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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
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