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{| border=1
{| border=1
  |align=center| beautiful
  |align=center| '''haue'''
  |align=center| ugly
  |align=center| '''aiho'''
  |-
   |align=center| big  
   |align=center| big  
   |align=center| '''jutu'''
   |align=center| '''jutu'''
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   |align=center| slow
   |align=center| slow
   |align=center| '''gade'''
   |align=center| '''gade'''
  |-
  |align=center| beautiful
  |align=center| '''hau@e'''
  |align=center| ugly
  |align=center| '''aiho'''
   |}
   |}


Each of these pairs have a specific relationship to each other. Each consonant is reflected about "l" and each vowel is reflected about "a".
Each of these pairs have a specific relationship to each other. In fact the first consonants of every pair are related, the first vowels of every pair is related and so on. As stated in the section "Word ordering" in "Seuna word shape", there is a proper order for listing the consonants and a proper order for listing the vowels. The relationship between the sounds is that they are reflected about the middle member of each series; about "l" for the consonant series and about "a" for the vowel series.
 
Alphabetical orders are ;-
 
@, m, y, j, f, b, g, d, l, c, s, k, p, t, w, n, h     
 
and .....  au, o, oi, i, ia, a, ua, u, eu, e, ai
 
Not all adjectives come in such pairs. For example for '''duke''' meaning "ill", there is no corresponding adjective '''cibo''' for "healthy".  


==Inflection of adjectives==
Not all antonyms are formed in the above manner however. Some are derived from the positive "pole". For example;-
 
Adjectives receive a siffix to shoe thw comparative and the superlative degree.


{| border=1
{| border=1
   |align=center| big
   |align=center| important
   |align=center| '''jutu'''
   |align=center| '''mutu'''
  |align=center| bigger
  |align=center| '''jutun'''
  |align=center| biggest
  |align=center| '''jutus'''
   |-
   |-
   |align=center| hot
   |align=center| unimportant
   |align=center| '''fema'''
   |align=center| '''umutu'''
  |align=center| hotter
  |align=center| '''feman'''
  |align=center| hottest
  |align=center| '''femas'''
  |-
  |align=center| fast
  |align=center| '''saco'''
  |align=center| faster
  |align=center| '''sacon'''
  |align=center| fastest
  |align=center| '''sacos'''
   |}
   |}


==Adjective made into verbs==
==Colour terms==


Adjectives can be made into verbs by infixes.
There are 12 colour terms.


{| border=1
{| border=1
   |align=center| big
   |align=center| black
   |align=center| '''jutu'''
   |align=center| '''hau'''
   |align=center| to expand
  |-
   |align=center| '''justu'''
  |align=center| white
   |align=center| to increase
  |align=center| '''@ai'''
   |align=center| '''jultu'''
  |-
  |align=center| red
  |align=center| '''hia'''
  |-
  |align=center| green
  |align=center| '''geu'''
  |-
   |align=center| yellow
   |align=center| '''ki@o'''
  |-
  |align=center| light blue
  |align=center| '''nela'''
  |-
  |align=center| dark blue
  |align=center| '''nelau'''
  |-
  |align=center| orange
  |align=center| '''suna'''
  |-
  |align=center| brown
  |align=center| '''dunu'''
  |-
   |align=center| pink
   |align=center| '''celai'''
   |-
   |-
   |align=center| hot
   |align=center| purple
   |align=center| '''fema'''
   |align=center| '''helau'''
  |align=center| to heat up
  |align=center| '''fezma'''
  |align=center| to become hot
  |align=center| '''felma'''
   |-
   |-
   |align=center| fast
   |align=center| grey
   |align=center| '''saco'''
   |align=center| '''loso'''
  |align=center| to accelerate
  |align=center| '''saco'''
  |align=center| to accelerate
  |align=center| '''salco'''
   |}
   |}


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{| border=1
{| border=1
  |align=center| big
  |align=center| '''jutu'''
  |align=center| small
  |align=center| '''tiji'''
  |-
   |align=center| beautiful
   |align=center| beautiful
   |align=center| '''haue'''
   |align=center| '''hau@e'''
   |align=center| ugly
   |align=center| ugly
   |align=center| '''aiho'''
   |align=center| '''aiho'''
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   |align=center| slow
   |align=center| slow
   |align=center| '''gade'''
   |align=center| '''gade'''
  |-
  |align=center| parallel
  |align=center| '''tona'''
  |align=center| perpendicular
  |align=center| '''jema'''
  |-
  |align=center| big
  |align=center| '''jutu'''
  |align=center| small
  |align=center| '''tiji'''
   |-
   |-
   |align=center| many
   |align=center| many
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   |-
   |-
   |align=center| strong
   |align=center| strong
   |align=center| '''golau'''
   |align=center| '''yubu'''
   |align=center| weak
   |align=center| weak
   |align=center| '''selai'''
   |align=center| '''wiki'''
   |-
   |-
   |align=center| soft
   |align=center| soft
   |align=center| '''uje'''
   |align=center| '''@uje'''
   |align=center| hard
   |align=center| hard
   |align=center| '''hito'''
   |align=center| '''hito'''
   |-
   |-
   |align=center| high
   |align=center| high, tall
   |align=center| '''hai'''
   |align=center| '''hai'''
   |align=center| low
   |align=center| low, short
   |align=center| '''au'''
   |align=center| '''@au'''
   |-
   |-
   |align=center| tall
   |align=center| deep
   |align=center| '''haika'''
   |align=center| '''gubu'''
   |align=center| short
   |align=center| shallow
   |align=center| '''auba'''
   |align=center| '''siki'''
   |-
   |-
   |align=center| good
   |align=center| good
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   |align=center| '''jubu'''
   |align=center| '''jubu'''
   |-
   |-
   |align=center| inhabited
   |align=center| long
   |align=center| '''lali'''
   |align=center| '''yau'''
   |align=center| desert
   |align=center| short
   |align=center| '''lalu'''
   |align=center| '''wai'''
   |-
   |-
   |align=center| white
   |align=center| white
   |align=center| '''cai'''
   |align=center| '''@ai'''
   |align=center| black
   |align=center| black
   |align=center| '''dau'''
   |align=center| '''hau'''
  |-
  |align=center| vertical
  |align=center| '''feti'''
  |align=center| horizontal
  |align=center| '''pobu'''
  |-
  |align=center| parallel
  |align=center| '''tona'''
  |align=center| perpendicular
  |align=center| '''jema'''
    |}
 
The last two and the first produce three more adjective by combining together and prefixing '''u'''.
 
'''utoje''' = neither parallel or perpendicular
 
'''ufepo''' = sloping, inclined
 
'''ujuti''' = about average
 
==The comparative and the superlative==
 
{| border=1
  |align=center| big
  |align=center| '''jutu'''
  |align=center| beautiful
  |align=center| '''hau@e'''
  |-
  |align=center| bigger
  |align=center| '''jutus'''
  |align=center| more beautiful
  |align=center| '''hau@es'''
  |-
  |align=center| biggest
  |align=center| '''jutustu'''
  |align=center| most beautiful
  |align=center| '''hau@este'''
   |}
   |}


==Midclusters that are allowed==
Note that the final vowel of the superlative is the penultimate vowel repeated.
 
== Verbs from adjectives ==
 
{| border=1
  |align=center| to expand
  |align=center| '''jutudu'''
  |-
  |align=center| to increase
  |align=center| '''jutugwa'''
  |}
 
Alone '''gwa''' is the verb "become" and '''tu''' is the verb "do".
 
==Adjectives and nouns==
 
For antonyms, the "positive" member of a pair is used as a noun of state. The noun is formed by adding '''-un'''.


'''tujun''' = size


{|
==Compounding==
|@||m||y||j||f||b||g||d||l||c||s||k||p||t||w||n||h
|-
|s||zm||zy||||sf||zb||zg||zd||zl||||||sk||sp||st||zw||zn||sh
|-
|l||lm||ly||lj||lf||lb||lg||ld||||lc||ls||lk||lp||lt||lw||ln||lh
|}
Further alphabetical orders are;-


  /b, by, bl, bw/   /b, zb, lb, mb/
'''jutu kloga''' = size of shoe .... general, big/small/medium etc.
'''klogaljutu''' = shoe size .... thinking about a specific measuring system i.e. European, etc. etc.


'''jutu poibo''' = size of mountain .... general, big/small/medium etc.
'''poiboljutu''' = mountain size .... thinking about a specific measuring system i.e. a monro, etc. etc.


==Index==
==Index==


{{Seuna index}}
{{Seuna index}}

Latest revision as of 06:29, 19 February 2012

Adjectives have the form CVCV. The second vowel can be a diphthong.

Antonyms

Many adjectives come in opposite pairs. For example;-

big jutu small tiji
hot fema cold pona
fast saco slow gade
beautiful hau@e ugly aiho

Each of these pairs have a specific relationship to each other. In fact the first consonants of every pair are related, the first vowels of every pair is related and so on. As stated in the section "Word ordering" in "Seuna word shape", there is a proper order for listing the consonants and a proper order for listing the vowels. The relationship between the sounds is that they are reflected about the middle member of each series; about "l" for the consonant series and about "a" for the vowel series.

Not all antonyms are formed in the above manner however. Some are derived from the positive "pole". For example;-

important mutu
unimportant umutu

Colour terms

There are 12 colour terms.

black hau
white @ai
red hia
green geu
yellow ki@o
light blue nela
dark blue nelau
orange suna
brown dunu
pink celai
purple helau
grey loso

List of all antonyms

big jutu small tiji
beautiful hau@e ugly aiho
wide/broad juga narrow tisa
hot fema cold pona
fast saco slow gade
many kaya few bawa
heavy hubua light ikia
strong yubu weak wiki
soft @uje hard hito
high, tall hai low, short @au
deep gubu shallow siki
good boi bad keu
exact tiki about jubu
long yau short wai
white @ai black hau
vertical feti horizontal pobu
parallel tona perpendicular jema

The last two and the first produce three more adjective by combining together and prefixing u.

utoje = neither parallel or perpendicular

ufepo = sloping, inclined

ujuti = about average

The comparative and the superlative

big jutu beautiful hau@e
bigger jutus more beautiful hau@es
biggest jutustu most beautiful hau@este

Note that the final vowel of the superlative is the penultimate vowel repeated.

Verbs from adjectives

to expand jutudu
to increase jutugwa

Alone gwa is the verb "become" and tu is the verb "do".

Adjectives and nouns

For antonyms, the "positive" member of a pair is used as a noun of state. The noun is formed by adding -un.

tujun = size

Compounding

jutu kloga = size of shoe .... general, big/small/medium etc. klogaljutu = shoe size .... thinking about a specific measuring system i.e. European, etc. etc.

jutu poibo = size of mountain .... general, big/small/medium etc. poiboljutu = mountain size .... thinking about a specific measuring system i.e. a monro, etc. etc.

Index

  1. Introduction to Seuna
  2. Seuna : Chapter 1
  3. Seuna word shape
  4. The script of Seuna
  5. Seuna sentence structure
  6. Seuna pronouns
  7. Seuna nouns
  8. Seuna verbs (1)
  9. Seuna adjectives
  10. Seuna demonstratives
  11. Seuna verbs (2)
  12. Asking a question in Seuna
  13. Seuna relative clauses
  14. Seuna verbs (3)
  15. Methods for deriving words in Seuna
  16. List of all Seuna derivational affixes
  17. Numbers in Seuna
  18. Naming people in Seuna
  19. The Seuna calendar
  20. Seuna units