Livonian
4.1. Sõnāvīļa / Vocabulary
The list below shows various Livonian adjectives and their antonyms. You can find other interesting adjectives in the dictionary at https://livonian.tech/en/.
4.1.1. Study the adjectives and think of suitable nouns to go with them.
sūr ’big’ vs. piški ’small’
kievām ’light, easy’ vs. lǟlam ’heavy, difficult’ (also ’pregnant’)
jõvā ’good’ vs. äbjõvā ’bad, evil’, slikțõ ’bad, evil’ (Latvian slikts)
ma’gḑi ~ ma’gḑõ ’tasty; sweet’ vs. ki’bḑi ’bitter; acrid’
knaš ’beautiful, pretty’ vs. äbknaš ’ugly’
pī’emdi ~ pīemdõ ’soft’ vs. vizā ’hard’
lem ’warm’ vs. kīlma ’cold’
tu’ļļi ’hot’ vs. jeiji ’icy, frigid’
luštīg ~ rīemli ~ rȭmli ’happy, joyful’ vs. mu’rri ~ murāgli ’sad, grim, sorrowful’
pitkā ’long, tall’ vs. līti ’short’
laigā ’wide’ vs. kitsāz, ǭ’dõz ’narrow’
immõrgoutlimi ’round’ vs. kaņțlimi ’angular, edged’
pīenti ’fine, thin’ vs. ja’mdi ~ ja’mdõ ’thick, fat’
kierdi ’fast’ vs. lougli ’slow’
kuordi ~ kuordõ ’high’ vs. madāli ’low’
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