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ceda - "up to, until, till" | ceda - "up to, until, till" | ||
pur - "towards, to, till, for" | pur - "towards, to, till, for" | ||
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===Derivative Morphology=== | |||
TolsianR makes use of both prefixes and suffixes to derive new words from older ones ; some suffixes can change a word's grammatical category, whereas both suffixes and prefixes can be used to alter the meaning of a word. Word compounding also exists but is less prevalent in modern Tolsian. | |||
Here is a non-exhaustive list of prefixes and suffixes : | |||
<poem> | |||
'''Prefixes''' | |||
a- turns a verb into a reflexive verb | |||
u- creates an antonym | |||
ki-, k- diminutive | |||
'''Suffixes''' | |||
-r turns a noun or an adjective into a verb (after an -a- or an -i-) | |||
-ƃ turns a noun or an adjective into a verb | |||
</poem> | </poem> | ||