| 4.22.1.1.1 Qualitative adjectives |
| nalla |
‘good’ |
| pa:ya |
‘old’ |
| pudiya |
‘new’ |
| 4.22.1.1.2 Quantitative adjectives |
| dėsike |
‘much’ |
ba: a |
‘much’ |
| kammi |
‘little’ |
si ike |
‘little’ |
| onRe |
‘one’ |
| oru |
‘one’ |
| 4.22.1.1.3 Descriptive adjectives |
| biliya |
‘big’ |
| cinna |
‘small’ |
| dappa |
‘big’ |
| perudda |
‘big’ |
| 4.22.1.1.4 Adjectives of colour |
| bu:da |
‘purple’ |
| kaRuppu |
‘black’ |
| kempu |
‘red’ |
| pecca |
‘green’ |
| vela |
‘yellow’ |
| ni:la |
‘blue’ |
| 4.22.1.1.5 Demonstrative adjectives |
| i: |
‘this’ (prox.) |
| a: |
‘that’ (Rem.) |
| e: |
‘which’ (Interr.) |
| 4.22.1.2 Derived adjectives |
| 4.22.1.2.1 Adjectives from nouns |
| Certain nouns like aag ‘beauty’, veld ‘old’, kė: ‘bad’, etc., will take the suffix -a:na while they are functioning as adjectives. |
