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Verbs table

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gloss select allcroucheatgrillhearhitmeetrunscrubsplitweed	layer select alllexemesuffix	stem phonology select allV finalm-finaln-finalnasalized vowel finalvelar or r-final	icpl	cpl	pfv	prf
crouch	lexeme	m-final	sumboro	sumbo	sumboro sumboro	sumbo
crouch	suffix	m-final	rVrV	rV	rVrV	rV
eat	lexeme	V final	dija	dija	dija	dii
eat	suffix	V final	a	a	a	zero
grill	lexeme		siwɔ	siwɔ	siwɔ	siwɔ
grill	suffix		zero	zero	zero	zero
hear	lexeme	V final	no	nore	no	no
hear	suffix	V final	zero	rV	zero	zero
hit	lexeme	velar or r-final	degɛ	degɛ	degɛ	degu
hit	suffix	velar or r-final	V	V	V	u

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Bangime notes

1. Following Hantgan (2013), verb morphology here is analyzed according to a somewhat abstract phonological representation. The main points are:
   • /r/ assimilates to the preceding segment:
     • nasalized vowel + /r/ → nasalized /r/
     • /m/ + /r/ → /mb/
     • /n/ + /r/ → /nd/
   • the vowel represented as V is GENERALLY predictable from the root vowel: the general rule is that with mid vowels it harmonizes in height and backness (compare the non-prf forms deg-ɛ 'hit' and sog-ɔ 'close'), otherwise -a is found (daɣ-a 'shake', pug-a 'wash'). But vowel final verbs (all with mid-vowel roots) follow a different rule: these show a sort of vowel polarity: compare the completive forms no-re 'hear' and pe-ro 'put'. But from Hantgan's data it appears there are also some lexical exceptions to these generalizations.
2. The m-final verbs such as 'crouch' (all intransitive) display total reduplication in the perfective.

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References

Hantgan, Abby. 2013. Aspects of Bangime phonology, morphology, and morphosyntax. PhD thesis, Indiana University.