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==Derivational morphology== | ==Derivational morphology== | ||
===Derivational affixes=== | |||
* '''-ig''' is a general adjectiviser: | * '''-ig''' is a general adjectiviser: | ||
** ''attoll'' "nobility" -> ''attlig'' "noble" | ** ''attoll'' "nobility" -> ''attlig'' "noble" | ||
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** ''won'' "to live" -> ''wonness'' "population". | ** ''won'' "to live" -> ''wonness'' "population". | ||
** ''burr'' "to happen" -> ''giburrtness'' "history" | ** ''burr'' "to happen" -> ''giburrtness'' "history" | ||
===Compounding=== | |||
Compounds can be made freely and are always head-last. There are several types: | |||
* Noun-noun: | |||
** ''bʉk'' "book" + ''haus'' "house" -> ''bʉkhaus'' "library" | |||
* Verb-noun: | |||
** ''slap'' "to sleep" + ''kammerr'' "room" -> ''slapkammerr'' "bedroom" | |||
Adjective-noun compounds can be used when the adjective describes a typical quality. | |||
Either part of a compound can in itself also be a compound, thus a compound can theoretically be infinitely long. Long compounds do however have some complications: | |||
* Noun-noun-noun compounds can be slightly ambiguous as to whether it's compound-noun or noun-compound. They can sometimes be disambiguated by context or meaning, but sometimes a workaround is needed. | |||
* In an adjective-noun-noun compound, the adjective refers to the first noun only, whereas when the adjective is used as a separate word, it refers to the entire compound. | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||