conlangs1-10 Exercise 2: Meren Word Building ============================================= (a) seer, from pasu "see": pasupo (pasu + -po) (b) place to eat, from teka "eat": tekalu (teka + -lu) (c) river-fish: merelio (mere "river" + lio "fish") (d) boat person: anahamu (ana "boat" + hamu "person") "The seer drinks water": Pasupo sapin tano. seer water-OBJ drinks. Rule for compounds: the first noun describes the second, so merelio is a kind of fish, not a kind of river.