Khasi and Wôpanâak/Lexical Selection

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wam-->kha

kha-->wam

  • kjat "foot/leg" => -ukhôt "leg", -seet "foot"
  • ngi "we (1st person plural pronoun)" => neenawun "we (exclusive)", keenawun "we (inclusive)" This is reflective of a deeper grammatical ambiguity with regards to first person plural forms throughout the languages.