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Uses a falling accent to mark the possessum. | 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’ | #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. | 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 vowel reduplicate their consonant, e.g. ''eyi-'' + ''ana'' → ''eyiyana'' ‘farmwife’, unless the first word ends in the same vowel as the second one begins with; then they merge. | ||
# Word stems ending in a consonant undergo a radical change if clashing with another consonant. | # Word stems ending in a consonant undergo a radical change if clashing with another consonant. | ||
#:''ag-'' + ''vasan'' → ''ahavasan'' ‘head baker’ [ɑ:ʋasan] or [ɑxaʋasan] | #:''ag-'' + ''vasan'' → ''ahavasan'' ‘head baker’ [ɑ:ʋasan] or [ɑxaʋasan] | ||