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Other derivational affixes, both prefixes and suffixes, are more common, some appear to be highly productive and suggest they can be spontaneously generated: | Other derivational affixes, both prefixes and suffixes, are more common, some appear to be highly productive and suggest they can be spontaneously generated: | ||
* ''-kai'': a deverbal for creating place nouns, e.g. ''iavati-kai'' "a place for buying", i.e. marketplace. | * ''-kai'': a deverbal for creating place nouns, e.g. ''iavati-kai'' "a place for buying", i.e. marketplace. | ||
* ''- | * ''-pallái'': another deverbal for creating place nouns, e.g. ''tukin-pallái'' "a place for sitting", i.e. hearth, dining room. | ||
* ''-kattá'': a deverbal affix deriving agent nouns, e.g. ''iavati-kattá'' "one who buys, a buyer" | * ''-kattá'': a deverbal affix deriving agent nouns, e.g. ''iavati-kattá'' "one who buys, a buyer" | ||
Some affixes may be chained, as in '' | Some affixes may be chained, as in ''tukimpallaikattá'' < ''tukin-pallai-kattá'' "a place for sitting ones", i.e. "dinner guests, diners". However, affix chaining is rather uncommon. | ||
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