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ůjů (verb) - to look, to appear (visually)

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ůjů (02_Asaxi Verbs_ů (List))

ůjů

ůjů

Transitivity / Valency

Intransitive (Copular) Connects a Subject to an Adverbial Complement.

Lexical Aspect

  • Durative (Activity) — unfolds over time.
  • Aspect markers: na- “do repeatedly” · tå- “do once” · ni- “begin to” · chå- “do fully”.

Semantic Field

Smntc_Field Perception / Appearance

Pronunciation

IPA: /uu̯juu̯/

Pitch Accent

  • Morae: ů · jů
  • Pattern: H · L
  • Class: lexical

Translations

  • English: to look, to appear, to seem (visually)
  • Polish: wyglądać (jakoś), zdawać się

Example sentence

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Alternative Forms

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Etymology

ů (Act) + -j- (Visual) + ů.

Synonyms

  • -jů (The suffix form used on specific nouns, e.g., kamjů “looks like a building”).
    • Contrast: ůjů is the standalone verb used with adjectives.

Antonyms

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Root Noun

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Derived terms

  • ůjůshá (agent noun) (potential)

Grammatical Note

Derived from ů (Be/Act) + -j- (Visual Mode) + -ů.

  • Lit: “To visually be.” / “To be-look-be.”
  • Structure: [Subject] + [Adverb/Adjective] + ůjů.

Example sentences

Example 1

  • Asaxi: to aśobi dănă ůjů.
  • English: Adverbial construction: the leg looks huge. (Literally: the leg hugely/big-ly appears.)
  • Polish: x

Example 2

  • Asaxi: to ko gajýnnshá ůjů.
  • English: Comparative appearance: she looks like a were-hyena. (Literally: she were-hyena-ly appears.)
  • Polish: x

Analysis

  • The adjective dănă is in the pre-verbal slot, so it acts as an adverb describing how it looks.

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