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 #:having not yet formed an opinion of, neutral
+Hypocoristics are formed by infixes.
+#'''-ri-''' e.g., ''avan'' → ''arivan'' ‘boy, child’, ''ana'' → ''arina'' ‘girl, young woman’
+#:a neutral diminutive
+#'''-th-''' e.g., ''caha'' ‘flower’ → ''catha'' ‘small blossom’, ''vasan'' → ''vathahan'' ‘cherished apprentice baker’
+#:an affectionate diminutive
+#'''-m-''' e.g., ''asan'' ‘hunter’ → ''ãhan'' ‘(mockingly) hunterling’
+#:a derisive, mocking diminutive
 Word order is VSO.
+Uses a falling accent to mark the possessum.
+#Accent is put on the ‘center’ syllable of a word, e.g., ''ereyin a'''là'''na'' ‘the beloved farmer's treacherous wife’
+Uses compounding to form adjective-noun words.
+# Word stems ending in a vowel reduplicate their consonant, e.g. ''eyi-'' + ''ana'' → ''eyiyana'' ‘farmwife’
+# Word stems ending in a consonant undergo a radical change if clashing with another consonant.
+#:''ag-'' + ''vasan'' → ''ahavasan'' ‘head baker’ [ɑ:ʋasan] or [ɑxaʋasan]
 ==yašur ḇa aškilun==