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  name, nem and nem&ouml;n a reward and to reward, mesed and mesed&ouml;n. In this case we add the syllable -&ouml;n as all indication that the same words are used as nouns and as verbs. But if -&ouml;n or -ik be enclosed in parenthesis we mean that a slight but obvious change is made in passing from one English part of speech to another.

Any verb may form a noun in am, which expresses the action of the verb, like our words in -tion for example,

plepal&ouml;n, to prepare, plepalam , preparation.

Almost any verb may form a noun in el, which expresses the doer of the action, as plepalel, a preparer; stud&ouml;n , to

study, studel, a student.

EXAMPLE OF DERIVATION
(From Kerckhoff&#146;s Complete Course.) Pük, language, speech ; pükik, linguistic, pertaining to language ; pükatidel, language teacher ; pükapök, defect of speech ; pükön, to speak ; pükönabid, pükönamod, manner of speech ; motapük, mother tongue ; volapük, universal language. Pükat, oration ; pükatil, little speech ; [pükatel, orator ; ] telapükat, dialogue. Pükav, philology ; pükavik, philological. Püked, saying ; pükedik, sententious ; pükedavöd, proverb ; pükedavödik, proverbial ; valapüked, motto. Pükel, orator, speaker ; pükelik, oratorical ; möpükel, polyglot, speaker of many languages. Püköf, eloquence ; püköfik, eloquent ; püköfav, rhetoric ; püköfavik, rhetorical. Pükot, talk ; pükotik, talkativ ; okopükot, soliloquy. Bepük, discussion ; bepükön, to discuss. Bipük, preface. Gepük, answer ; gepükön, to answer. Lepük, assertion, affirmation ; lepükön, to assert, to affirm.