Gnutzish/Lexicon

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