Contionary:efi

Indeyivroplu

Etymology

Unique word stem not directly loaned from another language.

Pronunciation

(Indeyivroplu) IPA: [ˈɛ.fi]

Adverb

efi (Cyrillic эфи)

1. more; forms comparative

   emso korėr efa štundju dėvjė mo.

   "She works more hours than me."

   ma amiğsu nėguttixi silėrz efrava dėvjė deňkarz silšpėrz.

   "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. efkė

   plus (pre.)

4. nėefi

   less (adv.)

5. nėefkė

   minus (pre.)

Related words

1. inži

   superlative (adv.)