Unaugmentable Modifiers

Unlike regular modifiers, this small set of modifiers cannot be augmented with the clitic =hono 'more, more so' or diminshed with the clitic =yisi 'less, less so'. This is because augmented and/or diminshed forms already exist as separate words.

basa	bad	basono	very bad	besisi	a little bit bad
gehe	good	gehono	very good	gehisi	a little bit good
ono	big, large	onono	very big
isi	little, young			isisi	very little, very young
ibi	short			ibibi	very short
tete	old	tetono	very old, ancient
siŋi	tall	siŋono	very tall	siŋisi	a little bit tall
taba	deep, low	tabono	very deep	tebisi	not very deep, shallow
tumu	heavy in weight	tumono	very heavy	tumisi	a little bit heavy
kege	light in weight			kegisi	very light in weight, easy
sata	thick	satono	very thick	setisi	a little bit thick
teŋi	thin, narrow			teŋisi	very thin, very narrow
kele	well-made, fine	kelono	very fine	kelisi	not very fine, crude

List of Unaugmentable Modifiers

• basa [M.UN] bad
• basono [M.UN] very.bad
• besisi [M.UN] little.bit.bad
• gehe [M.UN] good
• gehisi [M.UN] little.bit.good
• gehono [M.UN] very.good
• kege [M.UN] light/easy
• kegisi [M.UN] very.light/easy
• kele [M.UN] fine
• kelisi [M.UN] crude
• kelono [M.UN] very.fine
• sata [M.UN] thick/wide
• satono [M.UN] very.thick/wide
• setisi [M.UN] little.bit.thick
• siŋi [M.UN] high
• siŋisi [M.UN] little.bit.tall
• siŋono [M.UN] very.tall
• taba [M.UN] low/under
• tabono [M.UN] very.deep/low
• tebisi [M.UN] shallow
• tete [M.UN] old
• tetono [M.UN] very.old
• teŋi [M.UN] thin/narrow
• teŋisi [M.UN] very.thin/narrow
• tumisi [M.UN] little.bit.heavy
• tumono [M.UN] very.heavy/difficult
• tumu [M.UN] heavy/difficult
• wono [M.UN] big
• wonono [M.UN] very.big
• yibi [M.UN] short
• yibisi [M.UN] very.short
• yisi [M.UN] small/young
• yisisi [M.UN] very.small