Numeric derivation

Attach a number stem after mid-word x to derive a new kind from a content root (essence, grain, part-count, order, catalog code, and related readings). Free number words still count, rank, and label in a clause slot; this family names a property of the kind. Mid-word x map: x-compounds.md.

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Numeric derivation (ROOT × number stem)

Shape:

PoS + ROOT + x + NUM + {-l|-m|-n|-r}

Piece	Role
PoS	Ordinary slot for the derived word
ROOT	Open content host (V(CV)+)
x	Ordinary compound seam
NUM	Number stem without a part-of-speech letter and without its own ending: same marker / digits / digitless-exp body as numbers.md. Inventory tables use shorthand (+e, _12, +1e, …). Running-text and citation examples prefer spelled CV (raba, ro…, rawoba, …): writing style
Ending	Ordinary reference-suffix on the whole derived stem (the host ROOT). Approximate, proper-designation, and resume use those host endings, or a free number word / ordinary syntax outside this family.

Writing style: free numbers stay shorthand by default; derived words prefer spelled CV so the compound looks like an ordinary word (zolovexrabal). Shape columns below keep shorthand as schematic (ROOTx+e); example cells use spelled forms.

Limit / polarity / stage (digitless)

Shape	Reading	Example
ROOTx+e	essence / absolute / pure type of ROOT	zolovexrabal: essence of love
ROOTx+e-	grain / seed / infinitesimal of ROOT	zolovexrabul: grain of love
ROOTx-e	void of / absolute anti-ROOT	zevevaxrubal: void of fear
ROOTx-e-	quasi-ROOT: the shape of ROOT without full real-axis status (English quasi-); ROOTx-e-1 / ROOTx-e-2 = quasi-N	zeberelonogoxrubul: quasi-friend; zezazexrubudul: quasi-pair
ROOTx#e-	origin / prototype / onset-form of ROOT	zolovexrebul: love in its beginning form
ROOTx#e	telos / culmination / final form of ROOT	zoroloxrebal: story’s final form
ROOTx+	poly- / multi-ROOT (unspecified >1)	zuhuruxram: multi-faith
ROOTx-	de- / un- / deficit-ROOT	voroloxrul: to de-tale

Quasi-ROOT (-e- / -e-1 / -e-2)

ROOTx-e- is ROOT in quasi- form: the shape / role of ROOT without committing it on the real ledger. Closest English affix: quasi- (quasi-friend, quasi-official).

PoS	…x-e-	Examples
/z/ /d/ /b/ (noun)	a quasi-entity	zeberelonogoxrubul: a quasi-friend; debenexrubul: a quasi-commitment
/v/ (verb)	to treat as quasi- / as-if that kind	veberelonogoxrubul: to quasi-befriend / treat as friend-shaped
/ɡ/ (adjective)	quasi- (ascribed)	gezezaxrubul: quasi-official
/h/ (adverb)	under quasi- framing	hezezaxrubul: quasi-officially
/w/ (adjunct)	host graded as quasi-	gebenel webenexrubul: quasi-commitment
/j/ (interjection)	Quasi-! / As if that kind!	jeberelonogoxrubul

Free g-e- / v-e- / h-e- / j-e- / x-e- are hostless imaginary amount / number as verb / adverb / interjection / discourse (numbers.md § Imaginary). ROOTx-e- is quasi-kind.

Quasi-N (-e-1 / -e-2)

Stem shape ru + bu + exponent digit N (writing -e-N: bare-OoM anatomy, no mantissa). On ROOT this is quasi- plus the same strong digit reading as +N: as-if N-structure without real-axis commitment. Free g-e-1 / g-e-2 stay real bare OoM (−10⁻¹ / −10⁻²).

Shape	Reading	Twin	Example
ROOTx-e-1	quasi-unit / as-if singleton: unit-shaped without being a real one	ROOTx+1 unit	zegeruxrubuwol: a quasi-single voice / as-if primary voice
ROOTx-e-2	quasi-dual / imaginary duality: pair/mutual as if, not real reciprocity	ROOTx+2 dual/mutual	gabenexrubudul: quasi-mutual commitment; zezazexrubudul: quasi-pair / as-if partnership

Form	Job
ROOTx+2	real dual / mutual structure
ROOTx-2	privative: non-reciprocal / one-sided
ROOTx-e-2	quasi-dual: mutuality as if / imaginary duality
ROOTx-e-	general quasi (N unnamed)
g-e-2	free real −10⁻² (bare OoM)

For a zero-shaped quasi, use ROOTx-0 (anti-null) or ROOTx-0e- (micro-residue). Same PoS framing as bare quasi.

Scalar digit morphs (+N / -N)

Single-digit scalars only. Tables use marker shorthand (+N / -N). Speech is marker + digit (ra+wo for +1, ru+wo for -1, …), so the marker vowel is part of the stem. Running-text examples prefer spelled CV (…xrawol): writing style. Writing +0…+9 uses the strong readings below; -N (including -0) is the privative of that reading (lacks / undoes / inverse of the +N structure).

+N	Strong reading	Example	-N privative	Example
ROOTx+1	unit / primary / singleton	zegeruxrawol: a single / primary voice; zugoboxrawon: personal standard (normative Mine; host = speaker ugobo); titled SI units on dimension roots (burulexrawon meter: measure phrases; bare unit is the short form)	non-unitary / indistinct / not-a-one	zegeruxruwol: an indistinct / non-singular voice
ROOTx+2	dual / mutual / reciprocal / pair	gabenexradul: mutual commitment	non-reciprocal / one-sided / unpaired	gabenexrudul: one-sided commitment
ROOTx+3	triad / triplet / 3-part / ternary	zezehexrarel: a three-part dialogue	non-tripartite / collapsed-from-three	zazuduxrurel: non-tripartite institution
ROOTx+4	quad / 4-part / square / frame	zujuduxramol: a four-part / framed judgment	unframed / out-of-box / unbound	zemamuxrumol: an unframed message
ROOTx+5	hand / pentad / agency-set	zolozoxraval: a handy / five-fold toolkit	handless / without practical grasp	zoworaxruval: a plan without practical grasp
ROOTx+6	hex / 6-part / honeycomb / pack	zavagaxragul: a hexagonal / six-pack product	unpacked / non-hex / broken pack	zahadaxrugul: an unpacked team
ROOTx+7	heptad / week-cycle / complete series	zagexralem: a seven-fold / week-cycle ritual	incomplete series / broken cycle	zagexrulem: a broken-cycle ritual
ROOTx+8	octet / 8-part / doubled-quad	zonugoxrahal: an octet / eight-part blockage	non-octet / incomplete eight	zonugoxruhal: a non-octet blockage
ROOTx+9	ennead / near-full / almost-ten	zuzugoxranal: a nine-part / near-full choir	far-from-full / short-of-complete	zuzugoxrunal: a far-from-full choir
ROOTx+0	null / reset / emptied	vodoboxrazol: to zero-score / null the score	anti-null / non-emptyable / insistent residue	godoboxruzol: a score that won’t null / stubborn residual score

Null / anti-null by PoS (+0 / -0)

+0 treats ROOT as resettable / emptied; -0 treats ROOT as resisting emptying (insistent residue). PoS says what kind of thing is being emptied or refusing. This is how emptiness sits on the kind: ROOTx-e is void of ROOT (no such kind); ROOTx+0 is a resettable instance of that kind.

PoS	…x+0	…x-0	Examples
/z/ /d/ /b/ (noun)	emptied / wiped instance	entity that won’t zero / stubborn residue	zonebaxrazol: a wiped debt; zonebaxruzol: a debt that won’t zero; duvuvuxruzol: that memory that won’t blank; bodoboxruzol: non-null residue as argument
/v/ (verb)	act of nulling / resetting	act that refuses null / keeps residual	vodoboxrazol: to null the score; vodoboxruzol: to anti-null / refuse to zero the score; vezewexrazol: to zero effort; vezewexruzol: to leave effort unzeroable
/ɡ/ (adjective)	null / reset (ascribed)	non-emptyable / residual (ascribed)	godoboxrazol: null / reset; godoboxruzol: won’t-null / residual; gozedexruzom: hope that won’t go to zero (vs gozedexrubam void of hope)
/h/ (adverb)	clause framed as reset / zeroed	clause framed as irreducible residue	hezewexrazom: with effort zeroed; hezewexruzom: with irreducible effort / despite any zeroing
/w/ (adjunct)	host /ɡ/ graded toward null	host /ɡ/ graded toward anti-null	gonebal wonebaxrazol: debt (ascribed) zeroed; gonebal wonebaxruzol: debt whose balance is anti-null
/j/ (interjection)	discourse Zero it! / Null!	discourse Won’t zero! / Residue stands!	jodoboxrazol; jodoboxruzol

A stronger wipe is total null ROOTx+0e (free v+0el annihilate).

Zero × exponent (+0e / ±0e-1 / …)

Same anatomy as free zero × exponent; on ROOT it is wipe / residue of the kind. Free v+0el is hostless annihilate; vodoboxrazobal is annihilate-score (kind).

Shape	Reading	Example
ROOTx+0e	total null / absolute wipe of the kind	vodoboxrazobal: annihilate the score (kind); zonebaxrazobal: a totally wiped debt-kind
ROOTx+0e-	sterile / null grain of ROOT	zozedexrazobum: sterile hope; zereguxrazobul: registration with no seed
ROOTx+0e-1	engineering null at OoM −1 of ROOT: kind wiped at scale 10⁻¹	zuzebuxrabuwojazol: deci-null problem; vodoboxrabuwojazol: null the score at deci scale
ROOTx-0e	absolute residue of ROOT	zonebaxruzobal: debt as absolute residue; vezewexruzobal: leave effort as absolute residue
ROOTx-0e-	micro-residue of ROOT	zuvuvuxruzobul: memory as micro-residue
ROOTx-0e-1	engineering residue at OoM −1 of ROOT	zonebaxrubuwojazol: debt as deci-scale residue

The host ending marks soft / named / resume.

Emptiness chain (kinds): ROOTx-e (void of kind), ROOTx+0 (resettable null), ROOTx+0e (total null), ROOTx+0e- (sterile grain), ROOTx+0e-1 (engineering null at 10⁻¹). Free bare g+e0 / Ne0 are ones-band / OoM-0 assert on free numbers.

On free numbers, ±0e-1 is scalar anatomy; on ROOT the same stems are kind-scale wipe / residue.

Zero-exp derivation by PoS

PoS	…x+0e	Examples
/z/ /d/ /b/	totally wiped / annihilated kind	zonebaxrazobal
/v/	annihilate that kind	vodoboxrazobal
/ɡ/	ascribed total-null	gozedexrazobam
/h/	clause framed as total wipe	hezewexrazobam
/w/	host graded toward total null	gonebal wonebaxrazobal
/j/	Annihilate that kind!	jodoboxrazobal

-0e / -0e- / ±0e-1 inherit the same PoS framing (absolute residue / micro-residue / engineering null·residue at OoM −1). Free twins: v+0el annihilate; g+0e absolute-zero amount; g+0e-1 / g-0e-1 engineering null / residue: numbers.md § Zero × exponent.

Rank-annihilated morph (#0e)

Shape	Reading	Example
ROOTx#0e	rank-annihilated / disqualified form of ROOT: place wiped as a kind property	zomonaxrezobal: a disqualified challenge (as type); vomonaxrezobal: to disqualify that challenge-kind. Free g#0e is disqualified place in this series.

#0e vs #0: annihilated place vs zeroth-order rung. #0e vs +0e: rank wipe vs kind total-null. Free #e0 is current generation. Same PoS framing as other ordinal morphs (/z/ disqualified kind, /v/ disqualify-as-kind, /j/ Disqualified!, …).

Ordinal digit morphs (#N)

Single-digit ordinals only. Tables use marker # (ROOTx#N); speech is re + digit; running-text examples prefer spelled CV (…xrewol). ROOTx#N types ROOT as a rank-N / Nth-order form: place is part of the kind. Free … g#N picks the Nth token in a contextual series. Scalar -N already covers “lacks N-structure.” Landmarks stay digitless: #e- origin, #e telos; #0e = rank annihilated; #N = intermediate ranked stage of the kind. For a multi-digit ID, prefer free g#12 or label _.

#N	Strong reading	Example
ROOTx#1	first-class / premiere / first-order	debeguxrewol: a first-draft (kind); debegul g#1 the first draft (in this stack)
ROOTx#2	secondary / second-order / backup	gomoxredul: a secondary adventure
ROOTx#3	tertiary / third-order	zuzebuxrerel: a third-order problem
ROOTx#4 … #9	Nth-order / Nth-place form	zarahaxreval: fifth-order harmony (as a kind)
ROOTx#0	zeroth-order / pre-rank / unranked form	zababuxrezol: a zeroth-order calculation

#1 vs +1: premiere-place vs singleton/unit. #2 vs +2: secondary vs dual/mutual. #0 vs #0e: zeroth rung vs rank annihilated / disqualified.

Ordinal morph by PoS

PoS	…x#N	Examples
/z/ /d/ /b/ (noun)	a rank-N kind	zebeguxredum: a second-draft (as type); debeguxrewol: a first-draft
/v/ (verb)	treat as / assign that order (kind-act)	vomonaxrewol: to first-class / premiere a challenge (free v#1 take 1st place)
/ɡ/ (adjective)	Nth-order (ascribed)	gomoxredul: secondary
/h/ (adverb)	at Nth-order framing	hababuxrezol: zeroth-order
/w/ (adjunct)	host /ɡ/ graded as Nth-order	gezehel wezehexrerel: third-order (dialogue)
/j/ (interjection)	discourse call of that order-kind	jebeguxrewol: First-draft! (kind cheer; free j#1 First! place cheer)

+N = how many parts; #N = which order/place in a hierarchy; _N = which code; free g#N = which token in the current series.

Label / code sense (_)

Marker _ identifies ROOT by a catalog / specimen / ID code, not by count or rank. Digits (when present) are the label payload (specimen #1). Digitless _ opens catalog topology below.

Shape	Reading	Example
ROOTx_	ROOT as something that bears a code (taggable unit; code unnamed)	zeduduxrol: a coded specimen / a specimen-as-ID
ROOTx_N	specimen / item #N: the code is part of the kind	zeduduxrowol: specimen #1; zohohuxrowodul: room-12 as a coded kind; bohohuxrowodul: room-12 as /b/

Infinite / landmark labels (_e / _e- / _1e)

Digitless _ is catalog topology, not magnitude. Label ∞ means the naming system has no bound.

Shape	Reading	Example
ROOTx_e	open / unbounded catalog: ∞-tagged, open ID space, any code in an unbounded ledger	zugedexrobal: open-ended ticket ID / ∞-catalogued ticket
ROOTx_e-	proto-label / unassigned slot: pre-code, atomic empty tag	zugedexrobul: unassigned ticket slot
ROOTx_1e	comic gazillion-coded / umpteen-SKU	zavagaxrowobal: a gazillion-SKU product
ROOTx_1e-	comic gazillionth-of-a-code / vanishing ID	zereguxrowobul: a vanishingly coded registration

Infinite label by PoS

PoS	…x_e	…x_e-	Examples
/z/ /d/ /b/ (noun)	open-catalog entity	pre-labeled / slot entity	zugedexrobal; zugedexrobul
/v/ (verb)	to ∞-tag / put on an open ledger	to reserve an empty code slot	vugedexrobal; vugedexrobul
/ɡ/ (adjective)	open-endedly coded	proto-coded / unassigned	gugedexrobal; gugedexrobul
/h/ (adverb)	under open-catalog framing	under pre-label framing	hugedexrobal; hugedexrobul
/w/ (adjunct)	host graded as open-catalog	host graded as proto-label	zugedel wugedexrobal
/j/ (interjection)	Open catalog! / ∞-tagged!	Unassigned! / Empty slot!	jugedexrobal; jugedexrobul

When the number is only an argument of an ordinary noun, prefer ordinary syntax: zohohul g_12 = the room numbered 12. Use ROOTx_N when the code is part of the concept (specimen ID, SKU, protocol code). Discourse item cites stay free x_…; dial/input stays free v_….

Digitless +/-/# on ROOT = what the kind is; digitless _ = how the catalog names it.

Hyperbole sense (+1e / #1e / _1e)

Mantissa + digitless exp is comic / rhetorical intensification, same spirit as free hyperbole. Default mantissa 1; other mantissas only when the joke needs them. Label hyperbole (_1e / _1e-) is catalog comedy: infinite labels.

Shape	Reading	Example
ROOTx+1e	gazillion-ROOT (comic huge)	zazazexrawobam: a gazillion-mess
ROOTx+1e-	gazillionth-ROOT (comic tiny)	zameduxrawobum: a gazillionth-of-a-chance
ROOTx#1e	umpteenth-ROOT (comic late rank)	zugumuxrewobal: an umpteenth attempt (as a kind)
ROOTx_1e	gazillion-coded ROOT (comic SKU sprawl)	zavagaxrowobal: a gazillion-SKU product
ROOTx_1e-	gazillionth-of-a-code ROOT (vanishing ID)	zereguxrowobul: a vanishingly coded registration

Free h#1e = for the gazillionth time (clause adverb). Derived zahaxrewobal = an umpteenth co-participation (noun kind).

NUM has no part-of-speech letter and no number ending; the compound’s ending is ordinary reference-suffix on ROOT. Digit morphs are single-digit +N / -N (scalar) or #N (ordinal); markers supply the pronounceable vowel (ra / ru / re). Digitless +/-/# = kind readings; digitless _ = catalog readings (infinite labels); zero×exp morphs = zero-exponent derivation (including ±0e-1 / #0e). Plural -sh on noun-slot numeric derivatives follows ordinary plurality for that PoS.

Translation practice

Short drills on this Advanced band. Try each item before opening Show answer. ROOT x NUM names a kind property (essence, grain, quasi, part-count, order-kind, catalog code, total-null): spelled CV plus the host ending.

Roots used here: azawa grace (name Azawan) · ululo courage (name Ululon) · uhubu beauty (name Uhubun) · olove love · eberelonogo friend · abene commitment · ezehe dialogue · omo adventure · ebegu draft · edudu specimen · eveva fear · odobo score · eje see · uwuru write

English → Agalan

1. Azawan sees the essence of love.

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zazawan dolovexrabal vejel.

2. Ululon tells a grain of love.

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zululon dolovexrabul vezehel.

3. Uhubun is a quasi-friend.

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zuhubun geberelonogoxrubul.

4. Azawan sees mutual commitment.

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zazawan dabenexradul vejel.

5. Ululon writes a first-draft.

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zululon debeguxrewol vuwurul.

Agalan → English

1. zazawan devevaxrubal vejel.

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Azawan sees a void of fear.

2. zululon dezehexrarel vezehel.

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Ululon tells a three-part dialogue.

3. zuhubun domoxredul vejel.

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Uhubun sees a secondary adventure.

4. zazawan deduduxrowol vejel.

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Azawan sees specimen #1.

5. zululon vodoboxrazobal.

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Ululon annihilates the score.

See also

• Free counts / ranks / number as verb / adverb / interjection / discourse: numbers.md
• Mid-word x families: x-compounds.md