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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