Akachenti Morphology
From Series Bible
Contents
Affixation and Derivation
Compounding and Incorporation
Akachenti is an incorporating language and frequently creates compound nouns, compound adjective-nouns, compound serial verbs, and incorporated "compound" noun-verbs.
Rules of Compounding
- Identical or near-identical adjacent syllables are merged, e.g. a + kacha + chan + enti = Akachenti, not *Akachachanenti
Inflectional Affixes
Inflectional affixes appear to all be postpositions, in keeping with an OVS language and verbs tending to fuse at the end of a word. Unlike evening constructions, inflectional affixes have fused sufficiently that they no longer attract glottalic tone to their first and last syllables. Inflectional affixes serve as a compounded extension of the root.
The Verb Base
There are two primary verb bases, demonstrated below.
unmarked | + agentive affix | optative | + agentive affix |
---|---|---|---|
baga: | baga:v(a) | baga:sha | ∅ |
ashi | ashik(a) | ashiv(a) | ∅ |
Constructions
Inflection II
Table I
Root | Citation Form | Class | Common Form | Relative Affix | Nominalized |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
eh | ieh | adj./adv. | iehi, "no" OR "it's not" | e:t, "don't" OR iet, "oh no", "that's bad" | |
gah | gah | adj./adv. | gahi, "yes" OR "that's good" | gahot, "one's (this/that)" | |
s | sa | verb | isi, "it is" | su(t), "a closed set" | se:n, "what it is" |