Nominalisation of verbs in Etsakọ

Verbs in Etsakọ can be nominalised (turned into nouns) in many ways
1. By adding "I" before the verb and "Mi" after it.
Examples include;
1. Na (rún) - inami (running)
2. Gua (fall sick) - iguami (sickness)
3. Gbe (beat) - igbemi (beating)
4. Fo (end) - ifomi (ending)
5. De (fall) - idemi ( falling)

2. By adding only "I" at the front of the verb when the verb is more than one syllable.
Examples
1. Yẹsẹ (know) - iyẹsẹ (knowing/ knowledge)
2. Mọli (have) - imọli (having/property)
3. Lase (come out) - ilase (outing)
4. Lolo (count) - ilolo (counting)
5. Kẹkẹ (write) - ikẹkẹ (writing/article)

3. By adding vowels other than I in front of the verb.
Examples
1. Lẹ (Know) - olẹ (knowledge)
2. Gbasẹ (begin) - ogbasẹ (begining)
3. Lase (go out) - olase (public)
4. Kpa (vomit) - ekpa (vomiting)

4. Adding U to form the names of instruments
Examples
1. Kẹkẹ (write) - ukẹkẹ (pen)
2. Kalọ (count) - ukalọ (calculator)
3. Kpakọ (brush) - ukpakọ (toothbrush)
4. Masẹ (measure) - umasẹ (scale)
5. Kpabọ (wash hands) - ukpabọ (sink/hand basin)
6. Ugalo (television)

5. Adding Ọ to form the doer of an action
Examples
1. Via ọmọ - ọviọmọ
2. Da onyọ - ọdonyọ
3. Fi olẹmi - ọfiolẹmi
4. Fi onolo - ọfionolo
5. Keke ebe - ọkẹkebe

6. Adding A to form the receiver of an action
Examples
1. Gie usomi - agiusomi
2. Ku fia - akufia

7. Adding Ọnọ/Ono
Examples
1. Ọnọyẹsẹ
2. Ọnọvia
3. Ọnọgwu
4. Ọnọgbea
5. Ọnọze

8. Adding Ọna/Ona
Examples
1.Ọnazẹ
2. Ọnagbe
3. Ọnagbea
4. Ọnayẹsẹ
5. Ọnama


9. Adding eme
Examples
1. Emale/Emenaale
2. Emaga/Emenaaga
3. Emada/Emenaada
4. Emafi/Emenaafi
5. Emata