Colors
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They are both adjective and noun each
Basic colors:
Aħmer = Red
Aṣfer = Yellow
Aꝁḍer = Green
Azreq = Blue
Aꝁħel = Black
Abyeḍ = White
Asmer = Black (for people)
Extended:
Causative:
Basic colors are of the formula aC¹C²eC³. Verbs meaning "to turn {color}" are V3 of the form C¹C²aaC. So "ħmaar" means "to turn red" (and also "donkey") and "smaar" means "to tan" along with "bronze".
For extended colors just add 'walle' ("to turn; to become") before the color. 'walle moov' is "to turn purple"
Plurals:
Achieved through the formula C¹C²oC³ for basic ones, no inflection for loans and -iin otherwise.
Ꝁḍor means "green (pl.)".
Orõjee is 'orange' for all genders and numbers
Bortoqaaliin and Borgdeeniin are 'orange' for both numbers as well
An archaic template for plurals was C¹oC²C³. So it would be ħomr, zorq, ꝁoḍr... But it's byḍ not boyḍ. You'd hear often the expression 'El Lyeeli el Byḍ' ("White Nights; a specific agricultural winter period"). Note that this template is still widely used cross-regionally.
Feminine:
The formula is C¹aC²C³(e/a) for basic ones, no inflection for loans and -íe otherwise.
Ħamra ("red (fm.)")
Moov ("purple") for all numbers and genders
Bonníe ("brown (fm.)")
All above works for defects too eg. aĝwej