[...] the modifier is an (internally complex) constituent of its own, rather than a string of suffixes attached to the root.
- Inkelas (2004), a pag.284

I [...] treat the modifier as a morphological constituent in its own right, with its own internal organization, from which the root is excluded.
- Inkelas (2004), a pag.280

Nimboran verbs have a simple prosodic structure, consisting of two portions for the purposes of phonological rules. One portion contain the root, and the other, all post-root morphemes [May, K., May, W., 1981, “Nimboran Phonology Revisited”, 'Irian' 9, 9-32, p. 10]. I shall refer to these two constituents as the "stem" and the "modifier", respectively.
- Inkelas (2004), a pag.251