Saalangal affixes (it's been a while)

Hi all. I decided that this summer i'll work more on Saalangal. I'm
currently working on the grammar, and i'm at nouns right now. I have a few
productive affixes to share:

Affixes are used in Saalangal to augment noun roots to create new nouns.
The following list is affixes commonly used. the x indicates the position
of the root. Accents indicate stress. With two syllable roots, it´s the
first syllable, and on these it is not indicated (and the stress remains
on the same syllable in the root in affixed words):

Instrumental: x-san

- tagad (to pound, hit) + san = tagadsan - hammer

Season, time of: du-x-an

- du + iwári (harvest) + an = duiwárian - harvest season

When something happens: u-x-ang (thought to be a variant of du-x-an)

- u + saráw (sleep) + ang = usaráwang - bedtime

Occupational: x-ng-x (initial vowel: after, initial consonant: after the
first syllable)

- dehán (rule): de + ngad + han = dengadhán = ruler
- ason (farm): a + ngad + son = angadson =  farmer

Place: x-ray

- dehán + ray = dehánray - palace

Reciprocal: x-kud

- ligás (talk) + kud = ligáskud - discussion

Study of : ara-x

- ara + cajis (plant) = aracajis - botany

Collective: kata-x-on

- kata + hinláng (tree) + on = katahinlángon - wood, forest

Having the essence of: -agpain

- maru (brother) + agpain = maruagpain - brotherhood

One who does something: can-x

- can + ligás = canligás - talker

Origin: pali-x

- pali + katahinlángon = palikatahinlángon - forest dweller, barbarian,
from the forest (used to show just how long words can get)


by the way: c = /tS/, j = /dZ/



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