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Compound words are connected by dropping any final -V(ŋ) and adding the -o- infix. Inflections only fall on the end of the compound word. For example, the word for seaweed: '''reng mbila''' (water+leaf) → r<s>eng</s>-o-mbila → rombila → rombiladu, etc. | Compound words are connected by dropping any final -V(ŋ) and adding the -o- infix. Inflections only fall on the end of the compound word. For example, the word for seaweed: '''reng mbila''' (water+leaf) → r<s>eng</s>-o-mbila → rombila → rombiladu, etc. Burumbi also has a large number of prefixes for word formation, such as '''oubo-''' (indicating largeness and roundness) + reng: '''ouboreng''' "lake". | ||
===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||