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Verb chart: Tonal patterns of verbal stems

3a TAM form verbal stems class	HAB Aff	HAB Neg	STAT Aff	STAT Neg	PRET Aff [long]/eà	PRET Neg aànà- CONS Neg	PF Aff aà- CONS Aff	PF Neg [long]/eà
da, nom, tõn	H	H	L	H	L	H	H	H
hþ	H	H	..	.	L	H	H	H
gyina	L-H	L-H	L-L	H-H	L-H	L-H	H-H	H-H
bisa	L-H	L-H	..	.	L-H	L-H	H-H	H-H
bñda/kõda	L-H	L-H	.	.	L-H	L-H	H-H	H-H
bñgyina/kõgyina	L-L-H	L-L-H	.	.	L-L-H	L-L-H	H-!H-H	H-!H-H
bñbisa/kõbisa	L-H-!H	L-H-!H	.	.	L-H-!H	L-H-!H	H-H-!H	L-H-!H

3b TAM form verbal stems class	PROG Aff reà-	PROG Neg reàn-	FUT Aff	FUT Neg	INCEPT rebñ-
da, nom, tõn	H	H	H	H	H
hþ	H	H	H	H	H
gyina	L-H	L-H	L-H >H-!H	L-H	L-H
bisa	L-H	L-H	L-H >H-!H	L-H	H-!H
bñda/kõda	L-H	L-H	---	---	---
bñgyina/kõgyina	L-L-H	L-L-H	---	---	---
bñbisa/kõgyina	L-H-!H	L-H-!H	---	---	---

3c TAM form verbal stems class	OPT Aff ná	OPT Neg	IMP Aff	IMP Neg
da, nom, tõn	H	H	H/L	H
hþ	H	H	H	H
gyina	H-H	L-H	L-L	L-H
bisa	H-H	L-H	L-L	L-H
bñda/kõda	H-H	L-H	L-H	L-H
bñgyina/kõgyina	H-!H-H	L-L-H	L-L-H	L-L-H
bñbisa/kõbisa	H-!H-H	L-H-!H	L-H-!H	L-H-!H

Tables according to Frempong (1994), resp. to Dolphyne (1988)

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