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	IPA	meaning	form	word class
da	dak(V)	dak	to want	independent	aux. verb
da	-da(k)(V)	da	to want	suffix	aux. verb
da	da-	da	1. FUT. IMPERS. will; 2. SUBJUNCT. should	prefix	TAM prefix

Classifier Constructions

root	word	IPA	meaning	form	word class
ki	ki-	ki	again, twice, too	prefix	preverb
ki	-ko	ko	pair, couple	suffix	bound demonstrative
su	suta	sut	a closed set of people or things; these	independent	demonstrative
su	su-	su	a closed set of people or things; these	prefix	prenoun
su	-ste	ste	to cause or induce	suffix	derivational affix