A special kind of words in Talmit are compounds of two ”light” roots with a particle in between.
In se-compounds the two words are joined by se ’and’ (geminized to sse after a stressed single vowel). They are similar to dvandva compounds, but acquire new, abstract meanings. In many cases they denote the interaction between the two nouns:
kásseba ’solid ground and pillar’ → ’foundation, fundament, grounds, reason’
mésseme ’human and human’ → ’society’
téssete ’parent and parent’ → ’parents (dual)’
tálzeglo ’word and ear’ → ’communication’
θwéssega ’tool and way’ → ’method, techinque’
kánzeki ’3dim. shape and 2dim. shape’ → ’representation’
Mo-compounds use genitive mo. A particularly common formation is a compound with ka ’soil, ground’ which describes a flat area usually attached to a landmark:
krádmoka ’mountain-gen flat’ → ’valley’
pélmoka ’house-gen flat’ → ’garden’
púmnoka ’finger-gen flat’ → ’inner side of the fingertip (German Fingerkuppe)’
gámmoka ’nose-gen flat’ → ’area between the nose and the upper lip (lit. ’nose’s valley’)’
The appearance of the ”heavy” root √gam in these ”light” root compounds with monosyllabic derivatives suggests an ancient loan *gam before it was reshaped to gáme.