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===Derivational morphology=== | ===Derivational morphology=== | ||
====Part of speech modifiers==== | ====Part of speech modifiers==== | ||
''- | ''-hot'' and ''-hu'' derive nouns of quality from adjectives and verbs respectively; ''-gwe'' and ''-yi'' derives human agent nouns from adjectives and verbs respectively, and ''-tikw'' derives nonhuman agent nouns from both adjectives and verbs. | ||
Verbs can be zero-derived from nouns and adjectives, except when the verb would only have null marking (inanimate 2-agent inanimate 2-patient present indicative perfective) where ''-mö'' disambiguates. A causative form ''-möy'' can also be applied to adjectives. | |||
''-ox'' and ''-ne'' derive adjectives of consistency and similarity respectively. ''nwö-'' derives adjectives of tendency from verbs. | |||
====-käng and -ke==== | ====-käng and -ke==== | ||