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57 minutes ago, KennethT said:Ulek meaning to grind or ground, and adding the "an" at the end makes it the noun
Yes. That is a common feature of several languages. In Mandarin 子 (zi) is added to many words to nominalize them. We do the same in English. For example we add -ness to adjectives to make words like laziness.
25 minutes ago, KennethT said:Ulek meaning to grind or ground, and adding the "an" at the end makes it the noun
Yes. That is a common feature of several languages. In Mandarin 子 (zi) is added to many words to nominalize them. We do the same in English. For example we add -ness to adjectives to make laziness.
