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===Derivational morphology===
===Derivational morphology===
====-käng and -ke====
Nouns and pronouns can take the locative and lative suffixes ''-käng'' and ''-ke'', with the (pro)noun's original case agreeing with the head the new locative/lative word modifies.
Possessive/informal pronouns use ''-ha'' in place of ''-ke'', and definite nouns use ''häng'' and ''he'' in place of ''-käng'' and ''-ke''.
====Reduplication====
====Reduplication====
Full reduplication is used to broaden adjectives (for example ''töng² töng²'' "somewhat narrow" from ''töng²'' "narrow"), and to derive new iterative or reflexive meanings from some verbs (for example ''har³ har³'' "it returns to it" from ''har³'' "it goes to it").
Full reduplication is used to broaden adjectives (for example ''töng² töng²'' "somewhat narrow" from ''töng²'' "narrow"), and to derive new iterative or reflexive meanings from some verbs (for example ''har³ har³'' "it returns to it" from ''har³'' "it goes to it").