Mostrando 7 palabras para la categoria: derivational
1. not
1. not ,
[ESP] negación
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- Gramatical:
The derivational 'aa-' is prefixed on adjectives and forms a new lexical item with them. The verbal negative morpheme 'aa' has a variant 'aar' when the verb begins with a vowel.
1. ADJ
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- Gramatical:
Derivationnal suffix for adjectives. See also -is and -isang.
2. ADJ
Notas:
- Gramatical:
Used to make adjectives that can qualify a noun. The forms with '-ba' can also behave as noun phrase's head.
1. sort of
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- Etnográfica:
One use nowadays is to describe colors not originally recognized in their color palette, such as blue: e.g., ngarnaringiis for blue, i.e., greenish. - Gramatical:
Derivational suffixe meaning 'sort of' used with adjectives such as 'ngarngaringis' (greenish). Many adjectives ends with that sounds without being sure it is actually derivational. See also '-isang', that seems to be a variant of '-is'.
1. sort of
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- Gramatical:
Seems like it is a variant of the derivational suffix '-is' (sort of) mainly used with adjectives. See 'mliis/mliisang' (good, pretty), 'ngarngaringis/ngarngaringisang' (greenish)...
1. without
1. not
2. never
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- Gramatical:
In verbal negation alternates with 'taama'.
1. with
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- Gramatical:
'-wa' is used to make adjectives with nouns or nominal syntagms. It is suffixed to the last word of the syntagm, such as 'ngiira saala-wa' (with red lines).
