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* '''sä-''' forms a noun for the means through which an action takes place, as in '''säspxin''' ''disease'' from '''spxin''' ''sick'' ({{Canon MND}}) and '''sänume''' ''teaching, instruction'' from '''nume''' ''learn'' ({{Corpus ASG}}). | * '''sä-''' forms a noun for the means through which an action takes place, as in '''säspxin''' ''disease'' from '''spxin''' ''sick'' ({{Canon MND}}) and '''sänume''' ''teaching, instruction'' from '''nume''' ''learn'' ({{Corpus ASG}}). | ||
* '''tì-''' forms nouns from adjectives and verbs, as in '''tìftia''' ''study (n.)'' from '''ftia''' ''study (v.)'' ({{Corpus SciMag}}), '''tìngay''' ''truth'' from '''ngay''' ''true'' ({{Corpus ASG}}, Dictionary) | * '''tì-''' forms nouns from adjectives and verbs, as in '''tìftia''' ''study (n.)'' from '''ftia''' ''study (v.)'' ({{Corpus SciMag}}), '''tìngay''' ''truth'' from '''ngay''' ''true'' ({{Corpus ASG}}, Dictionary) | ||
| + | ** '''tì-''' with a participle (a verb with the '''‹us›''' infix) forms a gerund, '''koren a’awve tìruseyä ’awsiteng''' ''the first rule of living together'' ({{Corpus GMA}}). | ||
* '''le-''' forms adjectives from nouns, as in '''lehrrap''' ''dangerous'' from '''hrrap''' ''danger'' ({{Corpus ASG}}, Dictionary), '''leNa'vi''' ''Na'vi (adj.)'' from '''Na'vi''' ''Na'vi (n.)'' ({{Corpus ASG}}, Weaving Song) | * '''le-''' forms adjectives from nouns, as in '''lehrrap''' ''dangerous'' from '''hrrap''' ''danger'' ({{Corpus ASG}}, Dictionary), '''leNa'vi''' ''Na'vi (adj.)'' from '''Na'vi''' ''Na'vi (n.)'' ({{Corpus ASG}}, Weaving Song) | ||
Revision as of 00:27, 27 February 2010
Prefixes
These are all the known prefixes that change the class of a word as of February 2, 2010. None of these appear to change the position of the stress accent.
- nì- forms adverbs from nouns, adjectives and verbs, as in nìNa'vi Na'vily, in Na'vi (TO), nìftue easily from ftue easy, nìtam enough from tam suffice, be enough (ASG, Dictionary)
- sä- forms a noun for the means through which an action takes place, as in säspxin disease from spxin sick (MND) and sänume teaching, instruction from nume learn (ASG).
- tì- forms nouns from adjectives and verbs, as in tìftia study (n.) from ftia study (v.) (SciMag), tìngay truth from ngay true (ASG, Dictionary)
- tì- with a participle (a verb with the ‹us› infix) forms a gerund, koren a’awve tìruseyä ’awsiteng the first rule of living together (GMA).
- le- forms adjectives from nouns, as in lehrrap dangerous from hrrap danger (ASG, Dictionary), leNa'vi Na'vi (adj.) from Na'vi Na'vi (n.) (ASG, Weaving Song)
Suffixes
- -tu, short for tute person, is used to derive person nouns from parts of speech other than verbs (vs. -yu, which operates on verbs), as in reltseotu artist and pamtseotu musician from pamtseo music (Art-related vocabulary).
- -yu creates an agent noun from a verb, as in taronyu hunter from taron hunt (ASG, Dictionary). It does not appear to alter the stress accent of a word.
