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Concatenation exists but is more derivational, analogous to compounding in English. In native head-initial concatenations, the second element of a compound is treated as an adjective for mutation purposes: | Concatenation exists but is more derivational, analogous to compounding in English. In native head-initial concatenations, the second element of a compound is treated as an adjective for mutation purposes: | ||
* ''ła-'''b'''ŗeth''(m) 'birthday' (''ła'' 'day' is masculine) | * ''ła-'''b'''ŗeth'' (m) 'birthday' (''ła'' 'day' is masculine) | ||
* ''călă-'''fh'''erthiņ'' (f) 'rainforest' (''călă'' 'forest' is feminine). | * ''călă-'''fh'''erthiņ'' (f) 'rainforest' (''călă'' 'forest' is feminine). | ||