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com·pound ˈverb N LING

compound verb

zusammengesetztes Verb

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These compound verbs are of the dvandva type. en.wikipedia.org

Many of these processes have to do with substitution by a nasal, e.g. in compound verbs like "suncama" itch, the underlying verb stems are /sut/ and /ca/. en.wikipedia.org

Something similar happens with compound verbs like gewaarworden: to become aware of something. en.wikipedia.org

One may add a light verb after a noun, adjective, preposition, or prepositional phrase to form a compound verb. en.wikipedia.org

Thus, the combination of a preverb with a verb stem creates an entity called a compound verb stem. en.wikipedia.org

In addition to liberal use of adjectives and adverbs, he would use nominal compounds and compound verbs. en.wikipedia.org

There are many compound verbs. en.wikipedia.org

These constructions involve pure morphological changes (suffixes and internal sound changes of the verb), conjugated compound verbs, and invariant auxiliaries. en.wikipedia.org

There are compound verbs with two verbs (e.g. "make do"). en.wikipedia.org

Many new compound verbs were formed. en.wikipedia.org

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