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Aoma uses suffixes, gemination and apophony to create new words from existing ones. Same noun stems often occur in all four classes. Most important are the eight elemental nouns: | Aoma uses suffixes, gemination and apophony to create new words from existing ones. Same noun stems often occur in all four classes. Most important are the eight elemental nouns: | ||
*(divine noun, verb, (secondary verb,) masculine, feminine, neuter, adjective form, colour form) | *(divine noun, verb, (secondary verb,) masculine, feminine, neuter, adjective form, colour form) | ||
*gesha | *gesha (life), gesse (live), geshy (brain), geshu (heart), geshi (nature), geshare (lively, active), geshari (yellow) | ||
*tösha (death), tösse (die), töshy (soldier), töshu (disease), töshi (war), töshare (still, silent), töshari (purple) | *tösha (death), tösse (die), töshy (soldier), töshu (disease), töshi (war), töshare (still, silent), töshari (purple) | ||
*iwa (light), ijem (create), iwy (preast), iwu (spirit), iwi (shine), iware (bright), iwari (white) | |||
*öna (darkness), ötes (destroy), öny (hunter), önu (dream), öni (shadow), önare (dark), önari (black) | |||
*enna (air), emme (move oneself), (emma (move something),) enny (storm), ennu (cloud), enni (wind), ennare (airy, light), ennari (green) | |||
*cela (earth), kelle (lie), cely (farmer), celu (herbalist), celi (soil, farm), celare (dense, heavy), celari (red) | |||
*nirra (fire), nirrre (burn, be on fire), (nirrra (burn something, set on fire),) nirry (smith), nirru (cook), nirri (flame), nirrare (hot), nirrari (orange) | |||
*mila (water), mille (rain), mily (sailor), milu (alchemist), mili (ocean), milare (cold), milari (blue) | |||
===Numerals=== | ===Numerals=== | ||