Mirad Grammar/Hybrids


 * There is a class of words in Mirad which are called hybrids, i.e. cross-combinations of opposite words that mean something and something else or something or something else. For example, in English, swinging is "moving BACK-AND-FORTH", or, questions can be of the type "YES-OR-NO".  The vowels in these directionals are, for euphonic purposes, ao, eo, or ui.  These alternating expressions are often used as adverbs or verbal prefixes.  Here is an incomplete list of such expressions, the elements decomposed,  and examples of their usage:


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 * ab....on ob....off || aoper....get on and off aober....take on and off
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 * bu....to, give bi...from, take || buinax....round trip fare buipar....shuttle bus buier....trade
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 * ga....more go....less || gao....more-or-less
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 * hum....there him....here || huimpoper....travel here and yon
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 * hus....that his....this || huisbier....select between this and that
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 * hyas....everything hyos....nothing || hyaoson....all-or-nothing matter
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 * hyut....another hyit....the same person || hyuita....mutual hyuitifer....love one another
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 * tej....life toj....death || teoja ebyem....life-and-death situation
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 * u....away/west i....toward/east || uinab....row uinada....horizontal Uiyanmel....Eurasia
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 * a....up/north o....down/south || aonab....column aonada....vertical pyaoser....to bounce
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 * uz....crooked iz....straight || uizpaser....careen, stagger uizder....to equivocate
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 * ub....toward ib....away || uipeni....comings and goings
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 * uj....end ij....beginning || uijbar....on-off switch
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 * uga....slow iga....fast || uigpar....scooter
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 * va....yes vo....no || vaoder....decide vaotexer....wonder vaodid....yes-or-no question
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 * yuja....closed yija....open || yuija....open-and-shut yuijar....valve manyuijar....light switch teabyuijer....blink
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 * yab....up yob....down || yaoblir....elevator (up-and-down taker) yaoblar....lever yaopyaser....jump up and down yaobsum....bunkbed
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 * ayeb1....in oyeb....out || aoyebar....piston (in-and-out-device)
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 * za....front zo....back || zaobaser....rock zaopaser....swing
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 * zu....left/west zi....right/east||zuibaser....wobble zuipaser....zigzag zuimera....east-west zuituyaba....ambidextrous
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 * malza....white molza....black || maolza....gray
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 * yav-....innocent yov-....guilty ||yaovyek....trial (Lit: innocent-guilty-test)
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 * zyu-....round zyi-....flat || zyuis....oval, ellipse
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 * up-....come ip-....go, leave || mimuip....tide (Lit: sea-come-go) uipeni....comings and goings
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 * uv-....sad iv-....happy || uivdin....tragicomedy
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 * 1 This is a long form of yeb (in) that contrasts with oyeb (out).


 * Keep in mind that if a hybrid word ends in b, the b assimilates by dropping from per (to go) and ber (to put) words, eg:
 * ao b  + ber = aober
 * ui b  + per = uiper