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189. Some primitive neuture verbs, having a monosyllabic 
root enclosing a short vowel, form the first causal by simply leng- 
thening that vowel. The double causal is formed either like a regular 
causal or in the usual way ; thus — 
\/ or xjt ‘fall, vrfor^TC ‘throw down,’ xj^TT or VTT or or 
VX.T?! ‘ cause to throw 
down.’ 
■x/fv® ‘be beaten,’ ft® ‘beat,’ fv^T or fq®73T ‘cause to 
beat.’ 
V ‘ be open,’ ‘ be ‘ open,’ ‘ unlock,’ fs^TT or ‘ cause 
let go,’ to open,' &c. 
V PqT ‘ be split,’ ‘ split,’ f^TT or ‘ cause to 
split.’ 
190. The following are irregular. 
\/ XR® or mi® ‘ burst,’ 
‘ remain,’ 
v' ^IT ‘go,’ 
■x/ ‘ come,’ 
\/ ft ‘ be,’ 
‘ come out,’ 
V f^a or f^xai * be visi- 
ble,’ 
x&TC ‘burst,’ 
TPsf ‘ place,’ 
‘send,’ 
**IT*T or 1 bring,’ 
^rx; ‘ make,’ 
‘ take out,’ 
tx$i ‘see,’ 
WTt or xrxtt^t ‘cause to 
burst.’ 
or x;x37xfr ‘cause to 
place.’ 
V®T or qaT^T ‘ cause to 
send.’ 
RffaT ‘ cause to bring.’ 
qrx:T or 3 TC^T, ‘ cause to 
make.’ 
^Tl or xjx;:q[ ‘ cause to 
take out.’ 
i^xsfT or ^xgrq ‘ show.’ 
CHAPTER XVIII. Compound Verbs. 
191. Compound verbs are either formed from a verb and a 
noun, or from the union of two verbs. The first are called nominal 
Verbs ; and examples are, Qtj q>T, ‘ to do remembering,’ ‘ to remember,’ 
^*T, ‘ to give attention,’ ‘ to attend,’ and so on. 
192. The second class consists of compound verbs proper. 
The compound consists of cither a verbal noun or a participle prefixed 
to some other verb. The latter alone is conjugated. 
(1) Those formed with a verbal noun are — 
(а) Intensives, 
(б) Potentials, 
(c) Completives, 
( d ) Frequentatives, 
( e) Desideratives, 
(/) Incoptives, 
(<j) Pel-missives, 
(h) Acquisitives. 
(2) Those formed with participle are — 
(a) Continuatives, | (6) Staticals. 
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