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Rówok has quite a bit of derivational morphology.

Primary aspect (as covered in the section on [[#Aspect|verbal aspect]]) is shown through ablaut of the root's vowel structure in the following way:

*'''aytsasprakáyawan''' - they were beginning to be about to be running frequently but then didn't

Diminutives and augmentatives (one of which functions as the comparative as well) are formed through root mutation and suffixation, respectively. As with most all derivational morphology they can be applied to almost all lexical categories.

Diminutives are formed by changing the root’s rightmost possible consonant into its corresponding fricative or affricate according to the chart below. '''X''' indicates that the phoneme does not have a possible fricativized variant, e.g. '''p'''=>'''X''', since '''/f/''' is lacking in Rówok. In this event the next rightmost consonant is fricativized.  

Note also that '''/l/''' grades to '''/r/''', though this sensu stricto is not an (af)fricativizing process.

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:++'''''móvoč''''' is also used as an insult, saying that they act like a coward, weakling, inexperienced whelp.

The gradation of the final consonant (and even in instances where the diminutive gradation is expressed by a non-final consonant as explained above) also affects  

Augmentatives are formed through infixes between the root and the case or conjugation endings. In the following /X/ is a dummy vowel determined by the quality of the verb.

** root '''ayt''', "run" => '''áytnač''', "a marathon"

==Syntax==