Contionary:efi

Indevroplu

Etymology

Unique word stem not directly loaned from another language; older form was enfi

Pronunciation

(Indevroplu) IPA: [ˈɛ.fi]

Adverb

efi (Cyrillic эфи)

1. more; forms comparative

   emso korėr efa štundju dėvje mo.

   "She works more hours than me."

   ma amiğsu nėguttixi silėrėz efrava dėvje deňkaraz hėšpėrėz.

   "My friend unfortunately acted more angry than I thought he would be."

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. nėefi

   less (adv.)

5. nėefke

   minus (pre.)

Related words

1. inži

   superlative (adv.)