Adjective antonyms (opposites)

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'Oma Tirea

Notes:


  • Some of these antonyms aren't clear, and may be in fact near-antonyms.  Any antonym with a (?) next to it has been deemed dubious.
  • (Near-)synonyms are included as well.  They are on the same side of the bar.
  • For the colors, there are no antonyms listed, except for teyr/layon.
  • For the ordinal numbers, there are no antonyms listed.  The two extreme ends here are 'awve and tor.
  • Some adjectives might not have a clear antonym, and thus there is no bar.
  • Others have an antonym that is undefined, or is to be defined.  I have marked these with an asterisk (*)

The adjective listing:

'ango | wok
'awve, muve... syen, tor
'änsyem, hasey | *incomplete
'e'al | swey
'engeng | *off-balance
'eoio, swok
'ewan | koak
'o'
'om, ean, rim, tun, kllvawm, rìkean, ta'lengean, teyr / layon, ngul
alaksi
apxa, tsawl | hì'i
etrìp
eyawr | keyawr
fkay | yawne
fkew, nawm, txantur
ftär | skien
ftue | ngäzìk
ftxavang
ftxìlor | ftxìvä'
fwel | *fixed
fyeyn | yaymak
ham | hay
hewne | txa'
hiyìk, stxong
hìm | txan
hìno, leno
hol | pxay
husahaw, ngeyn | txen
kakrel | tsuse'a
kalin | sraw
kangay | *fraudulent
kanu, sìlronsem | snumìna
kawng | sìltsan, txantsan
ke'aw | *unified
kea
keftxo | me'em (?), nitram (?)
kelfpomtokx, spxin | lefpomtokx
keltsun | letsunslu
kerusey | rusey
keteng | teng
kewong
kì'ong | win
ku'up | syo
kxanì | *allowed
kxayl | tìm
kxuke | lehrrap
lahe
laro | tsewtx
law
lefkrr
lefngap
lefpom | *unwell
lehawng | *insufficient
lehawngkrr | leye'krr
lekin | *unnecessary
lekoren | *unruly, disobedient, rebellious
lekye'ung | nitram (?)
lemweypey | *anxious
leNa'vi
lenomum | *uninterested
lerìk
lesar | *useless
letokx
letrr
letrrtrr
letsranten
lor | vä'
mawey
mip | spuwin
mowan, prrte', sunu | *dislikeable
muiä
muntxa
nafì'u
neyn | vawm
ngay | tsleng
ngim | *short (length)
ohakx | teya
piak | tstu
pxan
pxasul | syä'ä
pxi | tete
pxim, yey | *bent
reng | txukx
sayrìp, sevin
seykxel, txur | meyp
skepek | *casual
skxakep
sok
som | wew
tstew | fnawe'
tstunwi | yaymak
txanew | tusìng
txantslusam
txin | *auxillary
ukxo | *wet
yol | *long (time)


Maybe this could bring up some discussion for lexical expansion, because words like "wet" might have a practical Na'vi translation :)

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This is more a matter of vocabulary.

Do we know how many of these missing antonyms are in the LEP?
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'Oma Tirea

Quote from: kewnya txamew'itan on November 28, 2010, 06:41:59 AM
Do we know how many of these missing antonyms are in the LEP?

Not sure...but it is definitely something worth considering :)

NB I did recently create a Nouns thread and adverbs thread, and one for verbs is coming ye'rìn :) These will also be useful when developing prezis for (say) PNgN ::) ;D

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Ataeghane

Small spelling mistake: ftxìvä', not ftxìvä.

Oer wivìntxu ngal oey keyeyt krr a tse'a sat. Frakrr.

Plumps

Isn't txan also used for long (time)?
That's where we got confused in the beginning. There was a sentence yola krr, txana krr, ke tsranten
But I know what you mean, could be confusing if you'd speak about an action that took long and put txan there. Could be misunderstood. So, a single word for that would be nice.

Le'eylan

Do we know that sìltsan and kawng are opposites?
Because I've got a feeling that they're not, due to what Frommer said at the workshop..
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Plumps

Quote from: Le'eylan on February 09, 2011, 03:28:55 AM
Do we know that sìltsan and kawng are opposites?
Because I've got a feeling that they're not, due to what Frommer said at the workshop..

I suspect the same. I doubt that oe 'efu sìltsan and oe 'efu kawng would mean opposite things in terms of physically or emotionally feeling healthy or not.

We can say oe ke 'efu sìltsan but I think that is a euphemism the Na'vi would not necessarily use. I think most languages have two distinct words/phrases for that:
    I feel good/bad.
    Mir geht's gut/schlecht.
    Tá mé go maith/dona.

Le'eylan

#7
Yeah.
I think that we only have two out of four adjectives...

We know that kawng is "bad/evil".
Sìltsan, which Frommer explained as "good, fulfilling its purpose".
I use Swedish examples:
God / Ond - Good / Evil
Bra / dålig - Good / Bad

If that is the case, then:
Bra is sìltsan, like Neytiri tells Seze.
But kawng is ond, as in "The skypeople are evil."
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'Oma Tirea

I'll probably just keep it as is until there is a clearer distinction made, which may involve a new word or two from Frommer.

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Oe 'efu kawng could be interesting, meaning I feel evil.

Oer wivìntxu ngal oey keyeyt krr a tse'a sat. Frakrr.