Contionary:-nya

Europic

Pronunciation

• Europic Phonology: /nja/

Affix (Suffix, adjectival)

-nya

1. -less, -free, without

   Because the suffix -nya is derived from a preposition (nya ‘without’), and perhaps because the sequence yi is unpalatable, adjectives composed with -nya are adverbialized using the suffix -mo (with a hyphen) rather than changing the ending to -i. (In Vulgar European, deriving adverbs with -mo becomes much more common, and can be used with most adjectives.)

Related Terms

• nya ‘without’
• nyu ‘nand’