Pluractionality & Noun Incorporation
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Pluractionality in 
Nakoe is marked by the verb suffix -hoo. That's simple enough -- however, in addition to this, the type of pluractionality is indicated by noun incorporation. If the object is incorporated, it expresses distributive pluractionality. If the subject is incorporated, it instead shows iterativity.As for how arguments are incorporated, this additionally involves partial reduplication of the verb, as follows:
Monosyllabic, short vowel: full reduplication
Monosyllabic, diphthongal vowel: reduplicate onset and nucleus
Monosyllabic, long vowel: reduplicate onset and nucleus; shorten vowel
Polysyllabic, short vowel in first syllable: reduplicate first syllable
Polysyllabic, diphthong in first syllable: reduplicate onset and nucleus of first syllable
Polysyllabic, long vowel in first syllable: reduplicate onset and nucleus of first syllable; shorten vowel
If the incorporated argument begins with a click and the reduplicated segment is an open syllable, lengthen the vowel if it is short, and keep the full vowel length if it is long.
The incorporated argument is then infixed between this reduplicated segment and the verb root.
In order to express iterativity using a verb that is a copula that links an adjective -- inge or yeu -- the single subject argument is incorporated into the adjective rather than the verb.
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