# Mirad Grammar/Mirad-English Dictionary

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# Easily Confused Words

    Here are some words that are close in meaning and could be easily confused:

## Gea, Gela, Geyla, ...

   * ge....equal to
   ** geser....to equal
   ** gea....equal
   * gel....as
   ** gela....same
   *** gelser....to be the same
   *** gelxer....to copy
   * gey....even
      * gey ven....even if
      * gey ov van....even though
   * geyen....in the same way
      * geyen van....just as
   * geyla....similar, like
   ** geylser....to be similar
   ** geylxer....to imitate
   * geta....identical
   ** getan....identity
   *** getantier....to learn the identity of
   *** getantuer....to identify, to point out the identity of

## Yuz, Zyua, Uz

   * yuz....around
   ** yuz-....circum-, peri-
   *** yuzper....to circumvent, to surround
   *** yuznad....periphery
   * zyua....round
      * zyuper....to rotate
      * zyuk....wheel
      * zyun....ball, sphere
   * uz....arc, curve
   ** uzber....to turn, to divert
   ** uzyua....spiral, helical
   *** uzyuper....to roll, to coil
   ** uzra....twisted

## O, Yo-, On-, Hyo-, Lo-, Lyo-, Ov, Vo, Voy

   * o....zero
   ** o-....un-, non-
   *** odata....unfriendly
   *** otes....nonsense
   * on-....null
   *** onxer....to anihilate, to nullify
   * yo-....un- (but stronger)
   ** yodat....enemy
   * hyo-....no-
   ** Hyoa tob se yonmel.....No man is an island.
   ** hyosun....nothing
   ** hyom....nowhere
   ** hyoj....never
   * lo-....de-, un-, dis-
   ** loafder....to de-authorize
   ** loaynxer....to disintegrate
   ** lobeler....to "uncarry" = to divest, to drop
   * lyo-....non-, un- (very strong)
   ** lyodata....hostile, very unfriendly
   * ov....against
   ** ova....contrary
   * ov-....counter-, contra-, against, gain-, ob-, anti-
   ** ovalxer....to counteract
   ** ovder....to contradict, to gainsay
   ** ovbyaser....to stand against, to oppose, to resist
   ** ovdata....hostile
   ** ovbokul....antidote
   * oyv-....
      * oyva....inverse, opposite, converse, reverse
         * oyvaser....to revert
         * oyvaxer....to invert
         * oyvber....to overturn, to upend
         * oyvkumper....to defect
   * vo....no
   ** voa....negative
   ** vao?....yes or no?
   *** voxer....to negate
   * voy....not
   ** vaoy....may or may not

## Ab, Ayb, Yab, Yaib, Yaub

   * ab....on, top, upper, super-
   ** aber....to put on, to impose
   ** abmos....top floor, upper deck
   ** abna....superior
   ** abnod....peak
   * ayb....over, above, super-
   ** aybaer....to lean over
   ** aypaper....to fly above
   ** aybdres....superscript
   * yab....up
   ** yab bu ha abem....up to the top
   ** yaper....to go up, rise
   ** yabtom....highrise
   ** yaba amnag....high temperature
   * yaib....high, way up, alt-
   * yaiba....high, tall
   ** yaiban....height, altitude
   ** yaibxer....to heighten
   ** yaibnagar....altimeter
   * yaub....a short way up
   ** yauba....short
   *** yaubxer...to shorten
   * yaob....up and down
   ** yaopuser....to jump up and down
   ** yaobaser....to bounce

## Ob, Oyb, Yob, Yoib, Youb

   * ob....off, bottomside, lower, sub-
   ** ober....to take off, to remove
   ** obnapa....subordinate
   ** obem....bottom
   ** obnux....payoff, ransom
   ** obseuz....subtone
   * oyb....under, sub-, hypo-, infra-
   ** oypaper....fly under
   ** oybmima....underwater, submarine
   ** oybmos....basement, sub-floor
   ** oybamanur....hypocaust
   ** oybsexyen....infrastructure
   * yob....down, low, sub-, de-
   ** yob bey ha memyayz....down the hill
   ** yob yez ha domep....down the street
   ** yob bu ha yoibem....down to the depths
      * yoper....to down, to descend
      * yobmusper....to scale down, to de-escalate
      * yobfina....low-quality, shoddy
      * yobaler....to suppress, to press down
   * yoib....deep, deep down, way down, bathy-
   ** yoiba....deep, profound
   *** yoiban....depth, profundity
   *** yoibem....depths
   *** yoiper....to go deep, to plumb
   *** yoibmim....deep sea, bathysphere
   *** yoibxer....to deepen
   * youb....shallow, a short way down
   ** youba....shallow
   *** youban....shallowness
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