Fabian wrote:
> this looks to me like deriving adjectives from verbs. Demuan has this
> aplenty, and is very productive in this fashion, although in some cases this
> is really deriving nouns from verbs.
>
> hax - (n) bridge
> hake - (v) paint ; draw ; create something artistically on a 2-D surface
>
> haketam - (n) painter
> hakyam - (adj) painted
> hakweng - (n) the act of painting
> hakuu - (adj) capable of painting
> huhakyu - (adj) capable of being painted
That's the sort of thing I was trying to think of; thanks.
I need to add derivational affixes/compounds for adjectives ...
> Of course, hake may seem odd. But to Demuans, the idea behind painting a
> bridge is to make it a thing of beauty. painting the Forth bridge in the
> uniform grey it is would horrify them.
If they were called "sky roads" maybe more people would think that way.