Contionary:efi

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Indeyivroplu

Etymology

Unique word stem with no origin in another existent language.

Pronunciation

(Indeyivroplu) IPA: [ˈɛ.fi]

Adverb

efi (Cyrillic эфи)

  1. more; forms comparative
    emso korër efa štundju dëvje mo.
    "She works more hours than me."
    ma amiğsu nëtixi silëdz efrava dëvjë deňkadz silšpëdz.
    "My friend unfortunately acted more angry than I thought he would."

Inflection

  • efa
    "more" (adj.)
  • efu
    "increase" (n.)

Usage notes

Prefix this morpheme to the stem of a descriptor word in order to get its comparative form.

Derived terms

  1. efguta
    better
  2. efhofa
    preferred (adj.)
  3. efke
    plus (pre.)
  4. efi
    less (adv.)
  5. efke
    minus (pre.)

Related words

  1. inži
    superlative (adv.)