Nominalizations are nouns that are created from adjectives or verbs. Take for example the word judgment; it is made up of the verb judge plus the suffix -ment. The suffix -ment changes the verb into a noun. In English the suffixes -ment, -ion, and -al are the most common in nominalization. Timucua has its own nominalizers.
-No
In Timucua, several nouns can be made from verbs by adding the nominalizing suffix –no. Click on the Timucua word to listen to how it sounds.
Two other common nominalizer suffixes in Timucua are –siba and –tema. As an example, the verb bali means “to hunt” and, when the nominalizer –siba is added, it then becomes balisiba, or “the one who hunts” or “the hunter.” What’s more, –siba tends to imply that the action is done habitually. With the suffix –tema, hubuasotema means “one who loves” from hubuaso “to love.”