Gnutzish/Lexicon
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Patterns
- iCCeCːu — country or land of ___
- CeCiC — place where ___ (happens)
- to write → den, notary office
- CiCːuC — object used to ___; item that ___
- to write → pen (that which writes)
- CiCːuCűr — thing that has/is ___ [past part.]
- to write → letter, article (that which is written)
- uCCiC — agentivizer (action done by person)
- uCCiCeq — patientivizer (action done to person)
- țűCiCuC — abstract nominalizer
- kiCCeCn — nominal causative (to make ___ [past. part.])
- to write → to make written → printing press
- CeCuCl — part of the body that ___
- CűCCik̦ — used to refer to a language spoken by a given people
- Instead of always taking a root, this pattern acts more as an affix, and is used to modify the name of a country or a race or group of people who speak a certain language. It will sometimes even be used with a "root" containing vowels.
Roots
- √S·K·R — to write
- √B·’·S — to become soft
- √K·N·Țʼ — to become hard
- √Ț’·C·mB — to make damp; to wet
- √K·T·B — to carve; to engrave
- √K·nD·K̦ — to pet; to smooth over
- √N·’·mB — to die
- √nG·C·W — to gather together
Lexicon
- uno’ımbaq () — n. corpse
- kindduk̦őr () — n. a family pet; esp. a dog
- țőr () — prep. for, by, of
- kenoțʼl () — n. penis