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===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||
Adjectives in Vadi precede their heads. In terms of morphology, there are no special affixes that distinguish them from either nouns or verbs. Iyyaħmi believes they may trigger mutation, but admits that further analysis is needed. Interestingly, and unfortunately, the Scriptum contain far fewer adjectives than one would expect in such a significant corpora, and the ones that do occur are mostly in the forms of insults found in the [[Vadi#Ad-Hominems and Other Insults|''Waškixrapmakirimērumbustikmaban'']]. | Adjectives in Vadi precede their heads. In terms of morphology, there are no special affixes that distinguish them from either nouns or verbs. Iyyaħmi believes they may trigger mutation, but admits that further analysis is needed. Interestingly, and unfortunately, the Scriptum contain far fewer adjectives than one would expect in such a significant corpora, and the ones that do occur are mostly in the forms of insults found in the [[Vadi#Ad-Hominems and Other Insults|''Waškixrapmakirimērumbustikmaban'']]. Unfortunately, even the texts in the ''Waškixrapmakirimērumbustikmaban'' contain relatively few adjectives, not enough for Iyyaħmi to definitively say that a mutation has occurred or not. A few texts in the corpora follow: | ||
{{Gloss | |||
|phrase = Ûla erva vûluka ran | |||
| IPA = /'u:la erva 'vu:lu-ka ran/ | |||
| morphemes = 2S small | |||
| gloss = 2S small testicle-INAN.SGV man | |||
| translation = You have no ba**s! | |||
}} | |||
The adjective ''erva'' "small" both begins and ends with a vowel, as seen from the Ammerkast and the original ''Širkattarnaft'' text. No mutation, vowel syncope, or other sandhi of ''úla'' "you" is indicated. While vowels usually lenite a stop to a fricative, they usually have no effect on a pre-existing fricative in the following word, unless the word has the determiner ''ha='' cliticized to it; such a case would trigger either palatalization and possibly syncope as in ''erva yulka'' << ''erva ha=vûluka''. | |||
===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||