[Lingtyp] Verb-like nominal inflection

[Joo, Ian]

Dear all,

In Galela (West Papuan), nouns can be inflected like verbs, as illustrated below:

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I would like to know if this is a cross-linguistically common phenomenon, and if so, what other languages show similar patterns.

From Hong Kong,
Ian

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