Adjective Classes - A Cross-Linguistic Typology

TABLE 7. Summary of morphological and syntactic properties of adjectives and other verbs

Morphological
properties:

Nominalization
Causative
Light syllable
reduplication
Comparative
Collective
Applicative

Syntactic properties:

Attributive
Predicative

Adverb
Imperative
Periphrastic
comparative
V2 manner
V2 result

Adjectives

Class i Class 2

Positive term

+ hitam 'black'

Intensive

Other verbs

Class 3 Quasi- adjective

function

some

Limited, see §4.1.3 -

Intensive

masam 'be sour'

traij 'be.clear'

dkhss 'be near'

like verbs

like verbs

Intransitive verb Transitive verb

Continuative, Continuative,

see Table 6 see Table 6

Only derivatives forms