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

Auxiliary Verb Constructions

Auxiliary Verb Prefixes

root	word	IPA	meaning	word class
da	da-	da	1. FUT. IMPERS. will; 2. SUBJUNCT. should	TAM prefix

Auxiliary Verb Suffixes

root	word	IPA	meaning	word class
da	-da(k)(V)	da	to want	aux. verb

Independent Auxiliary Verbs

root	word	IPA	meaning	word class
da	dak(V)	dak	to want	aux. verb

Derivational Affixes

Derivational Verb Suffixes

root	word	IPA	meaning	word class
su	-ste	ste	to cause or induce

Classifiers

Classifier Prefixes

root	word	IPA	meaning	word class
ki	ki-	ki	again, twice, too	preverb
su	su-	su	1. a closed set of people or things; 2. these	prenoun

Classifier Suffixes

root	word	IPA	meaning	word class
ki	-ko	ko	pair, couple	bound demonstrative
su	-sut	sut	1. a closed set of people or things; 2. these	bound demonstrative

Independent Classifiers & Demonstratives

root	word	IPA	meaning	word class
su	suta	sut	1. a closed set of people or things; 2. these	demonstrative