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- Language Family: Other Benue-Congo
- Topic #1: Semantics
- Topic #2: Morphology
Evaluatives in the Edo Language
Olikẹmwẹ
Ebe na gie izomwa vbe Ẹdo, ẹvbo Niger Congo ne ọ ke Enaigirria rre. Vbe ebe na, izomwa ọ re ọta ne a ya khaa wẹẹ ọmwa KHERHE, KPỌLO, MAA ra ẹre I MAA. Avbe iguẹsẹ (Omoruyi 1986 and Imasuen 2010) kaa guan kaẹn ovbi ne Ebo tiere “child”. Iran gie vbene a loo ẹre ya khaa wẹẹ emwi kherhe. Sokpan, ebe ọkpa ne ọ zanzan ikpẹmwẹ hia ne a ya gie izomwa na i rrọ. Rhumwunda ọni, a na ya nọọ ivbi Ẹdo vbene iran guan kaen izomwa nekherhe hẹẹ. A vbe nọọ iran ikpẹmwẹ ne izomwan nikẹre loo. Debaa edata ne ọ ke ewanniẹ iran ladian, ma viọ eso vbe ebe ne avbe iguẹsẹ gbẹnnẹrẹ kevbe errekodu ẹkpẹtin ughe. Ezanzan lele aro ne a tiere “unified radial model of evaluative morphology” (Kortyvelyessy 2015). Ebe na miẹ wẹẹ Ẹdo mwẹẹ ikpẹmwẹ ughughan ne izomwa enẹ: diminution (DIM = kherhe), augmentation (AUG = kpọlọ), intensification (INT = ne ọ tua sẹẹ vbene emwi ye) vbe approximation (APR = ne ọ ru vbe emwi). A khian khaa wee emwi yẹẹ ọmwa, a sẹtin loo ikpẹmwẹ izomwa nọkpọlọ. Adeghẹ emwi sọnnọ ọmwa,ọ ghi loo ikpẹmwẹ izomwa nekhere. Odẹ eha ẹre Ẹdo laa kuun ikpẹmwẹ izomwa: orhiebaa, ofigba kevbe ikpẹmwẹ ne a loo igba eva. Eso vbe rrọ ne a ma sẹtin zanzan foo, rhumwunda a gha rrie ikpẹmwẹ izomwa hiin a rẹẹn emwi ne a ya enokẹrhe khaa. Idoboo na ẹre Ebo tiere “the prototype effect” (Schneider 2013). Ude ne ebe na buu ọre wẹẹ na dọlọ ilele ikpẹmwẹ izomwa ne Ebo tiere “the conditions on morphological evaluation” (Grandi and Kortyvelyessy 2015). A gha dọlọ ọre, a gha sẹtin guan kaẹn ikpẹmwẹ izomwa ne ọ rre dọmwande evbo.