English prefix

un-

privative · negative verbaliser

Register

native

Productivity

high

freely attaches to new bases

Attaches to

ADJ · V

Status

Establisheddraft

oed

Words built with un-

unhappy
not happy
happy+un-

Does the same job elsewhere

Functional equivalents, placed in their lanes. Same register is noted; most differ.

English

this affix: un-

    French

    • in-
      functional equivalent; register differs (N vs L)
    • dé(s)-
      register-matched functional equivalent
    • é-
      register-matched functional equivalent
    • mal-
      register-matched functional equivalent

    Hindi

    • -हीन
      functional equivalent; register differs (N vs S)
    • निर्-
      functional equivalent; register differs (N vs S)
    • बे-
      functional equivalent; register differs (N vs P)

    Telugu

    Tamil