-áaṭ Suffix added to verb stem to form agentive verbal noun

Part of Speech sfx
Restrictions Invariably followed by a gender/number agreement suffix
    • Suffix added to verb stem to form agentive verbal noun
      • Example 74:
        asíi ni xálaka, asíi ni paalúula, mhaasá khaáaṭa bi bíiḍa.
        asíi
        1pl.gen
        ni
        prox
        xálak
        people
        -a
        -pl
        asíi
        1pl.gen
        ni
        prox
        paalúulu
        Palulo.person
        -a
        -pl
        mhaás
        meat
        -a
        -pl
        kha
        eat
        -áṭ
        -AG
        -a
        -MPL
        bi
        SEP
        bíiḍ
        much
        -a
        -MPL
        These people of ours, we Palula, are also very fond of eating meat [lit. many meat eaters].
        Source:
        A:MAR071
      • Example 75:
        áak deés se zangalí pharé baáaṭa bhíla hína.
        ak
        one
        deés
        day
        se
        3pl.nom
        zangál
        forest
        -í
        -obl
        pharé
        through
        be
        go
        -áṭ
        -AG
        -a
        -MPL
        bhe
        become
        -íl
        -pfv
        -a
        -MPL
        hin
        be.prs
        -a
        -MPL
        One day they started going through a forest.
        Source:
        A:UNF005
      • Example 76:
        dunáaṭu bhílu hínu ki aní ba kateeṇí ǰuánd.
        dun
        think
        -áṭ
        -AG
        -u
        -MSG
        bhe
        become
        -íl
        -pfv
        -u
        -MSG
        hin
        be.prs
        -u
        -MSG
        ki
        comp
        aní
        3FSG.prox.nom
        ba
        top
        kateeṇ
        what.kind
        -i
        -f
        ǰuánd
        life
        He [suddenly] thought [lit. became a thinker], "What a life this is!"
        Source:
        A:KAT057
      • Example 77:
        le bimeerí ḍhakéeṭi
        le
        dist
        bimaarí
        disease
        ḍhak
        touch
        -áṭ
        -AG
        -i
        -f
        That disease is very contagious.
        Source:
        A:Q9.1091

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    • -éeṭ Suffix added to verb stem to form agentive verbal noun (when followed by feminine agreement suffix)