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Sometimes derivations may be created by affixing verbal affixes to a verb or noun root, excluding the Post-TA and succeeding verbal slots: | Sometimes derivations may be created by affixing verbal affixes to a verb or noun root, excluding the Post-TA and succeeding verbal slots: | ||
* ''ixrikirim < *xr-kirim'' ITER-speak => " | * ''ixrikirim < *xr-kirim'' ITER-speak => "loquaciousness" | ||
*''ixrikirimtar < *xr-kirim-tar'' ITER-speak-DISTR => "gossip, | *''ixrikirimtar < *xr-kirim-tar'' ITER-speak-DISTR => "gossip, rumour" | ||
When combined with NI of ''nea'' (thing), an abstract noun may be formed: | When combined with NI of ''nea'' (thing), an abstract noun may be formed: | ||
*''ixrikirinnētar < *xr-kirim-nea-tar'' ITER-speak-thing-DISTR => "thing(s) being gossiped about" | *''ixrikirinnētar < *xr-kirim-nea-tar'' ITER-speak-thing-DISTR => "thing(s) being gossiped about" | ||
These complex verbal derivations, when accompanied by the Inclinative or the Habitative affix plus the Detransitivizer + Nominalizer, may derive profession nouns or indicate a person who engages in the activity indicated by the verb root or complex. The result is a nominalized verb: | |||
*''ixripniškirimtarannaft < * xr-pniš-kirim-tar-an-naft'' ITER-INCL-speak-DISTR-DETRANS-NMLZ => "gossiper" | |||
The Augmentive is also used to coin new terms from nouns: | The Augmentive is also used to coin new terms from nouns: | ||