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**''hălwier'' = '-logy' (lit. "beauty of") | **''hălwier'' = '-logy' (lit. "beauty of") | ||
**''wang'' = 'matter, affairs' | **''wang'' = 'matter, affairs' | ||
===="Trigger" verb affixes==== | |||
These were originally trigger affixes but had become derivational affixes by Classical Windermere times. | |||
*Core triggers | |||
**''‹ăc›'' = Patient trigger [telic] | |||
**''‹ră›'' = Patient trigger [atelic] | |||
**''‹ăs›'' = Agent trigger [= a weird way of syntacticizing passive voice/ergativity] | |||
**''‹ăb›'' = Reflexive trigger | |||
*Applicative triggers - these meanings are not always literal. Without an explicit direct case argument, these verbs must be nominalized. | |||
**''‹ăn›'' = Applicative trigger | |||
**''‹ith›'' = Locative trigger | |||
**''‹ăng›'' = Instrumental trigger | |||
**''‹ăfong›'' = Destination trigger | |||
**''‹ălis›'' = Comitative trigger | |||
**''‹ăm›'' = Source/cause trigger | |||
**''‹ăchem›'' = Benefactive/purpose trigger | |||
**''‹ărea›'' = Malefactive trigger | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||