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| ==..... Word building==
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| Many '''béu''' words can be analysed as being constructed from more basic elements.
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| In chapter 5 we showed how a noun could be made out of two basic nouns.
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| Here are some more examples ;-
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| |align=right| '''bái'''
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| |align=left| to raise
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| |align=right| '''gwaino''' =
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| |align=left| a machine
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| |align=right| '''gwaino bái''' =
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| |align=left| "a machine of levitation"
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| |align=center|'''=>'''
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| |align=right| '''baino''' =
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| |align=left| a lift or an elevator
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| |align=right| '''bái''' =
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| |align=left| to rise
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| |align=right| '''tagu''' =
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| |align=left| a tool
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| |align=right| '''tagu bái''' =
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| |align=left| "a rising tool"
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| |align=center|=>
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| |align=right| '''baigu''' =
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| |align=left| a ladder
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| |align=right| '''nandau''' =
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| |align=left| a word
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| |align=right| '''toili''' =
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| |align=left| a book
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| |align=right| '''toili nandau''' =
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| |align=left| "a book of words"
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| |align=center|=>
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| |align=right| '''nandɘli''' =
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| |align=left| a dictionary
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| |align=right| '''limba''' =
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| |align=left| a tongue or language
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| |align=right| '''megau''' =
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| |align=left| a body of knowledge,
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| |align=right| '''megau limba''' =
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| |align=left| "the study of language"
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| |align=center|=>
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| |align=right| '''limbəgau''' =
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| |align=left| linguistics
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| And below is a list of the most common words that are made this way. They are grouped according to their tail element.
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| === Word or -DAU===
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| A word = '''nandau'''
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| |align=right| '''jodu''' =
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| |align=left| movement ...............
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| |align=right| '''nandau''' =
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| |align=left| a word ....................
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| |align=right| '''nandau jodu''' =
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| |align=left| "a word of movement"
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| |align=center|'''=>'''
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| |align=right| '''jodədau''' =
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| |align=left| a verb
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| |align=right| '''fanyo''' =
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| |align=left| an object, a thing(physical)
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| |align=right| '''nandau''' =
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| |align=left| a word
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| |align=right| '''nandau fanyo''' =
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| |align=left| "a word of an object"
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| |align=center|=>
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| |align=right| '''fanyədau''' =
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| |align=left| a noun
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| |align=right| '''sài''' =
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| |align=left| a colour
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| |align=right| '''nandau''' =
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| |align=left| a word
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| |align=right| '''nandau sài''' =
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| |align=left| "a word of colour"
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| |align=center|'''=>'''
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| |align=right| '''saidau''' =
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| |align=left| an adjective
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| Actually '''jodədau''' has been shortened further and is '''jodau'''
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| Also '''fanyədau''' has been shortened further and is '''fandau'''
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| '''jodauza''' = a predicate (verb phrase)
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| '''fandauza''' = a noun phrase
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| '''jodaunyo''' = a verb phrase OR a simple verb
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| '''fandaunyo''' = a noun phrase OR a noun
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| sky.sound = a vowel sky.sound.za = a diphthong or a triphthong sky.sound. nyo = a vowel OR a diphthong/triphthong
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| earth.sound = a consonant earth.sound.za = a consonant cluster earth.sound.nyo = a consonant OR a consonant cluster
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| === Fellow or -PEU===
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| '''ampeu''' = a comrade, a fellow, a peer, someone of the same social status as you and on friendly terms with you. Not exactly a friend but you rub along with this person for mutual advantage. Emotionally neutral ... between friend and enemy.
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| '''polji''' = womb ... '''poljəpeu''' = a twin
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| '''hodo''' = class (in a school) ... '''hodəpeu''' = a class mate
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| '''donəpeu''' = a companion
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| year'''peu''' = somebody born in the same year as you
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| name'''peu''' = a namesake, somebody with the same name as you
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| country'''peu''' = a compatriate
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| zz = aim, objective, a purpose, a cause ... zz'''peu''' = a comrade, a fellow traveller
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| All these words are their own plural
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| === Subject or -GAU===
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| A field of study = '''megau'''
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| '''peugəŋgau''' = the entirety of human knowledge
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| '''laigau''' = calculus
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| === Book or -LI===
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| A book = '''toili'''
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| === Tool or -GU===
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| A tool = '''tagu'''
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| === Machine or -NO===
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| '''sweˊ''' = to speak
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| '''sweno''' = the telephone
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| === Belief/theory or -GAI===
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| === Wagon or -WEU===
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| A vehicle = '''wèu'''
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| === Building or -DO===
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| '''bundo''' = building
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| ??or should it be '''bundu''' ??
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| === Side or -ʔA===
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| '''ʔà''' = side
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| '''aibaʔa''' = a triangle
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| '''ugaʔa''' = a square
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| '''idaʔa''' = a pentagon
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| '''elaʔa''' = a hexagon
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| '''ò atas nambo''' = he/she is above the house ... however if "house" is understood, and mention of it is dropped, we must add '''ʔa''' to '''atas''' ... for example ...
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| '''ò atasʔa''' = he/she is above
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| '''dauniʔa''' = underneath
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| '''liʒiʔa''' = on the left hand side
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| '''luguʔa''' = on the right hand side
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| noldo, suldo, westa, istu niaka, muaka faceside backside etc. etc.
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| === Face (or 2D stretch but typically non-horizontal) or -ʔAU===
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| '''daʔau''' = face
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| '''ugaʔau''' = a tetrahedron
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| '''elaʔau''' = a cube
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| '''ezaʔau''' = an octahedron
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| '''ajauʔau''' = a dodecahedron
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| '''ajauzaʔau''' = an icosahedron
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| === Volume/Room or -ʔAI===
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| '''daʔai''' = volume, room
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| '''moʃiʔai''' = water room = bathrooom
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| = bedroom
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| = cookroom
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| = livingroom
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| = store room
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| You can name the regular shapes in 4 dimensions.
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| '''idaʔai''' = a 5-cell
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| '''ezaʔai''' = an 8-cell
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| '''ajaugaʔai''' = a 16-cell
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| '''uvauʔai''' = a 24-cell
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| '''apauʔai''' = 120-cell
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| '''agaivauʔai''' = 600-cell
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| === A station/base or -HEU ===
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| The original meaning of '''hèu''' is "farm" .... i.e. a sort of spread out place where many activities take place. There are store houses and/or workshops related to these different activities plus a fair amount of open space.
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| From this original meaning, '''hèu''' has become an affix with the meaning "station". As in police station, army base, petrol station, townhall etc. etc.
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| '''kas''' = rule, power '''hèu kas''' => '''kas.heu''' = the townhall
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| === A rule/power or -KAS ===
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| '''londoŋkas''' = the UK
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| '''pariskas''' = france
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| === Professional or -TAI===
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| a professional (a person who's job requires book-learning) = '''notai'''
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| === A container or -COI ===
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| A container = '''mencoi'''
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| === Tradesman or -VAU===
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| The suffix '''-va''' indicates a person who has learnt skills through instruction and practice, practice, practice.
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| a pair of hand = '''duvau'''
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| '''damaivau''' = metalworker
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| '''weuvau''' = a truck driver
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| "deckhand" would not be translated into '''béu''' using -'''vau''' because it would be classed as casual labour and not skilled labour.
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| === Shop or -VU===
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| shop/stall = '''kanfu''' '''kanfu pabla''' = a stall .... "stall" usually simply designated as '''pabla''' "table"
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| '''gozəvu''' = a fruit shop, a fruit stall
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| ===Shopkeeper or -VAI===
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| A Seller/Shopkeeper/Merchant = '''kanfai'''
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| '''gozəvai''' = a fruiterer
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| === Stuff/powder ? or -YO===
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| powder = '''ponyo'''
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| '''bunduyo''' = cement
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| wheat'''yo''' = flour
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| maize'''yo''' = maize flour
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| '''ʔazwoyo''' = milk powder
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| === Language or -BA ===
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| A tongue, a language = '''limba'''
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| === Metal or -MOI===
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| metal = '''delmoi'''
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| copper = '''ʔolimoi'''
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| bronze = '''pwemoi'''
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| iron/steel = '''gumoi'''
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| tin = '''fujemoi'''
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| lead = '''wobumoi'''
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| aluminium = '''yekimoi'''
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| zinc <= needle ??
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| gold = '''koimoi''' ... '''kòi''' = sun, day (24 hours)
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| silver = '''deumoi''' ... '''dèu''' = moon
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| === Water or -SE===
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| water = '''moze'''
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| '''moze amazon''' = water of Apple => Apple Juice = '''amaze'''
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| '''ʔolaze''' = orange juice
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| '''habis''' = bee
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| '''habize''' = honey ... (some erosion here)
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| === Air/gas or -LE===
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| Air/gas = '''gale''' ... '''jamu''' = wind
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| hydrogen = '''mozele'''
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| helium = '''koile'''
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| === Disease or ʔI===
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| '''lisʔi''' = disease
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| === Fish or -SAI===
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| a fish = '''fizai''' ..... note ... fish in general are '''fiʒi'''
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| cuttlefish = '''byozai''' ..... the plural is '''byozai.a''' .... they all take their plurals in the same way.
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| === Trees or -PAI===
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| a tree = '''ʔupai'''
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| Note ... a forest is '''ʔupo'''
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| Apple tree = '''amapai'''
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| Mango tree = '''byopai'''
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| === Fruit/nuts or -SO ===
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| '''gozo''' = fruit
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| Apple = '''amazo'''
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| Mango = '''byozo'''
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| ?? add wood & leaf to ... fruit & tree??
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| === Shape/form or -PE ===
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| '''mepe''' = shape, form
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| '''hiape''' = reddish .... from '''hìa''' = red
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| We do not want a "unit", "boat".
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| ⁕⁕'''nandauli''' is a good example of '''béu''' word building. '''toili''' = book, '''nandau''' = word, '''toili nandaun''' = book of words. However if two words such as these
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| '''geudidau''' means extended word. It is also a good example of an extended word, in itself.
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| '''geuda''' is a verb mean'''béu'''ing to extend in one direction (usually not up). '''geudo''' is an noun meaning an extension or appendix. '''geudi''' is an adjective meaning extended.
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| '''nandau geudi''' = extended word ... now when a noun and a following adjective occur together a lot (and maybe take on a meaning slightly different) the concept they represent is normally upgraded to a word, by deleting all but the last CV (consonant vowel) in the first word, and sticking this CV on to the end of the second word.
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| Hence we get '''geudidau'''. In theory there is no limit to the combinations that can occur. However in practice (outside of technical language) there are slightly under a hundred different CV's, and the number of elements that every CV can combine with, varies from 3 or 4 up to about 40.
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| In English we have a number of common endings, such as "-ism", "-ology", "ist", etc. etc. In '''béu''' the end-stuck CV's can be thought of as equivalent to these English endings : the main difference is that this word building process is much more prevalent in '''béu'''.
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| The CV '''-dau''' (from '''nandau''') is found in combination with a number of other elements. For example ;-
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| Note that in the last example, the meaning of the extended word has shifted a bit with respect to the meaning of the original words.
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| It is possible to extend further an extended word. For example ;-
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| '''kaza''' is an adjective meaning compicated and also is a noun meaning "a complicated thing" or "a complex".
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| '''kaza cwipadaun''' = a complex of a noun => '''cwipadauza''' = a noun phrase
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| ==..... More word building==
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| The above are examples of non-basic words originating from two nouns.
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| There is also another kind of non-basic word. This one originating from a noun and a particle.
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| The particle is not an independent word and usually only exists as a suffix ( -'''da''' is an exception to this, it can occur as a prefix as well)
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| Note that in some occasions a bit of erosion has occurred. For example ...
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| "bee" = '''habis''' and not '''*alhabis'''
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| "society" = '''peugan''' and not '''*ampeugan'''
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| The reason for this ... well common words should not be to long. But why did I not just create a new short word for the concepts "bee" and "society". It was not that I am trying to construct a language family with a different set of phonological rules to derive each of the daughter languages from the Ur-language. The fact is that I expect people (on some level at last) to associate the first syllable in "bee" with the last syllable in "flower", first syllable in "society" with the last syllable in "associate". Also I expect people to associate the concept of "bee" to the concept of "flower", the concept of "society" to the concept of "society" (again probably at a subconscious level).
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| I feel that in doing things the above way makes '''béu''' more "poetic". Also that it holds the whole thing together.
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| === Nominalizer -VAN===
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| This suffix usually produces an uncountable tangible nouns ... well sort of tangible.
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| |align=center| '''yái'''
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| |align=center| to have
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| |align=center| '''yaivan'''
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| |align=center| gear, moveable property
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| |align=center| '''wàu'''
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| |align=center| to own
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| |align=center| '''wauvan'''
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| |align=center| possessions, property
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| |align=center| '''flò'''
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| |align=center| to eat
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| |align=center| '''flovan'''
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| |align=center| food
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| |align=center| '''dó'''
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| |align=center| to do, to make, to produce
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| |align=center| '''dovan'''
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| |align=center| products, produce (the noun)
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| |align=center| '''náu'''
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| |align=center| to give
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| |align=center| '''nauvan'''
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| |align=center| tribute, tax
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| |align=center| '''glà'''
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| |align=center| to store
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| |align=center| '''glavan'''
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| |align=center| reserves, stores
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| === Nominalizer to make uncountable intangible nouns -GAN===
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| This suffix is sometimes used to make a more complex concept from a simple concept. Of course there must be some relationship between the base concept and the derived concept, however tenuous.
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| Also it is used in a few instances to give a sort of "collective" meaning. The items in the below table all have a "collective" derivation.
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| |align=center| '''hái'''
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| |align=center| high, tall
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| |align=center| '''haigan'''
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| |align=center| the first dimension
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| |align=center| '''joga'''
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| |align=center| broad
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| |align=center| '''jogan'''
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| |align=center| the second dimension
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| |align=center| '''guboi'''
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| |align=center| deep
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| |align=center| '''gugan'''
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| |align=center| '''xxx'''
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| |align=center| position
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| |align=center| '''xxgan'''
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| |align=center| space
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| |align=center| '''kyù'''
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| |align=center| occasion (time)
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| |align=center| '''kyugan'''
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| |align=center| time (in the general sense)
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| And not forgetting '''dekogan''' meaning "spacetime".
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| Also (very important) ...
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| '''béu''' = A culture, with the speaking, reading and writing the '''béu''' language having a significant roll.
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| '''beugan''' = The community of '''béu'''. That is the sum total of all people who follow '''béu''' together with all written texts, buildings and other artifacts to do with '''béu'''
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| Another important one ...
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| '''peugan''' = society at large, society in general, the entirety of humanity
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| === Used to derive names of states or dynasties -TUN===
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| No longer a word in its own right. It might originally have meant something like "power" or "rule". Now used purely as an affix. A number of countries that have a capital city a lot bigger that any urban center are named after their capital. For example ...
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| '''londontun''' = The United Kingdom
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| '''palistun''' = France
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| '''baŋkotun''' = Thailand
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| Also used for naming dynasties. For example ...
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| '''yuantun''' = The YUAN dynasty in China
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| '''wilyamtun''' = The system of government in England after the Norman Conquest.
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| === Adjectivalizer to make adjectives with the meaning "attracted to" -BIS===
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| -'''bis''' is affixed to a few nouns and a few adjectives. Its has the sense of "liking", "tending towards", "accustomed to" or "addicted to".
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| |align=center| '''ái'''
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| |align=center| white
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| |align=center| '''aibis'''
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| |align=center| faded
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| |align=center| '''lozo'''
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| |align=center| grey
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| |align=center| '''lozbis'''
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| |align=center| grizzled
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| |align=center| '''pà'''
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| |align=center| I
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| |align=center| '''pabis'''
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| |align=center| selfish
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| |align=center| '''mama'''
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| |align=center| mother
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| |align=center| '''mambis'''
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| |align=center| motherbound
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| |align=center| '''nambo'''
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| |align=center| house
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| |align=center| '''nambis'''
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| |align=center| domesticated
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| |align=center| '''toili'''
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| |align=center| book
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| |align=center| '''tolbis'''
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| |align=center| bookish
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| |align=center| '''alka'''
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| |align=center| alcohol
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| |align=center| '''alkabis'''
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| |align=center| (an) alcoholic
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| |align=center| '''alha'''
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| |align=center| flower
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| |align=center| '''habis'''
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| |align=center| a bee
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| |align=center| '''ʔinte'''
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| |align=center| ant
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| |align=center| '''ʔintebis'''
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| |align=center| an anteater, pangolin or aardvark
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| As you can see, the derived word can have some erosion.
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| === Adjectivalizer to make adjectives with the meaning "repelled by" -DUS===
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| '''dus''' is affixed to a few nouns and a few adjectives. Its has the sense of "disliking", "scared of", "avoiding" or "hating".
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| |align=center| '''ʔazwo'''
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| |align=center| milk
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| |align=center| '''ʔazwodus'''
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| |align=center| lactose intolerant
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| |align=center| '''glabu'''
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| |align=center| person
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| |align=center| '''glabudus'''
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| |align=center| timid, shy (of an animal)
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| |align=center| '''moze'''
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| |align=center| water
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| |align=center| '''mozdusʔi'''
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| |align=center| rabies
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| |align=center| '''peugan'''
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| |align=center| society
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| |align=center| '''peugandus'''
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| |align=center| antisocial, an antisocial person
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| |align=center| '''peugandusmai'''
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| |align=center| antisocial behaviour
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| |align=center| '''---'''
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| |align=center| an electron
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| |align=center| '''---bis'''
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| |align=center| positively charged
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| |align=center| '''---dus'''
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| |align=center| negatively charged
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| |align=center| '''---gan'''
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| |align=center| charge (electrical)
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| |align=center| '''kòi'''
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| |align=center| sun
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| |align=center| '''koidus'''
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| |align=center| nocturnal
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| === Group or -BU===
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| '''peubu''' = a society, association,
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| '''lentobu''' = a league (or should that be a club ?)
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| '''kodaibu''' = cooperative
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| pull'''bu''' = team, club
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| treaty'''bu''' = alliance
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| '''donobu''' = a gang, a band
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| '''alhabu''' = a bunch of flowers, a bouquet ... '''fizbu''' = a school of fish ... '''bodebu''' = a flock of birds ... '''pobu''' = forest
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| === Member or -KI===
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| '''beuki''' = an officeholder of '''beugan'''
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| '''puliski''' = a policeman (or woman)
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| === Person or -ME===
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| to compete, to struggle'''me''' = a capitalist
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| to share'''me''' = a socialist
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| to be equal, to be the same'''me''' = a communist
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| === A place/shop or -DA ===
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| Not part of any independent word.
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| '''floda''' = a restaurant
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| '''solbeda''' = a bar
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| (Yes it means about the same as '''bwò''' ???)
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| === Something more complex -SA ===
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| Surely this is done by KAS now.
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| === Something more complex OR the original thing -NYO ===
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| ==Index==
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| {{Béu Index}}
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