Idavic languages: Difference between revisions
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==Derivation== | ==Derivation== | ||
*''-ay'' (h): abstract noun | *''-ay'' (h): abstract noun | ||
*With prefixed verbs, the stress shift derives verbal nouns: *ri·kʷā́n ~ ·ríkʷan 'to rest; to check out'. This is the source of infinitives being marked | *With prefixed verbs, the stress shift derives verbal nouns: *ri·kʷā́n ~ ·ríkʷan 'to rest; to check out'. This is the source of some infinitives being marked with stress shifts in [[Shalaian]] (''riwháin'' vs. ''ríwhain''). | ||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||