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==== Informal Dama Diwan / jiro nijo wuwa Dama Diwan ==== | ==== Informal Dama Diwan / jiro nijo wuwa Dama Diwan ==== | ||
jiro nijo wuwa Dama Diwan kiwo jan sen wa wiko mujo: 1."jume", 2."i kiban", 3."kaso", 4."nanon". | jiro nijo wuwa Dama Diwan kiwo jan sen wa wiko mujo: 1."jume", 2."i kiban", 3."kaso", 4."nanon". | ||
Informal Dama Diwan can express four "degrees" (mujo) which bear the native names : 1."jume", 2."i kiban", 3."kaso", 4."nanon". | :Informal Dama Diwan can express four "degrees" (mujo) which bear the native names : 1."jume", 2."i kiban", 3."kaso", 4."nanon". | ||
This is done by expressive usage of vowels, as follows: | :This is done by expressive usage of vowels, as follows: | ||
*1."jume", means that informal Dama can lengthen (double, triple, or even more) the first or only vowel of a word in order to show enlargement, e.g. baako =a big body (bako), taaamo =the huge sky, muuko =a big volume, wiiiwo =huge water (ocean), and so on. | *1."jume", means that informal Dama can lengthen (double, triple, or even more) the first or only vowel of a word in order to show enlargement, e.g. baako =a big body (bako), taaamo =the huge sky, muuko =a big volume, wiiiwo =huge water (ocean), and so on. | ||