| aḷde- |
|
then, next (connector; ḷand- before vowels) |
| -amn- |
|
black |
|
emena |
blackness |
| -and |
|
from, of, associated with |
| -arṭ |
|
green |
|
Arṭali |
southern Barmund, and its chief city [‘green place’] |
| Aksun |
|
Axuna or Axunai [Ax. Axuna] |
|
aksunaro |
Axunemi |
| aṭi |
|
now |
|
aṭiḷ- |
when, while, at that time (before a vowel, aṭi-) |
| -bab |
|
some, a few |
|
beba |
something |
|
bobim |
someone |
| bakp- |
|
wander, meander |
|
bekkep |
bow or meander (of a river); arc, curve |
|
bkiuppa |
wandering, an aimless journey |
|
bokpim |
wanderer; vagabond |
| bakş- |
|
break, smash; divorce |
|
abakşi |
broken |
|
bgiuşşa |
divorce |
|
bokşim |
divorcé(e) |
|
bgeşa |
shard, broken piece |
|
ṭisbakş- |
break into pieces |
| bam- |
|
watch, observe |
|
abemoṭ |
observer |
|
ebema |
observation |
|
bamali |
spy-hole |
|
bunbam- |
neglect; fail to notice |
| barḍ- |
|
sit; place, put |
|
biraḍ |
buttocks |
|
braḍali |
chair |
|
nosbarḍ- |
save (money) |
| Barmund |
|
the southwest coast of the Skuranṭal [Ṭarmand ‘southern people’ in a southern dialect] |
| basg- |
|
lack, miss; not exist; (incep) run out; lose, misplace |
|
bolabasgi |
bald man |
|
bolbasg- |
lose one’s hair, go bald |
|
bosgim |
something missing |
|
bsiugga |
lack |
|
ibbseg |
missing |
|
ŋolbasg- |
be hungry (for) |
|
ŋolebusega |
hunger |
|
nosbasg- |
lose money |
| bau- |
|
by speech (verb prefix) |
| -beş |
|
your (pl.) |
| baṭş- |
|
inherit / bequeath (inheritance in gen.) |
|
boṭşim |
heir; prince |
|
boṭşinkos |
king, monarch [‘fine prince’] |
|
bḍeşa |
inheritance, bequest |
|
ubaṭşas |
monarchy |
| bedr- |
|
wake / awaken |
|
bdiurra |
awakening |
|
ebudera |
consciousness |
| beg- |
|
who, what (see grammar for forms) |
|
bogim |
what (inan.) |
|
abeg |
who (m.) |
|
abegis |
who (f.) |
| beld- |
|
arrange, order, sort, fix |
|
abelod |
repairer |
|
bleda |
order, arrangement |
|
bolbeld- |
comb [‘arrange the hair’] |
|
bolbelled |
comb |
|
bunbeld- |
let things run down |
|
ebuleda |
ordering, sorting |
|
ubaldas |
repair, maintenance |
| ben- |
|
fail; omit, neglect |
|
bnena |
something neglected or omitted, e.g. a missed spot in painting |
|
bun- |
neglect to do, almost do (verb prefix) |
|
ebena |
neglect, omission, failure |
|
ibben |
negligent (person) |
| bend- |
|
marvel, wonder; amaze (abs=marvel, erg=observer) |
|
ebuneda |
awe, wonder |
|
benned |
a marvel, a wonder |
| benk- |
|
stay, remain; fasten, make firm |
|
binak |
fastener |
|
bniukka |
stay, sojourn |
|
rubenk- |
stay for a short time [‘quickly stay’] |
|
rubnakali |
inn |
| beŋk- |
|
hurt, ache |
|
bŋiukka |
pain, ache |
|
ukḷubeŋk- |
annoy, bother |
|
umbeŋk- |
have a headache |
| besp- |
|
descend from (abs); beget, engender (erg) |
|
abesop |
ancestor |
|
bospim |
descendant |
|
bsepa |
clan, lineage; family firm, trading house |
|
ebusepa |
descent |
|
ubaspas |
genealogy |
| bika |
|
silver [Wede:i bi:ka] |
|
-bik |
of silver, silver-colored |
| bim |
|
five |
| bilt- |
|
be found / find; (dur.) search, look for |
|
boltim |
something found |
|
ebuleta |
search |
| bişṭ- |
|
travel (for a purpose, as opposed to wandering) |
|
boştim |
traveler |
|
bşiutta |
voyage, trip |
|
ebuşeṭa |
traveling |
| boḍ |
|
west (gen. boḍi) |
|
boḍand |
western |
|
boḍim |
westerner, esp. the Mei and primitive Wede:i |
| bol |
|
(one) hair |
|
bul |
hair (on head), fur |
|
bulim |
hairy person |
|
bulur |
hairy |
| bor |
|
island (especially in place names; cf. mreda) [W. bori] |
| burn |
|
wood |
|
-burn |
wooden, of wood; unpainted |
| -daḍ |
|
soft |
|
edeḍa |
softness |
| daḷg- |
|
branch, divide |
|
diḷag |
finger; a measurement of about 2 cm |
|
ḍḷiugga |
branch, division |
| dam- |
|
drink |
|
diumma |
a drink |
|
dimad |
cup, glass |
|
damim |
beverage |
| dant- |
|
go / send |
|
bundant- |
miss (an appointment etc.) |
|
denta |
departure |
|
dniutta |
order, requisition |
|
mindenta |
return |
|
mindant- |
return, go back / send back, reject |
|
mindontim |
returned merchandise |
|
lesdant- |
go by sea / ship |
| daŋ- |
|
be there, be present; reside, live (location in genitive) (dŋ > dn) |
|
adaŋi |
present; resident, inhabitant |
|
doŋim |
contents |
|
diuŋŋa |
location, place |
|
edeŋa |
residence, presence |
| darg |
|
eight [*darṭ-ḍog ‘four-two’] |
| darṭ |
|
four |
| ded |
|
three |
| deg- |
|
wrap, wind |
|
boldega |
scarf, hair covering |
|
dega |
robe, dress |
|
deṭiga |
underdress, slip, tunic |
|
digad |
spool |
|
gandeg- |
put on shoes [‘foot-wrap’] |
|
gandega |
shoe |
| denḍ- |
|
be soft |
|
dneḍa |
pillow |
| Deṭubori |
|
Jecuaor island [Wede:i De:iju ‘eastern people’ + Wede:i bori ‘island’] |
| deld- |
|
decide, judge |
|
adelod |
judge |
|
dilad |
reason, faculty of judgment, mind |
|
dladali |
court |
|
dliudda |
decision, judgement |
| deln- |
|
forge |
|
adelon |
smith |
|
dilan |
forge |
|
dlanali |
forge, smithy |
|
dlena |
metal |
|
dolnim |
ore |
|
udalnas |
metallurgy |
| dem- |
|
go upward (locative) |
|
idma |
more; plus |
|
-dem |
high, upper |
|
demum |
124 = 20,736 [‘it went up’] |
|
demumroḍ |
128 = 429,981,696 |
|
demumram |
1212 = 8,916,100,448,256 |
| derk- |
|
cry, lament, grieve / oppress, cause to suffer |
|
edureka |
grieving, lamentation |
|
dirak |
tears |
| didm- |
|
be away, be far from |
| dil- |
|
cross, traverse, multiply |
|
diulla |
crossing, traversal |
|
delled |
ford, means of crossing (e.g. a forest) |
|
diliri |
times [‘they crossed each other’] |
| dild- |
|
be cheap, be a bargain / discount |
|
dladali |
second-hand store |
|
dleda |
a bargain |
|
dliudda |
discount, price reduction; (pl.) sale |
|
eduleda |
bargaining, haggling |
|
kpadild- |
be a false bargain, be more trouble than it’s worth (a word often used by buyers) |
|
ḍamdild- |
be a great bargain, a steal (a word often used by sellers) |
| -dim |
|
long; preceding, previous, last |
|
edema |
length |
|
dedimu |
finally, at length [‘since it-was-long’] |
|
diuma |
trousers, pants |
| dinm- |
|
have sex, sleep with, make love (erg = male, abs = female) |
|
adenom |
(male) lover |
|
dinam |
vagina |
|
dniumma |
intercourse |
|
domim |
(female) lover |
|
edunema |
sex, lovemaking |
|
raḍḍinm- |
fertilize, sow, plant |
|
raḍniumma |
sowing, planting |
|
raḍḍinoum |
sowing festival [‘we have (finished) planting’] |
| dirb- |
|
rub, polish |
|
derreb |
rasp |
|
dreba |
finish (e.g. of furniture), gloss |
| dird- |
|
be in front of (locative), face |
|
dordim |
front |
|
dirad |
face |
|
mnedird- |
walk in front, precede |
| dirş- |
|
ally, work together / unite or combine against |
|
aderoş |
commander of a league |
|
dreşa |
league, alliance |
|
dorşim |
ally |
|
piŋdirş- |
break an alliance |
| dit |
|
lake |
| -doḷ |
|
each, every, all |
|
doḷim |
everyone |
| -dor |
|
our |
| Ḍabriŋ |
|
the Jei or Jeori state [Old Jeori Jæbərîŋ ‘Jei Union’] |
|
ḍabriŋik |
Jei, Jeori |
| ḍad |
|
seed |
| ḍadḍ- |
|
soften; relent, show mercy (dḍ > ḍḍ) |
|
eḍudeḍa |
mercy |
|
bauḍadḍ- |
soothe [‘soften with words’] |
| ḍadŋ- |
|
be inside (locative) (dŋ > dn) |
|
ḍeŋa |
insides, contents |
|
ḍadnim |
guts, intestines [‘they are inside’] |
|
mneḍadŋ- |
walk inside, enter |
|
mneḍidaŋ |
entrance |
| ḍag- |
|
be born / bear, give birth |
|
aḍegoṭ |
dam, mother (of an animal) |
|
ḍiugga |
birth |
|
ḍogim |
infant, baby |
|
raḍḍag- |
harvest, yield [‘earth-be.born’] |
|
raḍḍiugga |
harvest |
|
raḍḍoug |
harvest festival [‘we have (finished) harvesting’] |
| ḍam- |
|
completely, wholly; finish doing [verb prefix] |
| ḍan |
|
north [cf. Tžuro Jandim] |
|
ḍand |
northern [apocope of ḍanand] |
|
Ḍanimali |
northern Skouras [‘north-land’] |
|
ḍonim |
Tžuro [‘northerner’] |
| ḍar |
|
stone |
|
-ḍar |
of stone |
|
Ḍarali |
a city [‘stone place’] |
|
Ḍarroḍ |
an island in the middle of the Skourene Sea [‘big rock’] |
| ḍarḍ- |
|
hold, carry; (erg) bring; (incep) take, get, acquire |
|
aḍeroḍ |
carrier, shipper |
|
ḍerreḍ |
bag, sack |
|
ḍorḍim |
cargo |
|
ḍraḍali |
warehouse, storehouse |
|
ḍairḷoḍ |
amber [‘they (the icëlani) keep bringing it’] |
|
lesḍarḍ- |
bring water; greet |
|
lesḍreḍa |
greeting |
|
mekḍarḍ- |
bring (here), fetch |
|
ulesḍarḍas |
hospitality, welcome |
|
teḷḍarḍ- |
pick up, gather (by hand) |
|
ŋolḍarḍ- |
bring food |
|
nosḍarḍ- |
pay for, buy |
|
nosḍreḍa |
payment |
| ḍebḍ- |
|
add, insert; be added |
|
eḍubeḍa |
addition, insertion |
|
ḍobḍim |
addition, something added |
|
bauḍebḍ- |
add (in speech), say some more |
| ḍebm- |
|
divide into fifths |
|
ḍbema |
one-fifth |
| ḍebş- |
|
your (pl.) |
|
aḍabşi |
your, yours, your own |
|
ḍebbişa |
you |
| ḍed- |
|
be or act as a brother to; (incep) pledge brotherhood to |
|
aḍedi |
brotherly, fraternal; solidary, supportive |
|
aḍedoṭ |
mate, brother (metaphorical) |
|
bunḍed- |
neglect or let down a friend or brother |
|
eḍeda |
fraternity (being a brother) |
|
uḍedas |
brotherhood, solidarity |
|
ḍod |
brother (by blood) |
| ḍedm- |
|
lengthen |
| ḍedr- |
|
make/become ours |
|
aṭadri |
our, our own, ours |
|
ḍeddira |
we, us |
|
ḍodrim |
people (as a quasi-pronoun), our people, people like us |
| ḍeḍg- |
|
halve |
|
ḍega |
half |
|
tiuḍeḍg- |
cut in half |
| ḍegl- |
|
blow; move by blowing, be windy |
|
ḍeggel |
wind |
|
ḍigal |
bellows |
|
aḍagli |
windy, windswept |
| ḍegş- |
|
your (sg.) |
|
aḍagşi |
your, yours, your own |
|
ḍeggişa |
you (m.) |
| ḍegṭ- |
|
your (sg. f.) |
|
aşagṭi |
your, yours, your own |
|
ḍeggiṭa |
you (f.) |
| ḍeks- |
|
enrich, refine |
|
eḍukesa |
enrichment, refinement |
| ḍekş- |
|
become common or widespread |
| ḍekt- |
|
cool, make/become cold |
| ḍel |
|
river |
|
Ḍeleli |
a city in the upper Gelihur peninsular [‘good river’] |
|
Ḍerram |
a name for the Šinour, thus a poetic name for Skouras [‘great river’] |
|
ḍeṭil |
stream, brook |
| ḍelk- |
|
make/become its |
|
aḍalki |
its, its own |
|
ḍellika |
it |
| ḍelt- |
|
beautify, adorn |
|
aḍaḷti |
beautiful, lovely |
|
bolḍellet |
tiara, crown [‘hair-adorner’] |
|
umaḍelot |
beautician |
|
umḍellet |
make-up, cosmetics |
|
umḍelt- |
put on make-up [‘adorn the head’] |
| ḍelm- |
|
make/become theirs (anim.) |
|
aḍalmi |
their, theirs, their own |
|
ḍellima |
they, them (an.) |
| ḍeln- |
|
become a god / grant divinity |
|
eḍulena |
apotheosis |
| ḍeḷn- |
|
ease, facilitate, assist, be convenient |
| ḍemn- |
|
blacken |
|
aḍamni |
black |
| ḍemr- |
|
divide into sixths |
|
ḍmera |
one-sixth |
| ḍemṭ- |
|
unify, unite, come together [‘make one’] |
|
aḍamṭi |
united, whole |
|
ḍamaṭ |
wholly, entirely |
|
ḍmeṭa |
unity, whole |
|
eḍumeṭa |
unification |
|
piŋḍemṭ- |
disunite, take apart |
| ḍend- |
|
be worthless / scorn, disdain |
|
aḍandi |
worthless, disdained |
|
eḍuneda |
worthlessness |
|
ḍniudda |
scorn, disdain |
|
ḍondim |
scapegoat, whipping boy |
| ḍenḍ- |
|
divide in thirds |
|
ḍneḍa |
one third |
|
tiuḍenḍ- |
cut in thirds |
| ḍenk- |
|
renew, renovate |
| ḍenl- |
|
study / be taught [from neld- ‘know’] |
|
aḍenol |
teacher |
|
eḍunela |
education, study |
|
uḍanlas |
the art of teaching |
|
ḍonlim |
student |
| ḍens- |
|
be/make rich |
|
eḍunesa |
wealth |
|
ḍonsim |
rich man |
| ḍeŋp- |
|
make/become mine |
|
aḍampi |
my, mine, my own |
|
ḍeŋŋipa |
I, me (m.) |
| ḍeŋt- |
|
make/become mine (f.) |
|
aḍaŋti |
my, mine, my own |
|
ḍeŋŋita |
I, me (f.) |
| ḍept- |
|
strengthen |
| ḍer- |
|
rot, corrupt; give bad counsel |
|
aḍari |
corrupt, rotten |
|
aḍeroṭ |
evil counselor |
|
eḍera |
rottenness, corruption |
|
ḍarali |
compost pile; any fetid or corrupt place |
|
ḍiurra |
bad counsel |
|
ḍrera |
rot, mold |
| ḍerḍ- |
|
enlarge, grow |
| ḍerg- |
|
darken, make evil |
|
ksaḍerg- |
tan [‘darken with light’] |
|
ksaḍrega |
tanned hide |
|
uksaḍargas |
(the art of) tanning |
| ḍerm- |
|
make/become great, ennoble |
| ḍert- |
|
make/become green |
|
aḍarti |
green |
| ḍerṭ- |
|
divide into quarters |
|
ḍreṭa |
quarter, one fourth |
| ḍesk- |
|
whiten |
|
aḍaski |
white |
|
ksaḍesk- |
fade [‘whiten with light’] |
| ḍesl- |
|
flatten |
| ḍesn- |
|
make/become his |
|
aḍasni |
his, his own |
|
ḍessina |
he, him |
| ḍesp- |
|
age, make/become old |
|
eḍusepa |
ageing |
| ḍesr- |
|
make/become theirs |
|
aḍasri |
their, theirs, their own (m/f) |
|
ḍessira |
they, them (m/f) |
|
ḍosrim |
they (as quasi-pronoun), people, others |
| ḍest- |
|
make/become hers |
|
aşasti |
her, hers, her own |
|
ḍessita |
she, her |
| ḍeşp- |
|
paint, color [from şebr-] |
|
ḍişap |
brush |
|
eḍuşepa |
painting, coloring |
| ḍeşt- |
|
redden |
|
aḍaşti |
red |
| ḍets- |
|
reduce, make small |
| ḍetş- |
|
make blue |
|
detteş |
woad, indigo |
| ḍim- |
|
there (verb prefix) |
|
ḍumak |
there, that place |
| ḍira |
|
hour [Jeori jîrə] |
|
ḍirabab |
soon, sometime today |
|
ḍiradoḷ |
all day long, at all hours |
|
ḍirakuş |
for many hours |
|
ḍiraṭas |
not today, at no time today |
| ḍirn- |
|
blend, mix (liquids), alloy |
|
ḍiran |
tin [i.e., material for making bronze] |
|
ḍrena |
alloy; mixture |
|
eḍurena |
alloying |
|
lesḍirn- |
mix with water |
|
ŋolḍirn- |
mix foods together, make a stew |
|
ŋolḍrena |
stew |
| ḍişn- |
|
see; show, offer |
|
bunḍişn- |
overlook, miss [‘neglect to see’] |
|
ḍişan |
eye |
|
ḍşena |
offer |
|
eḍuşena |
vision, sight (faculty) |
|
ḍşiunna |
sight, something seen (instance) |
|
ṭarḍeşşen |
compass [‘south-shower’] |
|
umḍişn- |
surrender [‘show the head’] |
|
bauḍişn- |
describe; analyze [‘show with words’] |
|
bauḍşena |
description, analysis |
|
ubauḍaşnas |
natural philosophy; knowledge, science |
| ḍog |
|
two |
| ḍoŋ- |
|
baby (verb prefix) |
| ḍus |
|
day |
|
ḍusnemtu |
sunrise, daybreak [‘day it-rose’] |
|
ḍustargu |
sunset [‘day it-fell’] |
|
ḍusdoḷ |
always [‘every day’] |
|
ḍusṭas |
never [‘no day’] |
|
ḍusbab |
some day, sometime |
|
ḍustaḍ |
tomorrow [‘next day’] |
|
ḍusdim |
yesterday [‘previous day’] |
| -eli |
|
good, decent |
|
elera |
goodness, decency |
|
lorim |
a good or decent person |
| eŋ |
|
city (gen. eŋi) |
|
eŋand |
city dweller |
| -epṭ |
|
strong |
|
epeṭa |
strength |
|
poṭim |
strong man |
| gam- |
|
clumsily |
| gan- |
|
by foot (verb prefix) |
| gang- |
|
kick |
|
agenog |
player of ugangas |
|
ginag |
foot, leg |
|
gniugga |
a kick |
|
gongim |
ball (for ugangas) |
|
ugangas |
kickball |
| garḍ- |
|
shelter, house / take refuge |
|
egureḍa |
shelter, housing |
|
greḍa |
house |
|
greṭiḍa |
hut, hovel |
|
ageroḍ |
builder, architect |
|
gorḍim |
resident |
| gark- |
|
sprinkle, add spices to |
|
greka |
powder, something grainy |
|
tingark- |
grate |
|
gairoukum |
cumin [‘we cyclically sprinkle it’] |
| gaşp- |
|
be tired |
|
agaşpi |
tired |
|
goşpa |
to a great extent; far [‘it tires you’] |
|
gşiuppa |
tiredness, fatigue |
| gaşt- |
|
love; be in love with; (incep) fall in love |
|
agaşti |
loved, beloved |
|
ageşot |
admirer, lover |
|
eguşeta |
love, romance |
|
goştim |
beloved |
|
gşiutta |
affair |
|
iggşet |
loving |
|
ŋregaşt- |
feign love |
|
aŋregeşot |
prostitute [‘fake lover’] |
| gba |
|
negative particle for imperatives |
| geḍl- |
|
be beside (locative); support, advocate |
|
goḍlim |
side |
|
ageḍol |
supporter |
|
eguḍela |
support, advocacy |
|
mnegeḍl- |
pass, pass by |
|
nilgeḍl- |
have a vision, foretell [’know beside’] |
|
nilgḍela |
vision, prophecy |
| geld |
|
144, a gross (duodecimal analogue to one hundred) |
|
mugeld |
11*12 [‘twelve (from) 144’] |
|
geldog |
2*144 |
|
gelded |
3*144 |
|
geldarṭ |
4*144 |
|
gelbim |
5*144 |
|
gelmar |
6*144 |
|
geldeps |
7*144 |
|
geldarg |
8*144 |
|
gelmops |
9*144 |
|
gelpisn |
10*144 |
|
geldruŋ |
11*144 |
|
geldroḍ |
126 = 2,985,984 |
|
geldram |
1210 = 6,1917,364,224 |
| gelm- |
|
capture, seize; kidnap |
|
gliumma |
capture, seizure; kidnapping |
|
golmim |
seized or kidnapped person |
|
agelom |
kidnaper |
|
Gelim |
the Gelihur peninsula south of Skouras [‘you seized (it)’] |
|
Gelimḍan |
northern Gelihur |
|
Gelimṭar |
southern Gelihur |
| gend- |
|
come / summon, fetch |
|
gneda |
summons; subpoena |
|
ḍimgend- |
arrive; approach |
| geŋ |
|
forest |
| ger- |
|
be lumpy or knobby |
|
gerred |
knuckle; game piece, die |
|
giurra |
cube |
|
gorim |
lump, knob |
| gerd- |
|
be between (locative) |
|
gerred |
road |
| gerk- |
|
root out, uproot (with a hoe, or an animal’s snout) |
|
girak |
snout |
|
gerrek |
pig |
| geşr- |
|
be subject to / lead, govern, rule |
|
ageşor |
ruler, governor |
|
Ageşoram |
a god; a city in the Namal [‘great governor’] |
|
eguşera |
(process or art of) government, rule |
|
gşarali |
throne room, court |
|
gişar |
staff (Skourene symbol of authority) |
|
goşrim |
subject |
|
gşera |
regime, administration, government |
|
guşouri |
the rural hinterland ruled from a city [‘we rule them’] |
|
guşouriand |
resident of the hinterland |
|
kpageşr- |
misrule |
|
ugaşras |
a gubernatorial state (as opposed to a pure republic) |
| gid- |
|
fall apart, crumble; wreck, ruin |
|
egeda |
ruin, decay |
|
gdeda |
ruins, rubble |
|
gidag |
mace, sledge |
|
ṭisgid- |
crumble in pieces |
|
teḷgid- |
pull apart |
| gidr- |
|
defend (from attack), protect |
|
agedor |
protector, defender |
|
egudera |
protection, defense |
|
gangdera |
greave [‘foot-armor’] |
|
gdera |
armor |
|
gedder |
fort, fortress |
|
gidori |
honors offered to a successful general |
|
Engidori |
a city in the delta, the later Jippirim [‘honors city’] |
|
ungdera |
helmet [‘head-armor’] |
| gim- |
|
bite, chew |
|
egema |
digestion |
|
gimag |
teeth |
|
ṭisgim- |
chew up, chew into a pulp |
|
baugim- |
insult [‘chew with words’] |
|
baugmema |
insult |
| gink- |
|
dry, dry out |
|
gneka |
salt |
|
ŋolgneka |
jerky, dried meat [‘food-dried’] |
|
unagink- |
dry one’s clothes |
| girp- |
|
meet, encounter |
|
greparam |
‘great meeting’: the triennial Trucial Council of the delta cities |
|
griuppa |
encounter, meeting |
|
gorpim |
someone you meet or run into |
| gitr- |
|
form, shape (s.t. malleable); create |
|
agetor |
potter; creator |
|
Ksaragetor |
the divine creator of good things [‘light-creator’] |
|
Agangetor |
the divine creator of bad or imperfect things [‘clumsy creator’] |
|
egutera |
creation |
|
gdira |
pot, vessel |
|
getter |
mold |
|
gitar |
potter’s wheel |
|
gitra |
wax [‘you were formed’] |
|
gotrim |
form, shape (of something) |
|
piŋgitr- |
destroy |
|
piŋegutera |
destruction |
|
atingetor |
elcar [‘creator by cutting’] |
|
ugatras |
pottery |
| giṭḷ- |
|
rejoice, be glad; delight, bring joy |
|
agaṭḷi |
glad, happy |
|
eguṭeḷa |
joy, gladness, delight |
|
guṭḷi |
a positive omen, a blessing [‘they will be glad’] |
|
Guṭḷeli |
a city on the Šurantal [‘good omen’] |
|
Guṭḍaku |
New Guṭleli (Gurdago) [Guṭḷ- + -naku] |
|
guṭḍakuru |
of New Guṭḷeli (Gurdagor) |
|
iggṭeḷ |
delightful |
| -gog |
|
another, other |
|
gega |
another thing, something else |
|
gogim |
another thing, another person |
| -goş |
|
your (s.) |
| -got |
|
your (s. f.) |
| gre- |
|
in return for (before vowels, greḷ-) |
| -ikt |
|
cold |
|
eketa |
coldness |
| -its |
|
small, little |
|
tosim |
something small |
|
tosis |
little kid |
| kaḍb- |
|
lie to |
|
ekuḍeba |
lying, untruth |
|
kṭeba |
lie, falsehood |
|
koḍbim |
liar |
| kaḷş- |
|
enjoy the use of, have (inalienably) |
|
kḷiuşşa |
faculty, sense |
| kalt- |
|
sleep |
|
kilat |
bed |
|
kliutta |
a period of sleep |
|
Kolatim |
the Great Sleeper— name of a god |
|
Kolatimand |
a city in the Gelihur peninsula [‘people of Kolatim’] |
|
ekuleta |
sleep |
|
ḍoŋkalt- |
put the baby to sleep |
|
ŋokkalt- |
stop sleeping, rouse oneself |
|
Ŋokkoltim |
the risen Kolatim (so called in a Peligir revival of his cult) |
| kamp- |
|
be expected, delay / wait, expect (-kmp- > -gp-) |
|
kmiuppa |
wait, delay |
|
kompim |
future guest; unborn baby |
| kanş- |
|
move by rowing / row |
|
konşim |
galley |
|
koṭinşim |
rowboat |
|
ḍokkonşim |
bireme |
|
kinaş |
oar |
| kart- |
|
precede, be before (locative) |
|
kartim |
the Mei who lived in Skouras before the invasion |
| kaş- |
|
abound, be common or widespread |
|
koşim |
many people, the majority |
|
-kuş |
many, much |
|
ukḷukaş- |
be vulgar, be overgrown |
|
nilkaş- |
be enough, be sufficient |
| kau- |
|
topicalizer (connector; kam- before vowels) |
| kenk- |
|
divide, separate; exile |
|
ekuneka |
separation, division |
|
kennek |
wall |
|
konkim |
exile |
|
kunkiri |
divided by |
| kern- |
|
attract, compel attention |
|
akeron |
beauty, hottie |
|
ekurena |
attractiveness, beauty |
|
ikkren |
beautiful |
|
kornim |
one smitten or attracted |
|
baukern- |
persuade [‘compel with speech’] |
| keşg- |
|
die / kill |
|
akaşgi |
dying |
|
akeşog |
killer |
|
ekuşega |
death, mortality |
|
koşgim |
a dying person (or one who is to be killed) |
|
kşega |
corpse, dead person |
|
kşiugga |
(a single) death, killing, murder |
|
ksakeşg- |
be burned to death [‘fire-die’] |
|
leskeşg- |
drown [‘water-die’] |
|
bunkeşg- |
almost die, come close to death |
| kisn- |
|
hear |
|
ekusena |
hearing |
|
kisan |
ear |
|
kosnim |
a sound |
|
kusni |
language [‘they will be heard’]
kusni maind Old Skourene [‘language of the people’] |
|
bunkisn- |
not quite overhear something |
| kirk- |
|
fight, attack; go to war |
|
akerok |
fighter, combattant |
|
ekureka |
fighting, combat |
|
gankirk- |
fight by kicking |
|
inkirk- |
resist, oppose |
|
kirak |
weapon |
|
korkim |
opponent |
|
krakali |
arena |
|
kreka |
war |
|
kriukka |
a fight |
|
teḷkirk- |
fight by hand |
|
ukarkas |
the science of war |
|
ḍodkreka |
civil war |
| kirl- |
|
weaken, sicken |
|
ekurela |
weakness, unhealthiness |
|
kriulla |
sickness, illness |
|
krela |
flaw |
|
korlim |
patient |
|
kerrel |
ill spirit; cause of an illness |
|
akarli |
sick |
|
Korileŋ |
a city in Barmund [city of Koril (‘you weakened (them)’] |
|
ḍaukiurli |
plague (esp. that of 530) [‘they become wholly sick’] |
| kla- |
|
disjunctive connector (kaḷ- before vowels) |
| kom |
|
east |
|
komand |
easterner |
|
Komand |
a city in Feináe [‘eastern’] |
| -kos |
|
fine, rich, grand |
| krek |
|
millet [Uytainese kreʔ] |
| kru(m)- |
|
because (logical connector) |
| ksa- |
|
applying fire or heat (verb prefix) |
| kuḷiŋ |
|
mountain lion |
|
Kuḷiŋibor |
a city [‘lion island’] |
| kus- |
|
do in a superior way, outdo (verb prefix); do too much |
| laŋ- |
|
there (connector) |
| -lek |
|
its |
| len- |
|
be divine, be a god |
|
-len |
divine, godly |
|
alani |
holy |
|
elena |
divinity, godhood |
|
lenali |
holy place |
|
lenim |
god |
|
lenis |
goddess |
| lend- |
|
calm, comfort |
|
alandi |
calm, tranquil |
|
eluneda |
calm, tranquility |
|
lenned |
pacifier |
|
baulend- |
soothe (with words) |
|
teḷḷend- |
soothe (with the hands), massage |
| les- |
|
water (verb prefix) |
| leşṭ- |
|
(be) wet, moist |
|
ksaleşṭ- |
sweat [‘be wet from heat’] |
|
ksalşeṭa |
sweat |
|
piŋleşṭ- |
wipe off [‘un-wet’] |
| -lim |
|
their |
| luḷ |
|
here, this place |
|
luḷasp |
a person from around here |
| laŋ |
|
there, that place |
|
laŋik |
a person from somewhere else; stranger, outsider |
| luṭ |
|
meadow |
|
Luṭali |
a city on Jecuor [‘place of meadows’] |
| -ḷin |
|
easy, convenient |
|
eḷena |
ease, convenience |
| ḷird- |
|
dance |
|
nriudda |
a dance |
|
uḷirdas |
dance (as an art or a type) |
|
ḷordim |
dancer |
| maḍaŋ |
|
star |
|
maḍaṭiŋ |
gem, jewel |
|
meḍoŋ |
(pl) |
|
amaḍni |
starry; dotted |
| magm- |
|
waddle, toddle |
|
maragmu |
a type of penguin found on Şiḍḍi [‘it waddles’] |
| maki |
|
wheat [Tžuro mahi] |
| makş- |
|
to be that much, to be such |
|
kusmakş- |
to be too much |
| mam |
|
thing, object, item |
|
mamul |
this thing, this |
|
mamaŋ |
that thing, that |
| mand |
|
people, nation |
|
mandim |
person, human, man |
| manṭ- |
|
weigh; measure weight |
|
menneṭ |
scales |
|
mneṭa |
weight |
|
ŋremanṭ- |
weigh falsely, use false scales; defraud |
| maŋ- |
|
fear / frighten |
|
amaŋi |
afraid, fearful |
|
emeŋa |
fear |
|
immeŋ |
frightening |
|
moŋ |
coward |
|
baumaŋ- |
scare with words |
| mar |
|
six |
|
ḍus mar |
six days— the Skourene equivalent of a week |
| marm- |
|
go round, encircle (locative), be circular |
|
merrem |
necklace, circlet |
|
mnemarm- |
walk in a circle |
|
mrema |
circle |
|
mirema |
shirt |
| masp- |
|
be thought about / think; (caus) concern, worry |
|
amesop |
thinker, intellectual |
|
emusepa |
thinking |
|
misap |
heart (conceived as the organ of thought) |
|
msepa |
subject, topic |
|
umaspas |
logic |
|
msiuppa |
a thought, an idea |
|
minmasp- |
remember, recall [‘back-think’] |
|
uminmaspas |
(facility of) memory |
|
minmsepa |
a memory, recollection |
|
ŋremasp- |
think or reason incorrectly |
|
uŋremaspas |
illogic, irrationality |
|
ŋremsiuppa |
fallacy |
| maşḍ- |
|
be a woman; (incep) become one / train into womanhood |
|
amaşḍi |
feminine, female |
|
ameşoḍ |
woman; mentor for mşiuḍḍa |
|
emuşeḍa |
womanhood, femininity |
|
moşḍim |
girl, maiden, esp. one undergoing a mşiuḍḍa |
|
mşiuḍḍa |
adulthood ceremony for women |
| med |
|
body |
| meḍr- |
|
be whole, be indivisible [moṭ ‘one’ with an ancient causative -r] |
|
emuḍera |
indivisibility, wholeness |
|
moḍrim |
member of a confederacy |
|
Muḍureg |
the Muḍric confederacy [‘we will be undivided’] |
|
mḍera |
confederacy, federation |
|
piŋmeḍr- |
disunite, split (politically) |
| meld- |
|
be or act as a sister to |
|
amaldi |
sisterly; supportive, solidary |
|
emuleda |
sisterhood (literal or metaphorical) |
|
mald |
sister (by blood) |
|
amelod |
sister (metaphorical) |
| mek- |
|
here (verb prefix) |
| melm |
|
lip |
| meln- |
|
nurture, foster, raise children (maternally) |
|
amalni |
motherly, maternal |
|
amelon |
mother, parent |
|
emulena |
nurturing, parenting |
|
Melnali |
the Mnau peninsula [‘place that nurtures’] |
|
meḷe |
mommy |
|
milan |
breast |
|
mlanali |
foster home, orphanage |
|
molnim |
child, boy |
|
molnis |
girl |
|
bunmeln- |
neglect one’s children |
| men- |
|
go downward, be below (locative); abase oneself |
|
imna |
less; minus |
|
-men |
low, lower |
|
mianum |
floor [‘it is below’] |
| mend- |
|
walk / accompany |
|
amenod |
companion |
|
emuneda |
walking; accompaniment, companionship |
|
minad |
cane, walking stick |
|
mneda |
pace, step; a measurement of about 96 cm |
|
mniudda |
a walk, a promenade |
|
mondim |
walker, pedestrian |
|
doŋmend- |
toddle, walk like a baby |
|
moṭmend- |
take a step |
| meŋ- |
|
hang |
|
meŋa |
earring |
| meŋl- |
|
speak to |
|
ameŋol |
speaker |
|
meŋel |
mouth; harbor, port (orig. meŋŋel) |
|
Meŋeland |
a city on the upper Gelihur peninsula, the later Baburali [‘of the harbor’] |
|
mŋalali |
auditorium, lecture room |
|
mŋela |
speech, discourse |
|
moŋlim |
listener, addressee, audience |
|
ŋiulla |
utterance |
|
umaŋlas |
oratory |
| merg- |
|
be counted / count, enumerate [cf. morg ‘12’] |
|
emurega |
counting |
|
merreg |
abacus (device for quick arithmetic) |
|
mrega |
number, enumeration, sum |
|
umargas |
arithmetic |
|
bunmerg- |
skip (in counting or alloting) |
|
ḍammerg- |
allot, distribute |
| merṭ- |
|
ride; (in inceptive) mount |
|
amerop |
rider, horseman |
|
miraṭ |
saddle |
|
morṭim |
mount |
|
mriuṭṭa |
a ride |
|
umarṭas |
horsemanship |
| meşg- |
|
pile (up), heap; swarm, pile on |
|
mşiugga |
pile, heap |
|
meşgeg |
swarm (of bees) |
| miḍ- |
|
turn (on its axis), rotate |
|
emeḍa |
rotation |
|
meḍḍem |
wheel |
|
miḍam |
wrist |
| migas |
|
fir, pine |
| mil- |
|
call, summon, invoke |
|
ameloṭ |
summoner (esp. in a ritual) |
|
emela |
invocation, summoning |
|
Miligenḍi |
a city on the Šinour [‘they were summoned; they came’] |
|
miulla |
summons, call |
|
teḷmil- |
summon with a gesture |
| misn- |
|
graze / pasture |
|
ameson |
herdsman, shepherd |
|
emusena |
grazing, pastorage |
|
misan |
grass (and other small herbs) |
|
misaṭin |
stubble |
|
mosnim |
ruminant, grazing animal (in pl. = flock) |
|
msanali |
pasture |
|
msena |
grazed field, by extension, a razed or burnt-out spot |
|
ukḷumisan |
weed, weeds |
| min- |
|
back |
| minṭ- |
|
rejoice, give thanks |
|
emuneṭa |
thanksgiving, rejoicing |
|
Minṭu |
an island off Barmund, and its chief city [‘they rejoiced’] |
|
ŋolminṭ- |
give thanks for one’s food, say grace |
|
bunminṭ- |
disrespect the gods, neglect one’s religion |
| mirḍ- |
|
be apart / isolate, set apart, separate |
|
emureḍa |
isolation, separation |
|
mirḍok |
far, remote |
|
mreḍa |
island |
|
morḍim |
hermit, loner |
|
amarḍi |
alone, isolated, apart |
| mne- |
|
by walking (verb prefix) |
| -mol |
|
young |
|
emola |
youth |
|
molim |
apprentice, junior, newbie, recruit |
| morg |
|
twelve (base of OS counting system) [*marḍog ‘six-two’] |
|
emurega |
duodecimal counting |
|
momug |
eleven [‘one (from) twelve’] |
|
morḍog |
2*12 |
|
morḍed |
3*12 |
|
morḍart |
4*12 |
|
morbim |
5*12 |
|
mormar |
6*12 |
|
morḍeps |
7*12 |
|
mordarg |
8*12 |
|
mormops |
9*12 |
|
morpis |
10*12 |
| moṭ |
|
one; (negative sentences) any |
|
moṭim |
someone |
|
Imuṭeli |
a city in the Šinour delta [imuṭi ‘they were one’ (using an obsolete verb -imṭ) + ‘good’— thus roughly ‘good unity’] |
| mulg |
|
deer |
|
mlug |
(pl.) |
|
mlega |
venison |
| mur- |
|
until, before (connector) |
|
murand |
Wede:i [‘before’ + locative adjectivizer] |
| -naku |
|
new |
|
eneka |
newness |
|
nkeka |
a novelty or innovation |
| nalm- |
|
shine (esp. amid darkness) |
|
enulema |
shining, brilliance |
|
nuilmum |
moon (pl. nuilmim) [‘it shines cyclically’] |
|
nilam |
gold |
| nals- |
|
throw; fly |
|
anelos |
bird |
|
enelesa |
flight, the ability to fly |
|
nelles |
catapult |
|
nliussa |
a flight; a throw |
| naḷş- |
|
be worthy / praise, honor |
|
enuḷeşa |
praise, honor |
|
noḷşim |
honoree |
|
innḷeş |
honorable, praiseworthy |
| nam |
|
water |
|
nama |
waters; specifically, a flood or a swamp |
|
Namal |
the swampy coast southwest of Skouras [‘the Swamp’] |
|
namalasp |
of the Namal |
| nank- |
|
cheat, trick, deceive |
|
niukka |
a trick |
|
enuneka |
fraud, cheating; deception |
|
unankas |
the art of deception |
|
anenok |
cheater |
|
nennek |
a device to disguise the volume of merchandise; e.g. a false bottom or a distorted container that looks fuller than it is |
| narş- |
|
flower, bloom; mature / raise, grow to maturity |
|
enureşa |
flowering; maidenhood |
|
nreşa |
flower |
|
nreşuşta |
rose [‘red flower’] |
|
norşis |
maiden, girl, young woman |
|
anarşi |
mature; nubile, marriageable |
|
nosnarş- |
invest |
| nas- |
|
fold over forming a pouch |
|
nisad |
vulva |
|
nosim |
type of shell (often used as money in the southern seas) |
|
nsesa |
fold, pouch, pocket |
|
unanas- |
fold cloth into a pouch |
| naşgu |
|
hemp |
|
nşega |
canvas, sail |
| neld- |
|
know, understand; be able to do; (incep) learn |
|
anelod |
expert |
|
enuleda |
knowledge, understanding |
|
nladali |
school |
|
nulidum |
naturally, of course [‘you know it’] |
|
bauneld- |
be called; name (name itself is in genitive) |
|
baunleda |
name |
| neln- |
|
say, speak (words), tell; refer to, speak of |
|
anelon |
speaker, storyteller |
|
nlena |
story, account |
|
nliulla |
word |
|
nolnim |
referent, person being talked about |
|
unalnas |
storytelling |
|
bunneln- |
forget to say, almost say |
|
kpaneln- |
misspeak, misstate |
|
mneneln- |
perform, act [‘tell (a story) by walking’] |
|
amnenelon |
actor |
|
umnenalnas |
acting, the theater |
|
mnenlena |
play, drama |
| nemt- |
|
rise; progress / raise, lift |
|
anamti |
rising |
|
enumeta |
ascent; progress |
|
Nemiṭali |
a city in the Namal [‘the place (where) they rose’] |
|
lesnemt- |
rise or raise from the water |
| ner- |
|
move (toward) (location in gen.) |
|
anari |
in motion, moving |
|
enera |
motion, movement |
| nesd- |
|
hunt, prey on; persecute |
|
anesod |
hunter |
|
enuseda |
persecution |
|
nessed |
lariat, lasso |
|
nosdim |
prey, game |
|
nsadali |
(hunting) preserve; woods |
|
nsiudda |
a hunt |
|
unasdas |
hunting, predation |
| nesn- |
|
tend, watch over, care for; guard |
|
enusena |
care, concern; guarding |
|
aneson |
guardian, watchman |
|
nosnim |
charge, ward |
|
doŋnesn- |
care for a baby |
| nibt- |
|
leave a trail / track |
|
anebot |
tracker, ranger |
|
ganbeta |
footprint, pawprint |
|
nbeta |
sign, clue, mark, spoor |
|
nbiutta |
trail, track |
|
nobtim |
quarry, someone or something being tracked |
|
piŋŋibt- |
evade / lose a trail |
|
teḷnbeta |
handprint |
|
unabtas |
the art of tracking |
| nibu |
|
grain, seed |
|
niburali |
granary |
|
Nibureli |
a city [‘good grains’] |
| nidp- |
|
be active, be lively |
|
enidepa |
liveliness |
|
ndapali |
hive |
|
baunidp- |
be loquacious, speak in a lively way |
| nikt- |
|
be first; win (erg refl.) |
|
anakti |
first |
|
anekot |
victor, winner |
|
nkiutta |
victory |
|
minnikt- |
regain, win back |
|
bunnikt- |
almost win, fall short of winning |
| nil- |
|
know how to, can (verbal prefix) [from neld-] |
| niḷg- |
|
be hidden; hide, conceal |
|
nḷiugga |
concealment |
|
geŋŋiaḷgirig |
icëlan [‘they hide themselves in the forest’] |
| nind- |
|
be third; come in third (erg. refl.) |
|
anandi |
third |
| nirn- |
|
own, possess, have (things); (incep) obtain; (desid.) desire, want |
|
aneron |
owner |
|
enurena |
(state of) possession, ownership |
|
nornim |
possession, owned object |
|
piŋirn- |
give up, release (ŋn > ŋ) [‘un-have’] |
|
piŋornim |
gift, purchase |
| nişp- |
|
be second; come in second (erg. refl.) |
|
anaşpi |
second |
|
aneşop |
runner-up |
| nos- |
|
money (verbal prefix) |
| nsul- |
|
therefore (logical connector) |
| ŋakt- |
|
be warm, warm up |
|
eŋuketa |
warmth |
|
ŋekket |
jacket, coat |
|
ksaŋakt- |
warm up by the fire |
| ŋalm- |
|
cover, close |
|
aŋalmi |
covered, closed |
|
eŋulema |
covering, closing |
|
ŋellem |
lid, cover |
|
ŋlema |
container, box |
|
unaŋalm- |
cover with a cloth; close (a robe or other clothing) |
|
unaŋellem |
blanket |
| ŋarn- |
|
be murky or translucent; be foggy |
|
ŋriunna |
fog, murk |
|
bauŋarn- |
be unclear or confusing (in one’s speech) |
| ŋarş- |
|
buy; haggle |
|
aŋeroş |
buyer, purchaser |
|
ŋiraş |
money |
|
ŋorşim |
purchase (=item), acquisition |
|
ŋriuşşa |
purchase (=act) |
|
uŋarşas |
the art of haggling |
| ŋart- |
|
sell, trade |
|
aŋetot |
vendor, trader, dealer |
|
eŋureta |
trade, commerce |
|
ŋortim |
merchandise |
|
ŋratali |
market |
|
ŋriutta |
sale, exchange |
|
uŋartas |
merchandising, sales technique |
| ŋeḍ- |
|
recline, rest, lie down, place down; lie fallow |
|
aŋaḍi |
resting; prone; fallow |
|
eŋeḍa |
rest |
|
ŋiuḍḍa |
nap, short rest |
|
ŋoḍim |
fallow field |
| ŋels- |
|
eat; (caus) feed |
|
ŋol- |
food (verb prefix) |
|
aŋelos |
diner; customer, patron |
|
doŋŋels- |
nurse (a baby) |
|
eŋelesa |
dining, eating |
|
ŋlasali |
dining room |
|
ŋliussa |
meal, dinner |
|
ŋolsim |
food |
|
uŋalsas |
gastronomy |
| ŋelt- |
|
obey / command, order |
|
aŋelot |
commander, general; dictator |
|
eŋuleta |
obedience |
|
ŋellet |
written orders; dictate, decree |
|
ŋliutta |
order, command |
|
uŋaltas |
dictorship |
|
kpaŋelt- |
disobey |
|
buŋŋelt- |
fail to obey (by neglect rather than defiance) |
| ŋeml- |
|
benefit, act on someone’s behalf |
|
aŋemol |
benefactor |
|
bauŋeml- |
speak on someone’s behalf |
|
eŋumela |
benevolence |
|
meŋeml- |
pose as a benefactor |
|
ŋimal |
benefit, advantage |
| ŋerḍ- |
|
come up or grow in a short, fuzzy pattern— said of seedlings, new feathers, newly shorn hair or fur, beards |
|
ŋarḍ |
beard |
|
ŋorḍim |
seedling; stray hair |
|
piŋŋerḍ- |
shave, shear |
|
ukḷuŋerḍ- |
grow in a straggly way |
| ŋimp- |
|
beg, plead |
|
ŋmiuppa |
plea |
| ŋism- |
|
raise (children); have children (said of a couple); beget, sire; exercise benign authority |
|
aŋasmi |
fatherly, paternal |
|
aŋesom |
father, parent |
|
eŋusema |
fatherhood, domestic authority |
|
meşe |
daddy |
|
ŋessem |
stud, bull |
|
ŋosmim |
foal, calf |
|
ŋsamali |
childhood home |
| ŋişṭ- |
|
steal, rob (victim or thing in abs.) |
|
aŋeşoṭ |
thief |
|
eŋuşeṭa |
thievery, crime |
|
ŋşiutta |
robbery, theft |
| Ŋiṭegam |
|
Uytai [Itsenic Nyičegwamnam] |
| ŋok- |
|
stop, finish (verbal prefix) |
| -ŋop |
|
my |
| -ŋot |
|
my (f.) |
| ŋre- |
|
falsely, wrongly |
| -osp |
|
old |
|
esepa |
oldness, age |
|
sopim |
old person |
|
spepa |
antique, something old or out of use |
| pagm- |
|
defeat, conquer, occupy |
|
apegom |
conqueror |
|
bgema |
territory, conquered country |
|
epugema |
defeat, conquest, occupation |
|
pogmim |
resident of a conquered nation |
|
pkmeḍ |
the principle of non-interference; the idea that Skourenes should not fight each other [‘we do not conquer each other’] |
|
Papliopagimi |
a city in northern Skouras [assimilated form of patlim-pagimi ‘we believed (in those things), you conquered them’, part of a prayer] |
| paln- |
|
be kind to, favor, befriend |
|
epulena |
kindness |
|
ipplen |
kind |
|
pliunna |
good deed; alms, gift |
|
polnim |
favorite |
| pamd- |
|
help, assist |
|
epumeda |
help, assistance |
| pank- |
|
act randomly or capriciously; gamble |
|
apanki |
unlucky, unfortunate |
|
apenok |
gambler |
|
epuneka |
fate, fortune, destiny |
|
ippnek |
whimsical, capricious, random |
|
pennek |
dice |
|
pnakali |
gambling den |
|
pniukka |
a bout of gambling |
|
posnim |
a victim of fate |
| parg- |
|
inspect, test; look at |
|
aperog |
inspector |
|
mneparg- |
review (troops); investigate (an area) |
|
priugga |
inspection, test |
|
teḷparg- |
palpate, feel, examine by touch |
| pasn- |
|
be a man; (incep) become one / train into manhood |
|
apasni |
male, masculine |
|
apeson |
man; mentor for psiunna |
|
epusena |
manhood, masculinity |
|
posnim |
young man, esp. one undergoing a psiunna |
|
psiunna |
adulthood ceremony for men |
| parṭ- |
|
be idle, do nothing; play |
|
aperoṭ |
player |
|
epureṭa |
idleness, inactivity |
|
paurṭu |
lazy person [‘he wants to do nothing’] |
|
piraṭ |
game, diversion |
|
porṭim |
idle person |
|
priuṭṭa |
break, rest |
| past |
|
year |
|
pastdim |
last year |
|
pasttaḍ |
next year |
| patl- |
|
believe, trust in |
|
apelot |
believer, worshipper |
|
eputela |
belief, faith |
|
ptiulla |
a belief; superstition |
|
mepatl- |
feign or fake belief |
|
ŋrepatl- |
believe in someone who doesn’t deserve it |
|
piŋpatl- |
mistrust, disbelieve |
| pelg- |
|
be supported or held up / sustain, support (incep = found) |
|
pelleg |
foundation, basis |
|
Peligi |
a city [‘they sustain you’] |
|
plagali |
colony |
|
polgim |
colonial (loosely used for anyone south of the delta) |
| pesk- |
|
undertake, organize |
|
apesok |
organizer, chief |
|
psakali |
entrepôt, commercial outpost |
|
psiukka |
enterprise, project; expedition |
|
upalgas |
logistics, management |
|
ŋolpesk- |
look for or organize dinner |
| peşp- |
|
signal, indicate; mean |
|
peşşep |
logograph; the meaning portion of a glyph |
|
pşepa |
sign, signal |
|
pşiuppa |
meaning |
|
upaşpas |
semantics; the system of logographs |
|
umpeşp- |
nod (the head) |
| pils- |
|
sacrifice |
|
apelos |
celebrant |
|
pilas |
sacrificial firepit |
|
plesa |
beef |
|
pliussa |
sacrifice |
|
polsim |
sacrificial animal |
| pilt- |
|
rain / bring or cause rain |
|
pellet |
rain cloud |
|
pliutta |
a rainstorm |
|
poltim |
rain, rainwater |
| piŋ- |
|
undo (verbal prefix) |
| pirs- |
|
smile |
|
priussa |
a smile |
| pisan |
|
ten (combining form psan) [from pasn-] |
|
pison |
tens (combining form pson) |
|
depsan |
seven [‘three (from) ten’] |
|
mopsan |
nine [‘one (from) ten’] |
|
episena |
decimal counting |
| pitr- |
|
respond, reply, answer; defend (by word) |
|
ptera |
answer, response |
|
apetor |
defense lawyer; apologist |
|
upatras |
defense (in law or argument) |
|
Pitrat |
a city in Barmund [‘you (f.) answered’] |
|
ptiurra |
argument, defense |
|
bunpitr- |
fail to reply |
| pişm- |
|
act as a trustee / delegate, appoint |
|
epuşema |
delegation, trusteeship; rule by trustee |
|
poşmim |
trustee; ruler of a colony; despot |
|
upaşmas |
despotism |
| pum- |
|
help (verbal prefix) |
| raḍ |
|
soil, earth, ground |
| -ram |
|
great |
|
erema |
greatness |
|
romim |
great man, noble; hero |
| rark |
|
dog [possibly, imitative of barking] |
|
rarok |
dogs (pl.) |
| reḍim |
|
linen |
| Regn |
|
lake Lenan; name of a goddess |
|
regnand |
Lenani |
| rel- |
|
burn |
|
rilar |
tinderbox, kindling |
|
erela |
heat; spiciness |
|
reller |
spice (never pluralized) |
|
riulla |
fire |
|
riullamna |
pepper [‘black fire’] |
|
ksarel- |
roast; sunburn [‘burn with light’] |
|
lesrel- |
boil |
| rem- |
|
weave [Jeori rîmî] |
|
aremoṭ |
weaver |
|
remmed |
loom |
|
riumma |
carpet |
|
rmema |
cloth |
|
uramas |
(the art of) weaving |
| ren |
|
flax |
| riŋ- |
|
sing |
|
areŋoṭ |
singer |
|
ereŋa |
singing |
|
riŋar |
bird call |
|
riuŋŋa |
song |
|
uraŋas |
music |
| riḍ- |
|
be big or large |
|
-roḍ |
big, large |
|
ereḍa |
largeness |
|
roḍim |
a big man, a giant |
| riln- |
|
fold, fold over (once) |
|
piŋriln- |
unfold |
|
riunna |
a fold |
|
rena |
poncho, men’s robe |
| roz |
|
apple [Ax. rouz] |
| ruŋ |
|
1728 (duodecimal analogue to one thousand) |
|
ruŋroḍ |
127 = 35,831,808 |
|
ruŋram |
1211 = 743,008,370,688 |
| sadŋ- |
|
interrogative locative verb [si + daŋ-] |
| sakş- |
|
to cost how much (interrogative) |
| -sal |
|
flat |
|
esela |
flatness |
|
slela |
plain |
| saln- |
|
be in the middle (locative); be normal |
|
-saln |
central, middle |
|
esulena |
centrality; normality |
|
isslen |
normal, average |
|
slena |
center, middle |
|
sliunna |
noon |
| salt- |
|
clean, wash |
|
asalti |
clean |
|
silat |
cleaning rag |
|
lessalt- |
wash (with water) |
|
doŋsalt- |
wash the baby |
|
umsalt- |
wash one’s face |
|
teḷsalt- |
wash one’s hands |
|
gansalt- |
wash one’s feet |
| -san |
|
his |
| sand- |
|
laugh / amuse |
|
esuneda |
amusement |
|
sniudda |
laugh |
|
sneda |
joke, diversion |
|
asenod |
comedian, mime |
| sanr- |
|
cook |
|
asenor |
cook |
|
senner |
stove |
|
snera |
dish, meal |
|
usanras |
cooking, cookery |
|
lessanr- |
poach; simmer |
| saŋk- |
|
work, work out, succeed |
|
esuŋeka |
success (abstraction) |
|
sŋiukka |
a success, a hit |
| sap |
|
mountain |
|
sapa |
mountain range [‘mountains’] |
| sark- |
|
please, be pleasing / enjoy |
|
esureka |
pleasantness; enjoyment |
|
kpasark- |
pervert, seduce [‘wrongly please’] |
|
kpasriukka |
seduction |
|
ekpasureka |
perversion, vice |
| sas |
|
already |
| saṭş- |
|
deduce, solve, calculate, correctly guess |
|
gamsaṭş- |
guess at random |
|
ŋresaṭş- |
guess wrongly |
|
seṭṭeş |
clock, clockwork |
|
sṭeşa |
solution, answer |
|
sṭiuşşa |
a deduction, calculation |
|
usṭişum |
riddle, puzzle, logic problem [‘solve it!’] |
| seḷg- |
|
be night, be dark |
|
-saḷg |
dark; brown; of the night |
|
asaḷgi |
nocturnal, nightly |
|
esuḷega |
criminality |
|
slega |
crime |
|
sliugga |
night |
|
soḷgim |
criminal [‘nighted’] |
|
bunsliugga |
midnight sun |
| semt- |
|
run, race |
|
smiutta |
race |
|
smatali |
racetrack |
| senr- |
|
interrogative locative verb [si + ner-] |
| sep- |
|
leave, depart (location in gen.) |
|
asapi |
leaving, moving away |
|
esepa |
departure |
|
siuppa |
goodbyes, leavetaking |
|
bunsep- |
stay on (e.g., a guest who refuses to leave) |
| sepk- |
|
do what? (interrogative verb) |
| serḍ- |
|
hit; (durative) beat up |
|
sriuḍḍa |
blow |
|
teḷserḍ- |
hit (with the fist) |
|
umserḍ- |
hit in the head |
| sert- |
|
wear; (incep) dress |
|
asarti |
clothed |
|
sirat |
belt, sash |
|
sortim |
clothes, outfit |
|
usartas |
fashion, clothing |
|
ḍoŋsert- |
dress a baby |
| setr- |
|
swim |
|
esutera |
swimming |
|
mnesetr- |
wade [‘walk-swim’] |
|
sitar |
fin, flipper |
|
starali |
pool, swimming hole |
| -si |
|
interrogative particle |
| sig- |
|
be fragrant, smell |
|
esega |
sense of smell |
|
sag |
nose |
|
siugga |
fragrance, smell |
| sikt- |
|
be apart; set aside, save, reserve; (caus) tax |
|
esuketa |
taxation |
|
sekket |
tax |
|
sikat |
savings ledger |
|
sketa |
savings, reserve |
|
unasikt- |
undress [‘put clothes aside’] |
| simp- |
|
assemble /gather, convene |
|
asemop |
convener or president of an assembly |
|
smapali |
senate chamber; senate, permanent assembly |
|
smepa |
law (passed by an assembly) |
|
smiuppa |
assembly, meeting; session of a permanent body |
|
sompim |
member of an assembly |
|
usampas |
a senatorial state; republic |
|
nossimp- |
raise money |
| sins- |
|
advise, counsel |
|
asenos |
advisor |
|
esunesa |
advising |
|
sniussa |
advice |
| sint- |
|
stab, penetrate |
|
asinot |
swordsman |
|
sinat |
sword |
|
usintas |
swordsmanship |
|
bunsint- |
miss (with a sharp weapon) |
| sipt- |
|
follow, be after (locative) |
|
punsipt- |
celebrate [‘help to follow’, i.e. participate in a procession] |
|
punspiutta |
celebration, festival (esp. a religious one) |
|
kpasipt- |
be late [‘be wrongly after’] |
|
kussipt- |
be too late [in this sense, short for kuskpasipt-] |
| -sir |
|
their |
| sirm- |
|
crawl |
|
suṭirm |
insect |
|
surm |
reptile |
|
lessirm- |
wriggle in the mud or river/sea bottom |
| sitm- |
|
measure (esp. length) |
|
setma |
length |
|
settem |
ruler |
|
stiumma |
measurement |
| Skinor |
|
the Šinour river [ancient Mei Šeginur ‘drink-water’] |
|
skinorand |
Šinourene |
| Skouras |
|
Skouras [nominalization of Skinor; i.e. ‘the Šinour country’] |
|
skourand |
Skourene |
|
Skuranaku |
the Koranax [‘new Skouras’] |
|
Skuranṭal |
the Skourene Sea |
| -sok |
|
white, pale |
|
eseka |
whiteness |
|
Sokandeli |
a city in Skouras; (idiomatically) a reverse greater than it seems at first [‘good white (one)’] |
| şagl- |
|
be great / praise, take pride in |
|
aşagli |
great, awesome |
|
aşegol |
prideful person |
|
eşugela |
greatness, pride |
|
işşgel |
proud |
|
şgiulla |
praise |
| şamp- |
|
consent, agree, accept (abs=agreement or person agreed with) |
|
aşampi |
agreed-upon, conventional |
|
şmepa |
(legal) contract |
|
şmiuppa |
agreement, acceptance |
|
ḍamşamp- |
promise [‘completely consent’] |
|
ḍamşmiuppa |
promise |
| şapt- |
|
look around, investigate |
|
aşepot |
investigator, researcher |
|
eşupeta |
investigation, research |
|
şpiutta |
a check, a once-over, a look-see |
|
teḷşapt- |
feel around, palpate |
| şart- |
|
smell strongly of damp compost |
|
şortim |
compost, wet hay or grass |
|
şreta |
cilantro, coriander |
|
aşarti |
hay |
| -şat |
|
her |
| şebr- |
|
glow; be colored / light up; (in inceptive) light |
|
aşebort |
ënomai, the sun; the sun goddess |
|
eşubera |
light, illumination |
|
şbera |
color |
|
şebber |
light, torch |
|
ksaşebr- |
ignite, set on fire |
| şekt- |
|
press, squeeze; make wine |
|
şkiutta |
pressing |
|
uşaktas |
winemaking |
|
şketa |
wine |
|
şekket |
winepress |
|
şkatali |
winemaker’s shop or label |
| şers- |
|
be round or circular |
|
-şars |
round, circular |
|
şresa |
pie, cake |
|
şriussa |
circle |
| şidm- |
|
be dizzy or woozy; confuse |
|
eşudema |
dizziness, confusion |
|
ksaşidm- |
be dizzy from the heat |
| Şiḍḍi |
|
Šiji island [from a Mei dialect] |
| şagḍ- |
|
shit, crap; be shit/shitty |
|
şgeḍa |
shit, crap |
| şiḷm- |
|
float / sail |
|
aşeḷom |
sailor |
|
uşaḷmas |
sailing |
|
şḷiumma |
voyage (by sea) |
|
şoḷmim |
sailing ship |
| şilp- |
|
be fat |
|
eşulepa |
fatness, fatten |
|
şliuppa |
fat, grease |
|
şolpim |
a fat man |
| şiu- |
|
only, except (connector; şim- before vowels) |
| şuş |
|
interjection of dismissal, disdain, or disgust |
| taḍ- |
|
be alongside, be next to; be together (locative) |
|
-taḍ |
adjoining; next, following |
|
eteḍa |
togetherness |
|
mnetaḍ- |
walk alongside |
| targ- |
|
fall, drop; set (astronomy) |
|
triugga |
setting; a fall or drop |
|
lestarg- |
fall in the water |
| tart- |
|
spell using the syllabary (abs=word or glyph) [from use of t in ‘spelling’] |
|
terret |
the phonetic syllabary |
|
triutta |
‘spelling’— the phonetic part of a word glyph |
|
triuṭitta |
a symbol in the syllabary |
|
utartas |
orthography, phonetics |
| tasg- |
|
be naked; (incep) take off clothes |
|
etusega |
nakedness, nudity |
|
utsagas |
burlesque, risqué performance |
|
atesog |
burlesque performer |
|
atasgi |
naked, nude |
|
tosgim |
naked person |
|
tsagali |
nightclub, bar |
|
tsega |
nude (as an art object) |
|
gantasg- |
be barefoot |
| tast- |
|
open, make an small opening not large enough to walk through |
|
tostim |
window |
|
unatast- |
open (a robe or other clothing) |
| tebd- |
|
extend (intr), be located / extend, set up (tr) |
|
atebor |
emperor |
|
tpeda |
territory, possession abroad (outside the ṭreta) |
|
tebbeḍ |
realm; empire |
| telk- |
|
be on top of (locative) |
|
tliukka |
surface, top |
|
tolkim |
125 = 248,832 [‘thing on top’] |
|
tolkimroḍ |
129 = 5,159,780,352 |
|
tolkimram |
1213 = 106,993,205,379,072 |
| teḷ- |
|
by hand (verb prefix) |
|
teḷand |
craftsman |
| teŋk- |
|
stop, finish, end |
|
tniukka |
ending |
| terl- |
|
touch, feel (by touch) |
|
teral |
hand (pl. terol) |
|
triulla |
touch, feel |
|
Teralam |
a god; a city named after him [‘great hand’] |
| tesn- |
|
marry (erg = male, abs = female) |
|
ateson |
husband |
|
tosnis |
wife |
|
etusena |
marriage |
|
tsiunna |
wedding |
| teşr- |
|
be attached or faithful (to), |
|
etuşera |
faithfulness, loyalty |
|
ṭşera |
bond, attachment |
| tim- |
|
cut (verb prefix) |
| timp- |
|
lure, entice; campaign (for votes) |
|
atemop |
candidate |
|
etumepa |
enticement |
|
tmepa |
campaign |
|
utampas |
democracy |
| tins- |
|
cut |
|
tennes |
knife |
|
tnasali |
eatery, restaurant (for sociable lunches) |
|
tnesa |
meat |
|
tniussa |
a cut; fraction |
|
bolatinos |
barber |
|
boltins- |
cut one’s hair |
|
burntins- |
chop (wood) |
|
ŋoltins- |
carve (meat) |
|
ṭistins- |
cut up, cut in pieces |
| tirṭ- |
|
exist; be made / make, bring into being (source material in gen) |
|
atarṭi |
existing |
|
ateroṭ |
creator, maker |
|
etureṭa |
existence, being |
|
torṭim |
being, object |
|
triuṭṭa |
genesis, creation |
|
utarṭas |
manufacture, creation, creativity |
| tisp- |
|
rip, tear |
|
tsepa |
a rip, a tear |
|
unatisp- |
tear one’s clothing |
|
ṭistisp- |
rip into pieces |
| tişḍ- |
|
flow, run (liquids), pour |
|
ateşoḍ |
server (at an inn) |
|
tişaḍ |
pitcher, vessel |
|
toşḍim |
liquid |
| tişp- |
|
stretch; cover by stretching |
|
tişap |
skin |
|
teşşep |
tent |
| -toş |
|
blue |
| ṭag |
|
fish |
| ṭal |
|
sea |
|
iṭili |
of the sea, marine |
|
Iṭili |
a city on the Šinour delta [‘of the sea’] |
|
iṭilik |
(someone) from Iṭili |
|
ṭailuadni |
iliu [‘they want to keep living in the sea’] |
|
ṭaldoḷ |
Almea, the world [‘every sea’] |
| ṭar |
|
south |
|
ṭarand |
southern |
| ṭart- |
|
found, establish |
|
aṭerot |
founder |
|
eṭureta |
founding, establishment |
|
ṭreta |
city-state; by extension, land, country |
|
ṭriutta |
entity, institution, establishment |
| -ṭas |
|
no, not |
|
ṭas- |
except; not even, including (logical connector) |
|
ṭosim |
no one, nothing |
| ṭaşg- |
|
poke, penetrate; plow |
|
aṭeşog |
plowsman |
|
eṭuşega |
plowing |
|
uṭaşgas |
agriculture |
|
ṭeşşeg |
plow |
|
ṭişag |
penis |
|
tiuṭasg- |
punch (with a sharp implement), poke a hole |
| ṭelp- |
|
write |
|
ṭlepa |
document; essay, composition |
|
eṭulepa |
writing (as a process), composition |
|
ṭilap |
pen |
|
uṭalpas |
the art of writing |
|
ṭlapali |
scriptorium |
|
nişṭelp- |
copy (a manuscript), publish |
| ṭiḍ- |
|
be free; liberate |
|
aṭaḍi |
free (not slave) |
|
aṭeḍoṭ |
liberator |
|
eṭeḍa |
freedom |
|
bauṭiḍ- |
speak freely |
| ṭiḷk- |
|
(make or be) empty; dig |
|
eṭuḷeka |
emptiness |
|
ṭḷiukka |
hole, cavity |
|
ṭeḷḷek |
shovel |
|
iṭṭḷek |
empty |
|
lesṭiḷk- |
bail (water) |
|
teḷṭiḷk- |
dig with the hands |
|
kusṭiḷk- |
mine [‘out-dig’] |
|
ekusṭuḷeka |
mining |
|
kusṭḷeka |
mine |
|
akusṭeḷok |
miner |
| ṭis- |
|
into pieces (verb prefix) |
| ṭirk- |
|
stand, stay (incep = stand up) |
|
ṭerrek |
cane |
|
ukḷuṭirk- |
lurk [despective] |
|
ukḷuṭorkim |
shady character, rascal [‘lurker’] |
| ṭisu |
|
temple |
|
Ṭisuram |
a city [‘great temple’] |
|
Ṭisutra |
a city [‘temple of the hand’ using a dialectal form of terl-] |
|
ṭisutrand |
Ṭisutran |
| ṭou- |
|
for (connector indicating purpose; ṭom- before vowels) |
| ukḷu- |
|
despective verb prefix |
| una- |
|
clothes (verb prefix) |
| -urg |
|
dark; evil |
|
erega |
darkness, evil |
| -uşṭ |
|
red |
|
eşeṭa |
redness |
