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Participles can serve as nouns or adjectives. When the sense of the participle is that of "person associated with the action", the participle compounds with | Participles can serve as [[Khangaþyagon_Nouns|nouns]] or [[Khangaþyagon_Adjectives|adjectives]]. When the sense of the participle is that of "person associated with the action", the participle compounds with | ||
;það:deed | ;það:deed | ||
to form the sense of "action". When the sense is "action", it compounds with | to form the sense of "action". | ||
;bagir-:keep | |||
:;bagiront:keeper | |||
::bagirontþað: keeping | |||
When the sense is "action", it compounds with | |||
;hol:person | ;hol:person | ||
or another suitable noun, to form the sense "person associated with the action". | or another suitable noun, to form the sense "person associated with the action". | ||
;slat:find | |||
:;slatont:finding | |||
::;slatonthol: finder | |||
::;ketargslatontrik: [http://fantasticaldevices.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/my-native-american-name.html|hawkfinder] | |||
===Abstract nouns=== | ===Abstract nouns=== | ||
Revision as of 13:36, 3 October 2012
Compounding
Compounding is head last, that is the primary root is the last occurring in the compound, as is typical of Germanic languages, eg
- zaldep
- treasure
- ban
- stone
- zaldepban
- gemstone
This is a notable deviation from the usually head-initial morphology and syntax of Khangaþyagon.
Participles
Participles can serve as nouns or adjectives. When the sense of the participle is that of "person associated with the action", the participle compounds with
- það
- deed
to form the sense of "action".
- bagir-
- keep
- bagiront
- keeper
- bagirontþað: keeping
When the sense is "action", it compounds with
- hol
- person
or another suitable noun, to form the sense "person associated with the action".
- slat
- find
- slatont
- finding
- slatonthol
- finder
- ketargslatontrik
- [1]
Abstract nouns
Abstract nouns may be formed from adjectives by means of the segunak
- nesh
- the property of being X
Adjectives
Adjectives may be formed from nouns by the following segunakar
- ek
- like, similar to. This segunak is used with numbers to form ordinals.
- l
- characterised by. This segunak is used with numbers to form multiplicities.
Adverbs
Adverbs may be formed from adjectives by means of the segunak
- wan
- in such a manner
This follows antonym formation and degree of comparison on the adjective, and preceeds verb agreement.
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