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Root-only words of Logooli

 A word in Ururogōri is defined as a unit of meaning with only one root. The unit can be as simple as an exclamation or as complex as an agglutinated doing word. A root carries the basic word meaning. 

The following words for instance are root-based. There are no affixes added. 

1. Vivāmbaririzi [Adverbs] 

These words do stand alone, their roots are not extended by affixation. The examples are:

  • - Garaha [Ugēnde garaha udūke eua uzyizā]
  • - Rigari [Akori egāsi erahi rigari]
  • - Kitarēta [Niahāmbiki amanya amoromerera kitarēta]

2. Vihugi [Interjections]

They also have only one unchanging root word, these expressions of surprise. The example words are:

  • - Ma! [Umuana aakomera ma!]
  • - Esu! [Reka zimbēmba, esu!]
  • - Korikokooo! [Edāywa eragurānga korikokooo!]

3. Vikorwa viniga [Imperative Verbs]

When doing words are addressed directly in speech, the speaker tends to drop any affixes. Here the word ‘heard’ is largely a root, of intended message. 

  • - Rima [rima kutāge zinguza]
  • - Kera [kera kunyōre mavēre]
  • - Hurira [hurira zinzuki zivūyā]

4. Virānge via kase [Common nouns]

These nouns, by continual use, dropped their prefix morpheme and it might be assumed they never had. They include:

  • - [mu]bāba [Vuuchyē bāba] 
  • - [mu]kōza [Kōza vadūki vurahi]
  • - [mu]gūku [Aaivura bāba ni gūku]



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