Editing Snvsdr dhv (section)

==== Unit words ====
Every two-letter root word, in the verb form given in the table, is a valid ''unit word''.

Other unit words can be derived by changing the tone.

e.g. ''nv̀'' /nœ̀/ (verb) "emit/cause/give" → ''nv́'' /n̥œ́/ (noun) "giver", → ''nv̄'' /nœ̄/ (connective) "causing".

The noun version of a word refers to something that does the verb version of it. And the verb version of a noun refers to the act of being the thing that the noun refers to.

Other unit words can be derived by reversing it. These are the passive forms.

e.g. ''nv̀'' /nœ̀/ (emit/cause/give) → ''v̀n'' /œ̀n/ "be given"; ''v́n'' /œ́n/ "gift"; ''v̄n'' /œ̄n/ "as a result of"

More unit words can be derived by inverting the sounds. These are the negated forms.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!
!
|-
|p/b
|c
|-
|t/d
|k
|-
|ph/bh
|ch
|-
|th/dh
|kh
|-
|m
|l
|-
|n
|g
|-
|f
|j
|-
|s/z
|x
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!
!
|-
|v
|r
|-
|e
|o
|}
e.g. ''nv̀'' /nœ̀/ → ''gr̀'' /ŋɤ̀/ "not give, not cause"

From this, a single two-letter root word can take 12 different unit word forms.