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=== Deverbal Affixes === | === Deverbal Affixes === | ||
Minhast relies on NI, often in combination with nominalization, to derive nouns from verbs. Nevertheless, the language has a limited set of affixes used to derive nouns from verbs. | Minhast relies on NI, often in combination with nominalization, to derive nouns from verbs. Nevertheless, the language has a limited set of affixes used to derive nouns from verbs. The deverbal affixes may be suffixed to a bare verb root, or it may come after an incorporated noun and/or the postverbal affix series which make up the verbal complex. | ||
Occupation: Verb | Occupation: Verb root/complex + ''-rayy'', e.g. ''silapkarrayy >> silap-gāl-rayy'' ride-horse-person.occupation, i.e. "horseman" (Horse Speaker dialect) | ||
Place: Verb | Place: Verb root/complex + ''-kian/-kyan/-tappe'', e.g. ''gubbattustappe >> gubbāt-dust-tappe'' make.war-RECIP.ADVERS-location, i.e. "battlefield" (Salmon Speaker dialect) | ||
Time: Verb | Time: Verb root/complex + ''-ummak-'', e.g. ''gubbattustummak >> gubbāt-dust-ummak'' make.war-RECIP.ADVERS-time.of.doing.something, i.e. "wartime" (Salmon Speaker dialect) | ||
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