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**''-mo (f.)'' (prefix conjugation may use ''m-o'') - e.g. ''farsimo'' "handwriting" (< ''farsi'' "to write"); ''maddho'' "word; statement" (< ''addhi'' "to say") | **''-mo (f.)'' (prefix conjugation may use ''m-o'') - e.g. ''farsimo'' "handwriting" (< ''farsi'' "to write"); ''maddho'' "word; statement" (< ''addhi'' "to say") | ||
'''Agent:''' | '''Agent noun:''' | ||
*''-a'' (prefix conjugation: ''y-a'') (''m.''), ''-tu'' (prefix conjugation: ''t-u'') (''f./pl.'') - e.g. ''sheena/sheentu'' "giver", ''yarka/tarku'' "seer", ''casa/castu'' "red person/thing" | *''-a'' (prefix conjugation: ''y-a'') (''m.''), ''-tu'' (prefix conjugation: ''t-u'') (''f./pl.'') - e.g. ''sheena/sheentu'' "giver", ''yarka/tarku'' "seer", ''casa/castu'' "red person/thing" | ||
*''-eeya'' (''unmarked/collective''), ''-eesha'' (''m., sg.''), ''-eeti'' (''f., sg.'') - e.g. ''sheeneesha'' "giver (''m.'')", ''arkeeti'' "seer (''f.'')", ''caseeya'' "red people/things" | *''-eeya'' (''unmarked/collective''), ''-eesha'' (''m., sg.''), ''-eeti'' (''f., sg.'') - e.g. ''sheeneesha'' "giver (''m.'')", ''arkeeti'' "seer (''f.'')", ''caseeya'' "red people/things" | ||
'''Patient:''' | '''Patient noun:''' | ||
*Formed by adding agent suffixes to passive | *Formed by adding agent suffixes to stative passive or to ''-am-'' passive - e.g. ''arkana'' "one who is seen (''m.'')", ''arkameeya'' "those who are seen" | ||
*The two forms (with stative vs ''-am-'' passive) have slightly different connotations - e.g. ''arkana'' might refer to someone who is being seen at the moment, while ''arkama'' might refer to someone who is regularly seen. | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||