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A few common Type I Noun Incorporation formations are used to derive instrumental, locative, and manner nouns: | A few common Type I Noun Incorporation formations are used to derive instrumental, locative, and manner nouns: | ||
*Instrument: Verb root + ''-sesp'' (from "hand"), e.g. ''kirismesp'' (lit. "speak-hand", i.e. "phone, cellular") | *Instrument: Verb root + ''-sesp'' (from ''sepsir'' "hand"), e.g. ''kirismesp'' (lit. "speak-hand", i.e. "phone, cellular") | ||
*Location: Verb root + ''-kia(n)/-tappe'' (from "place"), e.g. ''kirinkian'' (lit. "speak-place", i.e. "auditorium"). <br/>'''<u>Note</u>:''' In the Gull Speaker dialect, Locative nouns are derived by adding the suffix ''-ru'' which elides with any preceding consonant and triggers gemination, e.g. ''kirir<u>ru</u>''. The Gull Speaker ''-ru'' is not derived from Type I incorporation but is instead a bonafide affix that may have come from a substratum language. | *Location: Verb root + ''-kia(n)/-tappe'' (from ''kian''/''tappe'' "place"), e.g. ''kirinkian'' (lit. "speak-place", i.e. "auditorium"). <br/>'''<u>Note</u>:''' In the Gull Speaker dialect, Locative nouns are derived by adding the suffix ''-ru'' which elides with any preceding consonant and triggers gemination, e.g. ''kirir<u>ru</u>''. The Gull Speaker ''-ru'' is not derived from Type I incorporation but is instead a bonafide affix that may have come from a substratum language. | ||
*Manner: Verb root + ''-tak'' (from "style; way of doing something), e.g. ''kirimtak'' (lit. "speak-way", i.e. "presentation", as in a business presentation/proposal; "delivery, oratory style") | *Manner: Verb root + ''-tak'' (from "style; way of doing something), e.g. ''kirimtak/kirintak'' (lit. "speak-way", i.e. "presentation", as in a business presentation/proposal; "delivery, oratory style") | ||
Other Type I Noun Incorporation compound derivations: | Other Type I Noun Incorporation compound derivations: | ||