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=== Suffixes ===
 
=== Suffixes ===
  
* '''-yu''' creates an agent noun, as in '''<u>ta</u>ronyu''' ''hunter'' from '''<u>ta</u>ron''' ''hunt''.  It does not appear to alter the stress accent of a word.
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* '''-yu''' creates an agent noun, as in '''<u>ta</u>ronyu''' ''hunter'' from '''<u>ta</u>ron''' ''hunt'' ({{Corpus ASG}}, Dictionary).  It does not appear to alter the stress accent of a word.
  
 
[[Category:Morphology]]
 
[[Category:Morphology]]

Revision as of 18:05, 29 December 2009

Prefixes

These are all the known prefixes that change the class of a word as of December 29, 2009. None of these appear to change the position of the stress accent.

  • nì- forms adverbs from nouns or adjectives, as in nìNa'vi Na'vily, in Na'vi (TO), nìftue easily from ftue easy (ASG, Dictionary)
  • tì- forms nouns from adjectives and verbs, as in tìftia study (n.) from ftia study (v.) (SciMag), tìngay truth from ngay true (ASG, Dictionary)
  • 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

  • -yu creates an agent noun, as in taronyu hunter from taron hunt (ASG, Dictionary). It does not appear to alter the stress accent of a word.