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===Noun incorporation=== One of the features of Mohawk called ''noun incorporation'' allows a verb to absorb a noun into it. When incorporation happens, an epenthetic ''a'' can appear between the noun root and the verb root.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> For example: {{interlinear |number=18) |Owira始a wahrake始 ne o始wahru |Baby ate the meat |}} With noun incorporation: {{interlinear |number=19) |Owira始a wah'''a'''始wahrake始 |Baby meat-ate |}} {{interlinear |number=20) |top= Wa始eksohare始 |wa始e -ks -ohare始 |{} dish wash |"She dish-washed"}} {{interlinear |number=21) |top= Wa始kenakt'''a'''hninu始 |wa始ke -nakt -a -hninu始 |{} bed increment buy |"I bed-bought"}} {{interlinear |number=22) |top= Wahana始tar'''a'''kwetare始 |waha -na始tar -a -kwetare始 |{} bread increment -cut |"He bread-cut"}} Most of these examples take the epenthetic vowel ''a''; it can be omitted if the incorporated noun does not give rise a complex consonant cluster in the middle of the word.
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