Akachenti Constructions

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	adverb prefix
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	adverb prefix
su	-ste	suffix	ste	to cause or induce