
‘difficult to tell’ |
| tell-on tell-m |
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| insi inha |
‘difficult to go’ |
| go-m go-m |
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‘tu
... po’ - To express the discontinuous nature of an action
‘tu’ is added to the verb, followed by ‘po’
alongwith its reduplicated form. |
| intu impo |
‘go halting at different
points’ |
| go-m go-m |
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| lutu lupo |
‘talk breaking at
different points’ |
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‘kaye
... kaye’ - To express the intermittent nature of an action
‘kaye’ is added to the verb root, followed by ‘kaye’
added to its reduplicated form. The reduplicated verb takes the
negative in addition to ‘kaye’. |
| luka kaye luma kaye |
‘intermittent narration’ |
| ‘tell-m. tell-neg. m. |
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| mdo
huka kaye mdo
huma kaye |
rain fall m. rain fall-neg. m. |
| ‘intermittent rain’ |
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‘gyo
... lyo’ - To express the mixed (i.e., separate group identity
is not kept) nature of an activity. ‘gyo’ is added to
the verb root followed by ‘lyo’ added to the reduplicated
verb. |
| mgyo
mlyo
|
‘mix in doing’ |
| do-m do-m |
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| dugyo dulyo |
‘mix in sitting’ (boys and girls
sitting together sit-m sit-m girls sitting together without
keeping group distinction) |
| give-m give-m |
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| bigyo bilyo |
‘mix in giving’ |
| give-m give-m |
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‘ce
... ye’ is added to the verb and its reduplicated form to
express the meaning ‘break’ and the verb to which it
is added denotes the way of doing it (i.e., by ‘hitting’,
by ‘stamping’, etc.). |
| kce
kye
|
‘break by hitting’ |
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| gace gaye |
‘break by squeezing’ |
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| nyece nyeye |
‘break by chewing’ |
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‘pe
... se’ is added to the verb and its reduplicated form respectively,
to indicate the meaning ‘disperse’ and the verb to which
it is added indicates the way of doing it (i.e., by telling, or
by giving, etc.). |
