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===Derivational morphology=== | ===Derivational morphology=== | ||
====Nouns==== | |||
There are several semantically-restricted options for creating a new noun from a verb. A very common way to create an agent noun is to prefix ''li-'' to the stem of the verb. Thus, ''love'' ‘alive, living’ whose stem is ''lov-'' becomes ''lilov'' ‘being’. | |||
====Verbs==== | ====Verbs==== | ||
It is quite easy to create new verbs: any noun or root can be turned into a verb by adding the appropriate mode suffix ('''-a''' for dynamic verbs or '''-e''' for stative verbs). | It is quite easy to create new verbs: any noun or root can be turned into a verb by adding the appropriate mode suffix ('''-a''' for dynamic verbs or '''-e''' for stative verbs). | ||