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 CONTENTS xxvii CHAPTER SECTION XVI. Assamese Verb-Roots : Classification : 715 Primary roots : 716-722 Prefixed Roots : 723 Primary Roots of Causative Origin : 724 ff Derivative Roots : (A) Causatives : 726 ff (B) Denominatives : 729-732 Denom. Roots : 733 (C) Compounded and Suffixed Roots : General Characteristics : 734 ff Roots in -fr- : 739 -c- : 740 • „ -t-: 741 -r- < -d- : 742 -I- : 743 -h- < -s- : 744 (D) Onomatopoetic Roots : Two types :. . * 745 Onomatopoetics Proper : 746 Reduplicated verbs : 747 XVII. The Conjugation of the Verb : Tenses : 748-749 Negative Conjugation : 750 The Passive : Relics of O.I.A. Passive : 751-753 (A) The Analytical formation : 754-755 (B) The Passive -in -a : 756 (C) The Passive-Active Constructions : 757 (D) The Passive in general : 758-759 The Personal Affixes of Verbs. The Radical Tenses. Indicative : The First person -5 ; E. As. extension 760-761