Derivation: derivation
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Language-specific feature identifying the form of derivation applied to a word.
Dimin: derivation with suffix -ня
Produces diminutive derivations of nouns.
Examples
- [mdf] варманя “a slight wind”
F: derivation with suffix -ф
Produces participle-like adnominal modifiers.
Examples
- [mdf] ацаф \n “covered”
GenAttr: genitive attribute -Онь
Produces indefinite genitive-like modifiers from adverbs
Examples
- [mdf] озадонь “sitting”
OvOms: derivation with suffix -ОвОмс
Produces a verb form with epistemic modality and an inherent telicity but no volition. With derivations from transitive verbs this may be close to a “get” passive, whereas the intransitive derivation seems closer to a “manage to/happen to” reading.
Examples
- [mdf] шарькодевомс “to be comprehensible/to get understood”
- [mdf] содавомс “to get recognized”
- [mdf] ярхцавомс “to happen/manage to eat (too much)”
Ozj: derivation with suffix -Озь
Produces converb.
Examples
- [mdf] кенордазь “feeling happy”
NomAg: possessive -и/-ы
Produces nomen agensis (non-temporal).
Examples
- [mdf] кельги “one who loves”
Poss: possessive -Онне
Produces pronoun-like nominals from nearly any words that can take an indefinite genitive form.
Examples
- [mdf] а ульцясь июленнекс пси. “but the street is hot like July”
Cond: protasis marker, aka conditional -Ондеря-
Marks the protasis verb, which may be in the the so-called subjunctive (presumably this conditional) and indicative non-past and past (quite infrequent).
Examples
- [mdf] А кадондярясак тяфтак,. “And if you leave it like this,.”
Voc: vocative derivation with suffix -й or кай
Used with proper nouns and kinship terms ending in vowels.
Examples
- [mdf] ялгай “friend”
Wife: derivation with suffix -эря
Produces wife address name based on husband’s name/nick name.
Examples
- [mdf] _Цямкаерясь _ “Tsiamkaj’s wife”
Derivation in other languages: [abq] [apu] [fi] [koi] [kpv] [mdf] [myv] [sms] [yrl]