This works similarly in many languages. The order is usually "A's B", i.e. with the modifying/specifying component before the modified/general one. As in the English words "keyhole" (hole for keys, key's hole) or "anthill" (ants' hill). Note that sometimes an element part of the composite could be marked as a verb: in reality that is an action-glyph used as a noun specifying the action (e.g. "vision": "see=act of seeing" + "sense"; e.g. "sexism": "gender" + "discriminate=discrimination").
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banan tree / keyhole (literally "lockhole") / nostril (the "nosehole") / zoo (animal garden) / rowing boat (boat using oars) / week-day / princess (king's daughter) / mediaglyph / aunt (parents' sister)
A noun specified/clarified by an adjective (or in some cases by an adverb)
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calf (the bottom part of the leg) / fear ("afraid-emotion")
Note that preposition in this case includes also those that in MediaGlyphic (and in other languages) are usually postpositions.
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unemployment / expertise
An action glyph and the object of that action. The resulting composite is usually a verb.
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milk, suckle ("nipple-suck")
In this case the composite can be thought of as "A-ed B" as in the example "painted image"="painting". Alternatively: as "A-ing B". The resulting composite is a noun.
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painting (painted image)
These composites can be read as "verb + to be + adjective". The result is usually a verb.
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worry (feel worried) / complain (express to be suffering) / refute (show to be wrong) / open (make/cause to be open)
The modifier can be a noun, an adverb, an adjective or a preposition.
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to phone (literally phone-talking, talk on the phone) / to descend (down-come) / encrypt (write in/using cypher)
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Two verbs together.. In particular, the common composites "Cause to" and ..
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to read aloud (speak-read)
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uncommon (opposite+ordinary)
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sovereign (unspecified gender)
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bittersweet
the same glyph is repeated twice
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to listen (hear+hear) / to watch (see+see)
Some elements can be removed in order to simplify the word.
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sunset (sun+descent becomes sun+down)