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===Derivational Morphology===

Aoma uses suffixes, gemination and apophony to create new words from existing ones. Same noun stems often occur in all four genders. Most important are the eight elemental nouns:

Aoma uses suffixes, gemination and apophony to create new words from existing ones. Same noun stems often occur in all four genders. Most important are the eight elemental nouns, for example ''gesha'' (life):

*(divine noun, verb, (secondary verb,) masculine, feminine, neuter, adjective form, colour form)

*gesha (life), gesse (live), geshy (brain), geshu (heart), geshi (nature), geshare (lively, active), geshari (yellow)

*''gesha'' (life), ''gesse'' (live), ''geshy'' (brain), ''geshu'' (heart), ''geshi'' (nature), ''geshare'' (lively, active), ''geshari'' (yellow)

*tösha (death), tösse (die), töshy (soldier), töshu (disease), töshi (war), töshare (still, silent), töshari (purple)

*iwa (light), ijem (create, give birth), iwy (preast), iwu (spirit), iwi (shine), iware (bright), iwari (white)

*öna (darkness), ötes (destroy), öny (hunter), önu (dream), öni (shadow), önare (dark), önari (black)

*enna (air), emme (move oneself), (emma (move something),) enny (storm), ennu (cloud), enni (wind), ennare (airy, light), ennari (green)

*cela (earth), kelle (lie), cely (farmer), celu (herbalist), celi (soil, farm), celare (dense, heavy), celari (red)

*nirra (fire), nirrre (burn, be on fire), (nirrra (burn something, set on fire),) nirry (smith), nirru (cook), nirri (flame), nirrare (hot), nirrari (orange)

*mila (water), mille (rain), mily (sailor), milu (alchemist), mili (ocean), milare (cold), milari (blue)

This is taken even further when adjectives are derived from the already derived nouns in other genders, for example ''mily'' (sailor) → ''milyre'' (wet, "sailor-like")

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 ===Derivational Morphology===
-Aoma uses suffixes, gemination and apophony to create new words from existing ones. Same noun stems often occur in all four genders. Most important are the eight elemental nouns:
+Aoma uses suffixes, gemination and apophony to create new words from existing ones. Same noun stems often occur in all four genders. Most important are the eight elemental nouns, for example ''gesha'' (life):
 *(divine noun, verb, (secondary verb,) masculine, feminine, neuter, adjective form, colour form)
-*gesha (life), gesse (live), geshy (brain), geshu (heart), geshi (nature), geshare (lively, active), geshari (yellow)
+*''gesha'' (life), ''gesse'' (live), ''geshy'' (brain), ''geshu'' (heart), ''geshi'' (nature), ''geshare'' (lively, active), ''geshari'' (yellow)
-*tösha (death), tösse (die), töshy (soldier), töshu (disease), töshi (war), töshare (still, silent), töshari (purple)
-*iwa (light), ijem (create, give birth), iwy (preast), iwu (spirit), iwi (shine), iware (bright), iwari (white)
-*öna (darkness), ötes (destroy), öny (hunter), önu (dream), öni (shadow), önare (dark), önari (black)
-*enna (air), emme (move oneself), (emma (move something),) enny (storm), ennu (cloud), enni (wind), ennare (airy, light), ennari (green)
-*cela (earth), kelle (lie), cely (farmer), celu (herbalist), celi (soil, farm), celare (dense, heavy), celari (red)
-*nirra (fire), nirrre (burn, be on fire), (nirrra (burn something, set on fire),) nirry (smith), nirru (cook), nirri (flame), nirrare (hot), nirrari (orange)
-*mila (water), mille (rain), mily (sailor), milu (alchemist), mili (ocean), milare (cold), milari (blue)
 This is taken even further when adjectives are derived from the already derived nouns in other genders, for example ''mily'' (sailor) → ''milyre'' (wet, "sailor-like")