mmbănă (adjective) - happy, joyful

mmbănă (03_Asaxi Adjectives (List))

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mmbănă

mmbănă

Warm/Cold

class:

• warm animate?

other class equivalent:

Pronunciation

IPA: /m̩.baɪ.naɪ/

Pitch Accent

• Morae: mm · bă · nă
• Pattern: L · H · L
• Class: lexical

Semantic Field

Smntc_Field Emotion

Translations

As an adjective:

• English: happy, joyful, giddy, excited, delighted, cheerful
• Polish: szczęśliwy, radosny, podekscytowany

As an adverb:

• English: happily, joyfully, with excitement, gleefully
• Polish: radośnie, wesoło

Example sentence

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Alternative Forms

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Etymology

mmbă (Joy/Butterflies) + -nă.

Synonyms

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Root Noun

• mmbă

Antonyms

• [Sad/Depressed] (TBD).

Grammatical function

• Type: Qualitative Adjective (-nă)
• Source Agreement: Warm (Root mmbă is Warm).

Example sentences

Example 1

• Asaxi: to john mmbănă shá xiŕa.
• English: Adjective: John is a happy (cheerful) person.
• Polish: x

Example 2

• Asaxi: to wo mmbănă shěsonů.
• English: Adverb (Manner): I read happily (with joy).
• Polish: x