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Origin of the Verbal Endings |
ending category |
primary active |
secondary active |
primary medium |
secondary medium |
perfect |
first person singular | -mi | -m | (-moi) | (-mo) | -h2e |
second person singular | -si | -s | -soi | -so | -th2e |
third person singular | -ti | -t | -toi | -to | -e |
third person plural | -nti | -nt | -ntoi | -nto | -r |
marker | present tense marker -i | unmarked (original) form | medium voice + present tense marker -o + -i | medium voice marker -o | special perfect endings, marker -e? |
I would suggest the following set of endings as the original one:
ending category |
transitive verb |
dative construction |
intransitive verb |
common interpretation | "primary active" | "primary medium" | "perfect" |
examples | -mi, -si, -ti, ..., -nti | -moi, -soi, -toi, ..., -ntoi | -h2e, -th2e, -0e, ..., -r |
reduplication vowel | -i | -i < -ei/-oi due to accent? | -e |
case of the agent | ergative = "locative" | reflexive = "dative" | absolute = "accusative" |
case ending (singular) | -i | -ei/-oi | -e (personal pronouns) or -0 (nouns) + -m/-d (gender) |