Nominal Compounding as a Productive Word-formation Process in ...
Nominal Compounding as a Productive Word-formation Process in ...
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<strong>Compound<strong>in</strong>g</strong>: Semantics<br />
• Endocentric & often predictable mean<strong>in</strong>g<br />
• nëëj ‘water’ + yuujk ‘animal’ -> nëëjyuujk ‘fish’<br />
• naax ‘earth’ + yuujk ‘animal’ -> naaxyuujk ‘worm’<br />
• uujts ‘plant’ + atsëm ‘pig’<br />
• tsuxk ‘green’ + kat ‘toucan’<br />
->uujtsatsëm ‘ wild boar’<br />
-> tsuxkat ‘type of<br />
• wi<strong>in</strong> ‘eye’ + waay ‘hair’ -> wi<strong>in</strong>waay ‘eyel<strong>as</strong>h’<br />
• yo’k ‘neck’ + paajk ‘bone’<br />
• kaan ‘salt’+ nëëj ‘water’<br />
• këk ‘deep’ + nëëj ‘water’<br />
• They are always right-headed<br />
-> yo’kpaajk ‘Adam’s apple’<br />
-> kaanëëj ‘salt water’<br />
-> këknëëj ‘lagoon’
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