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Example:
transcription
Mawsa Karingku
ka Samaw.
gloss AF.FUT.go Karingku NOM Samaw
free translation 'Samaw will go to Karingku'.
Morphological Processes:
Process
Meaning
Example
Affiixation: 1) Prefix: tg- ( -root: kingal 'one' )
derive ordinal number from numeral root
tgkingal 'first'
2) infix: -mn- (-root: patas 'read' )
past tense marker
pmnatas 'read' (past tense)
3) suffix: -un (-root: taqi 'sleep)
change a verb to noun
taqian 'bedroom'
Compounding:
hakaw 'bridge'
utux 'spirit'hakaw utux
'rainbow'
Reduplication: 1) full reduplication
change a noun to adjective
mug > megmug
'stutter' 'stuttering'
2) partial reduplication
intensification
nii > nenii
'here' 'all over'