Designs are usually modifiers, but can stand alone as adjectives like the color "black".
| tone | read | meaning | action | object |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| kol | kol | all | totality | |
| dan | dan | the | focus | |
| nif | nif | a | selection | |
| lig | lig | this | near thing | |
| gul | gul | that | far thing | |
| yas lig | yas lig | these | near things | |
| yas gul | yas gul | those | far things | |
| haj vol | haj vol | everyone | every individual | |
| fid | fid | next | next | |
| daf | daf | previous | next reverse | |
| lam | lam | low | floor | |
| mol | mol | high | roof | |
| ven | ven | even | emphasize | emphasis |
| sin | sin | soon | short time | |
| marC | marC | quite | absolute | |
| hej | hej | every/each |
Here are some designs (adjectives) and their derivation from nouns and verbs.
| tone | read | design | derivation |
|---|---|---|---|
| teq snik | teq snik | sneaky | sneak like |
| teq snap | teq snap | snappy | snap like |
| wug hul | wug hul | ignorant | ignore emanating |
| zor marval | zor marval | marvelous | marvel inducing |
| ruz kejan | ruz kejan | occasional | occasion oriented |
| ruz razdun | ruz razdun | residual | residue oriented |
| teq padj | teq padj | edgy | edge like |
Here are English-like suffixes and how they may be mapped to Tune. Most of these words are short because they are so commonly used and added as modifiers. They are usually added before the main action, object, or manner.
| tone | read | meaning |
|---|---|---|
| yod | yod | past tense "-ed" like "created" |
| pot | pot | complete state "-ed" |
| reC | reC | progress "-ing" |
| gut | gut | state of action "-ing" (gerund) |
| bak | bak | possesive ("the bird's food") |
| byas | byas | possesive plural ("the birds' food") |
| hap | hap | x event |
| gem | gem | x game |
| kix | kix | x process |
| wux | wux | x system |
| fos | fos | x force |
| ses | ses | x essence |
| van | van | x nature, having the nature of (-ivity, -ity, -ance) |
| dom | dom | state of being (-dom) |
| dax | dax | the state of being x (-acy, -ness, -ship) |
| nal | nal | period of x (-hood) |
| zek | zek | one who does x |
| koz | koz | one who receives x |
| lak | lak | x like |
| hip | hip | emanating x |
| yog | yog | practice of focusing on x (-ism) |
| fin | fin | belief in x |
| zir | zir | pertaining to x (pleasantry) |
| ved | ved | study or science of (-ology) |
| tul | tul | it's a tool (zipper) |
| gin | gin | the nature of doing x (-ence) |
| mon | mon | featuring x |
| lij | lij | x oriented |
| fom | fom | formal x |
| mox | mox | the model of the action ("the transform", "the create") |
| kos | kos | disease (-osis) |
| ciq | ciq | thing (hatchling) |
| kin | kin | ability (-ability) |
| sox | sox | x society |
| kun | kun | -ableness |
| xit | xit | shaped |
| gar | gar | language (-ese) |
| kan | kan | capable of being (-able) |
| nix | nix | having some aspects of (-ish) |
| fol | fol | full of (-full) |
| lef | lef | less of (-less) |
| taz | taz | very much of (-some) |
| rav | rav | reminiscent of (-esque) |
| mor | mor | more (-er) |
| mis | mis | most (-est) |
| tub | tub | over (overburden) |
| yip | yip | resembling (-istic) |
| tof | tof | relates to (affectional) |
| fir | fir | hating/fearing/resisting (-phobia) |
| leg | leg | containing |
| kif | kif | future tense like "will create" |
| mis | mis | different |
| huf | huf | opposite (anti) |
| baq | baq | self (auto-) |
| pak | pak | undo |
| sup | sup | exceed (super) |
| mex | mex | mesh (inter-) |
| sem | sem | same (sym-) |
| vav | vav | repeat |
| zig | zig | equal (iso-) |
| dit | dit | distance (tele-) |
| gen | gen | again (re-) |
| rup | rup | partial (semi-) |
| sud | sud | somewhat (pseudo-) |
| mad | mad | thing about the thing (meta-) |
| djen | djen | x generating |
| len | len | general (infinitive "to") |
| fut | fut | there |
| dav | dav | here |
| vak | vak | ever |
| ples | ples | place x |
| land | land | land x |
| smal | smal | small |
| brat | brat | large |
| prab | prab | probable |
| drit | drit | right (now) |
| fit | fit | right (correct) |
| yov | yov | consequence |
| did | did | indeed |
| laz | laz | -ize |