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| === Derivation ===
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| Minhast relies on NI, often in combination with nominalization, to derive nouns from verbs. Compounding is also used to derive new vocabulary; often this compounding derives from Type I noun incorporation, or a noun phrase that was originally a ''min'' construction, but due to frequent use the ''min'' connective was eroded and additional morphophonetic changes derived a new noun. Combinations of Type I noun incorporation and nominalization also occur. A few examples of the derivational processes that Minhast employs are illustrated as follows:
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| * Occupation - Nominalization + Type I Noun Incorporation: ''rayy-'' + verb root/complex , e.g. ''raysilapkannaft'' >> ''rayy-silap-gāl=naft'' person-ride.horse- i.e. "horseman" (Horse Speaker dialect);
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| * Place - NP + NP Compounding: Verb root/complex + ''kian-/kyan/tappe'', e.g. ''gubbattustappe'' >> ''gubbāt-dust-tappe'' >>'' gubbāt-dust min tappe'' make.war-RECIP.ADVERS-location, i.e. "battlefield" (Salmon Speaker dialect)
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| * Time - NP + NP Compounding: Verb root/complex + ''-ummak'', e.g. ''gubbattustummak'' >> ''gubbāt-dust-ummak'' >> ''gubbāt-dust min ummak'' make.war-RECIP.ADVERS-time.of.doing.something, i.e. "wartime" (Salmon Speaker dialect)
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| * Instrument: Verb root/complex + noun root, e.g. ''isangarsakua'' >> ''isangar-sakua'' >> make.light.with.flame-drinking.glass, i.e. "light bulb"
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| === Derivational Affixes ===
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| There is a small set of suffixes that can be attached to a verb root to derive a noun, nevertheless Minhast prefers to nominalize clauses or use NI. The most frequently encountered ones are listed in the following table.
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| |+ style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" |Derivational Affixes
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| | style="TEXT-ALIGN: center;width:200px" | '''Affix'''
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| | style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" | '''Gloss/Meaning'''
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| | style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ffff" | -hupnia
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| | style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | instrumental affix
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| | style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ffff" | -šnia,-šn
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| | style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | consisting of
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| | style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ffff" | -pniš
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| | style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | propensity towards
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| | style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ffff" | -pna
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| | style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | abstract affix, "-tude,-ity","-ness"
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| | style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ffff" | -sset
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| | style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | temporal affix, "time of"
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| | style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ffff" | -kian
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| | style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | locative affix
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| | style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ffff" | -(n)niwak,-nwak
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| | style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | occupational affix, "one who engages in an activity"
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| | style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ffff" | -tak
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| | style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | intransitive/transitive manner affix, "the manner of engaging in an activity; the manner of being"
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| | style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ffff" | -(a)rat
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| | style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | the result of an action or event
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| | style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ffff" | -mbat, -umbat, -numbat
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| | style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #66ff99" | similarity of the action/event/state of the verb; also serves as an abstraction affix like "-pna"
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| == Particles == | | == Particles == |