Previously I've posted a list of verb-noun pair that the noun relates to the verb through tone-change. This is a magnification of nunification, a major function of tone-change in Taishanese. The process also turn adjectives into nouns:
Adj Tone | Noun Tone | Adj | Noun | |
细 [ɬai] | 33 | 21 | small, slender | younger brother |
细个 [ɬai gɔi] | 33-33 | 21-33 | small | kid |
碎[ɬui] | 33 | 21 | broken, crushed | remaining pieces |
斜 [tia] | 22 | 225 | slanted, tilted | a type of strong cotton fabric (knitted in a crossed tilted way) |
燶 [nǝŋ] | 33 | 21 | overcooked, burned | rice crust (usually stick to the bottom of the cooker) |
酸 [ɬɔn] | 33 | 335 | sour | vineger |
干[gɔn] | 33 | 21 | dry | food in dried-up state |
圆 [yɔn] | 33 | 215 | round | round dumplings |
古 [gu] | 55 | 55 | old | old stories |
香 [hiaŋ] | 33 | 335 | fragrant | incense |
黄 [vɔŋ] | 22 | 215 | yellow | egg yolk |
凹 [nip] | 33 | 21 | concaved, indented | a dent, a depression |
耳聋 [ŋi ləŋ] | 55-22 | 55-225 | deaf | the deaf |