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(13) Sample compound nouns in Mono<br />
a. N + N (Associative noun phrase)<br />
H=@= H=@= ‘shoe’ < H H H H ‘thing’ + =@= =@= ‘foot’ (SR,FR,-,PM)<br />
HC HC HC HC ‘food’ < H H H H ‘thing’ + C C C C ‘hunger’ (SR,FR,-,PM)<br />
=M =M =M =M ‘firewood’ < ‘tree’ + M M M M ‘fire’ (SR,FR,-,PM)<br />
@(@= @(@= @(@= @(@= ‘footprint’ < (@( (@( (@( (@( ‘mark’ + =@= =@= ‘foot’ (-,FR,-,-)<br />
CM CM=H CM CM=H<br />
=H =H ‘seed (for planting)’ < =CM= =CM= =CM= =CM= ‘grain’ + H H H H ‘thing’ (SR,FR,-,-)<br />
5 5 K K K K ‘scar’ < 5 55 5 H H H H ‘image’ + KK KK KK KK ‘wound’ (-,FR,-,PM)<br />
@=M @=M @=M @=M ‘forge’ < =@= =@= =@= =@= ‘house’ + M M M M ‘fire’ (SR,FR,-,-)<br />
=@= =@= =@= =@= ‘door’ < == == == == ‘mouth’ + =@= =@= =@= =@= ‘house’ (SR,FR,-,-)<br />
IKKK IKKK IKKK IKKK ‘hair (<strong>of</strong> head)’ < KIK KIK KIK ‘hair’ + KK KK KK KK ‘head’ (-,FR,-,-)<br />
=C=CK( =C=CK( =C=CK( =C=CK( ‘fish’ < =C= =C= =C= =C= ‘animal’ + K(CK( K(CK( K(CK( K(CK( ‘water’ (SR,FR,Va,-)<br />
(also =C= =C= =C= =C= J5=(=CK( J5=(=CK() J5=(=CK( J5=(=CK(<br />
CHKK CHKK CHKK CHKK ~ CH CH CH CH KK KK KK KK ‘anus’ < CH CH‘hole’+ CH CH KK KK‘excrement’ KK KK<br />
(SR,FR,Va,PM)<br />
(also, CKHKK CKHKK) CKHKK CKHKK<br />
A( A( A( A( ~ A(A( A(A( A(A( A(A( ‘fruit’ < A(A( A(A( A(A( A(A( ‘seed’ + ‘tree’ (-,FR,Va,-)<br />
(( (( (( (( == == == == ‘lip’ < ‘skin’ + ‘mouth’ (SR,-,-,-)<br />
K(CK( K(CK( K(CK( K(CK( M M M M ‘c<strong>of</strong>fee, kerosene’ < ‘water’ + ‘heat’ (SR,-,-,-)<br />
C C C C K(CK( K(CK( K(CK( K(CK( ‘thirst’<br />
b. Adjective + Noun<br />
< ‘desire’ + ‘water’ (-,-,-,-)<br />
>K= >K= >K= >K= ‘blindness’ < K>K K>K ‘black’ + == == == == ‘eye’ (SR,FR,-,-)<br />
C>=(@= C>=(@= ‘lame’ < =(C>=( =(C>=( ‘useless’ + =@= =@= ‘foot’ (SR,FR,-,-)<br />
((H( ((H( ((H( ((H( =( =( =( =( ‘book’ < ‘dry’ + ‘leaf’ (SR,-,-,-)<br />
F F F F @ @ @ @ ‘sour orange’<br />
c. Number + Noun<br />
< ‘sour’ + ‘orange’ (-,-,-,-)<br />
>=A= >=A= >=A= >=A= ‘one-eyed’ < >=A >=A >=A >=A ‘one’ + == == == == ‘eye’ (SR,FR,-,-)<br />
d. Noun + Verb<br />
=(H =(H =(H =(H ~ (H (H (H (H ‘lesson’ < == == == == ‘eye’+ H H H H ‘dry’ 3 (SR,FR,-,PM)<br />
K(CK( K(CK( K(CK( K(CK( (@ (@ (@ (@ J( J( J( J(<br />
‘drinking water’<br />
e. PREP + PREP/V/N<br />
< ‘water’ + ‘drink’ + ‘it’ (-,-,-,-)<br />
J5=(J5K J5=(J5K ~ J5(J5K J5(J5K J5(J5K J5(J5K ‘face’ < J5=( J5=( J5=( ‘place’ + KJ5K KJ5K ‘in front <strong>of</strong>’ (SR,FR,-,PM)<br />
J5=(BK J5=(BK ~ J5(BK J5(BK J5(BK J5(BK ‘smell’ < J5=( J5=( ‘place’ + BK BK ‘smell bad’ (SR,FR,-,PM)<br />
J5=(>=C=( J5=(>=C=( ‘jaw bone’ < J5=( J5=( ‘place’ + >=C=( >=C=( ‘cheek’ (SR,-,-,-)<br />
J5((= J5((= J5((= J5((= ‘palate’<br />
f. N + N + N<br />
< J5(( J5(( J5(( J5(( ‘in’ + == == == == ‘mouth’ (SR,FR,-,-)<br />
@(= @(= @(= @(= ‘account, report’<br />
g. N + ?<br />
< (@( (@( (@( (@( ‘mark’+ == == == == ‘mouth’ + ‘word’<br />
A(A( A(A( A(A( A(A( M M M M ~ A(A(M A(A(M A(A(M A(A(M ‘rice’ < A(A( A(A( A(A( A(A( ‘fruit, grain’ + M M M M ‘?’ (SR,FR,Va,-)<br />
=( =( =( =( CAA CAA CAA CAA ‘left h<strong>and</strong>’ < ‘h<strong>and</strong>’ + ‘left’ (-,-,-,-)<br />
CKK CKK CKK CKK ‘pregnancy’ < K(CK( K(CK( K(CK( K(CK( ‘water’ + K K K K ‘give birth’ (SR,FR,-,-)<br />
=(A =(A =(A =(A ‘my bro<strong>the</strong>r’<br />
h. V + PREP<br />
< =(=( =(=( =(=( =(=( ‘bro<strong>the</strong>r’ + ‘my’ (-,FR,Va,PM)<br />
C>AJ5(( C>AJ5(( C>AJ5(( C>AJ5(( ‘hope’ < C>A C>A ‘think’ + J5(( J5(( J5(( J5(( ‘in’ (SR,-,-,-)<br />
3 In Togbo, <strong>the</strong> word for ‘lesson’ is (H<br />
(H (H, (H which can be analyzed as ‘eyes’ + H H H H ‘open’.<br />
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