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oligosynthetic

adj

Etymology

From oligo- + synthetic.

  1. derived from συνθετικός
  2. derived from synthétique
  3. formed as oligosynthetic — “oligo- + synthetic”

Definitions

  1. Using a relatively small number of morphemes which combine synthetically to form compound…

    Using a relatively small number of morphemes which combine synthetically to form compound words.

    • Talking of which, the grammar of oligosynthetic languages is not always particularly well explained – the designers sometimes seem to have been too focused on the vocabulary.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for oligosynthetic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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