| Compounds
of more than two words have been found in the language. The resulting
compound is either a verb or a noun. |
| N + N
+ V |
|
galłk
|
+
|
gąs r
|
+
|
m nam
|
+
|
galśkgąsrmnam
|
|
shirt
|
|
cloth
|
|
name
|
|
to dress
|
|
|
| N + Adj
+ N |
|
arig
|
mne
|
ame
|
‘farmer’
|
|
field
|
doer
|
man
|
|
|
mimag
|
mne
|
ami
|
‘soldier’
|
|
war
|
doer
|
man
|
|
|
|
| Adv +
V |
as
as
pė lśnam
|
‘to whisper’
|
|
slowing saying
|
|
|
|
| 5.3.
Echo word formation |
| Such words
compound with nouns which analogically keep some pace with the nature
of the sounds produced in the meaningful word. The echo words do not
have their own meaning and these words are used to complete the utterances,
and, at the same time, indicate ‘some thing like that’. |
n
|
pum
|
fish and ‘something
like that’
|
|
fish
|
|
|
yļ
|
ge
|
vegetable and ‘something
like that’
|
|
vegetable
|
|
|
|
apin
|
tapin
|
rice and ‘something
like that’
|
|
|
| 5.4.
Onomatopoeic : |
| These
are imitations of natural sounds made by animals or objects |
|
gėr - gėr
|
sound produced by
cart when it is moving
|
guru
gura
|
sound produced when
some house-hold work is being done
|
|
kur - kur
|
uttered to remove
dogs
|
|
kamė a kam
|
used to shout at
pigs
|
|
durr - durr
|
uttered to alert
snakes
|
|
sa-sa-sa
|
expression of satisfaction
|
|
|
