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116. The following terminations form abstract verbal nouns 
or nouns expressing the act of the root. The first three are usually 
treated as infinitives. 
— ,* oblique 9 (first </ ‘ speak,’ ffa, obi. ft# ‘ the act of speak- 
infinitive) 
✓ T* ‘ move,’ 
*/ NT ‘ be,’ 
mg. 
‘ the act of moving ;’ 
dat. v# ^IT * for moving.’ 
ffa, ‘ the act of being ;’ obi. 
V 5TT ‘ go,’ 
*r ( 2 nd infinitive) v/ t ‘ give,’ 
y/ fha ‘ speak,’ 
'3N, *rv,t TN (3rd y/ ftST ‘ speak,’ 
infinitive) 
v/ 1 meet,’ 
v/ ft ‘ drink,’ 
Ntf . 
5iT*l ‘ the act of going,’ abla- 
tive sil*}# ‘ from going.’ 
tN, ‘ the act of giving,’ ‘ to 
give.’ 
ft^l«r ‘ the act of speaking,’ 
* to speak.’ 
ft^W ‘ the act of speaking,’ 
‘ to speak,’ 
‘ the act of meeting,’ 
‘ union,’ ‘ to meet.’ 
or ft^N ‘ the act of 
drinking,’ ‘ to drink.’ 
v/ 5J5JT ‘ array,’ 
y/ 1 to cheat,’ 
y/ ^tt ‘come,’ 
V' >TT ‘ sing,’ 
y/ 1 be amaz- 
ed,’ 
or ^rajm ‘ the act of 
arraying,’ ‘to array.’ 
or aJIT'T'f ‘ the act of 
cheating,’ ‘ to cheat.’ 
^F3«t ‘ the act of coming,’ ‘ to 
come.’ 
Jrrasr ‘ the act of singing,’ 
‘ to sing.’ 
‘ the act of being 
amazed,’ ‘ to be amazed.’ 
* I, e., the root is used without termination in the nominative, hut takes the 
termination Jf in the oblique form. Sometimes V is added to the direct form of 
verbs ending in vowels. 
+ ^3”? is used when the root is causal, and ends in a long ^|T ; also with the 
roots ‘come’ and Jtt’sing’. T'T is used with other verbs in ^T. maybe 
used whenever the root ends in a vowel. 
