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The word for "violent" used to be "xetrok". Now it's "sutrok". The opposite has also changed from "xe'atrok" to "su'atrok".
The reason for the change is that violence is not always associated with living entities (classifiers "xe-/xe'a-"), as in "violent storms," "violent collisions". With classifiers "su-/su'a-" it's a performance attribute.
The derived words also changed, of course.
"Violence (process)" is "sutrondet", "violence (event)" is "sutrondot".
A bigger change to classifiers "xe-" and "xe'a-" is that I split each one into three related classifiers.
"Xe-" used to be 'living entity attribute', and "xe'a-" was 'opposite of living entity attribute'. Here are the new classifications:
xe: sentient entity attribute [BN]
xe'a: opposite of sentient entity attribute [BN]
xi: attribute of nonsentient creature [BN]
xi'a: opposite of attribute of nonsentient creature [BN]
xo: attribute of other living things [BN]
xo'a: opposite of attribute of other living things [BN]
In general, "xe('a)-" has attributes attributible only to sentient entities, usually people, but also can be large mammals in general, as well as certain intelligent other animals such as octopuses and squids. It would also apply to anything else of comparable brain power, such as aliens and robots.
"Xi('a)-" applies to other living or quasi-living entities/creatures. My typical example is an insect.
"Xo('a)-" applies to all other forms of life. My typical example is a tree.
The affected words are:
xik sensitive, able to sense, having feeling, not numb.
xigripruk instinctive, inborn.
xigruk able to see colors, not colorblind.
xiguk asleep, sleeping, slumbering.
xigup sleep, slumber, doze, snooze, be asleep.
xigunzap fall asleep, go to sleep, drop off, doze off, drowse off.
xihak seeing, sighted, not blind.
xihandat sight, vision.
xihadrak one-eyed, having only one seeing eye, having only partial vision.
xihasik alert, attentive, on the alert.
xihek (capable of) hearing/not deaf.
xihep hear, be able to hear.
xihik able to smell.
xihok able to taste.
xihuk able to feel, touch.
ximlek uncrippled, not lame.
xipiglek drunk, intoxicated, inebriated.
xisek agile, nimble, spry, fleet.
xislik pregnant, with child, expecting, gravid, in the family way.
xitroflak aggressive, combative, offensive, pugnacious.
xitroxlik fierce, ferocious, vicious, savage.
xixlik invigorated, energized, refreshed, fresh.
xixlinzop invigorate, energize, refresh, freshen.
xi'agripruk learned, acquired, not instinctive, not inborn.
xi'agruk colorblind, unable to see (certain) colors.
xi'aguk awake, up, conscious.
xi'agunzap wake (up), awake(n).
xi'ahak blind, unsighted, unseeing.
xi'ahasik inattentive, heedless, unmindful, unalert, unwary, unwatchful, unvigilant.
xi'ahek deaf, unhearing.
xi'ahik unable to smell.
xi'ahok unable to taste.
xi'ahuk unable to feel, touch.
xi'amek bald, without hair.
xi'amlek crippled, lame.
xi'amrek prone, lying down, recumbent, prostrate, supine.
xi'amrep lie, be lying/prone/recumbent.
xi'amrenzip lie down, recline, cause oneself to become prone/recumbent.
xi'amreklup lie on one's side, neither prone nor supine.
xi'amrekrup lie face down, lie prone, lie on one's stomach.
xi'amrekup lie face up, lie supine, lie on one's back.
xi'apiglek sober, not intoxicated or inebriated.
xi'asek clumsy, maladroit, bungling, all thumbs.
xi'asenvok awkward, unwieldy, cumbersome, clumsy.
xi'atroflak protective, on guard, defensive, guarding.
xi'axlik tired, weary, fatigued.
xi'axlindat fatigue, exhaustion, weariness, tiredness.
xi'axlinzop tire (out), fatigue, exhaust, weary, make tired.
xokak female.
xokandak feminine.
xoklak gendered, sexual.
xoklandat sex, gender.
xokrak male.
xokrandak masculine.
xopak alive, living.
xopap live, be alive.
xopandat life, vitality, aliveness.
xoplak wild, feral, undomesticated, untamed.
xoprak mortal.
xopuk mature, full-grown, grown-up, developed, [adult].
xopunzap grow (up), develop, mature, ripen, wax.
xosik healthy, hale, robust, in good health.
xosindat health, fitness, well-being [physical].
xosinzop heal, cure, restore to health.
xosliflak fertile, fruitful, able to reproduce.
xotloplak native, indigenous.
xoxlek active, lively, energetic, animated, vivacious, spry, peppy.
xo'ak numb, unfeeling, deadened, insensitive.
xo'aklak asexual, not gendered.
xo'apak dead, lifeless, no longer alive.
xo'apandot death, passing.
xo'apanzap die, pass away/on, expire, lose one's life, meet one's death.
xo'apanzip commit suicide, kill oneself, take one's own life.
xo'apanzop kill, put to death, slay, take the life of, do away with, fell, strike dead.
xo'aplak tame, domesticated, not feral or wild.
xo'aprak immortal.
xo'apuk immature, undeveloped, in an undeveloped state.
xo'asik sick, ill, unhealthy, ailing, unwell, not healthy.
xo'asliflak sterile, barren, infertile, unable to reproduce.
xo'axlek inactive, lifeless.
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