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Concatenation exists but is more derivational, analogous to compounding in English. In native head-initial concatenations, the second element of a compound is treated as an adjective for mutation purposes: | Concatenation exists but is more derivational, analogous to compounding in English. In native head-initial concatenations, the second element of a compound is treated as an adjective for mutation purposes: | ||
* ''șemăn-'''tał''''' (m) 'petroleum' (lit. earth oil; ''șemăn'' is masculine) | |||
* ''călă-'''fherthiņ''' '' (f) 'rainforest' (''călă'' 'forest' is feminine). | |||
Native plurals are more regular, marked with mostly ''-ăn'', or less commonly | Native plurals are more regular, marked with mostly ''-ăn'', or less commonly | ||