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37. Bajee nyoe ka teuplbh ceuneucop-jih.
Shirt this PERF open sewing-3
'This shirt has a loose thread at the sewing.'
The method of forming stems by adding a reduplicative
prefix is also used for verbs of which the stems are
normally formed by epenthesis. Thus, a verb like gruep 'to
embrace' can have two derivations with the same meaning,
g-eun-euruep or g-eun-eugruep 'thing or person that is
embraced, the state of embracing.'
2.1.5.1.3 Variants of -eun-
This infix has three other variants, which are
phonologically conditioned. They are discussed below in
pairs.
[i]. (-eun- : -uja-}. In some dialects, the vowel [eu]
of -aufl- often becomes [u] if the vowel immediately
following -eun- is [u]. This gives a variant in the form of
-aa-.
gulong 'to roll;' gunulono 'roll; the state/quality of
rolling'
fcUlaJS 'to push;' tunulak 'thing that is pushed, the
exchange; the state of pushing'