Guide:Derivations

Ways in which a word can be related to another word.

I. From VERB.
	A. VERB To VERB.
		1. Exchange patient and agent.
			a. to teach -> to learn
			b. to lend -> to borrow
		2. Opposite action or undo action of verb.
			a. to learn -> to forget
			b. to assemble -> to disassemble
			c. to escape -> to be imprisoned
			d. to release -> to capture
			e. to assist -> to impede
		3. Increase the intensity of action.
			a. to speak -> to shout
			b. to look at -> to examine
		4. Diminish the intensity of action.
			a. to speak -> to whisper
			b. to look at -> to glance at
		5. Reciprocal action from unilateral action.
			a. to give -> to trade
		6. Unilateral action from reciprocal action.
			a. to trade -> to give.
		7. Consequent action of an action.
			a. to study -> to learn
			b. to travel -> to arrive
		8. Prerequisite action for an action.
			a. to learn -> to study
			a. to succeed -> to attempt
		9. Repeat or reiterate the action.
			a. to learn -> to relearn
			b. to enlist -> to re-enlist
		10. Pervert or distort the intent of the action.
			a. to lead -> to mislead
		11. Same action with focus. (contrast with intensity A.3 above)
			a. to hear -> to listen to
			b. to see -> to look at (contrast with A.3.b above)
		12. Class of actions to which action belongs.
			a. to hack -> to cut
			b. to carve -> to cut
			c. to slice -> to cut
			b. to box -> to fight
	B. VERB To NOUN.
		1. Category name of agent.
			a. to teach -> teacher
			b. to think -> sentient-being
		2. Category name of patient.
			a. to teach -> class
			b. to tutor -> pupil
		3. Category name of object.
			a. to teach -> subject
		4. An instance of the result of an action.
			a. to destroy -> destruction
			b. to draw -> drawing; picture
			c. to kill -> death
		5. Name of object, part, tool or implement employed for an action.
			a. to hammer -> hammer
			b. to saw -> saw
			c. to carve -> knife
			d. to bake -> oven
			e. to contain -> container
			f. to eat -> mouth
			g. to chew -> teeth
			h. to run -> legs
		6. Characteristic location of an activity.
			a. to bank -> a bank
			b. to bake -> a bakery
			c. to shop -> a shop
		7. Name of characteristic substance used by action.
			a. to wash -> soap (and water)
			b. to rinse -> water
			c. to disolve -> liquid
		8. Name of emitted substance
			a. to perspire -> sweat
			b. to urinate -> urine
			c. to erupt -> lava
		9. Name of container object of an inserting action
			a. to holster -> holster
			b. to pocket -> pocket
			c. to sheath -> sheath
			d. to insert -> container
		10. Illimitable pattern of action (From user "Czwartek" on Conlang Bulletin Board)
			a. To cook > recipe
			b. To paint > subject (something to produce a painting of)
			c. To walk as in 'the walk back to town isn't far'
			d. To sing > song
			e. To teach > subject/material for lesson.
		11. General practice of action (From user "Czwartek" on Conlang Bulletin Board)
			a. To cook > cooking
			b. to paint > painting
			c. To walk > walking
			d. To sing > singing
			e. To teach > teaching.
	C. VERB To ADJECTIVE.
		1. Descriptive of ongoing action on patient.
			a. to break -> breaking
			b. to converge -> convergent
		2. Descripive of completed action on patient.
			a. to break -> broken
		3. Descriptive of completed action on agent.
			a. to learn -> educated
		4. Property of agent of verb.
			a. to think -> sentient
			b. to give-birth -> female
			c. to read -> literate
		5. Describing a thing used in the practice of action
			a. to paint > paint (brush)
			b. To walk > walking (stick)
			c. To weld > welding (torch)
		6. Descriptive of a person or thing that performs the action
			a. To run > running (dog)
			b. To talk > talking (man)
			c. To fall > falling (rocks)
	D. VERB To ADVERB.
		1. Directional adverb from verb.
			a. to ascend -> upwardly
	E. VERB To PREPOSITION.
		1. Position of agent after action.
			a. to ascend -> atop
			b. to enter -> within; inside
		2. Position of patient after action.
			a. to insert -> within; inside
			b. to remove -> outside of
	F. VERB To ENUMERATION.
		1. VERB: Specific instances of a class of actions.
			a. to cut -> to slice; to chop; to hack; to pare; to prune; ... 
		2. NOUN: Specific action to category name of style of action
			a. to fight -> {Judo; Karate; boxing; fencing; ...}
		3. ADJECTIVE: Specific action to style category of action.
			a. to sing -> {operatic; popular; country; ...}
II. From NOUN.
	A. NOUN To VERB.
		1. Category name of agent to defining action.
			a. teacher -> to teach.
		2. Category name of patient to defining action.
			a. class -> to teach
		3. Action that results in this instance.
			a. drawing -> to draw
			b. destruction -> to destroy
			c. murder -> to kill
		4. Action performed with named object, part, tool, or implement.
			a. hammer -> to hammer; to pound
			b. saw -> to saw
			c. oven -> to bake
			d. container -> to contain
			e. eye -> to see
		5. Characteristic activity in a location.
			a. bank -> to bank
			b. bakery -> to bake
			c. shop -> to shop
		6. Action of emitting substance named.
			a. sweat -> to perspire
			b. urine -> to urinate
			c. lava -> to erupt
		7. To insert into the object named.
			a. pocket -> to pocket
			b. sheath -> to sheath
			c. holster -> to holster
			d. container -> to insert
		8. Adherence to custom or precept.
			a. law -> to obey the law
			b. morale-precpt -> to be moral
			c. religious law -> to be righteous
		9. Violate custom or precept.
			a. law -> to commit crime
			b. moral-precept -> to be immoral
			c. religious law -> to sin
	B. NOUN To NOUN.
		1. Category name of complementary role.
			a. teacher -> class
			b. tutor -> pupil
			c. slave -> master
		2. General category of a specific instance.
			a. lake -> body-of-water
			b. ocean -> body-of-water
			c. hammer -> tool
			d. apple -> fruit
		3. Agregate of a mass noun.
			a. water -> body-of-water.
		4. Mass component of an agregate.
			a. beach -> sand
			b. lake -> water
		5. Agregate of a discrete noun.
			a. tree -> forest
			b. student -> class
		6. Discrete component of an agregate.
			a. forest -> tree
			b. class -> student
			c. Supreme-court -> justice
		7. Property to possesor of that property.
			a. wisdom -> wiseman
			b. knowledge -> scholar
		8. Category to the defining property.
			a. wiseman -> wisdom
			b. scholar -> knowledge
		9. Characteristic location of an instance.
			a. banker -> bank
			b. baker -> bakery
		10. Characteristic container.
			a. tool -> toolbox
			b. arrow -> quiver
			c. knife -> sheath
			d. gun -> holster
		11. Characteristic content.
			a. toolbox -> tool
			b. casket -> corpse
		12. Universal category.
			a. human -> mankind
		13. Characteristic covering.
			a. head -> hat
			b. window -> curtain
			c. floor -> rug
		14. Characteritically covered by.
			a. hat -> head
			b. curtain -> window
			c. rug -> floor
		15. Sense for perceiving
			a. light -> vision
			b. sound -> hearing
			c. odor -> smell
		16. Organ of sense
			a. vision -> eye
			b. hearing -> ear
			c. smell -> nose
		17. Typical home of
			a. beaver -> dam
			b. spider -> web
			c. human -> house
			d. bird -> nest
	C. NOUN To ADJECTIVE.
		1. Ordinal of a cardinal.
			a. one -> first
			b. three -> third
		2. Descriptive of possesing a property.
			a. knowledge -> knowledgeable
			b. wisdom -> wise
			c. barbarian -> barbarous
		3. Adherence to custom or precept.
			a. law -> law-abiding
			b. morale-precpt -> moral
		4. Violating custom or precept.
			a. law -> criminal
			b. moral precept -> immoral
			c. religious law -> sin
	D. NOUN To ADVERB.
		1. In manner characteristic of a property.
			a. knowledge -> knowledgeably
			b. wisdon -> wisely
		2. In a manner characteristic of a category.
			a. scholar -> scholarly
			b. wiseman -> wisely
	E. NOUN To PREPOSITION.
		1. Preposition of named location.
			a. interior -> within
	F. NOUN To ENUMERATION.
		1. VERB: Actions typically performed with body part.
			a. mouth -> {to eat; to talk; to kiss; to smile; ... }
			b. leg -> {to walk; to run; to stand; ... }
		2. NOUN: Specific members of a category.
			a. body-of-water -> puddle; pond; lake; river; bay; ocean; ...
			b. fruit -> apple; peach; pear; cherry; ...
			c. sports -> baseball; football; martial-arts; ...
			d. martial-arts -> Judo; Karate; boxing; fencing; ...
III From ADJECTIVE.
	A. ADJECTIVE To VERB.
		1. Action that causes ongoing state of patient.
			a. breaking -> to break.
		2. Action that caused final state of patient.
			a. broken -> to break.
		3. Action that causes ongoing state of agent.
			a. learning -> to learn.
		4. Action that causes final state of agent.
			a. educated -> to learn.
		5. Defining action for property.
			a. sentient -> to think
			b. female -> to give-birth
			c. literate -> to read
	B. ADJECTIVE To NOUN.
		1. Cardinal of an ordinal.
			a. third -> three
			b. second -> two
		2. The property described.
			a. knowledgeable -> knowledge
			b. wise -> wisdom
	C. ADJECTIVE To ADJECTIVE.
		1. Opposite property.
			a. cold -> hot
			b. tall -> short
		2. Comparative of an absolute.
			a. cold -> colder
		3. Absolute of a comparative.
			a. colder -> cold
		4. Superlative of an absolute.
			a. cold -> coldest
		5. Absolute of a superlative.
			a. coldest -> cold
	D. ADJECTIVE To ADVERB.
		1. in a manner characteristic of the property.
			a. careless -> carelessly
			b. wise -> wisely
	E. ADJECTIVE To PREPOSITION.
		1. Implied location.
			a. inner -> inside
	F. ADJECTIVE To ENUMERATION.
IV. From ADVERB.
	A. ADVERB To VERB.
		1. Motion in indicate direction.
			a. upwardly -> to ascend
	B. ADVERB To NOUN.
		1. Property for characteric manner.
			a. wisely -> wisdom
		2. Category for characteristic manner.
			a. wisely -> wiseman
	C. ADVERB To ADJECTIVE.
		1. Property characteristic of this manner.
			a. wisely -> wise
			b. Carelessly -> careless
	D. ADVERB To ADVERB.
		1. Opposite manner.
			a. quickly -> slowly
			b. carefully -> carelessly
	E. ADVERB To PREPOSITION.
		1. Result of motion in stated manner.
			a. inwardly -> inside; within
	F. ADVERB To ENUMERATION.
V. From PREPOSITION.
	A. PREPOSITION To VERB.
		1. Action to result in the position of the agent.
			a. within -> to enter
			b. aboard -> to board
		2. Action that results in the position of the patient.
			a. within -> to insert
			b. outside of -> to extract
	B. PREPOSITION To NOUN.
		1. Name of location.
			a. within -> interior
	C PREPOSITION To ADJECTIVE.
		1. Descriptive of location.
			a. inside -> inner
	D. PREPOSITION To ADVERB.
		1. Motion to location.
			a. inside -> inwardly
	E. PREPOSITION To PREPOSITION.
		1. Opposite location.
			a. inside -> outside
			b. above -> below
	F. PREPOSITION To ENUMERATION.