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

ůjů (02_Asaxi Verbs_ů (List))

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ůjů

Transitivity / Valency

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

Lexical Aspect

State: Appearance.

Grammatical Note

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

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

Semantic Field

Smntc_Field Perception / Appearance

Pronunciation

IPA: /uu̯juu̯/

Translations

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

Example sentences

Adverbial Construction: To aśobi dănă ůjů. The leg looks huge. (Lit: The leg [hugely/big-ly] appears).

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

Comparative Appearance: To ko gajýnnshá ůjů. She looks like a were-hyena. (Lit: She were-hyena-ly appears).

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.

Derived terms

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