Derived adpositions (< Linguistic term for ease of changing word-class)

> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Jim Henry

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http://www.pobox.com/~jimhenry/conlang/conlang13/grammar-p1.htm
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> I'm not sure yet what it would mean to convert an entity or
> quality root into a preposition.
I have derived prepositions in Sasxsek.  The suffix "-u" makes a
lexical into a preposition.

	bon		= good
	bonu		= for the benefit of; for the sake of
(benefactive)

	gol		= target, intend, aim, goal, purpose
	golu		= for (the purpose of)

	kron		= to pass time
	kronu		= at (temporal)

	tav		= to be located/situatated
	tavu		= at (spatial)

	dab		= to press/push
	dabu		= against

	diq		= top
	diqu		= on top of, atop

	fam		= to be related
	famu		= related to

	hin		= interior
	hinu		= in(side)

	sot		= exterior
	sotu		= out(side) of

	gul		= age
	gulu		= at the age of

	hav		= to have/possess
	havu		= belonging to, of

	iob		= to exceed
	iobu		= exceeding, beyond

	let		= to permit/allow
	letu		= permitted by

	noc		= posterior
	nocu		= behind
	
	dek		= right
	deku		= to the right of

	tem		= theme, subject
	temu		= about, regarding

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