ow els ▁from ▁some ▁words , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁word ▁for ▁' car ' ▁which ▁is ▁normally ▁j id ō sha ▁in ▁Japanese ▁but ▁which ▁is ▁said ▁as ▁j ido š ▁in ▁B am bo o ▁English . ▁ ▁Mor ph ology ▁Document ation ▁of ▁the ▁morph ology ▁of ▁B am bo o ▁English ▁is ▁rather ▁incomplete ▁and ▁so ▁demonstr ating ▁the ▁presence ▁or ▁absence ▁of ▁various ▁characteristics ▁is ▁difficult . ▁ ▁Comp ounding , ▁for ▁example , ▁has ▁little ▁record ▁of ▁existing ▁within ▁B am bo o ▁English ▁due ▁to ▁this . ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁aff ix ation ▁has ▁been ▁better ▁noted . ▁The ▁presence ▁of ▁the ▁suffix ▁- san , ▁taken ▁from ▁Japanese , ▁is ▁often ▁attached ▁to ▁terms ▁of ▁reference ▁and ▁address ▁such ▁as ▁" m ama ", ▁" p apa ", ▁" boy ", ▁" g irl ", ▁and ▁" b aby " ▁to ▁produce ▁n oun s ▁such ▁as ▁m ama - san ▁or ▁baby - san . ▁ ▁An ▁additional ▁morph ological ▁trait ▁shown ▁in ▁B am bo o ▁English ▁is ▁redu p lication , ▁though ▁examples ▁shown ▁from ▁the ▁language ▁indicate ▁that ▁this ▁is ▁not ▁true ▁redu p lication ▁as ▁there ▁are ▁no ▁forms ▁of ▁these ▁words ▁with ▁only ▁a ▁single ▁occurrence ▁of ▁the ▁root . ▁Such ▁words ▁are ▁ch op - ch op ▁meaning ▁' fo od ', ▁d ame - d ame ▁meaning ▁' bad ', ▁and ▁hub ba - h ub ba ▁meaning ▁' to ▁hur ry ' ▁. ▁ ▁Syntax