Hmar
manifests few cases of derivation of adjectives from verbs.
Here also the morphological process involved is suffixation.
{-súok}
‘out’
/thlà/
‘select’
/thlà-súok/
‘selected’
/pè:k/
‘to
give’
/e:k-súok/
‘something
given’
/là:k/
‘take’
/là:k-súok/
‘taken
out’
/còu/
‘dig’
/còu-súok/
‘dig
out’
/hmù/
‘see’
/hmù-súok/
‘discover’
{-thèi}
‘can’
/hmu/
‘see’
/án-hmù-thèi/
‘visble’
/hriet/
‘know’
/án-hrìet-thèi/
‘audible’
/en/
‘see’
/èn-théi/
or
/án-èn-thei/
‘that
which can be seen’
/th:/
‘do’
/án-th:-thèi/
‘which
can be done’
/pè:k/
‘give’
/pe:k-théi/
‘giveable’
/là:k/
‘take’
/là:k-théi/
‘takable’
also
/àn-pè:k-théi/
&
/án-là:k-théi/
‘do’
3.5.2.5
Derivation
of Nouns from Verbs
Hmar
could derive both abstract nouns and agent nouns from
verb roots. The process involved in both the cases is
suffixation.
{-ìn}
/hú/
‘come’
/hú-ìn/
‘coming’
/vúo/
‘fly’
/vúo-ìn/
‘flying’
/ài/
‘hear’
/ái-ín/
‘hearing’
{-ná}
/n:tre/
‘erase’
/n:tre-na/
‘eraser’
/hmáài/
‘love’
/hmáài-ná/
‘loving’
/sínth:/
‘work’
/sínth:-ná/
‘employment’
/a:idam/
‘forgive’
/a:idam-ná/
‘forgiveness’
/tum/
‘intend’
/tùm-ná/
‘intention’
{-tù}
/zíek/
‘write’
/zíek-tù/
‘writer’
/límzìek/
‘drawing’
/límzìek-tú/
‘artist’
/lúmét/
‘hair-cut’
/lúmét-tù/
‘barber’
/sìem/
‘make’
/sìem-tú/
‘maker’
/zr/
‘sell’
/zr-tú/
‘seller’
/rèm/
‘lay’
/rém-tù/
‘layer’
/à-mán/
‘fishing’
/à-mán-tú/
‘fisher
man’
/vàtèmán/
‘catching
bird’
/vàtè-mán-tú/
‘bird
catcher’
/ìncú:ktìr/
‘teach’
/ìncú:ktìr-tú/
‘teacher’
/ìnpúktìr/
‘give
loan’
/ìnpúktìr-tú/
‘giver
of (loan)’
3.5.2.3
Derivation
of Adverbs from Adjectives
The
derivation of adverbs from adjectives is very common in
most of the languages of the world. Hmar also derives
a few adverbs from adjectives. The dominant morphological
process involved in this is suffixation as well as use
of post positions.
k/
k/
/
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