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Wampanoag/Constructing Words Together
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For the Construction of words together, I will give
three short Rules.
1. WHEN two Nouns come together, one of them is
turned into a kind of an Adverb, or Adnoun, and that
is an Elegancy in the Language : of which see frequent
Examples. See 1 Pet. 2.2. |Pahke sogkodtungane
wuttinnowaonk|, {The pure milkie word}, for {milk of the
word}. The like may be observed a thousand times.
2. When two Verbs come together, the latter is the Infinitive
Mode: as in the same 1 Pet. 2.5. |K∞weekikonitteamw∞
sephausinat|. {Ye are built, &c. to sacrifice},
&c. And a thousand times more this Rule occurs.
3. When a Noun or a Verb is attended upon with an
Adnoun, or Adverb, the affix which belongeth to the
Noun or Verb is prefixed to the Adnoun or Adverb; as in
the same Chapter, 1 Pet. 2.9. |Ummonchanatamwe
wequaiyeumut|, {His Marvellous light}: The affix of {Light}
is prefixed to {marvellous}. |K∞waantamwe ket∞hkam|.
{Thou speakest wisely}: The affix of {speaking} is prefixed
to {wisely}. This is a frequent Elegancy in the Language.
But the manner of the formation of the Nouns and
Verbs have such a latitude of use, that there needeth
little other Syntax in the Language.