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===Derivational morphology=== | ===Derivational morphology=== | ||
===Part-of-speech modifiers=== | |||
The plural/indefinite particle ''ez'e'' is also used to nominalize words from other parts of speech. Agentive nouns can be derived either from ''ez''' (the class-2 inflection of ''ez'e'') or from dedicated agentive suffixes ''-uóc'' and ''-ih''. | |||
The suffix ''-z'i'' is | |||
Inalienable pronouns can also be used as particles following adjectives to disambiguate them from possessor nouns; this disambiguation can also be done with the suffix ''-jí'' (which is also used to disambiguate adjectives from verbs, and to derive verbs adjectives). | |||
===-ax=== | |||
The causative suffix ''-ax'' can be used productively on any verb, as well as being used nonproductively on some verbs deriving verbs of new meanings. | |||
====Reduplication==== | ====Reduplication==== | ||
Most words (other than nouns and conjunctions, but including some particles) can be fully reduplicated after the word for augmented or intensified meaning. In verbs this can also mark an iterative or contrastive meaning, and in adjectives and adverbs it can also mark a comparative or superlative meaning when the thing being compared to is absent in the sentence. | Most words (other than nouns and conjunctions, but including some particles) can be fully reduplicated after the word for augmented or intensified meaning. In verbs this can also mark an iterative or contrastive meaning, and in adjectives and adverbs it can also mark a comparative or superlative meaning when the thing being compared to is absent in the sentence. | ||