▁other ▁more ▁id ios ync r atic ▁ones ". ▁Because ▁Fil omen o ▁M ata ▁Tot on ac ▁is ▁a ▁language ▁that ▁has ▁not ▁been ▁written ▁down ▁until ▁recently , ▁speak ers ▁differ ▁on ▁how ▁to ▁construct ▁written ▁words . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁deriv ational ▁aff ix es ▁occur ▁only ▁once ▁on ▁a ▁verb ▁however ▁because ▁of ▁recursion , ▁it ▁can ▁occur ▁more ▁than ▁once . ▁Ex amples ▁of ▁these ▁morph emes ▁are ▁" – ni i , ▁caus ative ▁ma a -, ▁and ▁the ▁instrument al ▁applic atives ▁li i - ▁and ▁pu u - ." ▁Der iv ation ▁is ▁ach ieves ▁through ▁aff ix ation . ▁Rel ating ▁to ▁inf lection al ▁aff ix es , ▁deriv ational ▁aff ix es ▁happen ▁when ▁it ▁is ▁both ▁preceding ▁and ▁following ▁the ▁verb ▁stem . ▁An ▁example ▁of ▁a ▁deriv ational ▁morph eme ▁is ▁as ▁follows ▁the ▁associ ative ▁prefix ▁ma q - ▁which ▁indicates ▁the ▁action ▁of ▁a ▁verb ▁that ▁is ▁performed ▁with ▁others . The ▁associ ative ▁does ▁not ▁affect ▁the ▁val ence ▁of ▁the ▁verb . ▁The ▁verb ▁ma qt ay aa ▁( ASS . + stand ) ▁will ▁then ▁be ▁translated ▁into ▁' help ▁someone '. ▁ ▁Upper ▁N ec ax a ▁Tot on ac ▁syntax ▁ ▁Upper ▁N ec ax a ▁Tot on ac ▁( UNT ) ▁is ▁an ▁ind igen ous ▁language ▁from ▁the ▁area ▁of ▁P ue bla , ▁Mexico . ▁ ▁Simple ▁sentences ▁ ▁UN T ▁sentences ▁are ▁el astic ▁and ▁there ▁is ▁every ▁combination