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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
+
gąsr
+
mnam
+
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
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

 

 

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