Hybrids

There is a class of words in Mirad which are called hybrids, i.e. cross-combinations of opposite words that mean something and something else or something or something else. For example, in English, swinging is "moving BACK-AND-FORTH", or, questions can be of the type "YES-OR-NO". The vowels in these directionals are, for euphonic purposes, ao, eo, or ui. These alternating expressions are often used as adverbs or verbal prefixes. Here is an incomplete list of such expressions, the elements decomposed, and examples of their usage:

Hybrid Expressions

Opposite Elements	Hybrids
ab....on ob....off	aoper....get on and off aober....take on and off
bu....to, give bi...from, take	buinax....round trip fare buipar....shuttle bus buier....trade
ga....more go....less	gao....more-or-less
hum....there him....here	huimpoper....travel here and yon
hus....that his....this	huisbier....select between this and that
hyas....everything hyos....nothing	hyaoson....all-or-nothing matter
hyut....another hyit....the same person	hyuita....mutual hyuitifer....love one another
tej....life toj....death	teoja ebyem....life-and-death situation
u....away/west i....toward/east	uinab....row uinada....horizontal Uiyanmel....Eurasia
a....up/north o....down/south	aonab....column aonada....vertical pyaoser....to bounce, to wave
uz....crooked iz....straight	uizpaser....careen, stagger uizder....to equivocate
ub....toward ib....away	uipeni....comings and goings
uj....end ij....beginning	uijbar....on-off switch
uga....slow iga....fast	uigpar....scooter
va....yes vo....no	vaoder....decide vaotexer....wonder vaodid....yes-or-no question
yuja....closed yija....open	yuija....open-and-shut yuijar....valve manyuijar....light switch teabyuijer....blink
yab....up yob....down	yaoblir....elevator (up-and-down taker) yaoblar....lever yaopuser....jump up and down yaobsum....bunkbed
ayeb1....in oyeb....out	aoyebar....piston (in-and-out-device)
za....front zo....back	zaobaser....rock zaopaser....swing
zu....left/west zi....right/east	zuibaser....wobble zuipaser....zigzag zuimera....east-west zuituyaba....ambidextrous
malza....white molza....black	maolza....gray
yav-....innocent yov-....guilty	yaovyek....trial (Lit: innocent-guilty-test)
zyu-....round zyi-....flat	zyuis....oval, ellipse
up-....come ip-....go, leave	mimuip....tide (Lit: sea-come-go) uipeni....comings and goings
uv-....sad iv-....happy	uivdin....tragicomedy
yugza....sweet yigza....sour	yuigza....sweet and sour
nux-....to pay nix-....to earn	nuix....budget
yoba....low yiba....far	yoiba....deep
yoba....low yuba....near	youba....shallow
yaba....high yiba....far	yaiba....tall
yaba....high yuba...near	yauba....short

¹Ayeb is a long form of yeb (in) that contrasts with oyeb (out).

Keep in mind that if a hybrid word ends in b, the b assimilates by dropping from per (to go) and ber (to put) words, eg:

• aob + ber = aober
• uib + per = uiper

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