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*'''Nomen agentis''': prefix ''li-'' to the stem of the verb. Thus, ''love'' ‘alive, living’ whose stem is ''lov-'' becomes ''lilov'' ‘being’.
*'''Nomen agentis''': prefix ''li-'' to the stem of the verb. Thus, ''love'' ‘alive, living’ whose stem is ''lov-'' becomes ''lilov'' ‘being’.
*'''Nomen actionis''': add the definite marker to the stem of the verb. ''laja'' ‘sing’ → ''halaj'' ‘the act of singing’
*'''Nomen actionis''': add the definite marker to the stem of the verb. ''laja'' ‘sing’ → ''halaj'' ‘the act of singing’
*'''Nomen instrumentis''': instruments or tools that go with a verb; marked with the suffix ''-ka''; ''jasa'' ‘to see’ → ''jasaka'' ‘glasses’
*'''Nomen instrumentis''': instruments or tools that go with a verb; marked with the suffix ''-ka''; ''jasa'' ‘to watch’ → ''jasaka'' ‘glasses’
*'''Nomen obiecti''': suffix ''-las''; added to transitive verbs without the voice marker to denote the object of the action. ''laja'' ‘sing’ → ''lajalas'' ‘song’
*'''Nomen obiecti''': suffix ''-las''; added to transitive verbs without the voice marker to denote the object of the action. ''laja'' ‘sing’ → ''lajalas'' ‘song’
There is one operation available to derive nouns from nouns: the collective ({{sc|COLL}}) reduplication, which a full initial L→R reduplication.
*'''ha-tav''' ‘a feeling’ → '''ha-tatav''' ‘sentiments, emotional state’
*'''ha-tok''' ‘a chicken’ → '''ha-toktok''' ‘poultry’


====Verbs====
====Verbs====

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