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Other derivational affixes, both prefixes and suffixes, are more common, some appear to be highly productive and suggest they can be spontaneously generated: | Other derivational affixes, both prefixes and suffixes, are more common, some appear to be highly productive and suggest they can be spontaneously generated: | ||
* ''-kai'': a deverbal for creating place nouns, e.g. '' | * ''-kai'': a deverbal for creating place nouns, e.g. ''iavati-kai'' "a place for buying", i.e. marketplace. | ||
* ''-pallahái'': another deverbal for creating place nouns, e.g. '' | * ''-pallahái'': another deverbal for creating place nouns, e.g. ''tukin-pallahái'' "a place for sitting", i.e. hearth, dining room. | ||
* ''-katta'': a deverbal affix deriving agent nouns, e.g. ''iavati-katta'' "one who buys, a buyer" | |||
Some affixes may be chained, as in | Some affixes may be chained, as in ''tukimpallahaikatta'' < ''tukin-pallahai-katta'' "a place for sitting ones", i.e. "dinner guests, diners" | ||
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