An Introductory Primer and Grammar of Ahom Tai ... - Khamkoo

dinq fEkq soil + white cement
dinq na soil + field cultivated land
(8) By placing tI before a verb. Such nouns always denote the place where the action
of the particular verb takes place.
For instance, tI n[q formed by prefixing tI 'place' to verb n[q 'to sit', refers to articles like 'chair',
'stool', 'bench' etc.
Further examples are :
tI kinq place + eat V eating place
tI nonq place + sleep V bedstead
tI pE[q place + worship V temple
tI sonq place + teach V school, college
(9) By prefixing Anq 'that' or t[q 'that' acting as relative pronoun to a verb :
Anq / t[q kinq that + eat V food
Anq / t[q hitq that + work V work
Anq / t[q nonq that + sleep V sleep
Anq / t[q pj that + go V travel
Anq / t[q fj that + walk V walking
Anq / t[q ltq that + talk V conversation
(10) By combining lukq 'to come out', 'to issue' and a noun.
lukq sEkq issue + war soldier
lukq fj issue + fire spark
lukq ko[q issue + cannon cartridge
(11) By combining a relative pronoun, a verb and a noun in such a way that all the
three make a sentence in the form of a compound noun.
Anq tuinq l[q which scrtach back back-scratcher
Anq siw pa which catch fish fish-trap
Anq t[q x] which boil rice pan
Proper names
Proper names are generally preceded by word or words denoting the class to which a
particular noun belongs :