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Antisymmetric gismu
Another interesting class are those pairs broda-brode
where broda and selbrode are synonyms, as are brode and
selbroda.
Again, these fall nicely into the same three categories
of the symmetric ones. I think these are all of them:
Abstract:
mleca   less
zmadu   more
Space-Time:
purci   past
balvi   future
lidne   precede
jersi   chase
crane   front
trixe   behind
cnita   beneath
gapru   above
zunle   left
pritu   right
berti   north
snanu   south
stici   west
stuna   east
{ragve} (across), is like these, but there
is no word for cis-  (Same with {bancu})
nenri   in
sruri   surround
this last pair is close, if not exact.
Human:
rirni   parent
panzi   offspring
(Not really, because one is biological and the other not,
but they are close)
These could well have their corresponding mate, but don't:
dzena   elder
famti   aunt or uncle
vitke   guest
Jorge
(I'm looking for patterns in the place structures to make
learning them easier.)