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Three nominalizer suffixes can be attached to verbs to form nouns. Not all verbs can take three suffixes. | Three nominalizer suffixes can be attached to verbs to form nouns. Not all verbs can take three suffixes. | ||
*-lu is attached to a verb to form the action of that verb | *-lu is attached to a verb to form the action of that verb | ||
| − | ** {{morphTest|mgu{{tag|v}}{nmlz}|ngulu}} | + | ** {{morphTest|mgu{{tag|v}}{{nmlz}}|ngulu}} |
| − | ** {{morphTest|hxip{{tag|v}}{nmlz}|hxiplu}} | + | ** {{morphTest|hxip{{tag|v}}{{nmlz}}|hxiplu}} |
| − | ** {{morphTest|ndo{{tag|v}}{nmlz}|ndolu}} | + | ** {{morphTest|ndo{{tag|v}}{{nmlz}}|ndolu}} |
*-jjux is attached to a verb to mean the quality or extent of that verb | *-jjux is attached to a verb to mean the quality or extent of that verb | ||
| − | ** {{morphTest|mgu{{tag|v}}{nmlz}|ngujjux}} | + | ** {{morphTest|mgu{{tag|v}}{{nmlz}}|ngujjux}} |
| − | ** {{morphTest|ju{{tag|v}}{nmlz}|jujjux}} | + | ** {{morphTest|ju{{tag|v}}{{nmlz}}|jujjux}} |
| − | ** {{morphTest|bi{{tag|v}}{nmlz}|bijjux}} | + | ** {{morphTest|bi{{tag|v}}{{nmlz}}|bijjux}} |
*-tie is attached to a verb to indicate the manner of that verb | *-tie is attached to a verb to indicate the manner of that verb | ||
| − | ** {{morphTest|zhe{{tag|v}}{nmlz}|zhetie}} | + | ** {{morphTest|zhe{{tag|v}}{{nmlz}}|zhetie}} |
| − | ** {{morphTest|gu{{tag|v}}{nmlz}|gutie}} | + | ** {{morphTest|gu{{tag|v}}{{nmlz}}|gutie}} |
| − | ** {{morphTest|hlu{{tag|v}}{nmlz}|hlutie}} | + | ** {{morphTest|hlu{{tag|v}}{{nmlz}}|hlutie}} |
=== Adjectivizer suffixes === | === Adjectivizer suffixes === | ||
Revision as of 19:59, 10 February 2022
Contents
Part of Speech
- Open
- Noun
- lyp<n> ↔ lyp - seed
- Verb
- lyp<v> ↔ lyp - sow
- Adjective
- jjip<adj> ↔ jjip - full
- Noun
- Semi-closed
- Determiner
- Classifier
- ji<Cl> ↔ ji - bar,used to classify one-dimensional entities
- Classifier
- Adverb
- gexyimu<adv> ↔ gexyimu - stupid
- Conjunction
- Determiner
- Closed
- Pronoun
- nga<p1><sg> ↔ nga
- Particle
- da<pfv> ↔ da
- Pronoun
Morphological Analysis
Size prefixes
- The diminutive prefixes i and the augmentative prefix a can be prefixed to a set of adjectival roots generating pairs of antonyms.
- sho<n><pl> ↔ ix sho** -iet (big)
- -a (small)
- ax (small)
mu- prefix 'place, sky, stream'
Nominalizer suffixes
Three nominalizer suffixes can be attached to verbs to form nouns. Not all verbs can take three suffixes.
- -lu is attached to a verb to form the action of that verb
- mgu<v>Template:Nmlz ↔ ngulu
- hxip<v>Template:Nmlz ↔ hxiplu
- ndo<v>Template:Nmlz ↔ ndolu
- -jjux is attached to a verb to mean the quality or extent of that verb
- mgu<v>Template:Nmlz ↔ ngujjux
- ju<v>Template:Nmlz ↔ jujjux
- bi<v>Template:Nmlz ↔ bijjux
- -tie is attached to a verb to indicate the manner of that verb
- zhe<v>Template:Nmlz ↔ zhetie
- gu<v>Template:Nmlz ↔ gutie
- hlu<v>Template:Nmlz ↔ hlutie
Adjectivizer suffixes
- -sa
- -we
Reduplicaiton
- Nouns
- Cl
- Pronouns
- Verbs/Adjectives reduplicate to form alternative question
Color Ideophones
Gender/Age suffixes
- Three gender and one age suffixes attached to animal names: - bat (male), -bu (male), -mop (female) and -sse (young).
