Kebreni morphology

[eodrakken]

The meaning of an adjective may be intensified by infixing -u- before the last consonant, or diminished by infixing -i-:

h'ir 'long' --> h'iur 'very long', h'iir 'not long'
s'aida 'beautiful' --> s'aiuda 'breathtakingly beautiful'
s'e 'small' --> s'ei 'tiny'

Wouldn't "tiny" be s'eu -- very small? Or is there something I'm not getting?

[zompist]

The meaning of an adjective may be intensified by infixing -u- before the last consonant, or diminished by infixing -i-:

h'ir 'long' --> h'iur 'very long', h'iir 'not long'
s'aida 'beautiful' --> s'aiuda 'breathtakingly beautiful'
s'e 'small' --> s'ei 'tiny'

Wouldn't "tiny" be s'eu -- very small? Or is there something I'm not getting?

I think this came up before... I should really clarify this in the grammar. It's like Spanish chiquitito, where the double dimunitive, instead of weakening the meaning 'small', intensifies it. In both Spanish and Kebreni, the meaning of the affix, 'little', ends up reinforcing the root when the root itself means 'little'.