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==== Adjectival Suffixes ==== | |||
Nankôre lacks a separate word class for adjectives. They may be expressed as attributive verbs (e.g. ''Alyak neshkak itá'', "Alyak is smart"), or a suffix may be attached to the noun or noun phrase it modifies. These suffixes are called adjectival suffixes. Some of these suffixes are etymologically derived from an attributive verb, e.g. ''-kelek'' > ''kalyak itá'' "to be red". Others appear to be derived from separate roots, c.f. "''Alyak-arku''", ("smart Alyak") vs ''"Alyak neshkak itá"'' ("Alyak is smart"). | |||
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