Romániço Compound Words

Compound Words Compound words are those composed of two or more existing words, as in bookshelf and lightsaber. In Romániço, there are three sorts of compound words: First element is a noun — the word is read last element to first:
`ferovialo`	`[vialo ec fero]`	`a railroad`
`pistolbater`	`[bater per pistolo]`	`to pistol-whip`
`modelbela`	`[bela cuale modelo]-a`	`model-hot`
`cervócula`	`[óculos di cervo]-a`	`doe-eyed`

Last element is a verb — the word is read last element to first:

nanojacter

[jacter nano]

to dwarf-toss

envader

[vader en]

to enter

All other cases — the word is read first element to last:

internationa

[inter nationos]-a

international

duadeç-anua

[duadeç anuos]-a

twenty-year-old

omnadia

[omna dio]-a

everyday

In most cases, additional suffixes like -isc- are unnecessary to make the sense clear (unu-ócula hómino “a one-eyed man”). However, in speech, compound words can sometimes be indistinguishable from separate ones (unu-óculo “a one-eyed person”, unu óculo “one eye”). To make one’s meaning plainer, one should insert the affix -ig-: unu-oculigo “a one-eyed person”.