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When Diluvian particles are applied, the resultant word denotes a new actor ('''X''') through the relation with the stem's original ('''Y'''). Furthermore, left-bound affixes are active whereas right-ones passive, which helps stems to diverge in semantic content (e.g. ''haûl'' "fire" > ''mahaûl'' "firewood" / ''haûmma'' "ashes"). | When Diluvian particles are applied, the resultant word denotes a new actor ('''X''') through the relation with the stem's original ('''Y'''). Furthermore, left-bound affixes are active whereas right-ones passive, which helps stems to diverge in semantic content (e.g. ''haûl'' "fire" > ''mahaûl'' "firewood" / ''haûmma'' "ashes"). This process includes not only nouns, but verbs (e.g. ''úgul'' "to eat" > ''múgul'' "to force oneself to eat" / ''úgumma'' "to be forced to eat") and appositions (v | ||
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| ''-nā-'' || X/Y is many Y/X || x | | ''-nā-'' || X/Y is many Y/X || x | ||
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| ''-na-'' || X/Y happens to Y/X || | | ''-na-'' || X/Y happens to Y/X || society | ||
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| ''-ma-'' || X/Y makes Y/X || possibility | | ''-ma-'' || X/Y makes Y/X || possibility | ||