 "kayong", brother-in-law
"kakayong", brothers-in-law
"ima", hand
"im-ima", hands
"ubing", child
"ubbing", children
"lalaki", male
"lallaki", males

Root adjectives do not have any of the common derivational affixes such as "a-", "ma-", "na-" or any other derivational affix.Many root adjectives denote physical characteristics (especially physical abnormalities).The most common prefix for deriving adjectives.