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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{inh|ryn|ryn-o|-ant}}, a reanalysed suffix from an earlier compounding with the word {{m|skant|t=man}}. This term originally denoted a male agent, while {{m|ryn|-aor}} (from {{m|ryn|vjaor}}, "woman") denoted a female agent. However, the meaning began to shift after the Old Riyan period to refer to inanimate referents such as tools. Accommodating this, the {{m|ryn|-aor}} ending widened in scope to become amore general human agentive, losing its specific female connotation. It's thought this process was completed by around the 17th century, by which point '''-ant''' would have always been thought of as inanimate by Riyan speakers.
From {{inh|ryn|ryn-o|-ant}}, a reanalysed suffix from an earlier compounding with the word {{m|ryn|skant|t=man}}. This term originally denoted a male agent, while {{m|ryn|-aor}} (from {{m|ryn|vjaor}}, "woman") denoted a female agent. However, the meaning began to shift after the Old Riyan period to refer to inanimate referents such as tools. Accommodating this, the {{m|ryn|-aor}} ending widened in scope to become amore general human agentive, losing its specific female connotation. It's thought this process was completed by around the 17th century, by which point '''-ant''' would have always been thought of as inanimate by Riyan speakers.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
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# ''forms inanimate agent nouns''
# ''forms inanimate agent nouns''
#: {{m|ryn|șaond|t=to write}} + ''-ant'' → {{m|șaonant|t=typewriter}}
#: {{m|ryn|șaond|t=to write}} + ''-ant'' → {{m|ryn|șaonant|t=typewriter}}


====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====
{{col|ryn|șaonant<t:typewriter>|ambínant<t:broadcaster>|lyșpant<t:camera>}}
{{col|ryn|șaonant<t:typewriter>|ambínant<t:broadcaster>|lyșpant<t:camera>}}

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