These are polymorphemic stems
analyzable into either more than one simple stems or a simple stem with one
or more affixes. Following the same pattern as for nouns, two sub-types can
be found based on the nature of constituent morphemes.
2.2.3.2.1.
Primary Derived Stems :
These are polymorphemic stems composed of two or more
bound morphemes, i.e., neither of the constituent morphemes is a stem by
itself. The analysis is prompted by the use of the antecedent morpheme as a
comparative suffix elsewhere. The stem is used as a comparative marker.
/digyõ/
`more’
analyzable as
/dig-/
`quality of
and /-yõ/
`a greater degree of’
2.2.3.2.2.
Secondary Derived Stems :
These are the stems composed of one
simple stems and one or more suffixes.
(i)
The suffix /-yõ/ derives
comparative adjectives denoting a greater degree of the quality.
/drayõ/
`bigger’
(ii)
The prefix /hįli-/,
a bound variant of the numeral /hįla*/
`ten’ derives the numerals eleven to nineteen by combining
with the numerals from `one’ to `nine’.
/hįlikh/
`eleven’
/hįlikąy/
`tweleve’
/hįlikąsą/
`thirteen’
/hįlikąprayk/
`fourteen’
/hįlimįa/
`fifteen’
/hįlitanro/
`sixteen’
/hįliwẽ/
`seventeen’
/hįlili/
`eighteen’
/hįlikinyā/
`nineteen’
(iii)
The suffix /-ge/, a bound variant
of /kh/
`one’ derives specified numerals `hundred’ and `thousand’.
/malam-ge/
`one hundred’
/rįza-ge/
`one thousand’
(iv)
The suffix /-jyim/ derives
ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers.
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