‘land’ |
‘farmer’ |
tikha + da:r |
tikhi a:r |
‘contract’
|
‘contractor’
|
|
3.4.2.
|
Derived Adjectives |
Adjectives are derived from the nominal roots by adding different suffixes
such as -mo, -bo, -can, -o, -pu and -po are added to the nominal roots in
order to derive the adjectives. These suffixes are lexically conditioned.
|
-mo
|
ri
+ mo |
rimo |
‘length’ |
‘tall; long’ |
yan + mo |
yanmo |
‘ligh (weight)’ |
‘light’ |
gran + mo |
granmo |
‘cold’ |
‘cool’ |
lca + mo |
lcamo |
‘easiness’ |
‘easy’ |
-o
|
|
rdam + o |
rdamo |
‘beauty’ |
‘beautiful’ |
phram + o |
phramo |
‘thinness’ |
‘thin’ |
|
-bo
|
bram + bo |
brambo |
‘fatness’ |
‘fat’ |
zim + do |
zimbo |
‘sweetness’ |
‘sweet’ |
|
-po
|
naq + po |
‘naqpo |
‘blackness’ |
‘black’ |
kaps + po |
kaqspo |
‘difficulty’ |
‘difficult’ |
|
|
-pu
|
kar + pu |
karpu |
‘whiteness' |
‘white’ |
|
|
-can
|
phal + cab |
phalcan |
‘width’ |
‘wide’ |
snin + can |
snincan |
‘boldness’ |
‘bold’ |
|
There are certain adjectives
whose roots are not different from the nominal roots in their
phonological shape. These roots may be either nouns or
adjectives depending on their function.
|
noro |
‘kindness’ |
noro |
‘kind’ |
hasa |
‘softness’ |
hasa |
‘soft’ |
copo
|
‘big(ness)’
|
copo
|
‘big’
|
|
3.4.3.
|
Derived
Verbs |
Compound verbs are derived by adding the verbal stems to the
nominal stems.10 Verbs such as penesekia,
pa:nchonma
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