Amakane Derivational Morphology
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an explanation of the Amakane's derivational morpholgy system and the use of reduplication
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Object:
nas "kill" > omo nas "victim"
Result:
pekati "do something bad" > ang pekati "guilt"
Diminutive (endearing):
nan "cat" > nu nan "kitty"
Diminutive (size):
nan "cat" > 'e nan "kitten"
Augmentative:
kim "building" > he kim "skyscraper"
Collection:
kos "tree" > ean kos "forest"
Occupation:
pangan "fix" > ku pangan "doctor"
Follower:
Atameng "Atameng" > nge atameng "Atamengian"
Study:
ma "rock" > ao ma "geology"
Studier of:
ao ma "geology" > re ao ma "geologist"
Area:
ta "live" > eng ta "house"
Building:
suapem "police" > enta suapem "police station"
Idiosyncrasy:
nona "knife" > ae nona "sharpness"
Wrong:
him "stomach" > ian him "stomachache"
Not:
haipe "tasty" > ei haipe "disgusting thing"
General:
akam "laugh" > om akam "funny"
Like:
sam "sand" > oti sam "sandy"
Without:
muo "eye" > tai muo "blind"
Not:
panginu "fortunate" > ase panginu "unfortunate"
Bad:
ngi "bad" > eta ngi "terrible"
From noun:
sese "car" > so sese "drive"
Cause:
teka "death" > apa teka "murder"
Reduplicating nouns acts as an augmentative:
ipi "fish" > ipi-ipi "big fish"
kapam "mistake" > kapam-kapam "big mistake"
In nouns, it can also act as a marker of quantity:
ruawo "pear" > ruawo-ruawo "a lot of pears"
timpa "rain" > timpa-timpa "a lot of rain"
Occasionally it can be used as an intensifier with nouns:
tatim "idiot" > tatim-tatim "complete idiot"
Reduplicating adjectives acts as an intensifier:
tai muo "blind" > tai-muo-tai-muo "completely blind"
mea "rude" > mea-mea "very rude"
Reduplicating verbs acts as a habitual:
meteko "console" > meteko-meteko "console habitually"
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