ŋènýj (adjective) - shadowy, dark, grim, gloomy

ŋènýj (03_Asaxi Adjectives (List))

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ŋènýj

ŋènýj

Warm/Cold

class:

• cold animate?
• no other class equivalent:
• ŕagonă

Pronunciation

IPA: /ŋənɪj/

Pitch Accent

• Morae: ŋè · nýj
• Pattern: H · H
• Class: mixed

Semantic Field

Smntc_Field Colours

Translations

As an adjective:

• English: shadowy, dark, grim, gloomy
• Polish: mroczny, ponury

As an adverb:

• English: darkly, grimly

Example sentence

Example 1

• Asaxi: onýj xăto ŋènýj.
• English: The hut is gloomy and dim.
• Polish: x

Alternative Forms

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Etymology

The aura/simile colour of ŋè (shadow): shadow + -nýj. A non-ga colour word — where the ga- form names the objective hue, the -nýj simile names its mood / aura (cf. ga vs the simile rule in 16_Adjectives_Constitution vs Simile).

Synonyms

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Root Noun

• ŋè

Antonyms

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