Some kinds of words may be constructed on the fly using pre-established patterns. Productive word formation is similar in a way to using prenouns but uses other word structures than prenouns.
Delaware Stem Morphology, by John O’Meara, is an excellent resource for this topic.
(1) Building nouns related to the meat of an animal:
Adding (eewakw) to an animal noun stem forms a new inanimate noun meaning ‘meat of that animal’
(animal noun stem)-(eewakw)
na kóowuy
that cow
nu kooyéewakw
that beef
atóh
deer
atohéewakw
venison
kooshkoosh
pig
kooshkooshéewakw
pork (meat)
kiikíipush
chicken
kiikiipushéewakw
chicken meat
puléew
turkey
turkey meat =
wiíxcheew
wolf
wolf meat =
máxkw
bear meat =
psakwulúnjeew
squirrel
squirrel meat =
mooshkíingwus
rabbit
nehnayóongus
horse
éespan
raccoon
amóxkw
beaver
poxkăpíishush
chipmunk
meeméekush
sheep
meeméekushush
lamb
(2) Build a house:
Adding (iikan) to a noun stem makes an inanimate noun meaning house made from that noun
(noun stem)-(iikan)
Examples
asuníikaan
'stone house'
pasiikaaxkwíikaan
'board house'
wshapakwiiwaníikaan
tent' cloth-house
Build your own using these words:
log house
school house
cookie house
dog house
saalaak
ni log
shkóol
school
Shookulapwáanush
cookie
mwaakaneew
dog
(4) Building excrement nouns
Adding (chuy) to a noun stem makes an inanimate noun meaning excrement of that noun
(noun stem)-(chuy)
Examples
mwaakanéewchuy (mwaakaneew)-(chuy) dog-excrement kiikīipshuchuy (kiikiipush)-u-(chuy) Chicken droppings nehnayóongsuchuy (nehnayoongus)-u-(chuy) Horse dung
Build your own using these words:
mooshkíingwus
rabbit
nehnayóongus
horse
éespan
raccoon
amóxkw
beaver
poxkăpíishush
chipmunk
meeméekush
sheep
meeméekushush
lamb