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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