| maópay | (good), | maopay-ópay |
| mabuság | (white), | mabusagbúsag |
| mapulá | (red), | mapulapulá |
| hatáas | (high), | hataastáas |
| halabà | (long), | halabalabà[7] |
There are some adjectives that have irregular diminutives. Such are the following:
FIGURATIVE
We call those nouns figurative that are applied to the objects which, not being of the same nature as that which is expressed by their roots, show nevertheless analogy or similarity with those represented by the corresponding primitive, in their meaning, form, use, or application.
Examples:
from
| bobón | (fountain), | mobonbóbon[10] | (fontanel); |
| cabáyo | (horse), | carocabáyo, | (objects that are like a horse or cloud). |
| dámpog | (cloud), | darodámpog, |
When the primitive has not more than two syllables, the formation of its figurative follows the same rules as those for the dissyllabic diminutive. As,
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