25)
|
hom and
dop are used with nouns meaning ‘packet’.
|
| ahom |
‘cover’ |
| adop |
‘packet, small box’ |
| chigaret e-hom |
‘one packet of cigarettes’ |
| chigaret e-dop |
‘one packet of cigarettes’ |
|
26)
|
jir is used
with nouns ‘chain necklace’ and ‘story’ which are a small or
short and sequential or continuous. |
| jir |
‘line, sequence’ |
| lek jir-ni |
‘two small chain necklaces’ |
| tomo i-jir |
‘one continuous story’ |
|
27)
|
tha
is used with the noun ‘story’ which is short and about
incidence, etc. |
|
tomo e-tha |
‘a short story about incidence,etc. |
|
28)
|
chon is used
to denote ‘kind’ with nouns. |
| chon |
‘kind’ |
| tomo echon |
‘one kind of story’ |
|
3.3.
|
ADJECTIVES |
| Adjectives may be
classified into two types viz., primary and deived. In Karbi,
most of the adjectives can precede or follow the noun. |
The primary adjectives
are mostly loan words.
|
dhuni amonit
|
‘rich/person’
|
lubi amonit
|
‘greedy person’
|
| mani amonit
|
‘famous person’
|
duchto amonit
|
‘wicked person’
|
chot amonit
|
‘wise person’ |
gyani amonit
|
‘wise person’
|
monit calay
|
‘funny person’
|
calay amonit
|
‘funny person’
|
|
The derived objectives
are derived by adding the adjectival prefixes ki-, ke-, ka-
to the verbal roots. These forms are morphologically
conditioned.
|
| duk |
ki-duk |
‘be poor’
|
‘poor’
|
| thi |
ki-thi |
‘die’
|
‘dead’
|
| me |
ke-me |
‘be good’
|
‘good’
|
| phik |
ki-phik |
| ‘taste like raw |
‘tasty’ |
banana’
|
|
| thor |
ke-thor |
‘be sour’
|
‘sour’
|
| dok |
ke-dok |
| ‘be sweet’ |
‘sweet’ |
| ardi |
kardi |
‘be heavy’
|
‘heavy’
|
|
