First Linguifex Relay/Valian: Difference between revisions

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'''aega''': a sharp point, a jab, a stab, a dolt,  a tip.
'''aega''': a sharp point, a jab, a stab, a dolt,  a tip.
'''täsaan''': to freeze, to become ice, to solidify.


'''hiiva''': water, a body of water, (''archaic'') the ocean.
'''hiiva''': water, a body of water, (''archaic'') the ocean.
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'''pahaa''':  mysteries, secrets. (no plural)
'''pahaa''':  mysteries, secrets. (no plural)


===Notes===
===Notes===
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===Some handy derivational morphemes===
===Some handy derivational morphemes===


* ''-mma''/''-ma'': turns a verb into a noun that indicates the verb action, e.g. ruunamma ('singing')
* ''-mma''/''-ma'': turns a verb into a noun that indicates the verb action, e.g. ''ruunamma'' ('seeing')
* ''-nna'': turns a verb into a noun that carries out the verb action, e.g. saolanna ('singer')
* ''-nna'': turns a verb into a noun that carries out the verb action, e.g. ''saolanna'' ('singer')
* ''e-'' : creates a negative version of the verb, e.g. ''eselaan'' ('to silence') from ''e + saolaan''
* ''e-'' : creates a negative version of the verb, e.g. ''eselaan'' ('to silence') from ''e + saolaan''


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