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Derivations resulting from a verb root plus one or more verbal affixes, be it a nominalization or otherwise, cannot undergo NI.
Derivations resulting from a verb root plus one or more verbal affixes, be it a nominalization or otherwise, cannot undergo NI.
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Other mechanisms besides noun-noun compounding exist for nominal derivation.  The Augmentive is one way of deriving a new noun from a previously existing noun:
*''arrarar'' telescope (lit. "big eye", from '' ar''  "eye")
*''iptartaras'' bulldozer, backhoe (from  ''iptas'' "hoe")
The Diminutive had been long falling out of use, but has been revived in the modern language to coin new terms as well:
The Diminutive had been long falling out of use, but has been revived in the modern language to coin new terms as well:


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