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| da || dak(V) || independent || dak || to want || aux. verb || verb
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| da || dak(V) || independent || dak || to want || aux. verb
 
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| da || -da(k)(V) || suffix || da || to want || aux. verb || verb
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| da || -da(k)(V) || suffix || da || to want || aux. verb
 
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| da || da- || prefix || da || <small>1. FUT. IMPERS. ''will''</small>;<br><small>2. SUBJUNCT. ''should''</small> || TAM prefix || verb
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| da || da- || prefix || da || <small>1. FUT. IMPERS. ''will''</small>;<br><small>2. SUBJUNCT. ''should''</small> || TAM prefix
 
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|+ Classifier Constructions
 
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| ki || ki- || prefix || ki || again, twice, too || prefix || verb
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| ki || ki- || prefix || ki || again, twice, too || preverb
 
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| ki || -ko || suffix || ko || pair, couple || bound demonstrative || noun, adj.
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| ki || -ko || suffix || ko || pair, couple || bound demonstrative
 
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| su || suta || independent || sut || a closed set of people or things; these || demonstrative ||
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| su || suta || independent || sut || a closed set of people or things; these || demonstrative
 
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| su || su- || prefix || su || a closed set of people or things; these || prefix || noun
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| su || su- || prefix || su || a closed set of people or things; these || prenoun
 
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| su || -ste || suffix || ste || to cause or induce || verbalizer || noun
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| su || -ste || suffix || ste || to cause or induce || derivational affix
 
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Revision as of 16:56, 8 August 2017

Summary

Akachenti calls their own affixation system "constructions", with fully inflected verbs generally called "constructed" verbs.

  1. Prefixes: morning constructions
  2. Suffixes: evening constructions
  3. Circumfixes/Discontinuous Affixes: morning and evening constructions or day constructions

This is separate from actual inflection, which is the modification of vowel person markers and sometimes verb stem.

This is also separate from derivation where a newly constructed word is treated as a single, totally new root. The line between derivation and construction is more blurred than the line between inflection and construction, as derived words are often not able to take further constructions or affixes.

Constructions

Verb Root Constructions
root word form IPA meaning word class
da dak(V) independent dak to want aux. verb
da -da(k)(V) suffix da to want aux. verb
da da- prefix da 1. FUT. IMPERS. will;
2. SUBJUNCT. should
TAM prefix
Classifier Constructions
root word form IPA meaning word class
ki ki- prefix ki again, twice, too preverb
ki -ko suffix ko pair, couple bound demonstrative
su suta independent sut a closed set of people or things; these demonstrative
su su- prefix su a closed set of people or things; these prenoun
su -ste suffix ste to cause or induce derivational affix