Re: Nouns from Verbs

On Saturday 14 June 2003 6:25 am, you wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I was wondering what your methods are for deriving nouns from verbs.  More
> specifically, how to derive instances of verbal activities from verbal
> roots/stems -- i.e., "(a) kick" from "(to) kick".  My language, OurTongue,*
> already has a general derivation method for abstract/durative activities: a
> masdar form in -ma (e.g., daruma "being afraid, having fear").  But most
> languages have some nouns derived from verbs which mean "instance of
> [verbing]" like the example above.  I'd like to keep the new forms distinct
> from the verbal roots.  Also, a question: which is generally more common,
> nouns from verbs or verbs from nouns?
>
> - Rob
>
Gevey adds suffixes to the verb stem to make a variety of nouns, such as:
- a concrete representation of the action
- an abstract reflection of the action
- a person that carries out the action
- an object or tool that carries out the action
- a place where the action occurs
- a person or object that results from the action
- collective nouns generated from actions

For example, from krasan (learn, study) Gevey can generate
- krasakluu (yuu krasakel) lesson
- krasiste (ye krasist) student
- krasovuu (yuu krasov) college
etc

Gevey is quite happy generating actions from objects or descriptions too

Rik