Common Lexeme

werta

Keywords: augmentatory

Pronunciation (IPA): 'wer.da 
Part of Speech: modifier 
Class: adjective, adverb 
Forms: werta, wertano 
Glosses: strong, strongly 

Description:

The modifier 'werta' can be an adjective or an adverb and means physically strong, or to perform an action with strength. When derived as a tight binding modifier with the suffix -no, it is sometimes used as a replacement for 'faj', 'very', for literary effect, although it means about the same thing with a slightly different shade of meaning based on the underlying idea of physical strength.

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