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Ordinal numbers are made by adding -stē. If a number ends in -ē, that -ē is dropped, so "first" is "astē" and "seventh" is "safstē". The -ē is however not left out in "zettēstē", as it otherwise would sound the same as "zettstē". | Ordinal numbers are made by adding -stē. If a number ends in -ē, that -ē is dropped, so "first" is "astē" and "seventh" is "safstē". The -ē is however not left out in "zettēstē", as it otherwise would sound the same as "zettstē". | ||
==Derivational morphology== | |||
* '''-ig''' is a general adjectiviser: | |||
** ''attoll'' "nobility" -> ''attlig'' "noble" | |||
** ''statt'' "city" -> ''stattig'' "urban" | |||
** ''durr'' "door" -> ''durrig'' "door-ish" | |||
* '''-ing''' is used to nominalise verbs: | |||
** ''sgryf'' "write" -> ''sgryfing'' "writing" | |||
** ''et'' "eat" -> ''eting'' "food" | |||
* '''-hyt''' is used to nominalise adjectives: | |||
** ''bly'' "happy" -> ''blyhyt'' "happiness" | |||
** ''kunnig'' "possible" -> ''kunnighyt'' "possibility" | |||
* '''nit-''' gives the word (which tends to be an adjective or a nominalisation thereof) the opposite meaning: | |||
** ''yntig'' "finite" -> ''nityntig'' "infinite" | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||