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Other aspectual verbs.

The aspectual verbs that are primarily aspectual (and minimally attitudinal) are viDu `completive', kiTTiru `durative', vayyi `future utility', aahu `finality, expected result', vaa `iterative', poo `change of state', iru1 `perfect', iru2 `result remains', and iru3 `epestemic.'

The aspectual verbs that are primarily attitudinal (but nonetheless aspectual) are taLLu `distributive', tole `riddance', pooDu `malicious intent', and some others that vary from dialect to dialect.

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Harold Schiffman
Feb 19 2000