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====Compounding==== | |||
[[File:Auvinauj.png|350px|thumb|right|'''auvinauj''', the name a nocturnal and bioluminescent bird native to Wistania, is a product of productive noun compounding. The head root for "bird" ('''auvi''') is followed by the subordinate root for "night" ('''nauj''').]] | |||
Both improper nouns and pronouns can undergo compounding. Improper nouns undergo subordinative compounding, while pronouns undergo coordinating compounding. Proper nouns are never compounded. | |||
Subordinative compounds consist of two improper nouns, one is the subject noun, and the other is the modifying noun. Consider the compound “toothbrush.” “Brush” is what the noun is actually referring to, and “tooth” specifies what type of brush it is. Wistanian compounds are head-initial so that the main noun comes first as if one were to say “brushtooth.” | |||
vindi -gin | |||
partner-road | |||
"Road partner" (One who travels with another) | |||
Coordinating compounds are formed of two pronouns and can expand the semantic reach of a pronoun. | |||
yaulu | |||
1S.NOM-2S.NOM | |||
"Me and you / You and I" | |||
In this instance, the pronouns have dropped the "and" conjunctions and joined together. This would be similar to saying "Meyou are eating dinner together." rather than "Me ''and'' you are eating dinner together." This joining cannot be random, however. The terms must be ordered as such: 1st > 2nd > 3rd An. > 3rd Inan. > 3rd Sp. | |||
GOOD BAD | |||
luhauzi auzilu | |||
lu -(h)auzi auzi -lu | |||
2S.NOM-3Sa.NOM 3Sa.NOM-2S.NOM | |||
"You and he." "He and you." | |||
===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||