WWM Derivational Morphology
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WWM.While its parent language
Wa Ñi has very little derivational morphology but rich compounding, WWM has grammaticalized several common compounding strategies, resulting in a more robust derivational morphology. However, it continues to rely on compounding as a productive strategy for making more words.Nouns from modifiers:
- nya-/nya-: state of being X (9/9) [from Wa Ñi yò]
Nouns from nouns:
- -ika/-i: small (7/8) [origin unclear, possibly sound-symbolic]
- ka-/ku-: fruit of a plant (preserves root class) [from ka/ku 'fruit']
- minngi-/minngi--p(a): human who has X (1/2) [from WWM minngi 'face']
- minngiku-/minngiku--p(a): human who has no X (1/2) [from minngi- + ku-]
- nya-/nya-: condition of being X (9/9) [from Wa Ñi yò]
- -tta/a--tta: large (9/10) [from tta 'big', from Wa Ñi trò 'heavy']
- twa-/tyarra-: place of X (5/6) [from WWM twa 'place']
Nouns from verbs:
- Ø/a-V́: thing with which the verb is done (9/10)
- nya-/nya-: process of doing X (9/9) [from Wa Ñi yò]
- pa-/apá-: product of verb (9/10) [from Wa Ñi pe]
- thanhi-/thanhi--p(a): human who does X (1/2) [from WWM thanhi 'hand']
- twa-/tyarra-: place of X (5/6) [from WWM twa 'place']
- -a/-a: unproductive abstract nominalizer (8/8) [from Wa Ñi -e]
Verbs from modifiers:
- ay-: to become [from Wa Ñi ey 'go']
Verbs from nouns:
- Ø: to be like, do like (from singular form)
- ma-: to handle [from Wa Ñi mo 'take']
- rap-: to possess [from WWM rap 'hold']
- ryarl-: to make [from WWM ryarl 'make']
- tting--i: to lack [from Wa Ñi priŋ 'be empty' + uy 'at 3']
Verbs from verbs:
- ku-: un- [from Wa Ñi ku-]
- ay-: to become [from Wa Ñi ey 'go']
- -ma: transitive marker [from Wa Ñi mo 'take']
- -angwa: repeated marker [from Wa Ñi -e ŋaà 'having a tendency to']
- pan-: causative of a transitive verb [from pal 'say', influenced by Dapen syllable-final l>n shift and similar construction]
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on 02/03/19 07:50+84[Deactivated User]ka/ku
on 03/02/19 10:32+75[Deactivated User]-a/-a
on 03/01/19 17:24+15[Deactivated User]typo
on 03/01/19 17:24+148[Deactivated User]causative and tweaks
on 03/06/18 00:28+84[Deactivated User]minngiku
on 16/05/18 01:51+158[Deactivated User]augmentative/diminutive
on 14/05/18 01:20+38[Deactivated User]added ku-
on 13/05/18 23:49+117[Deactivated User]null derivation
