ŋènýj (03_Asaxi Adjectives (List))
ŋènýj
ŋènýj
Warm/Cold
class:
- cold animate?
- no other class equivalent:
- ŕagonă
Pronunciation
IPA: /ŋənɪj/
Semantic Field
Translations
As an adjective:
- English: shadowy, dark, grim, gloomy
- Polish: mroczny, ponury
As an adverb:
- English: darkly, grimly
Example sentence
Onýj xăto ŋènýj. The hut is gloomy and dim.
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
Antonyms
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