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Value -a
Language:
Uma
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the basic sense of the suffix is locative, although this basic sense is applied and extended in a variety of directions, so that there is often little or nothing of a local function left to perceive. As for the relationship of to the similarly local suffix , it can be said in general that is found in verbal, in nominal forms. There are, however, also many exceptions to this rule ... a. when added to a noun derived from a verb or adjective denotes the place or time in which the action takes place or the condition in question prevails; this suffix also occurs with forms that are prefixed with and a possessive pronoun; b. is added to (underived) nouns in the sense 'having, supplied with, suffering from. These forms are adjectives, and have no prefix [e251aac98335c60c86cc673012de91dd]
References
Esser 1964
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