# Dictionary This chapter of the book will hold a list of all of the words in L'ewa as the time of this book being rendered. This may not be the most up-to-date list of words. See (TODO(Mai): ko finti le vlaste kibystu) for more words. ## Root Words ### l'ewa *language* is a language ### madsa *eat* eats/is eating/to eat ### qa'te *fast* is fast/rapid in rate ### spalo *apple* is an apple ### zasko *plant* is a plant/is vegetation ## Particles ### mi family: MI *me, I* the current speaker ### mi'a family: MI *we (system)* the system of the current speaker, inclusive ### mi'o family: MI *we (all)* any speaker, any listener and any others ### ro family: MI *you* the listener ### ro'a family: MI *you (+ system)* the system of the listener ### ti family: TI *this* the currently referenced object near the speaker ### ta family: TI *that* that (near listener) ### tu family: TI *that* that (far away) ### ka family: KA *subject marker* explicitly marks noun-phrase as the subject of the verb ### ke family: KA *verb marker* explicitly marks following phrase as a verb ### ku family: KA *object marker* explicitly marks following phrase as the object of the verb ### lo family: LO *a/an* indefinite article ### le family: LO *the* definite article ### zo family: JA *zero* zero ### ja family: JA *one* one ### he family: JA *two* two ### xu family: JA *three* three ### ho family: JA *four* four ### qi family: JA *five* five ### gau family: JA *nif* nif (dec 36) ### to family: JA *all* all/every ### ra'o family: JA *some* some amount of/a few ### so family: JA *how many?* how many/number question ### na family: NA *total negation* something other than, total negation ### na'o family: NA *scalar negation* the opposite of ### nai family: NA *particle negation* negation of a particular particle ### qu family: QA *past tense* marks noun phrase / verb as past tense ### qa family: QA *present tense* marks noun phrase / verb as present tense ### qo family: QA *future tense* marks noun phrase / verb as future tense ### qe family: QA *perfective aspect* marks noun phrase / verb as perfective, or completed