Difference between revisions of "Derivational Verbal Morphology"
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+ | | -ɔɔχ || ɟik || to buy || ɟikɔɔχ || to sell || JM_046 || |
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+ | | -ɔɔχ || ɗeet || to see || ɗeetlɔɔχ || to notice || JM_048 || suffix is -lɔɔχ rather than -ɔɔχ |
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+ | | -ɔɔχ || dɔχɔɲ || to spit || dɔχɔɲɔɔχ || to spit repeatedly || JM_048 || |
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+ | | -ɔɔχ || tɛɛr || to land a boat, arrive || tɛɛrɔɔχ || to await a guest || JM_048 || |
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+ | | -ir || χas || to scold, berate || χasir || to argue || MF_029 || |
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+ | | -in || waʄ || to boil (intr.) || waʄin || to boil (trans.) || MF_045 || |
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+ | | -in || mud || to sink || mudin || to make sink, to throw/put into water || MF_047 || |
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+ | | -ɔɔχ || mud || to sink || mudɔɔχ || to swim down on purpose || MF_047 || |
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+ | | -ɔɔχ || χɔɔʄ || to dip, dunk || χɔɔʄɔɔχ || to dip, dunk into ?? || MF_047 || translation imprecise; seeking clarification |
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Revision as of 03:09, 7 October 2012
Sereer seems to have at least some verbal derivational morphology. So far, we've seen:
- -uʔ / -oʔ, a suffix that takes a stative verb and turns it into an adjective (e.g. saɗik "to be strong, tough" -> saɗkuʔ "strong, tough"; maj "to be many" -> majuʔ "many")
- -ir, a suffix that makes instrument-type nouns from verb stems (e.g. βɛʄ "to swim" --> bɛʄir "thing used to swim")
- -ir, a suffix that might be reciprocal (?) (e.g. χas "to scold, berate" --> χasir "to argue")
- -in, a suffix that could be called applicative, transitivizing, or something like that (e.g. gɛf "to break, explode (intr.)" --> gɛfin "break it", translation unclear)
- -ooχ, of unclear meaning (examples needed)
Verb pairs demonstrating derivation
Suffix involved | Unsuffixed | Gloss | Suffixed | Gloss | Session | notes |
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-ɔɔχ | ɟik | to buy | ɟikɔɔχ | to sell | JM_046 | |
-ɔɔχ | ɗeet | to see | ɗeetlɔɔχ | to notice | JM_048 | suffix is -lɔɔχ rather than -ɔɔχ |
-ɔɔχ | dɔχɔɲ | to spit | dɔχɔɲɔɔχ | to spit repeatedly | JM_048 | |
-ɔɔχ | tɛɛr | to land a boat, arrive | tɛɛrɔɔχ | to await a guest | JM_048 | |
-ir | χas | to scold, berate | χasir | to argue | MF_029 | |
-in | waʄ | to boil (intr.) | waʄin | to boil (trans.) | MF_045 | |
-in | mud | to sink | mudin | to make sink, to throw/put into water | MF_047 | |
-ɔɔχ | mud | to sink | mudɔɔχ | to swim down on purpose | MF_047 | |
-ɔɔχ | χɔɔʄ | to dip, dunk | χɔɔʄɔɔχ | to dip, dunk into ?? | MF_047 | translation imprecise; seeking clarification |