# Composition
Sometimes instead of saying something like That woman is beautiful we will say She is a beautiful woman.
| Tupi | English | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
rendering... rendering... rendering... rendering... rendering... rendering... | (that) woman is beautiful | using the "adjective" as a second class verb |
rendering... rendering... rendering... rendering... rendering... rendering... | She is a beautiful woman | using the "adjective" in composition with the base noun to create a new root |
# Step-by-step Process
There are some rules to compositions which we need to take into account.
Let's define some terms for this process:
# Terminology
| Sounds Types | Letters |
|---|---|
| Oral Consonants | p b t s x k r gû û î ŷ |
| Nasal Consonants | m n ng nh mb nd |
| Tonic Oral Vowels | á é í ý ó ú |
| Non-Tonic Oral Vowels | a e i y o u |
| Nasal Vowels | ã ẽ ĩ ỹ õ ũ |
| Base root | Noun |
| Modifier root | Adjective |
| Base+Modifier | Composition |
# Steps
If the base root ends in a
Tonic Oral Vowel á é í ý ó ú:+rendering...rendering...rendering...rendering...- replace it with its Non-Tonic Counterpart a e i y o u:rendering...rendering...
- replace it with its
If there is an encounter of the base root ending in an
Oral Consonant p b t s x k r gû û î ŷand the modifier root starting withAny Consonant p b t s x k r gû û î ŷ m n ng nh mb nd:+rendering...rendering...rendering...rendering...- remove the base root's ending consonant: rendering...rendering...
- remove the base root's ending consonant:
If the base root ends in
Any Consonant p b t s x k r gû û î ŷ m n ng nh mb ndand the modifier starts with a'(glottal stop):+rendering...rendering...rendering...rendering...- remove the
'(glottal stop) from the modifier:rendering...rendering...
- remove the
If the base root ends with
Any Nasal m n ng nh mb nd ã ẽ ĩ ỹ õ ũand the modifier starts withAny Consonant p b t s x k r gû û î ŷ m n ng nh mb ndIf the final vowel of the base root is not already marked with a
~:+rendering...rendering...rendering...rendering...- nasalize it: rendering...rendering...
- nasalize it:
If the base root ends in
nh:+rendering...rendering...rendering...rendering...- it becomes a
î:rendering...rendering...
- it becomes a
If the base root ends in
any other nasal consonant m n ng mb nd:+rendering...rendering...rendering...rendering...- delete it: rendering...rendering...
- delete it:
If the modifier root does not already contain
any nasals m n ng nh mb nd ã ẽ ĩ ỹ õ ũ- nasalize the first letter based on the following table, if needed:
Oral Nasal Base + Modifier Composition p mb +rendering...rendering...rendering...rendering...rendering...rendering...k ng +rendering...rendering...rendering...rendering...rendering...rendering...t nd +rendering...rendering...rendering...rendering...rendering...rendering...s nd +rendering...rendering...rendering...rendering...rendering...rendering...WARNING
tingdoes not becomendingin composition because thenasal letter m n ng nh mb nd ã ẽ ĩ ỹ õ ũngis already present in the modifier root, thus it will remain unchanged by the nasalization process.
Any other case is as simple as just sticking them together with no phonetic changes
That's composition!