Muai - Patterns - Creating New Words
Differently from the rules of word-break detectability, the following patterns are optional but considered when creating new words in order to keep some harmony.

• A verb whose stem begins and ends with the same consonant may have its subject interchanged with its object without change of meaning. For instance, "tint-" means "to be", so "kioi tinto natuoki" (I'm a male) may be written as "natuoki tinto kioi".


• A verb whose stem begins with __________ has, as its typical subject (in direct-order with desinence -o),
  • k: controller, ruler
  • f: human exerting tipically human activity
  • h: abstract entity
  • l: linker, relator
  • m: thinker, experiencer
  • t: concrete thing


• A verb whose stem ends with __________ has, as its typical object (in direct-order with desinence -o),
  • k: chosen, picked or derived thing
  • h: aspect
  • l: linked, related thing
  • m: thought, feeling
  • t: concrete thing, fact or gender of thing

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