The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Parameter a noun + , most often a reduplicated noun, specifies a large variety of the thing signified by the single-morpheme noun' (e.g. 'tree' : 'all kinds of trees'; verbal roots combine with to form nouns signifying the result of the action of the verb: 'carry (something light)' : 'that which is carried', 'to chant' : 'the chant', 'to come' : 'guests, the people coming'; partial reduplication + functions as a circumfix, combining with some intransitive verb roots meaning to cook, expressing a variety of ingredients used in the cooking process: 'to make soup' : 'vegetables', 'to boil something' : 'greens for boiling'; this combination also occurs with a few adjective and intransitive verb roots to give the abstraction of the root meaning: 'to teach' : 'teaching, instruction', 'like' : 'a liking' [4700da2a1006fe06e6c5e01f12066d9f]

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