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There is a special way of compounding nouns to mean x and y. It’s similar to English constructions like ‘salt and pepper’, but packing it into a single word. You connect the words with the i sound. You can use regular conjunctions, of course. However, by building a single compound word, the two concepts are tied very tightly. | There is a special way of compounding nouns to mean x and y. It’s similar to English constructions like ‘salt and pepper’, but packing it into a single word. You connect the words with the i sound. You can use regular conjunctions, of course. However, by building a single compound word, the two concepts are tied very tightly. | ||
'''''kodiyeed''''' | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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|colspan=3| '''''kodiyeed''''' | |||
''kod''+''i''+''yeed'' | |- | ||
| ''kod'' + || ''i'' + || ''yeed'' | |||
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|colspan=3| ‘High-and-low’ | |||
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|colspan=3| '''''khlaitidriksta''''' (also ''khlait ee driksta'') | |||
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| ''khlait'' + || ''i'' + || ''driksta'' | |||
''khlait''+''i''+''driksta'' | |- | ||
|colspan=3| ‘raves-and-kudos’ (‘hello’) | |||
‘raves-and-kudos’ (‘hello’) | |- | ||
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[[Category:Languages]][[Category:Conlangs]][[Category:A_priori]] | [[Category:Languages]][[Category:Conlangs]][[Category:A_priori]] | ||