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===== Nominalization ===== | ===== Nominalization ===== | ||
Nankôre has a rich set of clitics and suffixes that serve as nominalizers. They are, in order of frequency: | Nankôre has a rich set of clitics and suffixes that serve as nominalizers. They are, in order of frequency: | ||
* ''-hi''<ref>Cognate with Minhast gerundial ''-x-''</ref>: attaches directly to a verb root to derive participles | * ''-hi''<ref>Cognate with Minhast gerundial ''-x-''</ref>: attaches directly to a verb root to derive participles | ||
* ''-hici'': Derives instruments from verb roots, a compound of ''-hi-'' and a submorpheme ''-ci'', possibly derived from ''kaci'' "path" | * ''-hici'': Derives instruments from verb roots, a compound of ''-hi-'' and a submorpheme ''-ci'', possibly derived from ''kaci'' "path" | ||
* ''-rē''<ref>Cognate with Minhast ''redad'' "man/male/person</ref> : Derives occupation | * ''-rē''<ref>Cognate with Minhast ''redad'' "man/male/person</ref> : Derives occupation | ||
* ''-ssiak'' <ref> Cognate with Minhast ''saħrap'' "today"</ref> Derives temporal adverbs from verbs, e.g. ''petisrak'' "time of/for standing", as well as creating adverbial clauses when attached to ''itá '' or ''iná '', e.g. ''Ak saraka itá<u>ssiak</u>, sissioyenki kai pohráp iná'', or ''Sioyenki kai pohráp iná', siak saraka itá<u>ssiak</u>''. Note that the adverbial clause and its matrix clause must be linked by the clitic ''si='', regardless as to the position of the two clause. | |||
====Derivation ==== | ====Derivation ==== | ||