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** ''iqangaq iqattungaq'' "Western cultures"; ''iqangaq iqanarviut'' "Eastern cultures" | ** ''iqangaq iqattungaq'' "Western cultures"; ''iqangaq iqanarviut'' "Eastern cultures" | ||
Another common use of class prefixes is derivational: different words may be derived just by putting a single root in different classes. So for example we have ''kaKalurilut'' (a Kalurilut person), ''saKalurilut'' (the Kalurilut language), ''iKalurilut'' (the Kalurilut land), or ''ruKalurilut'' (Kalurilut-ness, or their ethnic identity) | Another common use of class prefixes is derivational: different words may be derived just by putting a single root in different classes. So for example we have ''kaKalurilut'' (a Kalurilut person), ''saKalurilut'' (the Kalurilut language), ''iKalurilut'' (the Kalurilut land), or ''ruKalurilut'' (Kalurilut-ness, or their ethnic identity). Note that, however, the class 2 form is irregular ''Sulurilut'' (instead of *suKalurilut).<br/>In the previous example, ''rungaq'' and its plural ''iqangaq'' are formed by putting in class 11/12 the root ''-ngaq'', that in class 1/2 gives ''kangaq'', ''sungaq'' (person, people). Sometimes they're less obvious synchronically, e.g. ''tutavik'' (wolf) and ''rutavik'' (moon). | ||
Derivation is especially common with verbal roots: | Derivation is especially common with verbal roots: | ||