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===Derivational Morphology=== | ===Derivational Morphology=== | ||
Aoma uses suffixes, gemination and apophony to create new words from existing ones. Same noun stems often occur in all four | Aoma uses suffixes, gemination and apophony to create new words from existing ones. Same noun stems often occur in all four genders. Most important are the eight elemental nouns: | ||
*(divine noun, verb, (secondary verb,) masculine, feminine, neuter, adjective form, colour form) | *(divine noun, verb, (secondary verb,) masculine, feminine, neuter, adjective form, colour form) | ||
*gesha (life), gesse (live), geshy (brain), geshu (heart), geshi (nature), geshare (lively, active), geshari (yellow) | *gesha (life), gesse (live), geshy (brain), geshu (heart), geshi (nature), geshare (lively, active), geshari (yellow) | ||