Guide:Derivations
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Ways in which a word can be related to another word.
I. From VERB.
A. VERB To VERB.
1. Exchange patient and agent.
a. to teach -> to learn
b. to lend -> to borrow
2. Opposite action or undo action of verb.
a. to learn -> to forget
b. to assemble -> to disassemble
c. to escape -> to be imprisoned
d. to release -> to capture
e. to assist -> to impede
3. Increase the intensity of action.
a. to speak -> to shout
b. to look at -> to examine
4. Diminish the intensity of action.
a. to speak -> to whisper
b. to look at -> to glance at
5. Reciprocal action from unilateral action.
a. to give -> to trade
6. Unilateral action from reciprocal action.
a. to trade -> to give.
7. Consequent action of an action.
a. to study -> to learn
b. to travel -> to arrive
8. Prerequisite action for an action.
a. to learn -> to study
a. to succeed -> to attempt
9. Repeat or reiterate the action.
a. to learn -> to relearn
b. to enlist -> to re-enlist
10. Pervert or distort the intent of the action.
a. to lead -> to mislead
11. Same action with focus. (contrast with intensity A.3 above)
a. to hear -> to listen to
b. to see -> to look at (contrast with A.3.b above)
12. Class of actions to which action belongs.
a. to hack -> to cut
b. to carve -> to cut
c. to slice -> to cut
b. to box -> to fight
B. VERB To NOUN.
1. Category name of agent.
a. to teach -> teacher
b. to think -> sentient-being
2. Category name of patient.
a. to teach -> class
b. to tutor -> pupil
3. Category name of object.
a. to teach -> subject
4. An instance of the result of an action.
a. to destroy -> destruction
b. to draw -> drawing; picture
c. to kill -> death
5. Name of object, part, tool or implement employed for an action.
a. to hammer -> hammer
b. to saw -> saw
c. to carve -> knife
d. to bake -> oven
e. to contain -> container
f. to eat -> mouth
g. to chew -> teeth
h. to run -> legs
6. Characteristic location of an activity.
a. to bank -> a bank
b. to bake -> a bakery
c. to shop -> a shop
7. Name of characteristic substance used by action.
a. to wash -> soap (and water)
b. to rinse -> water
c. to disolve -> liquid
8. Name of emitted substance
a. to perspire -> sweat
b. to urinate -> urine
c. to erupt -> lava
9. Name of container object of an inserting action
a. to holster -> holster
b. to pocket -> pocket
c. to sheath -> sheath
d. to insert -> container
10. Illimitable pattern of action (From user "Czwartek" on Conlang Bulletin Board)
a. To cook > recipe
b. To paint > subject (something to produce a painting of)
c. To walk as in 'the walk back to town isn't far'
d. To sing > song
e. To teach > subject/material for lesson.
11. General practice of action (From user "Czwartek" on Conlang Bulletin Board)
a. To cook > cooking
b. to paint > painting
c. To walk > walking
d. To sing > singing
e. To teach > teaching.
C. VERB To ADJECTIVE.
1. Descriptive of ongoing action on patient.
a. to break -> breaking
b. to converge -> convergent
2. Descripive of completed action on patient.
a. to break -> broken
3. Descriptive of completed action on agent.
a. to learn -> educated
4. Property of agent of verb.
a. to think -> sentient
b. to give-birth -> female
c. to read -> literate
5. Describing a thing used in the practice of action
a. to paint > paint (brush)
b. To walk > walking (stick)
c. To weld > welding (torch)
6. Descriptive of a person or thing that performs the action
a. To run > running (dog)
b. To talk > talking (man)
c. To fall > falling (rocks)
D. VERB To ADVERB.
1. Directional adverb from verb.
a. to ascend -> upwardly
E. VERB To PREPOSITION.
1. Position of agent after action.
a. to ascend -> atop
b. to enter -> within; inside
2. Position of patient after action.
a. to insert -> within; inside
b. to remove -> outside of
F. VERB To ENUMERATION.
1. VERB: Specific instances of a class of actions.
a. to cut -> to slice; to chop; to hack; to pare; to prune; ...
2. NOUN: Specific action to category name of style of action
a. to fight -> {Judo; Karate; boxing; fencing; ...}
3. ADJECTIVE: Specific action to style category of action.
a. to sing -> {operatic; popular; country; ...}
II. From NOUN.
A. NOUN To VERB.
1. Category name of agent to defining action.
a. teacher -> to teach.
2. Category name of patient to defining action.
a. class -> to teach
3. Action that results in this instance.
a. drawing -> to draw
b. destruction -> to destroy
c. murder -> to kill
4. Action performed with named object, part, tool, or implement.
a. hammer -> to hammer; to pound
b. saw -> to saw
c. oven -> to bake
d. container -> to contain
e. eye -> to see
5. Characteristic activity in a location.
a. bank -> to bank
b. bakery -> to bake
c. shop -> to shop
6. Action of emitting substance named.
a. sweat -> to perspire
b. urine -> to urinate
c. lava -> to erupt
7. To insert into the object named.
a. pocket -> to pocket
b. sheath -> to sheath
c. holster -> to holster
d. container -> to insert
8. Adherence to custom or precept.
a. law -> to obey the law
b. morale-precpt -> to be moral
c. religious law -> to be righteous
9. Violate custom or precept.
a. law -> to commit crime
b. moral-precept -> to be immoral
c. religious law -> to sin
B. NOUN To NOUN.
1. Category name of complementary role.
a. teacher -> class
b. tutor -> pupil
c. slave -> master
2. General category of a specific instance.
a. lake -> body-of-water
b. ocean -> body-of-water
c. hammer -> tool
d. apple -> fruit
3. Agregate of a mass noun.
a. water -> body-of-water.
4. Mass component of an agregate.
a. beach -> sand
b. lake -> water
5. Agregate of a discrete noun.
a. tree -> forest
b. student -> class
6. Discrete component of an agregate.
a. forest -> tree
b. class -> student
c. Supreme-court -> justice
7. Property to possesor of that property.
a. wisdom -> wiseman
b. knowledge -> scholar
8. Category to the defining property.
a. wiseman -> wisdom
b. scholar -> knowledge
9. Characteristic location of an instance.
a. banker -> bank
b. baker -> bakery
10. Characteristic container.
a. tool -> toolbox
b. arrow -> quiver
c. knife -> sheath
d. gun -> holster
11. Characteristic content.
a. toolbox -> tool
b. casket -> corpse
12. Universal category.
a. human -> mankind
13. Characteristic covering.
a. head -> hat
b. window -> curtain
c. floor -> rug
14. Characteritically covered by.
a. hat -> head
b. curtain -> window
c. rug -> floor
15. Sense for perceiving
a. light -> vision
b. sound -> hearing
c. odor -> smell
16. Organ of sense
a. vision -> eye
b. hearing -> ear
c. smell -> nose
17. Typical home of
a. beaver -> dam
b. spider -> web
c. human -> house
d. bird -> nest
C. NOUN To ADJECTIVE.
1. Ordinal of a cardinal.
a. one -> first
b. three -> third
2. Descriptive of possesing a property.
a. knowledge -> knowledgeable
b. wisdom -> wise
c. barbarian -> barbarous
3. Adherence to custom or precept.
a. law -> law-abiding
b. morale-precpt -> moral
4. Violating custom or precept.
a. law -> criminal
b. moral precept -> immoral
c. religious law -> sin
D. NOUN To ADVERB.
1. In manner characteristic of a property.
a. knowledge -> knowledgeably
b. wisdon -> wisely
2. In a manner characteristic of a category.
a. scholar -> scholarly
b. wiseman -> wisely
E. NOUN To PREPOSITION.
1. Preposition of named location.
a. interior -> within
F. NOUN To ENUMERATION.
1. VERB: Actions typically performed with body part.
a. mouth -> {to eat; to talk; to kiss; to smile; ... }
b. leg -> {to walk; to run; to stand; ... }
2. NOUN: Specific members of a category.
a. body-of-water -> puddle; pond; lake; river; bay; ocean; ...
b. fruit -> apple; peach; pear; cherry; ...
c. sports -> baseball; football; martial-arts; ...
d. martial-arts -> Judo; Karate; boxing; fencing; ...
III From ADJECTIVE.
A. ADJECTIVE To VERB.
1. Action that causes ongoing state of patient.
a. breaking -> to break.
2. Action that caused final state of patient.
a. broken -> to break.
3. Action that causes ongoing state of agent.
a. learning -> to learn.
4. Action that causes final state of agent.
a. educated -> to learn.
5. Defining action for property.
a. sentient -> to think
b. female -> to give-birth
c. literate -> to read
B. ADJECTIVE To NOUN.
1. Cardinal of an ordinal.
a. third -> three
b. second -> two
2. The property described.
a. knowledgeable -> knowledge
b. wise -> wisdom
C. ADJECTIVE To ADJECTIVE.
1. Opposite property.
a. cold -> hot
b. tall -> short
2. Comparative of an absolute.
a. cold -> colder
3. Absolute of a comparative.
a. colder -> cold
4. Superlative of an absolute.
a. cold -> coldest
5. Absolute of a superlative.
a. coldest -> cold
D. ADJECTIVE To ADVERB.
1. in a manner characteristic of the property.
a. careless -> carelessly
b. wise -> wisely
E. ADJECTIVE To PREPOSITION.
1. Implied location.
a. inner -> inside
F. ADJECTIVE To ENUMERATION.
IV. From ADVERB.
A. ADVERB To VERB.
1. Motion in indicate direction.
a. upwardly -> to ascend
B. ADVERB To NOUN.
1. Property for characteric manner.
a. wisely -> wisdom
2. Category for characteristic manner.
a. wisely -> wiseman
C. ADVERB To ADJECTIVE.
1. Property characteristic of this manner.
a. wisely -> wise
b. Carelessly -> careless
D. ADVERB To ADVERB.
1. Opposite manner.
a. quickly -> slowly
b. carefully -> carelessly
E. ADVERB To PREPOSITION.
1. Result of motion in stated manner.
a. inwardly -> inside; within
F. ADVERB To ENUMERATION.
V. From PREPOSITION.
A. PREPOSITION To VERB.
1. Action to result in the position of the agent.
a. within -> to enter
b. aboard -> to board
2. Action that results in the position of the patient.
a. within -> to insert
b. outside of -> to extract
B. PREPOSITION To NOUN.
1. Name of location.
a. within -> interior
C PREPOSITION To ADJECTIVE.
1. Descriptive of location.
a. inside -> inner
D. PREPOSITION To ADVERB.
1. Motion to location.
a. inside -> inwardly
E. PREPOSITION To PREPOSITION.
1. Opposite location.
a. inside -> outside
b. above -> below
F. PREPOSITION To ENUMERATION.