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Re: [Ladekwa] new modifier forms



MorphemeAddict@hidden.email wrote:
> 
> Rick,
> Have you assigned syllables for the modifiers that are not derived from 
> classifiers?
> 

Yes.  Here's the complete list (coincidentally, there are exactly 100):

ba   = one/unity/harmony/child/offspring
baw  = vote/opinion/choice/female
bay  = tree/wood/paper/tall/vertical/leg
be   = long/road/walk/line/string/hair
ben  = straight/unbent/smooth/calm/purple
bi   = maximal polarity
bo   = fish/water/liquid/swim
bon  = four
boy  = easy/habitual/common/male
bu   = work/deed/project/orange
bwa  = bound/restrained/certain/exact polarity
bwe  = enjoy/friend
bwi  = loud/sound/hearing
bya  = mechanical/technical/complex
bye  = membership/constituency/partitive/ordinal
byo  = future/after/post/late/finish
byu  = away/distant/foreign
da   = bird/fly/high/lift/gas/sky/blue
daw  = land/location/earth/natural/wild
day  = possible/potential/almost polarity
de   = language/mouth/message/word
di   = fast/agile/move/go
din  = eight
do   = general/nonspecific/indefinite/generic
doa  = color
doy  = play/sport/leisure
du   = connect/intermediary/neck/between
dun  = excessive polarity
dwa  = slow/dense/clumsy/immobile
dwe  = two/divided/opposition
dwi  = healthy/functional/ready
dya  = life/alive
dye  = government/nation/politics
dyo  = plant/green/growth/leaf
dyu  = religious/spiritual/supernatural
ga   = business/money/finance
gan  = positive/gain/extra polarity
gaw  = jump/spring/back-and-forth/iterate
gay  = performance/actor/substitute/similar/compare
ge   = high polarity/big
gi   = three/see/light/evident/show
gin  = point/peak/extremity/tail
go   = knowledge/wisdom/correct
goy  = round/rotate/fat/full
gu   = number/count/repetition/group
gwa  = law/justice/court/civilization
gwe  = death/inactive/sorrow
gwi  = cut/slice/sharp
gya  = clothing/shirt/thick/wide/chest
gye  = hard/tough/cold/solid
gyo  = pull/receive/request/collect/enter
gyu  = folded/sit/chair/angle
ja   = six/good/want/purpose
jan  = average polarity
jaw  = equal/same/fair
jay  = chemical/pure/clean/white
je   = low/under/on/support/foot/heavy
jea  = shape/symbol/meaning/face
ji   = past/before/pre/early/start/birth/contingency
jo   = flat/two-dimensional
joa  = arithmetic/abstract/difficult
joy  = energy/power/strong/leadership
ju   = zero/not/opposite/imaginary
jwa  = dangerous/harm/fear
jwe  = arm/branch/extension/lever/crane
jwi  = animal/meat
va   = building/home/reside/build/construct
vaw  = reality/truth/inherent
vay  = safe/protect/armor/skin
ve   = hot/anger/fire/yellow/spicy
vi   = writing
vin  = thankful/grateful/deserving
vo   = low polarity/small
voy  = thin/narrow/finger/touch
vu   = five/food/eat/stomach
vwa  = involvement/together/help
vwe  = electric/shock/strike
vwi  = temporary
vya  = sand/fine/filter/dig/deep
vye  = taste/tongue
vyo  = open/unobstructed/allowed
vyu  = dark/black/secret/unexpected
za   = own/possess/enough/sufficient polarity
zaw  = contain/inside/grasp/hold/hand
zay  = negative/loss/cancel/minus
ze   = seven/person/thinking/intelligent
zen  = smell/nose
zi   = happy/music/singing
zo   = red/blood/combat/violence
zoa  = duration/temporal/long-lasting
zoy  = kinship/family/trust
zu   = minimal polarity
zun  = bad/undesirable
zwa  = nine/push/press/give/exit
zwe  = free/unrestrained/uncertain/approximate polarity
zwi  = professional/expert/skillful
zya  = present/now/recent
zye  = closed/obstructed/disallowed/stopped
zyo  = top/summit/cap
zyu  = sweet/sugar


Regards,

Rick Morneau
http://www.eskimo.com/~ram