Re: 'out-' affix in conlangs?

Den 8. aug. 2008 kl. 12.58 skreiv Henrik Theiling:
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> Does anyone have an affix in their conlang that corresponds more or
> less directly to the English prefix 'out-' as in transitive verbs as
> 'outperform', 'outsell', etc.?
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> It would be a nice feature if a language had this a the only way to
> form comparisons, especially languages where advectives are verbs.  So
> you would say ,Jim outtalls John'.  ANADEW?
Suraetua has a suffix -u/-wa for verbalising any adjective, but in
such comparisons it isn't in fact needed. Suraetuan auxiliaries are
translated as "be" or "do" depending on context, and simple
copulative statements are formed with the subject, the adjective and
the intransitive auxiliary, example:

Jim engen ju - "Jim is tall" (jim-abs tall he.is),

while comparisons such as above is formed with the subject in the
ergative, the object in the absolutive, the adjective, and the
transitive auxiliary:

Jimke John engen a - "Jim is tall to John" (Jim-erg John-abs tall
he.is.to.him).

LEF