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ESSAY III
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which mean “finished, completed”, are put before the simple underived WB; it is to be remembered that the WB, as already mentioned above, often has in itself a passive signification. Bug. example:
WB siyoq, “to bind”
Past Active pura maqsiyoq
Past Passive pura siyoq.
It is true that this formation is not found very frequently; in the Injilai the first instance occurs in the first executioner's story. — Illustration of this mode of forming the past tense, from the third executioner's story in the Injilai: "A man who had also been bitten" = worowane pura oqkoq to.
