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Re: [romanceconlang] My romance lang.



Muke Tever wrote:
> Irregular compared to what, though?  K-stem verbs do have /i/ for /k/ in such
> forms, but there's an /i/ there already, so I wouldnt be surprised if -tta, etc.
> was the _regular_ outcome.

Iku is derived from yuku, which has the same irregularity, namely,
yutta, so a presumed ban on _iita_ doesn't hold up there.

> Are there any "regular" verbs ending in -iku,
> past -iita?  (I cant find any offhand...)

I can't find any either, but I also can't find any verbs ending in -iku
past tense -itta except for iku itself and compounds with iku.  A rule
that applies to only one verb is indistinguishable from an irregularity.

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