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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"). | ||