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* '''nit-''' gives the word (which tends to be an adjective or a nominalisation thereof) the opposite meaning: | * '''nit-''' gives the word (which tends to be an adjective or a nominalisation thereof) the opposite meaning: | ||
** ''yntig'' "finite" -> ''nityntig'' "infinite" | ** ''yntig'' "finite" -> ''nityntig'' "infinite" | ||
* '''-ness''' forms a collective | * '''-ness''' forms a collective agent noun of a verb. It's quite obvious that it's a pluralised participle, and there is indeed also a past form with the gi-t circumfix: | ||
** ''won'' "to live" -> ''wonness'' "population". | ** ''won'' "to live" -> ''wonness'' "population". | ||
** ''burr'' "to happen" -> ''giburrtness'' "history" | ** ''burr'' "to happen" -> ''giburrtness'' "history" | ||
* '''-er''' forms the "normal" (i.e. non-collective) agent noun of a verb: | |||
** ''pratt'' "to speak" -> ''pratter'' "speaker" | |||
** ''jaggt'' "to hunt" -> ''jaggter'' "hunter" | |||
* '''-ē''' forms the agent noun of an adjective: | |||
** ''graut'' "great" -> ''grautē'' "great one" | |||
** ''stirgiss'' "strongest" -> ''dē stirgissē'' "the strongest one" | |||
===Compounding=== | ===Compounding=== | ||