Prefixes
Verb Prefixes
Together and Apart
- सम्sam
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- with, together; completely, absolutely
- विvi
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- divided, asunder, apart; different
Near and Far
- आā
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- near, toward, up to
- उपupa
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- toward, near next to; under, below
- अभिabhi
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- upon, over; toward, into [by, amphi-theater]
- अपिapi
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- placing near, uniting with, reaching [epi-center]
- अपapa
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- away (from), off, without [apo-calypse]
- अवava
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- down from, off, away
- पराparā
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- aside, away, off [para-noia]
Around
- परिpari
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- around, about; fully, beyond; away
Over and Under
- अतिati
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- beyond, over
- अधिadhi
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- above, over
- उद्ud
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- up, upward
- अनुanu
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- after, under, alongside
Inward and Outward
- निni
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- inward, within; down, back
- निस्nis
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- outward, without; out, forth
Forward and Backward
- प्रpra
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- forward, in front
- प्रतिprati
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- back, again, opposite (to)
Good and Bad
- सुsu
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- everything good (virtuous, beautiful, easy, well, …)
- दुस्dus
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- everything bad (evil, inferior, difficult, …)
Noun Prefixes
- अa
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- not X (for nouns that start with consonants)
- अन्an
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- not X (for nouns that start with vowels)
- सsa
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- with X
