Re: CHAT: Telek nominalization

Perhaps it's atavistic ... ie that such an affix intrinsically carries such
a meaning ;)

Or not.
Imperative

>
> That's quite the coincidence. Especially considering the fact that I did
> not consciously create the object-oriented nominalizer. I sat down to work
> on this topic, and as I was going through my lexicon, I found a few words
> that could plausiblly be a patientive nominal that ended with -m. So the
> morpheme invented itself.
>
>
> On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, jesse stephen bangs wrote:
>
> > Marcus Smith sikayal:
> >
> > > Hey all,
> > > [sniperoo]
> > >
> > > Subject-Oriented: -Vn
> > > Object-Oriented: -Vm
> >
> > This is the *exact* same system that Yivríndil uses!  Of course, all
> > Yivríndil roots are nouns, but it still works out the same.
> >
> > aga = curse
> > agan = one who curses
> > agam = accursed one
>