4.0 KiB
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
blanu
blue
is blue (color)
brado
big
is big/large/great in size
brota
brother
is the/a brother of
delja
red
is red (color)
firgu
beneficial
is beneficial/nice to
flawo
tasty
is tasty/has a pleasant flavor to
flego
gray
is 50% gray (color)
glowa
grow
to grow/get larger/increase in size
grafa
grandfather
is the/a grandfather of
grama
grandmother
is the/a grandmother of
hetlo
pink
is pink (color)
kirta
Creator
is an infinite slice of an even greater infinite/our Creator/a Creator
mamta
mother
is the/a mother of
l'ewa
language
is a language
madsa
eat
eats/consumes/is eating/to eat
n'ixu
pleasant
is aesthetically pleasing to
patfu
father
is the/a father of
pu'ro
white
is white (color)
qalno
green
is green (color)
qanro
healthy
is healthy/fit/well/in good health
qa'te
fast
is fast/rapid in rate
sistu
sister
is the/a sister of
spalo
apple
is an apple
spiro
holy
is saintly/holy/morally good to
te'ra
teal
is teal (color)
tunke
uncle
is the/a uncle of
wufra
dog
is a dog
xekri
black
is black (color)
yeplo
yellow
is yellow (color)
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
xi
family: XI
subject-verb separator
the optional separator between the subject and the verb, sometimes needed when it is otherwise grammatically vague
hoi
family: HOI
relative clause
creates a relative/descriptive clause giving more context to a given noun phrase, arguments should be verbs
joi
family: HOI
incidental relative clause
creates a relative/descriptive clause giving more incidental context to a given noun phrase, arguments should be verbs
ma
family: MA
what/which
used to fill a missing noun-phrase
no
family: NO
verb question
verb question, used to fill a missing/unknown verb
ke'a
family: KE'A
metaphor
metaphorically/non-literally