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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.