Re: affixes
| From: | John Quijada <jq_ithkuil@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, February 17, 2005, 3:58 |
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On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 15:06:04 +0100, taliesin the storyteller <taliesin-
conlang@...> wrote:
Scotto Hlad wrote:
>> >
>> > I'm looking for some lists of very affixes to help me develop nouns
>> > for my new conlang. Does anyone know of any lists of affixes that
>> > might designate different forms of nouns?
>> >
>> > eg.
>> > stem + affix1 = a tool
>> > stem + affix2 = a place.
>> >
>> > I'm looking for the categories that the affixes would designate.
>> > Any direction would be helpful.
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You might consider taking a look at Chapter 7 of the online Ithkuil
grammar on how the more than 1300 affixes of the language are extensively
used to derive new lexemes. Most affixes can be used in two separate
ways, circumstantially (e.g., hill + large = large hill) and
derivationally (e.g., hill + large = mountain). The actual affix list is
in Sec. 7.7. As an example, here are but ten of the thousands of new words
which can be derived via affixes from a single stem /k9l/ = "verbal
communication; verbally communicate":
/k9l/ + /ojkt/ = "share a secret"
/k9l/ + /ajNS/ = "news"
/k9l/ + /aX/ = "quip"
/k9l/ + /qu/ = "praise"
/k9l/ + /Vpt/ = "tell a lie"
/k9l/ + /oX\/ = "shout out a message"
/k9l/ + /nA/ = "persuasive person, a persuader"
/k9l/ + /nVw/ = "liaison, a go-between"
/k9l/ + /ih/ + /eC/ = "whisper sweet nothings"
/k9l/ + /Aps/ + /its/ = "curse, cuss"
The Ithkuil link is http://home.inreach.com/sl2120/Ithkuil if interested.
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