Modifying with Nouns

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Nouns can themselves modify nouns in syntactic patterns similar to those observed by certain adjectives.

 oɓii o safu suukar
 'sweet fruit (lit. sugar-tasting fruit)'
 ndawal safu kaane
 spicy meat (lit. hot-pepper-tasting meat)'
 xa degit xadaq xa ʃokolaat
 xa degit ʃokolaat xadaq
 'two pieces of chocolate / two chocolate pieces'
 otew oʄoola omosu oxe
 'the beautiful Jola girl'

In (1) and (2), the adjective is 'be tasting like'