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====Diminutives and Augmentatives==== | ====Diminutives and Augmentatives==== | ||
The diminutive is formed with the suffixes ''-icha'' (m.)/ ''-itti'' (f.). Note that these suffixes | The diminutive is formed with the suffixes ''-icha'' (m.)/ ''-itti'' (f.). The augmentative is formed with the suffix ''-oowa'' (''m./f.''), with the singulative ''-ooha'' (m.)/ ''-ooti'' (f.). Note that these suffixes can also be used for the singulative and plural respectively. | ||
A form identical to the vocative but with the accent shifted the final syllable can be used as a nickname - e.g. ''Maxammadow'' (< ''Maxámmad''); ''bidaarlow'' (< ''bidaarle'' "bald person"). | |||
A form identical to the vocative but with the accent shifted the final syllable can be used as a nickname - e.g. ''Maxammadow'' (''Maxámmad''); ''bidaarlow'' (< ''bidaarle'' "bald person"). | |||
===Definitives=== | ===Definitives=== | ||