2.1.1. Sequential derivation
In TİD, there are some sequential derivational affixes which have been borrowed from the surrounding spoken language, Turkish. These are the privative (negative) suffix –less and the fingerspelled suffixes -l-i and -c-i, the associative and the agentive suffixes, respectively. The fingerspelled suffixes are signed on the dominant hand, although otherwise fingerspelling is usually reserved for the non-dominant hand but see [Lexicon – 2.2.2.1.].
The associative suffix -l-i has been borrowed from the Turkish –li in accordance with (a reduced and simplified version of) vowel harmony, yielding two allomorphs. It has a variety of meanings but the most prevalent one is ‘with’.
-l-ı -l-u
The usage of the variant -l-u depends on whether the sign that it is attached to is mouthed in Turkish. If the mouthing of such a sign has a rounded vowel (o, ö, u, ü) as the last segment, then some signers use the form -l-u instead of -l-i.
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