Derivation: derivation
Language-specific feature identifying the form of derivation applied to a word.
Priv: derivation with suffix -ina
Given a noun base X, X-ima is an adjective meaning “without X”. This formation is analogous to the privative or abessive case of Uralic and Australian languages (Blake 2001:154).
Examples
Derivations attested in Avila (2021:321)
- [yrl] pirá-ima “fishless”
- [yrl] ximirikú-ima “spouseless”
- [yrl] kiinha-ima “pepperless”
Coll: derivation with suffix -tiwa
Given a noun base X, Xtiwa is the corresponding collective noun, meaning “set of things of type X”.
Examples
Derivations attested in Avila (2021:763)
- [yrl] kanatiwa “cane plantation”
- [yrl] putiratiwa “garden” (putira ‘flower’)
- [yrl] awatitiwa “maize field”
- [yrl] itatiwa “pebble ground”
Derivation in other languages: [abq] [apu] [fi] [koi] [kpv] [mdf] [myv] [sms] [yrl]