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: ''ion'' + ''orn'' → ''ionorn'' – birdsong, the song of a bird | : ''ion'' + ''orn'' → ''ionorn'' – birdsong, the song of a bird | ||
This neatly disambiguates the meanings created by compounds from the meanings created by modifier nouns or adjectives. For example, with ''ûn'' "green" and ''tî'' "tea": | |||
* ''ûntî'' – green tea | |||
* ''tî ûn'' – a kind of tea that is green | |||
* ''tî ûnal'' – tea which happens to be green | |||
==== Derivation example ==== | ==== Derivation example ==== | ||