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Derived colour terms are constructed using the word for colour, ''agoro'' /ˈʔɑ.go̞ɾo̞/, in a genitive compound with the thing of the colour one wants to refer to, and marked with the adjectivizer suffix {{sc|adjz}} ''-rin''. The verb used to refer to something being "of x colour“ is ''nontur'' /ˈno̞n.tuɾ/, "to.take.with, to.take.along, to.bring.with, to.bring.along; to.carry" (used with flavours and some attributes -e.g. strength- to convey the meaning of "having X“ of "being X“). | Derived colour terms are constructed using the word for colour, ''agoro'' /ˈʔɑ.go̞ɾo̞/, in a genitive compound with the thing of the colour one wants to refer to, and marked with the adjectivizer suffix {{sc|adjz}} ''-rin''. The verb used to refer to something being "of x colour“ is ''nontur'' /ˈno̞n.tuɾ/, "to.take.with, to.take.along, to.bring.with, to.bring.along; to.carry" (used with flavours and some attributes -e.g. strength- to convey the meaning of "having X“ of "being X“). | ||
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! colspan="5"| Basic colour terms | |||
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| alta || ˈʔɑl.tɐ || n || in || green | |||
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| áþi || ˈʔɑi̯.θi || adj || q || black | |||
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| us || ˈʔus || adj || q || white | |||
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| mól || ˈmu̹l || adj || q || blue, azure | |||
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| þír || ˈθei̯ɾ || adj || q || brown, dun | |||
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! colspan="5"| Derived colour terms (agor-ó-X.en-rin, colour-of-X.of-{{sc|adjz}}) | |||
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| agoróśigrelin || ˈʔɑ.go̞.ɾʊ.ˌʃi.gɾɘ.lin || adj || q || ash-coloured, grey (agor-ó-śigren-rin) → (agor-ó-śigrelin) | |||
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| agorókenallin || ˈʔɑ.go̞.ɾʊ.ˌkɘ.nɐ.lːin || adj || q || blood-coloured, red (agor-ó-kennan-rin) → (agor-ó-kenallin) | |||
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| agoróparkarin || ˈʔɑ.go̞.ɾʊ.ˌpɑɾ.kɐ.ɾin || adj || q || earth-coloured, brownish black (agor-ó-parkan-rin) | |||
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===Verbal morphology=== | ===Verbal morphology=== |
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