Of indirect object derivational morphology
Of indirect object derivational morphology
Do any languages, nat or con, have morphology which identifies the indirect object of a verb with a derivation from the verb itself? For example, in English the subject of give is identified by giver and the object, usually, by gift, but the best word for the indirect object is recipient, which comes from a different verb. givee doesn't seem remotely appropriate.
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Re: Of indirect object derivational morphology
-ee has some rather odd morphology. It sometimes does refer to the indirect object: addressee, devotee, franchisee, mortgagee, trustee.
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Re: Of indirect object derivational morphology
Greater Atlian has these:
c) -ta (animate -tahu) – denotes the subject
uyi “to give” > uta “giver”
d) -pu (animate -puhu) – denotes the direct object, or indirect object of intransitive verbs
uyi “to give” > upu “gift, thing given”
e) u-[stem]-pu, w-[stem]-pu (animate u-[stem]-puhu, w-[stem]-puhu) – denotes the indirect object
uyi “to give” > wupu “recipient of a gift”
Re: Of indirect object derivational morphology
My conlang Bengedian's derivational morphology hasn't quite "dried out" yet, though some solid forms have shown up:
- -om attaches to a verb and denotes the agent:
dalem "give" → dalom "giver"
thangem "throw" → thangom "thrower"
hiorem "learn" → hiorom "student" - -and denotes the direct object:
dalem "give" → daland "gift"
thangem "throw" → thangand "projectile"
hiorem "learn" → hiorand "academic subject" - As of right now, the prefix/circumfix e---(u) (the final /u/ is omitted if the stem ends with a vowel or 2 consonants) denotes the indirect object:
dalem "give" → edalu "recipient"
thangem "throw" → etháng "catcher, target"
hiorem "learn" → N/A
At, casteda dus des ometh coisen at tusta o diédem thum čisbugan. Ai, thiosa če sane búem mos sil, ne?
Also, I broke all your metal ropes and used them to feed the cheeseburgers. Yes, today just keeps getting better, doesn't it?
Also, I broke all your metal ropes and used them to feed the cheeseburgers. Yes, today just keeps getting better, doesn't it?

