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+# Derivational Morphology
+
+## Nominalization
+
+In all following transformations, where a noun has unknown gender mark *-y*,
+it is replaced with an ambiguous, idiomatic gender or the  gender of a closest
+noun that defines it.
+In the former case, such words would be listed in the dictionary.
+
+| category | transformation | examples |
+|----------|----------------|----------|
+| action   | -zy → -sy      | chopzy (think) → chopsu (the act of thinking) |
+| actor    | -zy → -nersy   | rypzy (teach) → rypnersy (teacher) |
+| result   | -zy → -mensy   | chopzy (think) → chopmensu (thought), ghószy (draw) → ghósmense (drawing, picture) |
+| diminutive| -sy → -zìssy  | wuüpsi (dog) → wuüpzìssy (puppy), nùchsa (kid) → nùchzìssa (baby), lìmsi (human) → lìmzìssi (dwarf) |
+| augmentative| -sy → gáchsy| lìmsi (human) → lìmgáchsi (giant) |
+
+## Verbalization
+
+| category | transformation | examples |
+|----------|----------------|----------|
+| reverse  | V → réc-V      | njizy (do) → récnjizy (undo)|
+| do again | V → bàn-V      | chopzy (think) → bànchopzy (rethink) |
+
+## Compounds
+
+TBD