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In general, these affixes can be used to derive nouns from other nouns or verbs. For adverbs,is usually added to the end, while verbs always takeorGeneric noun suffix for common, physically existing things not related to the wilderness. Derived from the ending of most nouns with the common gender,Known synonymous affixes:(mostly if the word ends inExamples:'experience' →'experienced person''dream' →'picture, illustration''to see' →'a sight'Note: the strategy in the first example has become grammaticalized and is very productive. Any adjectival noun or gerund (very rarely the regular verb stem, too) can be turned into a noun meaning 'the one(s) who/which Xs/is X', i.e. referring to one or several persons or sometimes thing(s) identified by the quality described by the adjectival noun or the state or activity described by the gerund.The final vowel is always replaced when deriving from gerunds, but not with adjectival nouns.Examples:'visually beautiful' →'the one(s) who/which is/are beautiful''bordering, limiting' →'the one(s) who/which border(s)/limit(s)'Generic noun suffix for immaterial and/or abstract things, ideas, concepts etc., also used for some generic nouns and for deriving nouns from verbs. Derived from the ending of most Abstract/Immaterial-gender nouns,Known synonymous affixes:(particularly used when the word already ends inExamples:'to know' →'knowledge, knowing''sun' →'light'Generic noun suffix for all wilderness-related things that physically exist, such as things to be found in jungles, oceans or other worlds, sometimes also outer space. Also has a few metaphorical uses. Derived from the ending of most Wilderness-gender nouns,Known synonymous affixes: none known at the momentExamples:'tree' →'jungle tree''mind, person, people' →'instinct, subconscious', mostly quantitative. Derived from, "biggestness"Known synonymous suffixes:Examples:'sea' →'ocean, ocean surface''pot' →'cauldron', used when something exceeds something else in a defining quality, for example "magnifying glass" → "microscope". Derived from combiningwithKnown synonymous affixes:(rarely)Examples:'magnifying glass' →'microscope''time' →'special occasion, celebration'. From 'ifi' (a bit, slightly, little by little).Known synonymous affixes:(sometimes when the word used as a root ends in a consonant),(when used with adverbs),(for persons, rare, no longer productive),(gendered variants, rare, no longer productive)Examples:'time' →'moment''meal, dish' →'snack', for things that are needed or very useful for something. Probably related to'use'Examples:'to write, be written' →'pen, quill, writing implement''to see, be seen' →'glasses', used for tools or machines that, rather than making a job easier, complete it for the most part themselves, like soap vs. washing machine. Assumed to originally having been a compound of 'vahi' + 'li' (machine, tool + to/toward)Examples:'to go' →'vehicle''to show' →'television', used to derive results from dynamic verbs or nouns denoting raw materials. Assumed to be related to the causative 'trigger', possibly in combination with'of, about, by'Known synonymous affixes:Examples:'to go' →'destination''to burn' →'ash, residue from fire''coir, coconut husk fiber' →'cord', similar in function to the causative 'trigger' and identical with the form it has. Used especially with unergative verbs that don't allow it being usedKnown synonymous affixes:Examples:'to go' →'to send, bring in''light' →'to lighten, turn on the light', to describe the originator or the thing or being causing the existence of a thing, a state of being, or an action. Occasionally used to describe people that cause something to happen as well.Example:'job, work' →'energy''fire, heat' →'a substance or item that causes heat' / 'someone or some animal/plant that causes heat (to increase)', used to derive nouns referring to groups of people, mostly ethnicities or populations of a nation/state. Etymologically most likely related to 'no' (to live, be).Known synonymous affixes:(after consonants)Example:'Jute' →'Jutean, Juteans'or other group of people (e.g. American), from -na + iKnown synonymous affixes:(after consonants)Example:'Jute' →'Jutean', that is 'a fellow X'. Derived from(too, like, likewise etc.)Known synonymous affixes:(after vowels)Example:'worker' →'fellow worker, colleague', probably from(of, by) and(inclusive collective first person pronoun)Known synonymous affixes:(after words already ending in, particularlyExamples:'house' →'community hall''fight, conflict' →'war'used for referring to professions, (more) permanent states or occupations or jobs. Can be used on both nouns and verbs. Originally from(to do, work).Known synonymous affixes:(after consonants)(when the original words already ends inExample:'teaching' →'teacher', for momentary or transitional states, acts etc. Can also be used both on verbs and nouns. Probably originating by prefixing the aforementioned, more permanent agentive suffixand suffixingExample:'to travel' →'traveller, tourist', similar to English '-ee' as in 'employee'. Originally consisted of the combination of(verb suffix) +(patientive trigger suffix) +(common noun suffix)Example:'oppression, suppression' →'the oppressed, the subjugated'Derivation prefix equivalent to "-lessness". From(absence or lack of).Known synonymous affixes:(the general negation suffix, used for verbs or nouns)(when deriving from stative verbs having a similar negating meaning)(opposite prefix)Examples:'love' →'lovelessness''danger, fire, wildness' →'harmlessness''be boundless' (from, here 'boundary, limit') →'limitlessness, boundlessness'here: 'power' →'powerlessness'Shortened form of(to get, receive, obtain etc.)Known synonymous affixes:(for ores)(for ores, after words ending in a vowel)'tree, wood' →'lumber''silver' →'silver ore, natural silver alloy'Examples:'to do, work' →'do again, repeat, habitually do'here 'to say, be said' →'repeat, be repeated'. Originates in the word(end)Examples:'part' →'end part, e.g. of a device''holiday' →'last day or end of a/the holiday(s)'. From'time'.Known synonymous affixes:(in front of vowels)Examples:'dullness' →'boredom, time of boredom''to rain' →'rainy season'