Therefore, in adapting a novel that is entirely compounded of words, the screen writer must completely forget them and ask himself what the novel is about.
One could also consider compounds of words by -grams, that is, consecutive words.
Gropecunt, the earliest known use of which is in about 1230, appears to have been derived as a compound of the words grope and cunt.
For those interested, the word sushi is actually a compound of the word su - which means vinegar - and the word shi - which means "skill of hand".
The word is a compound of the Nahuatl words nextli ("ashes") and tamalli ("unformed corn dough; tamal"), and the process is still in use today.
Most words for maize in TB languages and in Sinitic are compounds of existing words, such as Chinese 玉米 yùmǐ 'jade rice' and 包穀 bāogǔ 'wrapped grain', Burmese /pyaun42 bu42/ 'sorghum-gourd', Black Lahu 'wheat-big', Yellow Lahu Lisu both 'rice-wheat'.
The word nostalgia is a compound of two Greek words: nóstos (homecoming) and álgos (ache).
The word "probiotic" is a compound of two Greek words: "pro," to signify promotion of and "biotic," which means life.
It is a compound of the two words ār, genitive of ā ("river", Modern Danish å), and ōss ("mouth", in Modern Icelandic this word is still used for "river delta").
