What about similar oddities in English?
(This question is inspired by this comic by https://www.exocomics.com/193/ (link found by BunScientist@lemmy.zip)) Edit: it's to its in the title. Damn autocorrect.

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[–] 14 points 10 months ago (1 child)

The primary accent for 2-syllable words that are used as both a noun and a verb depends on the part of speech. The noun places the primary accent on the 1st syllable, the verb on the 2nd syllable.

Examples:
The musician records a record.
The farmer produces produce.
You're not permitted to fish without a permit.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Potential exception: "Adult." Arguably because it generally isn't a verb when emphasis is on the second syllable, some people do that even when it's a noun.

    I'm an Adult vs. I'm an aDULT. *

    Use as of "adult" as a verb is non-standard and where to emphasise that is even less clear-cut for those of us who put the emphasis on the first syllable of the noun. Interestingly, "adulterate" is less strange as a verb and the emphasis is definitely on the second syllable there.

    We could tie ourselves in knots analysing the late emphasis form as a verbified noun, re-nounified. Ow.

    * The underlying truth of said statement is irrelevant. Chronologically, I have been one for some time. Mentally... ehh.

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