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Revision as of 08:43, 13 June 2016

Subject-object-verb compounds

Some nouns are actually complete sentences with just the verb endings removed. This could be classified as a type of polysynthesis. Unlike the subject-verb compounds above, SOV compounds generally show transitive action, and are commonly used as verbs. However, because all verbs have a stem which behaves grammatically as a noun, they are nonetheless grouped with the other compounds as nouns.

Polysynthetic compounds are generally used metaphorically, since the subject is generally present in the sentence. Many of these words are very old, and make use of short, sometimes even subsyllabic, morphemes that no longer have any independent use in Poswa as standalone words. For example, the early Pabappa verb pi "to kill" has disappeared from the language as a standalone verb because it coalesced with a verb meaning "to lick". However, it is still found in SOV compounds of this type. [1]

Active
element 		meaning Passive
element 		meaning Verbal
element 		meaning New word meaning
pop sharp object wul fish pi to kill poppi to go fishing
wul fish si ice ti to break open isti to behave as a fish breaking through ice
po hand lara legs pana to create pleasure blana to masturbate
— — lara legs pana to create pleasure lana to have sex
pul baby — — isi to guess pulisi children guessing naively; to guess
ta toddler — musa to play with each other tansa children playing with each other; as on a playground
po hand tim soap i bubbles; lather pommi to lather someone up with soap; to bathe
pip man so man pana to create pleasure pitsuna gay man
su sun sap snow im to make disappear sussem to melt
uma woman oma woman pana to create pleasure utana lesbian
pup penis — — wupu pain puppupu rape
pup penis ma womb su penetrate punsa to impregnate someone; become a father
ma womb pul baby pi kill mappi to have a miscarriage; spontaneous abortion
pampor weapon as human api to repeat pamporapi war; when weapons hurt humans[2]
pup penis pip vagina pana to create pleasure pupipuna to have (penile-vaginal) sexual intercourse
po hand pup penis pana to create pleasure popupana a man masturbating
po hand pip vagina pana to create pleasure popipuna a woman masturbating
  1. ↑ From Poswa: Note that the accusative ending -p on the object is often not present; this is because the OV portion of the word can be parsed as another SV compound in which the inanimate subject is grammatically active but syntactically passive. However, if the object of the sentence is animate, it will take the -p.
  2. ↑ spelled pampobapi in pink notebook
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