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ProtoFubarnii Affixes
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Affix
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Denotes |
Example from |
Example to |
-eng, -ng |
past tense on a verb |
I eat |
I ate |
-am |
future tense on a verb |
I eat |
I will eat |
-tʃë |
habitual aspect on verbs |
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-raa |
durative aspect on verbs |
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-az |
progressive aspect on verbs |
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-ik |
atomic aspect on verbs |
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-oθ |
retrospective aspect on verbs |
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-iig |
inceptive aspect on verbs |
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gë- or gën- |
causative aspect on verbs |
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-s or -ës or -sh |
nominative case (subject) on nouns |
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-t, -et |
accusative case (object) on nouns |
I |
Me |
-ëdë |
inessive case ("in") on nouns |
house |
in (the) house |
-st or -ups |
elative case on nouns.
"from", or "for what reason" in the sense of 'due to what cause'
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-aab |
comitative case ("with") on nouns |
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-ind |
terminative case ("to") on nouns |
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su- |
comparative case ("like", "in the manner of") on nouns |
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ii- |
Question marker |
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-el |
Forms Gerund (abstract noun) from verb |
kill |
(a) killing |
vu- |
Forms agent noun from verb, with sense of "one who does X" |
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ik-, iki- |
Diminutive on a noun (particularly with respect to size) |
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bel- |
intensifies a noun, usually with respect to size |
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bu- |
forms an agent noun from a noun with sense of "operator/user" |
sword |
swordsman |
-ak |
forms an agent noun from a noun with sense of "animal" or later "machine" |
stink |
stink-beast |
wi- |
Possessive. Turns pronoun into possessive. |
him |
his |
-eb |
Turns noun into descriptive adjective |
wind |
windy |
-f/v, -uf/v |
Genitive (possessive). Turns noun into possessive |
John |
John's |
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ProtoFubarnii Affixes
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