320 Abibisika (Black Gold) Points

Rank: Unranked Obibini

Is the “feminine t” in Ss mdw nTr a nominalizer?

Observe Soninke
-aade; instrumental forms
taaxu: “sit down”; taaxaade: “seat”, “chair” (instrument of taaxu, sitting down).
-aana: form names of agents
soxo: “cultivate”; soxaana: “farmer”.
: shape of action names
goro: “to pound”, goronde: (1) “action of pounding”; (2) “meal for guests”.
-ndi: form of factual verbs
soxo: “cultivate”; soxondi: “cultivate”
-ndindi: form of repeated action names (plural)
kara: “to cross”; karandindi “hatches” (eggs)
-nte: form qualifiers
kara: “to die”; karante “dead, dead”.
-ye: forms abstract nouns that can be translated as “the fact of …”
xooro: “grow up”; xooroye: “growing up”