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'''Verbal extension''' is a Integral part of verbal morphology in most [[Bantu languages]]. A [[suffix]], more often than not consisting of VC, is inserted between root and final vowel. It modifies the meaning of the basic verb. More common extensions are [[applicative]], [[causative]], [[passive]], [[reversive]] and [[stative]]. Others with less predictable surface forms are [[intensive]] and [[positional]]. Combinations of up to 4 extensions are common. In such a multiple extension, the lexical content correlates with the position of the suffix; more grammatical extensions like passive tend to occur before the final vowel, and more lexical ones in proximity to the root.

=== Example ===

from Makua (Bantu P, Mozambique, Oliver Kroeger): othum-a - to buy otumiha - to sell (with causative -ih) othumiwa - be bought (with passive -iw) otumihiwa - be sold (with causative -ih and passive -iw) ovar-a - to grasp ovariwa - be snatched (with passive -iw) ovariha - make grasp (with causative -ih) ovarela - catch (with applicative -el) ovareliwa - be caught (with applicative -el and passive -iw) 

=== Link ===

[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Extension,+verbal&lemmacode=1640 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]

=== References ===

* Baker, Mark 1985. ''The Mirror Principle and Morphosyntactic Explanation,'' Linguistic Inquiry 16, 373-415, The MIT Press
* Guthrie, Malcolm 1962. ''On the Status of Radical Extensions in Bantu Languages,'' Journal of African Languages 1, 202-220

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