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=== Derivation === | === Derivation === | ||
Tarkandamonian has a large inventory of derivation affixes. Furthermore, multiple affixes may be combined to generate complex words that diverge significantly from the meanings of their roots. | |||
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A complication arises wherein a derivation may exist in one dialect and not the other, and because the language reforms were incomplete, the reader may need to resort to context to use the correct word. For example, the word ''mozkadi'' (blitzkrieg) originates from the Geruna dialect, but as the Bāzor dialect has superseded the former, Bāzor speakers must read in the word ''glevaka'' (*''gleb'' + ''va'' + ''ka''), which literally means "sky-swoop-downwards and seizure". | |||
== Syntax == | == Syntax == | ||