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added certain changes take place in the base forms. Such cases have been listed in the section on morphophonemics. (Chapter 3)

4.9.1.3. Abstract nouns :

These are derived by the addition of noun forming suffix -t^h

to the noun base.

Examples
1. n

^hóri child
n

^hórì-t^h

child hood

2.

póy r^hórò boy

póyr^hóròt^h

boy hood

In the fast speech, the derived nouns are pronounced with-out the final syllable of a base noun.

1. n

^hórìt^h

as n

^hót^h

póyr^h óròt^h

póyr^hót^h

4.10. Word compounding :

A compound word is defined as the combination of two or more words to form a new word. In

Lotha, compounding is more common among the nouns.

Some of the compound words of Lotha are as follows :

1. t^h

rày

kò garland
t^h

rà ‘flower’ , y

kò -necklace’ when combined it gives the meaning i.e. ‘garland’

2. sáròc ‘milk’
sárò ‘breast’, c ‘water’ when combined it gives the meaning ‘milk’

‘tears’

‘grief’, c

‘water’ when combined it gives the meaning ‘tears’

4. cénrà ‘bed bug’
cén ‘bed’, rà ‘worm’, when combined it gives the meaning ‘bed bug’.

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