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To elaborate the situation

In certain situation, intransitive verb with confix ‘me- + -i’ may have adverbs to elaborate the situation or need a preposition to indicate place. For…

To indicate repeated action

Suffix -i can be added simultaneously with prefix me- to a number of simple transitive verbs to indicate that the action is performed more than once. This…

To show the distance

With bases which indicate approximation or relative position the suffix -i verb means ‘become the distance indicated by the base from the object‘.Root: lalu (past, through) There’s…

With reference to object

Suffix -i with noun bases can mean ‘act as/be (base) with reference to object‘. Just like in the previous examples, we will need to apply confix,…

To remove from object

In the following example we will need to apply confix, i.e. prefix me- and suffix -i. Confix is a synonym of circumfix. But as nouns, confix is (linguistics) an affix…

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