diff --git a/content/en/proto-nyqy.org b/content/en/proto-nyqy.org index d8ca0ed..c420c93 100644 --- a/content/en/proto-nyqy.org +++ b/content/en/proto-nyqy.org @@ -841,10 +841,35 @@ chapter | {{{recon(zebec)}}} | {{{phon(*zɛg͡bɛt͡ʃ)}}} | {{{phon(*ʝɛbɛc)}}} | | {{{recon(ñocm noc)}}} | {{{phon(*ɴɔt͡ʃŋ͡m ə ɦɔc)}}} | {{{phon(*ɦɔcm ə ɴot͡ʃ)}}} | -** Word Structure :noexport: +** Word Structure :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: Structural-Preview-Word-Structure-n6vhtyt058j0 :END: +Words in Proto-Ñyqy belong to one of two categories: either a bound +morphene, or a free morpheme. The former have a restricted use and +must be used in certain contexts and do not mean anything by +themselves. In Proto-Ñyqy, they are most of the time grammatical +morphemes, for instance for marking the genitive between two words or +the tense of a verb. Although the morpheme is bound, it does not mean +it is part of another word --- it will still be most of the time a +full fledged word obeying the phonological rules of a whole word. + +On the other hand, free morphemes do not require another morpheme to +exist. The most basic example is the sentence {{{recon(*ñe)}}} which means +/“It is a house”/. It is also the word for /“house”/ by itself. All nouns +in Proto-Ñyqy are free morphemes, although they can act as bound +morphemes if need be such as when they act as adjectives. + +Among multi-syllable world, it is not rare to find compound world made +from other known root words. Generally, the order of the new word +roughly follows the adjective order, however some words might reflect +short noun phrases that became over time a word by itself through +abbreviation with for instance {{{recon(zosøwe)}}} (/shawl/, /veil/) composed of +{{{recon(zoc)}}} and {{{recon(søwe)}}}. This term is most likely the abbreviation +of {{{recon(zoc pom søwe)}}}, or /head fabric/. Phonetic rules on abbreviation +in Proto-Ñyqy are unfortunately very much unknown with no consensus +reached on this point, most of them might be older innovations. + ** World Classes :noexport: :PROPERTIES: :CUSTOM_ID: Structural-Preview-World-Classes-aywhtyt058j0