nitxiapi = smaller (adjective) (some things Google found for "nitxiapi": an unique term; did not match any documents; somewhat similar Battle of Xiapi was fought in China in the winter of 198 towards the end of the Han Dynasty)
Word derivation for "smaller" :
Basque = txikiago, Finnish = pienempi
Miresua = nitxiapi
For good measure, I decided, to post smaller too. Small is nitxi. The comparative adjective suffix in Miresua is -api.
Alice got uncomfortably large in the White Rabbit's house: "If I eat one of these cakes," she thought, "it's sure to make SOME change in my size; and as it can't possibly make me larger, it must make me smaller, I suppose."
Miresua is an imaginary, artificial, constructed language; a conlang. These words are not randomly generated. Miresua is an eclectic alphabetic mix of Basque and Finnish, two unrelated European languages.
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22 September 2013
18 September 2013
larger is hurdiapi
hurdiapi = larger (adjective) (some things Google found for "hurdiapi": an unique term; search did not match any documents)
Word derivation for "larger" :
Basque = handiago, Finnish = suurempi
Miresua = hurdiapo
Larger is a comparative adjective. So, I'm getting into some grammar here.
In Basque, the comparative is formed by adding -ago. In Finnish, the comparative adjective is formed by adding -mpi. (Apparently there can be vowel changes too). I decided to make the suffix for the comparative adjective in Miresua be -api.
An adjective in Miresua will be inflected, at a minimum, to agree with the noun it modifies as far as being singular or plural. Miresua plurals are formed by adding -t or -at.
In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice grows larger and smaller.
Word derivation for "larger" :
Basque = handiago, Finnish = suurempi
Miresua = hurdiapo
Larger is a comparative adjective. So, I'm getting into some grammar here.
In Basque, the comparative is formed by adding -ago. In Finnish, the comparative adjective is formed by adding -mpi. (Apparently there can be vowel changes too). I decided to make the suffix for the comparative adjective in Miresua be -api.
An adjective in Miresua will be inflected, at a minimum, to agree with the noun it modifies as far as being singular or plural. Miresua plurals are formed by adding -t or -at.
In Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice grows larger and smaller.
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