| hadì | (king), we have |
| hadihadi | (a person who, by his vanity or harshness, resembles the figure of a king). |
But when thy primitive has more than two syllables, or its last vowel is preceded by more than one consonant or is pronounced separately from the consonant—preceding it, its figurative is formed by adding to the root a prefix composed of its first syllable if it begins with a consonant or of its first vowel if it begins with a vowel and the syllable ro (a particle that bears the idea of imitation, repetition, or collection). As,
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| sacayán | (boat), | sarosacáyan |
| ulalahípan | (centipede), | uroulalahipan |
| isdà | (fish), | iroisdà |
| can’on | (cooked rice) | carocan’on[11] |
NOTE.—Many of the figurative nouns have the same forms as the collective. There are few figuratives among the adjectives; of these, those having the form of figuratives are really comparatives.[12]
VERBAL
These are formed from the verb-root transformed by particles referring to the agents or the objects of the roots.
Examples:
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