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Verbs and adjectives are derived from nouns by adding suffixes and in some cases prefixes as well. | Verbs and adjectives are derived from nouns by adding suffixes and in some cases prefixes as well. | ||
====Noun==== | |||
*Base noun may describe an abstact quality, feature: "weakness"→"similar to weakness"/"having weakness"/"without weakness" | *place, region: AB with LOC with ''sk''-ending; fricative and ''u'' ending ABS.PL with final ''t''; nasal ABS.PL with final ''ku''; plosive ABS.PL and ''l''-declension receive an ''s''-suffix | ||
*collection, group: ABS.PL receives ''ó''; ''mulfó'' (school of fish) | |||
*being, person, creature | |||
**doer, agent: ERG with ''tu'': ''kepeetu'' (washer) | |||
**experiencer, patient: ABS with ''(k)oi'': ''kepoi'' (being washed) | |||
**origin: ABL with ''(o)su'': ''ukopposu'' (person from north) | |||
**characteristic: kauneus-->kaunotar | |||
*material: ABS with ''(o)n'' (AN) or ''(o)l'' (INAN): ''koson'' (wood), ''qotol'' (stone) | |||
*diminutive: reduplication of final sound with ''t'' between vowels and ''i'' between consonants: ''kosis'' (small tree) | |||
*augmentative: reduplication of final sound with ''g'' between vowels and ''a'' between consonants: ''kosas'' (great tree) | |||
**apotheosis: augmentative with ''a''-ending: ''kosonana'' (godwood) | |||
*abstract quality, feature: ABS suffixed with ''(k)oti'': ''dothoti'' (manliness) | |||
====Adjective==== | |||
Base noun may describe an abstact quality, feature: "weakness"→"similar to weakness"/"having weakness"/"without weakness" | |||
*similarity, having something: ''dh'' suffix to abstract gender and animate ''u''-ending; voicing of fricatives (''h→qh'', no change with affricates); nasals into ''ng''; voicing of plosives + ''o'' (''q→g''); l-declension as in INS-COM: ''evadh'' (bright), ''dodh'' (masculine) | *similarity, having something: ''dh'' suffix to abstract gender and animate ''u''-ending; voicing of fricatives (''h→qh'', no change with affricates); nasals into ''ng''; voicing of plosives + ''o'' (''q→g''); l-declension as in INS-COM: ''evadh'' (bright), ''dodh'' (masculine) | ||
**full of, having something: previous suffixed with ''ol'': ''mel muvol'' (waters full of fish) | **full of, having something: previous suffixed with ''ol'': ''mel muvol'' (waters full of fish) | ||
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*opposite, negation: VOC with ''tø'' | *opposite, negation: VOC with ''tø'' | ||
====Verb==== | |||
From core nouns: "way-markers" → how the verb reflects the core noun+case/adjective: table... depends on the core | |||
*ABS = "happens", "is": ''kep'' (washes) | *ABS = "happens", "is": ''kep'' (washes) | ||
*COM = "using": | *COM = "using": | ||