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! Third Person Inanimate | ! Third Person Inanimate | ||
| tkha || colspan=2 | tkhaari | | tkha || colspan=2 | tkhaari | ||
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===<u>Noun derivations</u>=== | |||
Nouns, as well as verbs, have a series of affixes that produce groups of related or semi-related words that help to differentiate many nuances of meanings. | |||
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|+ ''akhe'' "hand"; ''khuut'a'' "brood mate"; ''dzuro'' "circumstance" | |||
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! Noun > Noun | |||
! V-Initial | |||
! C-Initial (Voiceless) | |||
! C-Initial (Voiced) | |||
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! Diminutive<br><span style="color:cyan"><i>ba(gh)-</i></span> | |||
| ''<span style="color:cyan"><i>bagh</i></span>akhe'' | |||
| ''<span style="color:cyan"><i>ba</i></span>khuut'a'' | |||
| ''<span style="color:cyan"><i>ba</i></span>dzuro'' | |||
|- | |||
! Augmentative<br><span style="color:cyan"><i>ch'an-</i></span> | |||
| ''<span style="color:cyan"><i>ch'an</i></span>akhe'' | |||
| ''<span style="color:cyan"><i>ch'angh</i></span>uut'a'' | |||
| ''<span style="color:cyan"><i>ch'an</i></span>dzuro'' | |||
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! Place<br><span style="color:cyan"><i>-di</i></span> | |||
| ''akhe<span style="color:cyan"><i>di</i></span>'' | |||
| ''khuut'a<span style="color:cyan"><i>di</i></span>'' | |||
| ''dzuro<span style="color:cyan"><i>di</i></span>'' | |||
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! Collective<br><span style="color:cyan"><i>-ri</i></span> | |||
| ''akhe<span style="color:cyan"><i>ri</i></span>'' | |||
| ''khuut'a<span style="color:cyan"><i>ri</i></span>'' | |||
| ''dzuro<span style="color:cyan"><i>ri</i></span>'' | |||
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===<u>Verb instrumental prefixes</u>=== | ===<u>Verb instrumental prefixes</u>=== | ||
Similarly to the [[Wikipedia:Siouan languages|Siouan]] or [[Wikipedia:Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan languages]] of the North and Middle Americas, Sangheili has instrumental prefixes that can transform verb bases into entirely new verbs.{{Ref/Twitter|Dedalvs|1511100010951110656|David J. Peterson|Quote=The other big table up there has less to do with grammar than the lexicon. The instrumental prefixes are used to derive new verbs from verb bases. It’s a little like how we have verbs like “deduce”, “produce”, “induce”, “adduce”, etc.|D=6|M=04|Y=2022}} The following 12 prefixes are routinely used to form a range of derivations. | Similarly to the [[Wikipedia:Siouan languages|Siouan]] or [[Wikipedia:Uto-Aztecan languages|Uto-Aztecan languages]] of the North and Middle Americas, Sangheili has instrumental prefixes that can transform verb bases into entirely new verbs.{{Ref/Twitter|Dedalvs|1511100010951110656|David J. Peterson|Quote=The other big table up there has less to do with grammar than the lexicon. The instrumental prefixes are used to derive new verbs from verb bases. It’s a little like how we have verbs like “deduce”, “produce”, “induce”, “adduce”, etc.|D=6|M=04|Y=2022}} The following 12 prefixes are routinely used to form a range of derivations and express how something is done. | ||
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===Verb derivations=== | ===<u>Verb derivations</u>=== | ||
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|+ ''jaya'' "to come"; ''k'utkho'' "to fight"; ''buulo'' "to be high" | |+ ''jaya'' "to come"; ''k'utkho'' "to fight"; ''buulo'' "to be high" | ||