[-an]
Sense 1
English: Translation
Marks object, location, or affected domain; object-focus suffix marking the affected entity, extended to location, result, and conceptual domains.
Part of Speech
suffix
Semantic Domain
Grammar
Sense 2
English: Translation
OBJECT-FOCUS (PRIMARY) Marks patient as syntactic focus tama’an → hit (target-focused) ta’xeban → cover/bury something 👉 Core identity of -an
Part of Speech
suffix
Semantic Domain
Grammar
Sense 3
English: Translation
LOCATIVE (DERIVED FROM FOCUS) Marks place where action occurs sogal → sogalan torog → torogan 👉 location = object of action extended spatially
Part of Speech
suffix
Semantic Domain
Grammar
Sense 4
English: Translation
RESULTATIVE Encodes affected state / outcome Nata’xeban yo baxey→ house = buried
Sense 5
English: Translation
ABSTRACT DOMAIN Forms conceptual nouns anas → anasan
Custom tags
affixation
Interlinearization
-an //OF/ / “locative/object-focus/resultative suffix”
Notes
[-an]
Type: Suffix
Class: Voice / Derivational
Core Meaning
👉 Marks object, location, or affected
Functions (STRICTLY ORDERED)
1. OBJECT-FOCUS (PRIMARY)
Marks patient as syntactic focus
- tama’an → hit (target-focused)
- ta’xeban → cover/bury something
👉 Core identity of -an
2. LOCATIVE (DERIVED FROM FOCUS)
Marks place where action occurs
sogal → sogalan
- torog → torogan
👉 location = object of action extended spatially
3. RESULTATIVE
Encodes affected state / outcome
- Nata’xeban yo baxey
→ house = buried
4. ABSTRACT DOMAIN
Forms conceptual nouns
- anas → anasan
🔑 FINAL DEFINITION
-an: object-focus suffix marking the affected entity, extended to location, result, and conceptual domains.
Source
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