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Whereas the categories discussed in the previous chapter may be applied by a speaker to any existing or newly emerging verb, there are other categories which may not be applied at will to a given verb, but are restricted to a certain number of verbs. These are called “improductive” verb-categories.
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giesin is also found. Historically the verb gisin/giesin might be some sort of compound with wesin as its second element.
For lakhan cp. tan “to go”; lakhan “to have go”; eilegen lakhan “to direct the eyes”.
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van der Stap, P.M. (1966). Improductive Verb-Categories. In: Outline of Dani Morphology. Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, vol 48. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-6361-5_3
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