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*''eth'' = it does, doesn't it? | *''eth'' = it does, doesn't it? | ||
===Derivation=== | ===Derivation=== | ||
*TODO: another nominalizer? | |||
*‹''i''› = nominalizer for underived verbs | |||
*''bin-'' = nominalizer for derived verbs | |||
*''hăl-'' = nominalizer for adjectives | |||
*''sa-'' = nominalizer | |||
*''di-'' = negation | |||
*''ing-'' = verbalizer | |||
*''mo-'' (+ voicing of plosives) = adjectivizer | |||
*''lă'' = verbalizer (how productive?) | |||
*''yă-'' = adjectivizer | |||
*''nu-'' = agentive (Classical Windermere; and productive to an extent in Modern Windermere) | |||
*''pa-'' = patientive (from Old Windermere *p + *ha) | |||
*{{angbr|''năr''}} = a result/state (which becomes another adjectivizer?) | |||
*Că(syllable S) -> Că(S reduced)(S) = diminutive | |||
**''yar'' = flower > ''yăryar'' 'little flower' | |||
*Head-initial concatenation. Common concatenated morphemes: | |||
**''hălwier'' = '-logy' (lit. 'beauty of') | |||
**''wang'' = 'matter, affairs' | |||
**''ngoth'' = 'manner, way' | |||
**''sces'' = 'style of, à la' | |||
**''ăma'' = 'proto, ur-' (lit. 'mother of') | |||
===="Trigger" verb affixes==== | |||
These were originally trigger affixes but had become derivational affixes to derive verbs by Classical Windermere times. | |||
*''‹ăn/ăng›'' = Applicative trigger | |||
*''‹ith›'' = Locative trigger | |||
*''‹ăw›'' = Instrumental trigger | |||
*''‹ăfong›'' = Destination trigger | |||
**''răfongüe'' 'to endow' < ''rüe'' 'to give' | |||
*''‹ălis›'' = Comitative trigger | |||
*''‹ăm›'' = Source/cause trigger | |||
*''‹ăchem›'' = Benefactive/purpose trigger | |||
*''‹ărea›'' = Malefactive trigger | |||
====Lexical aspect affixes=== | ====Lexical aspect affixes=== | ||
Aspect inflection uses a combination of prefixes and reduplication. | Aspect inflection uses a combination of prefixes and reduplication. | ||