Meaning of formantia | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“Such criteria are either sound⟳ variations in the words themselves, or the addition of formantia, i.e. suffixes or auxiliaries which define⟳ them as being true verbs (as opposed to nouns) or nouns (as opposed to verbs).”

“These facts then clearly evidence such elements as enclitical particles which exercise certain morphological and/or syntactical functions, but which have⟳ not yet developed into actual suffixes obliged to conform to sound-harmony and the general accentuation pattern. Some elements of this type⟳ are the formantia of the cas. compar. in -däg, and the cas. aequat. (prosecut., mensurat., terminat.) in -ča/-čä in the nominal category, and the formans of the negative aspect in -ma-/-mä- in the verbal category.”

“Superficially based on *temeen ‘camel’, but possibly rather connected to *tebene ‘pack⟳ needle’. The suffixes are formantia with unknown function.”

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