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Every lexical root, be it nominal or verbal, can be turned into an adjective with the adjectivizer suffix ADJZ -(t)ilir. | Every lexical root, be it nominal or verbal, can be turned into an adjective with the adjectivizer suffix ADJZ -(t)ilir. | ||
In the case of nominal roots, it takes on the role of a semblative case, with the general predicate form "x is [noun]-like". | In the case of nominal roots, it takes on the role of a semblative case, with the general predicate form "x is [noun]-like". | ||
In the case of verbal roots, it can be defined as a deverbal form, taking over adjectival functions, by which definition it could be called an adverb, with the general predicate form "(x-is) in the manner of [verb]-ing". In the context of a restrictive relative clause, it takes on the role of a deverbal form about which can be predicated of as a noun, by which definition it can be called a participle, with the general predicate form "x, which is like [verb]-ing" (in English both forms woul be represented by the infinitive, and are thus rendered as such in the translation). | |||
In the case of verbal roots, it can be defined as a deverbal form, taking over adjectival functions, by which definition it could be called an adverb, with the general predicate form "(x-is) in the manner of [verb]-ing". | |||
In the context of a restrictive relative clause, it takes on the role of a deverbal form about which can be predicated of as a noun, by which definition it can be called a participle, with the general predicate form "x, which is like [verb]-ing" (in English both forms woul be represented by the infinitive, and are thus rendered as such in the translation). | |||
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| "[nominal root]-adjz [inflected noun]" | |||
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| {hanap-(t)ilir hanaptupepšeš} > "hanaptilir hanaptupepšeš" | |||
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| "firelike teabrew" (e.g. said of a spicy teabrew) | |||
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| "[verbal root]-ADJZ [inflected noun]" | |||
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| {happ=a-(t)ilir ha<na>p=tu-eš} | |||
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| "happ(at)ilir hanaptweš" | |||
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| "a X which is like burning" (e.g. "a burning-like cooking", <happatilir hanaptweš>) | |||
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===Derivation from nouns=== | ===Derivation from nouns=== | ||