Examples of compounding from different languages
1. Anishinaabemowin/Ojibwe:
mashkikiwaaboo 'tonic': mashkiki 'medicine' + waaboo 'liquid'
dibik-giizis'moon': dibik 'night' + giizis 'sun'
gichi-mookomaan 'white person/American': gichi 'big' + mookomaan 'knife'
2. Finnish:
sanakirja 'dictionary': sana 'word', + kirja 'book'
tietokone 'computer': tieto 'knowledge, data', + kone 'machine'
keskiviikko 'Wednesday': keski 'middle', + viikko 'week'
maailma 'world': maa 'land', + ilma 'air'
rautatieasema 'railway station': rauta 'iron' + tie 'road' + asema 'station'
3. German:
Wolkenkratzer 'skyscraper': wolken 'clouds', + kratzer 'scraper'
Eisenbahn 'railway': Eisen 'iron', + bahn 'track'
Kraftfahrzeug 'automobile': Kraft 'power', + fahren/fahr 'drive', + zeug 'machinery'
4. Italian:
Millepiedi 'centipede': mille 'thousand', + piedi 'feet'
Ferrovia 'railway': ferro 'iron', + via 'way'
5. Spanish:
Ciencia-ficción 'science fiction': ciencia, 'science', + ficción, 'fiction'
Ciempiés 'centipede': cien 'hundred', + pies 'feet'
Ferrocarril'railway': ferro 'iron', + carril 'lane'
Paraguas 'umbrella': para 'to stop, stops' + aguas '(the) water'
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