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Verbs do not change form because of tense, and only occasionally undergo gemination in the plural. en.wikipedia.org

Gemination is distinct from stress and may appear independently of it. en.wikipedia.org

Nouns are marked as definite with the prefix /ha-/ followed by gemination of the initial consonant of the noun. en.wikipedia.org

Earlier consonantal is also lost, however, after a consonant that underwent gemination. en.wikipedia.org

Historically, morpheme-boundary gemination is the result of regressive assimilation. en.wikipedia.org

On occasion, the phoneme participates in true gemination without any assimilation in place of articulation, as for example in the word. en.wikipedia.org

The alternation patterns in many of these languages is quite extensive involving vowels and consonant gemination (i.e. doubled consonants). en.wikipedia.org

In such cases, the terms fortis is sometimes used for aspiration or gemination, while lenis is used for single, tenuous, or voiced stops. en.wikipedia.org

Some observers saw a phenomenon they called gemination, or doubling - two parallel canals. en.wikipedia.org

In prefixes and composite words, lengthened or doubled pronunciation (gemination) is obvious. en.wikipedia.org

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