Tadthta Jouevyaix Cherani

Cherani Trade Speech Lexicon

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A

absolutive case
nge
Class: particle: case
XSAMPA:/NE/
Gloss: absolutive: nonsentient intransitive subject, or object of transitive verb
abstinence
jünn
Class: root: nominal -- qualities
XSAMPA:/d_Zun:/
Gloss:abstinence, chastity
abstract key
-ei-
Class: specifier key
XSAMPA:/e_i/
Gloss:specifier for something in the abstract class
account
tadthta
Class: root: nominal -- language
XSAMPA:/tad_Tta/
Gloss: lexicon, account
accusative case
e
Class: particle: case
XSAMPA:/E/
Gloss: accusative marker: sentient object of a transitive verb
across
aid
Class: particle: directional
XSAMPA:/a_id/
Gloss: along a route or across open space
adjectivalizer
i-
Class: specifier affix
XSAMPA:/I/
Gloss:verbalizer, adjectivalizer
adult
llüsh
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/K\uS/
Gloss:to be adult
afternoon
sef
Class: root: nominal -- time
XSAMPA:/sEf/
Gloss:afternoon, the time between noon and (nominal) sunset
air
eux
Class: root: nominal -- materials
XSAMPA:/e_uh\/
Gloss:air
all
te
Class: specifier
XSAMPA:/tE/
Gloss:all
almost
kïshutth
Class: specifier
XSAMPA:/kiS@t_T/
Gloss:almost, nearly
along
aid
Class: particle: directional
XSAMPA:/a_id/
Gloss: along a route or across open space
altar
rudth
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/r\@d_T/
Gloss:altar
amidst
dthev
Class: particle: directional
XSAMPA:/d_TEv/
Gloss:amidst
and
dli
Class: particle: conjunction
XSAMPA:/d_K\I/
Gloss: And
angry
veith
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/ve_iT/
Gloss:to be angry
animal
drïv
Class: root: nominal -- animals
XSAMPA:/dr\iv/
Gloss:animal
hïn
Class: root: nominal -- animals
XSAMPA:/hin/
Gloss:a large flying insectlike predator with beautiful wings, "dragonfly"
khall
Class: root: nominal -- animals
XSAMPA:/k_XaK\/
Gloss:an animal
mïaull
Class: root: nominal -- animals
XSAMPA:/Fia_uK\/
Gloss:an animal
nnürr
Class: root: nominal -- animals
XSAMPA:/n:uR\/
Gloss:animal
thurryïd
Class: root: nominal -- animals
XSAMPA:/T@R\jid/
Gloss:an animal
animal (draught)
külïs
Class: root: nominal -- animals
XSAMPA:/kulis/
Gloss:a hadrosaurish domestic animal, culturally like a very mellow camel or a very large llama
animal (meat)
dhellom
Class: root: nominal -- animals
XSAMPA:/DEK\OF/
Gloss:animal, meat "pig"
animal, dairy
thiz
Class: root: nominal -- animals
XSAMPA:/TIz/
Gloss:a "dairy" animal that supplies food while living, "goat"
animal, domesticated
heud
Class: root: nominal -- animals
XSAMPA:/he_ud/
Gloss:a working domesticated animal "cat"
animal, draft
kix
Class: root: nominal -- animals
XSAMPA:/kIh\/
Gloss:a draft animal from the west continent
animal, small
waum
Class: root: nominal -- animals
XSAMPA:/wa_uF/
Gloss:smaller nonsentient animal related to rürathta, "monkey"
animal, wild herds
lougx
Class: root: nominal -- animals
XSAMPA:/lo_ug_?/
Gloss: ceratopsians that live in big herds on the plains, the dinosaurish ecoloogical equivalent of American Bison
animate key
-ü-
Class: specifier key
XSAMPA:/u/
Gloss:specifier for something in the animate class
anti-query
-ro
Class: modal affix
XSAMPA:/r\O/
Gloss:anti-query
ro
Class: modal particle
XSAMPA:/r\O/
Gloss:anti-query, answer, intensive
any
gle
Class: specifier
XSAMPA:/g_KE/
Gloss:any
archipelago
afang
Class: root: nominal -- geography
XSAMPA:/afaN/
Gloss:archipelago
arm
re
Class: root: nominal -- body
XSAMPA:/r\E/
Gloss:arm
around
nos
Class: particle: directional
XSAMPA:/nOs/
Gloss:around, surrounding (the fence is around the house)
around (go)
ngoth
Class: particle: directional
XSAMPA:/NOT/
Gloss:around, as in go around the barrier
associate with
eon
Class: root: verbal -- transitive
XSAMPA:/EOn/
Gloss: to be associated with, to have (politer form)
associative case
on
Class: particle: case
XSAMPA:/On/
Gloss: associative
at (time)
eul
Class: particle: directional
XSAMPA:/e_ul/
Gloss: at a time
at location
ka
Class: particle: directional
XSAMPA:/ka/
Gloss: at, beside
avatar
llaits
Class: root: nominal -- religion
XSAMPA:/K\a_it_s/
Gloss:avatar
away from
ün
Class: particle: directional
XSAMPA:/un/
Gloss:away from
away from the surface
sakh
Class: root: directional
XSAMPA:/sak_X/
Gloss: away from the surface, up into the trees or down into the water
axle
reurr
Class: root: nominal -- geography, root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/r\e_uR\/
Gloss:spindle, the axle of a wheel, the axis (pole) of the world
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B

bad
zois
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/zo_is/
Gloss:is bad
barley
xezh
Class: root: nominal -- plants
XSAMPA:/h\EZ/
Gloss:a plant cultivated for its edible seeds. hovrath is brewed from sprouted xezh
basket
fairritsei
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/fa_iR\It_se_i/
Gloss:basket
bayou
dheich
Class: root: nominal -- geography
XSAMPA:/De_it_S/
Gloss:bayou
beach
lauz
Class: root: nominal -- geography
XSAMPA:/la_uz/
Gloss:beach
bead
hauth
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/ha_uT/
Gloss:bead (used in jewelry and ornaments
beads
sinnkoh
Class: root: nominal -- religion
XSAMPA:/sIn:kOh/
Gloss:a set of beads used for religious pruposes, rosary
beak
oil
Class: root: nominal -- body
XSAMPA:/o_il/
Gloss:a beak or bill
bed
tthais
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/t_Ta_is/
Gloss:bed, hammock
beer
hovrath
Class: root: nominal -- materials
XSAMPA:/hOvr\aT/
Gloss: a brewed alcoholic beverage, 'beer'
begin Xing
tü
Class: specifier: AMT
XSAMPA:/tu/
Gloss:inceptive, begin doing X
beginning
ennut
Class: root: nominal -- religion
XSAMPA:/En:@t/
Gloss:beginning of things (theological), root cause
beginning (idiom.)
züla
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/zula/
Gloss:button, toggle; idiom: start, beginning (referring to the asrrï); slang: head
belly
yun
Class: root: nominal -- body
XSAMPA:/j@n/
Gloss:belly
beside
ka
Class: particle: directional
XSAMPA:/ka/
Gloss: at, beside
bet (n)
zhauts
Class: root: nominal -- trade
XSAMPA:/Za_ut_s/
Gloss:wager, a bet
bind
tit
Class: root: verbal
XSAMPA:/tIt/
Gloss:to bind
black
zhosh
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/ZOS/
Gloss: is black
blanket
tsod
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/t_sOd/
Gloss: blanket, cloak
bless
tsüzh
Class: root: verbal -- transitive
XSAMPA:/t_suZ/
Gloss:to bless
blue
onn
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/On:/
Gloss: is blue
boardgame
Halasi
Class: root: nominal -- society
XSAMPA:/halasI/
Gloss: a game somewhat like mah jong and dominoes
boat
khaig
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/k_Xa_ig/
Gloss:boat
-body
es
Class: root: pronominal
XSAMPA:/Es/
Gloss: -body, as in nobody, somebody, anybody
bone
eid
Class: root: nominal -- body
XSAMPA:/e_id/
Gloss: bone
box
aitth
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/a_it_T/
Gloss:box, container
brave
xarru
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/h\aR\@/
Gloss: is brave
bread
lïn
Class: root: nominal
XSAMPA:/lin/
Gloss:a starchy baked food made from a root, which can be induced to form stabilized air bubbles, "bread",
bridge
nüdho
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/nuDO/
Gloss:bridge
brown
trill
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/tr\IK\/
Gloss: is brown
build
jadh
Class: root: verbal -- transitive
XSAMPA:/d_ZaD/
Gloss:to build
building felt
ushdhei
Class: root: nominal -- architecture
XSAMPA:/@SDe_i/
Gloss:building felt
burden
shodh
Class: root: nominal
XSAMPA:/SOD/
Gloss:burden
button
züla
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/zula/
Gloss:button, toggle; idiom: start, beginning (referring to the asrrï); slang: head
buy
losh
Class: root: verbal -- exchange
XSAMPA:/lOS/
Gloss:to buy
by
o
Class: particle: case
XSAMPA:/O/
Gloss:by (authorship, oblique agent)
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C

cabbage
zoi
Class: root: nominal -- plants
XSAMPA:/zo_i/
Gloss:a kind of plant with edible leaves "cabbage"
calendar
edvein
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts, root: nominal -- time
XSAMPA:/Edve_in/
Gloss:calendar
carpet
tsïts
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/t_sit_s/
Gloss:carpet
carrot
thoin
Class: root: nominal -- plants
XSAMPA:/To_in/
Gloss:a plant with an edible root, "carrot"
carry
dhovu
Class: root: verbal -- transitive
XSAMPA:/DOv@/
Gloss: carry
category
wuf
Class: root: nominal
XSAMPA:/w@f/
Gloss:category, halasi suit
causative
ïf
Class: specifier: AMT
XSAMPA:/if/
Gloss:causative
cause (n)
ennut
Class: root: nominal -- religion
XSAMPA:/En:@t/
Gloss:beginning of things (theological), root cause
chair
kyütth
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/kjut_T/
Gloss:chair, seat
chant
wan
Class: root: verbal -- communication
XSAMPA:/wan/
Gloss:chant
chastity
jünn
Class: root: nominal -- qualities
XSAMPA:/d_Zun:/
Gloss:abstinence, chastity
cheat
rüg
Class: root: verbal
XSAMPA:/r\ug/
Gloss:to cheat
chieftain
cheden
Class: root: nominal -- people
XSAMPA:/t_SEdEn/
Gloss:chieftain, important person, literally inner person
child
feidz
Class: root: nominal -- people
XSAMPA:/fe_id_z/
Gloss:child
child of
acharya
Class: particle: kinship
XSAMPA:/at_Sar\ja/
Gloss: "seed-and-pouch-child-of", relational component in Hasrian names. Important implications in inheritance law.
dlia
Class: particle: kinship
XSAMPA:/d_K\Ia/
Gloss: pouch-child-of, relational component in Hasrian names, usually implies "but not immediate seed-child of"
kellya
Class: particle: kinship
XSAMPA:/kEK\ja/
Gloss: of-the seed-line-of, relational component in Hasrian names, usually implies "but not the pouch child of" if the reference is to an individual rather than a lineage
chimney
onnhoich
Class: root: nominal -- architecture
XSAMPA:/On:ho_it_S/
Gloss:chimney
clan
ngaiv
Class: root: nominal -- society
XSAMPA:/Na_iv/
Gloss:kin group, clan
claw
tsazh
Class: root: nominal -- body
XSAMPA:/t_saZ/
Gloss: claw, talon
clever
al
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/al/
Gloss:to be clever
climb
wüdh
Class: root: verbal -- travel
XSAMPA:/wuD/
Gloss:climb, go up
cloak
tsod
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/t_sOd/
Gloss: blanket, cloak
clock
dzoij
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts, root: nominal -- time
XSAMPA:/d_zo_id_Z/
Gloss:clock
cloth
dzeudal
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/d_ze_udal/
Gloss:cloth
cloud
yoir
Class: root: nominal -- weather
XSAMPA:/jo_ir\/
Gloss:cloud
coast
thuvais
Class: root: nominal -- geography
XSAMPA:/T@va_is/
Gloss: (sea)coast, shore
cognitive class
-e-
Class: specifier key
XSAMPA:/E/
Gloss:specifier for an entity in the sentient/cognitive class
cold
dthov
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/d_TOv/
Gloss:to be cold
collective key
-ai-
Class: specifier key
XSAMPA:/a_i/
Gloss:specifier for something in the substantial, collective class
collectivizer
-tu
Class: modal affix
XSAMPA:/t@/
Gloss: collectivizer, nominalizer
color
yün
Class: root: nominal -- trade
XSAMPA:/jun/
Gloss:color, dye
communicate
loj
Class: root: verbal -- communication
XSAMPA:/lOd_Z/
Gloss:communicate
community
neikhav
Class: root: nominal -- society
XSAMPA:/ne_ik_Xav/
Gloss:community, a connected group of people (as opposed to a vaiv which is the physical village: a ghost town is a vaiv, but not a neikhav)
comparative
vo
Class: specifier
XSAMPA:/vO/
Gloss:more (comparative)
complete
wul
Class: root: verbal -- transitive
XSAMPA:/w@l/
Gloss: complete, finish
connect
zei
Class: root: verbal
XSAMPA:/ze_i/
Gloss:to connect
consecrate
llod
Class: root: verbal
XSAMPA:/K\Od/
Gloss:consecrate
container
aitth
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/a_it_T/
Gloss:box, container
continent
draih
Class: root: nominal -- geography
XSAMPA:/dr\a_ih/
Gloss:continent, mainland
continuant
eu
Class: specifier: AMT
XSAMPA:/e_u/
Gloss:continuant
contract
thüfad
Class: root: nominal -- trade
XSAMPA:/Tufad/
Gloss:contract
contractual
-fa
Class: modal affix
XSAMPA:/fa/
Gloss:evidential, contractual
fae
Class: modal particle
XSAMPA:/faE/
Gloss:evidential, contractual
cook
sodz
Class: root: verbal -- transitive
XSAMPA:/sOd_z/
Gloss:to cook
cord
fwïts
Class: root: nominal -- trade
XSAMPA:/fwit_s/
Gloss:"cord", a term involved in several units of measurement, also (rarely) an actual piece of string
corner, go around
guz
Class: root: verbal -- travel
XSAMPA:/g@z/
Gloss:to go around a corner
cornucopia
unn
Class: root: nominal -- religion
XSAMPA:/@n:/
Gloss:cornucopia
courage
yoinn
Class: root: nominal -- qualities
XSAMPA:/jo_in:/
Gloss:courage
court
Chevet on Hasri
Class: root: nominal -- society
XSAMPA:/t_SEvEtOnhasr\I/
Gloss: the Hasri's parliament
courtship
chevet
Class: root: nominal -- society
XSAMPA:/t_SEvEt/
Gloss: the Hasrian courtship/mating ritual
courtyard
goith
Class: root: nominal -- architecture
XSAMPA:/go_iT/
Gloss:courtyard
craftsmanship
fairroud
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/fa_iR\o_ud/
Gloss:displaying craftsmanship
crank
rreut
Class: root: nominal artifacts
XSAMPA:/R\e_ut/
Gloss:crank
crease
led
Class: root: nominal
XSAMPA:/lEd/
Gloss:crease
creep
rroull
Class: root: verbal -- travel
XSAMPA:/R\o_uK\/
Gloss:to creep or slink on all fours, belly down; to stalk like a cat
crop
ef
Class: root: nominal -- trade
XSAMPA:/Ef/
Gloss:crop
cross
aiyeim
Class: root: verbal -- travel
XSAMPA:/a_ije_iF/
Gloss:to cross, to ford
curl
of
Class: root: verbal -- motion
XSAMPA:/Of/
Gloss:to wind or curl
current
deitnerr
Class: root: verbal -- motion
XSAMPA:/de_itnER\/
Gloss:to flow, current
curse
aish
Class: root: verbal
XSAMPA:/a_iS/
Gloss:to curse
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D

dance
soitsan
Class: root: verbal -- motion
XSAMPA:/so_it_san/
Gloss:dance
dark
aull
Class: root: nominal -- qualities
XSAMPA:/a_uK\/
Gloss:darkness
dawn
rosüz
Class: root: nominal -- time
XSAMPA:/r\Osuz/
Gloss:dawn, sunrise
day
lür
Class: root: nominal -- time
XSAMPA:/lur\/
Gloss:day
dead
shuzh
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/S@Z/
Gloss:is dead
defend
inaith
Class: root:verbal -- transitive
XSAMPA:/Ina_iT/
Gloss:to defend
deity
neit
Class: root: nominal -- religion
XSAMPA:/ne_it/
Gloss:god, deity
demon
leunn
Class: root: nominal -- religion
XSAMPA:/le_un:/
Gloss:demon
descended from
dzeu
Class: particle: kinship
XSAMPA:/d_ze_u/
Gloss:of the lineage of
die
ühr
Class: root: verbal
XSAMPA:/uh_R\/
Gloss:die, kill
die (noun, gambling)
zhauh
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/Za_uh/
Gloss:a die, one of a set of dice
digit
jaiv
Class: root: nominal -- body
XSAMPA:/d_Za_iv/
Gloss:finger, digit
diligent
lex
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/lEh\/
Gloss:to be diligent
dining hall
fois
Class: root: nominal -- architecture
XSAMPA:/fo_is/
Gloss:dining hall
dive
evouzh
Class: root: verbal -- travel
XSAMPA:/Evo_uZ/
Gloss:dive, go down
do
ho
Class: root: verbal
XSAMPA:/hO/
Gloss:to do
domino
frung
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/fr\@N/
Gloss:domino, halasi playing piece
dorsal-ward
ang
Class: root: directional
XSAMPA:/aN/
Gloss: personal direction: dorsal (the vulnerable direction corresponding to the place between the shoulder blades
downwind
tse
Class: particle: directional
XSAMPA:/t_sE/
Gloss:down- slope,wind, current, etc.
draft
rat
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/r\at/
Gloss:draft, pulling
dragonfly
hïn
Class: root: nominal -- animals
XSAMPA:/hin/
Gloss:a large flying insectlike predator with beautiful wings, "dragonfly"
draw
vod
Class: root: verbal -- transitive
XSAMPA:/vOd/
Gloss:to draw: a picture or text on a page (render?)
drink (v)
khai
Class: root: verbal -- transitive
XSAMPA:/k_Xa_i/
Gloss:to drink
durative
ï
Class: specifier: AMT
XSAMPA:/i/
Gloss:durative
during time
ngoij
Class: particle: directional
XSAMPA:/No_id_Z/
Gloss: during (a stretch of time)
dwell
litsüts
Class: root: verbal
XSAMPA:/lIt_sut_s/
Gloss:to dwell
dye
yün
Class: root: nominal -- trade
XSAMPA:/jun/
Gloss:color, dye
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E

ear
redh
Class: root: nominal -- body
XSAMPA:/r\ED/
Gloss:ear
east
vozuv
Class: root: directional
XSAMPA:/vOz@v/
Gloss:east
East Continent
Reixad
Class: root: nominal -- geography
XSAMPA:/r\e_ih\ad/
Gloss:the continent east of the narrow ocean
eat
nüg
Class: root: verbal
XSAMPA:/nug/
Gloss:to eat
eel
yeu
Class: root: nominal -- animals
XSAMPA:/je_u/
Gloss:a snakelike fish, eel
eight
dinas
Class: specifier: numeric
XSAMPA:/dInas/
Gloss: Eight
elder
jisin
Class: root: nominal -- people
XSAMPA:/d_ZIsIn/
Gloss:elder
eleven
shas
Class: specifier: numeric
XSAMPA:/Sas/
Gloss: Eleven
end
wütu
Class: root: nominal -- language
XSAMPA:/wut@/
Gloss:end, finish, end of text
end (idiom.)
künla
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/kunla/
Gloss:tassle, fringe; end (idiomatic, reference to the wültu); tail (slang)
enfold
naingaul
Class: root: verbal
XSAMPA:/na_iNa_ul/
Gloss:understand, grab or ensnare on all sides, enwrap or enfold overwhelm
ensnare
ngaul
Class: root: verbal -- transitive
XSAMPA:/Na_ul/
Gloss:ensnare, entangle
envy
geih
Class: root: verbal
XSAMPA:/ge_ih/
Gloss:envy
equative
ta
Class: modal particle
XSAMPA:/ta/
Gloss:comparative, equative
equinox
rraith
Class: root: nominal -- time
XSAMPA:/R\a_iT/
Gloss:equinox
-er
-us
Class: root: nominal
XSAMPA:/@s/
Gloss:-er, one who does x
ergative
so
Class: particle: case
XSAMPA:/sO/
Gloss: ergative marker: non-sentient subject of transitive verb
evening
vaiz
Class: root: nominal -- time
XSAMPA:/va_iz/
Gloss:evening, the time between sunset and midnight
every
edth
Class: specifier: numeric
XSAMPA:/Ed_T/
Gloss:every
tlai
Class: specifier
XSAMPA:/t_K\a_i/
Gloss:every
evidence
fatu
Class: root: nominal
XSAMPA:/fat@/
Gloss:evidence
evidential
-fa
Class: modal affix
XSAMPA:/fa/
Gloss:evidential, contractual
fae
Class: modal particle
XSAMPA:/faE/
Gloss:evidential, contractual
eye
dain
Class: root: nominal -- body
XSAMPA:/da_in/
Gloss:eye
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F

face
eitth
Class: root: nominal -- body
XSAMPA:/e_it_T/
Gloss:face
faith
eunn
Class: root: nominal -- qualities
XSAMPA:/e_un:/
Gloss:faith
falcon
vana
Class: root: nominal -- animals
XSAMPA:/vana/
Gloss: a toothed, feathered, flying predator ('falcon')
false
zyim
Class: root: verbal -- communication
XSAMPA:/zjIF/
Gloss:to lie, to be false
family
teiv
Class: root: nominal -- society
XSAMPA:/te_iv/
Gloss:household, family
Far Islands
Shefaiela
Class: root: nominal -- geography
XSAMPA:/SEfa_iEla/
Gloss:the far (mid-ocean) archipelago
fast
neir
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/ne_ir\/
Gloss:to be fast, to be quick
favorite
soja
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/sOd_Za/
Gloss: is favored, preferred
fear
rreush
Class: root: verbal -- sensation
XSAMPA:/R\e_uS/
Gloss:to fear
female
chon
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/t_SOn/
Gloss:to be female (bearing mind the hazards of defining femaleness)
fence
naith
Class: root: nominal -- architecture
XSAMPA:/na_iT/
Gloss: barrier, fence hedge, defenses
fern
auth
Class: root: nominal -- plants
XSAMPA:/a_uT/
Gloss:plants, ground cover, ferns
fiber
eishogiz
Class: root: nominal -- plants
XSAMPA:/e_iSOgIz/
Gloss: a plant fiber used in weaving
fifteen
sodth
Class: specifier: numeric
XSAMPA:/sOd_T/
Gloss: Fifteen
finger
jaiv
Class: root: nominal -- body
XSAMPA:/d_Za_iv/
Gloss:finger, digit
finish
wul
Class: root: verbal -- transitive
XSAMPA:/w@l/
Gloss: complete, finish
wütu
Class: root: nominal -- language
XSAMPA:/wut@/
Gloss:end, finish, end of text
fire
llats
Class: root: nominal -- materials
XSAMPA:/K\at_s/
Gloss:fire
fish
tois
Class: root: nominal -- animals
XSAMPA:/to_is/
Gloss: fish
fish, snake-
yeu
Class: root: nominal -- animals
XSAMPA:/je_u/
Gloss:a snakelike fish, eel
five
kel
Class: specifier: numeric
XSAMPA:/kEl/
Gloss: Five
flame
ladh
Class: root: nominal -- qualities, root: nominal -- materials, root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/laD/
Gloss:flame, lamp, light
flavor
evaz
Class: root: nominal -- qualities
XSAMPA:/Evaz/
Gloss:flavor
floor
gidz
Class: root: nominal -- architecture
XSAMPA:/gId_z/
Gloss:floor
flower, carnivorous
tsafot
Class: root: nominal -- plants
XSAMPA:/t_safOt/
Gloss: a carnivorous flower
flower, Hasri's
ruch
Class: root: nominal -- plants
XSAMPA:/r\@t_S/
Gloss:a seven-petalled night-blooming flower, the Hasri's emblem
fly
aijïn
Class: root: verbal -- travel
XSAMPA:/a_id_Zin/
Gloss:fly
fog
vaurr
Class: root: nominal -- weather
XSAMPA:/va_uR\/
Gloss:fog, mist
food
hyozh
Class: root: nominal -- materials
XSAMPA:/hjOZ/
Gloss:food
ford
aiyeim
Class: root: verbal -- travel
XSAMPA:/a_ije_iF/
Gloss:to cross, to ford
four
edin
Class: specifier: numeric
XSAMPA:/EdIn/
Gloss: Four
fourteen
wiyg
Class: specifier: numeric
XSAMPA:/wIjg/
Gloss: Fourteen
fraction
khen
Class: root: nominal -- math
XSAMPA:/k_XEn/
Gloss:fraction
fresh
zeidth
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/ze_id_T/
Gloss:to be fresh, part of the new crop
fringe
künla
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/kunla/
Gloss:tassle, fringe; end (idiomatic, reference to the wültu); tail (slang)
from
otth
Class: particle: directional
XSAMPA:/Ot_T/
Gloss:from, beginning at
fruit
yeill
Class: root: nominal -- plants
XSAMPA:/je_iK\/
Gloss: fruit
future
sha
Class: specifier: AMT
XSAMPA:/Sa/
Gloss:future
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gallery
keil
Class: root: nominal -- architecture
XSAMPA:/ke_il/
Gloss:a loft or gallery, an upper story that does not cross the full area of a building
gamelan
talinnen
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/talIn:En/
Gloss:a complex percussion instrument/orchestra, like gamelan, common at Flame rituals
garden
rroizir
Class: root: nominal
XSAMPA:/R\o_izIr\/
Gloss:garden
gate
zha
Class: root: nominal -- architecture
XSAMPA:/Za/
Gloss:gate
gear
xaudz
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/h\a_ud_z/
Gloss:a gear in an clock or machine
gem
taur
Class: root: nominal -- materials
XSAMPA:/ta_ur\/
Gloss:gem, jewel
generous
reionn
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/r\e_iOn:/
Gloss:to be generous, to be liberal
geographic key
-au-
Class: specifier key
XSAMPA:/a_u/
Gloss:specifier for geographic or territorial entities
gill
lous
Class: root: nominal -- body
XSAMPA:/lo_us/
Gloss: a gill, on one of the throat openings that Shayanans have instead of nostrils
gluttonous
sleish
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/sle_iS/
Gloss:to be a glutton
go
nus
Class: root: verbal -- travel
XSAMPA:/n@s/
Gloss:to go, to travel
go down
evouzh
Class: root: verbal -- travel
XSAMPA:/Evo_uZ/
Gloss:dive, go down
go up
wüdh
Class: root: verbal -- travel
XSAMPA:/wuD/
Gloss:climb, go up
goat
thiz
Class: root: nominal -- animals
XSAMPA:/TIz/
Gloss:a "dairy" animal that supplies food while living, "goat"
gold
nüf
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/nuf/
Gloss:is gold
good
dhol
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/DOl/
Gloss:to be good
grain
nïdhauz
Class: root: nominal -- materials
XSAMPA:/niDa_uz/
Gloss:nut, grain (of sand)
grandparent
llauv
Class: root: nominal -- people
XSAMPA:/K\a_uv/
Gloss:grandparent
great
yoi
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/jo_i/
Gloss:great
greedy
leuf
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/le_uf/
Gloss:to be greedy
green
vat
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/vat/
Gloss: is green
greenstock
jrïf
Class: root: nominal -- trade
XSAMPA:/d_Zr\if/
Gloss:plants, greenstock
greet
vev
Class: root: verbal -- transitive
XSAMPA:/vEv/
Gloss:to greet
groom
fauz
Class: root: verbal -- transitive
XSAMPA:/fa_uz/
Gloss:to groom
grooming oil
lleif
Class: root: nominal -- body
XSAMPA:/K\e_if/
Gloss:grooming oil
grooming oil gland
drün
Class: root: nominal -- body
XSAMPA:/dr\un/
Gloss:grooming oil gland
guardian/witness
ngokho
Class: root: nominal -- religion
XSAMPA:/NOkhO/
Gloss:guardian/witness, statue of servant of the Unnamed
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habitual
ya
Class: specifier: AMT
XSAMPA:/ja/
Gloss: habitual marker
halasi tile
nurrvür
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/n@R\vur\/
Gloss:a hexagonal tile used in halasi
half
rrats
Class: specifier: numeric
XSAMPA:/R\at_s/
Gloss:half
halfday
ifrrim
Class: root: nominal -- time
XSAMPA:/IfR\If/
Gloss:the time from midnight to noon or noon to midnight, halfday
hall, round
ireig
Class: root: nominal -- architecture
XSAMPA:/Ir\e_ig/
Gloss:round-hall
hallow
shoi
Class: root: nominal -- religion
XSAMPA:/So_i/
Gloss:hallow
hammer
xeij
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/h\e_id_Z/
Gloss:hammer
hammock
tthais
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/t_Ta_is/
Gloss:bed, hammock
hand
dhai
Class: root: nominal -- body
XSAMPA:/Da_i/
Gloss:hand
hardgoods
gazhing
Class: root: nominal -- trade
XSAMPA:/gaZIN/
Gloss:hardgoods
harmony
netann
Class: root: nominal -- qualities
XSAMPA:/nEtan:/
Gloss: equity, harmony
harvest
ot
Class: root: verbal
XSAMPA:/Ot/
Gloss:to harvest
hatch
ziv
Class: root: verbal
XSAMPA:/zIv/
Gloss:hatch
hatchling
ziveif
Class: root: nominal -- people
XSAMPA:/zIve_if/
Gloss:hatchling
have
eon
Class: root: verbal -- transitive
XSAMPA:/EOn/
Gloss: to be associated with, to have (politer form)
head
joidh
Class: root: nominal -- body
XSAMPA:/d_Zo_iD/
Gloss:head
head (slang)
züla
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/zula/
Gloss:button, toggle; idiom: start, beginning (referring to the asrrï); slang: head
headward
glorr
Class: root: directional
XSAMPA:/g_KOR\/
Gloss: headward
heal
nait
Class: root: verbal -- transitive
XSAMPA:/na_it/
Gloss:to heal someone
healthy
ïn
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/in/
Gloss:well, healthy
heap
rraig
Class: specifier, root: nominal
XSAMPA:/R\a_ig/
Gloss:heap, pile, large quantity
hear
ïdl
Class: root: verbal -- sensation
XSAMPA:/id_K\/
Gloss:hear
hearth
reizh
Class: root: nominal -- architecture
XSAMPA:/r\e_iZ/
Gloss:hearth, firepit
here
os
Class: root: demonstrative
XSAMPA:/Os/
Gloss: here, nearby in the current level of enclosure
honesty
grunn
Class: root: nominal -- qualities
XSAMPA:/gr\@n:/
Gloss:honesty
hope
ïnneis
Class: root: verbal
XSAMPA:/in:e_is/
Gloss:hope
hot
soth
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/sOT/
Gloss:to be hot
hour
lïnn
Class: root: nominal -- time
XSAMPA:/lin:/
Gloss:hour, in the northern system
hour, in the southern system
chaull
Class: root: nominal -- time
XSAMPA:/t_Sa_uK\/
Gloss:hour
house, courtyard
thït
Class: root: nominal -- architecture
XSAMPA:/Tit/
Gloss:a house built around a courtyard
house, round
ïg
Class: root: nominal -- architecture
XSAMPA:/ig/
Gloss:small round house with a smokehole, not a chimney, ancestor of the ireig
house, tree
dharassa
Class: root: nominal -- architecture
XSAMPA:/Dar\assa/
Gloss: a traditional Hasrian tree-dwelling, a room in that style
household
teiv
Class: root: nominal -- society
XSAMPA:/te_iv/
Gloss:household, family
how
va
Class: root: pronominal
XSAMPA:/va/
Gloss: Impersonal, nonspecific, usually abstract and non-animate. Method or means, 'how' in somehow or anyhow (takes the particle: directional 'a'). Manner (takes a different particle: directional). (When, with still other particle: directionals?)
humble
rreij
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/R\e_id_Z/
Gloss:to be humble
hunger
roich
Class: root: verbal -- sensation
XSAMPA:/r\o_it_S/
Gloss:to hunger
hunt
heu
Class: root: verbal
XSAMPA:/he_u/
Gloss:to hunt
hypothesis
xae
Class: root: nominal -- qualities
XSAMPA:/h\aE/
Gloss:hypothesis
hypothetical
-xa
Class: modal affix
XSAMPA:/h\a/
Gloss:hypothetical
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ice
ïhai
Class: root: nominal -- materials
XSAMPA:/iha_i/
Gloss:ice, snow
idea
ol
Class: root: nominal -- language
XSAMPA:/Ol/
Gloss:idea
ill
adth
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/ad_T/
Gloss:to be sick, ill
in
arr
Class: particle: directional
XSAMPA:/aR\/
Gloss: in (an enclosure)
in here
chete
Class: root: demonstrative
XSAMPA:/t_SEtE/
Gloss: in here
in there
dezhet
Class: root: demonstrative
XSAMPA:/dEZEt/
Gloss: in there (more enclosed than the speaker)
inanimate key
-o-
Class: specifier key
XSAMPA:/O/
Gloss:specifier for something in the inanimate class
incense
ül
Class: root: nominal -- religion
XSAMPA:/ul/
Gloss:incense, perfume
inceptive
tü
Class: specifier: AMT
XSAMPA:/tu/
Gloss:inceptive, begin doing X
initiate
süvo
Class: root: verbal
XSAMPA:/suvO/
Gloss:4B 2E 54 22
inn
shoiv
Class: root: nominal -- trade
XSAMPA:/So_iv/
Gloss:inn
inner
chet
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/t_SEt/
Gloss: medial? inner?
Inner Coast
Thuvaisshet
Class: root: nominal -- geography
XSAMPA:/T@va_isSEt/
Gloss: Region name: Inner Coast
inside yonder
shuzhren
Class: root: demonstrative
XSAMPA:/S@Zr\En/
Gloss: inside yonder
interchanged
ei
Class: particle: directional
XSAMPA:/e_i/
Gloss: reflexive, shared, interchanged
into
ath
Class: particle: directional
XSAMPA:/aT/
Gloss: into (an enclosure)
irrealis
-zü
Class: modal affix
XSAMPA:/zu/
Gloss:irrealis
züe
Class: modal particle
XSAMPA:/zuE/
Gloss:irrealis
-ish
li
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/lI/
Gloss:-ish
island
nif
Class: root: nominal -- geography
XSAMPA:/nIf/
Gloss:island
ivory
noin
Class: root: nominal -- body
XSAMPA:/no_in/
Gloss: tooth, ivory
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J

journey
llïg
Class: root: verbal -- travel
XSAMPA:/K\ig/
Gloss:to journey
joyfull
lleuts
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/K\e_ut_s/
Gloss:to be joyfull, rejoice
jump
kïdz
Class: root: verbal -- motion
XSAMPA:/kid_z/
Gloss:to jump
jussive
nad
Class: specifier: AMT
XSAMPA:/nad/
Gloss:imperative/jussive marker: let...
justice
medth
Class: root: nominal -- qualities
XSAMPA:/FEd_T/
Gloss:justice
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K

kelp
ïr
Class: root: nominal -- plants
XSAMPA:/ir\/
Gloss:kelp
key
eil
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/e_il/
Gloss:key (for a lock)
kill
ühr
Class: root: verbal
XSAMPA:/uh_R\/
Gloss:die, kill
kindness
nnaj
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/n:ad_Z/
Gloss:to be kind
kitchen
chezh
Class: root: nominal -- architecture
XSAMPA:/t_SEZ/
Gloss:kitchen
kite
tïrr
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/tiR\/
Gloss:kite
knife
ain
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/a_in/
Gloss:knife
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L

ladder
nüv
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/nuv/
Gloss:net, ladder
lamp
ladh
Class: root: nominal -- qualities, root: nominal -- materials, root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/laD/
Gloss:flame, lamp, light
lance
lï
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/li/
Gloss:spear, lance
large
tïch
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/tit_S/
Gloss:to be large
latch
thots
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/TOt_s/
Gloss:latch
lazy
dzi
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/d_zI/
Gloss:to be slothful, to be lazy
leapday
iz
Class: root: nominal -- time
XSAMPA:/Iz/
Gloss:an extra day to make things come out even, leapday, extra day on a contract
leapyear
tseih
Class: root: nominal -- time
XSAMPA:/t_se_ih/
Gloss:leapyear
least
üd
Class: specifier
XSAMPA:/ud/
Gloss:least (comparative not number)
leech
fenfi
Class: root: nominal -- animals
XSAMPA:/fEnfI/
Gloss: a bloodsucking parasite, a leech, also the usual Shayanan mis-pronunciation of the acronym for the Imperial Secret Police
left forward
saif
Class: root: directional
XSAMPA:/sa_if/
Gloss: left-arm-ward
left rearward
tsidth
Class: root: directional
XSAMPA:/t_sId_T/
Gloss: left-leg-ward
leg
thouzh
Class: root: nominal -- body
XSAMPA:/To_uZ/
Gloss:leg
legionaire
tlis
Class: root: nominal -- society
XSAMPA:/t_K\Is/
Gloss: technically, a bio-weapon that takes 16 years to mature; in practice, an Imperial Legionaire, often used as a term of address for those without specific or known ranks (the term had fallen out of use before the Imperial legions arrived: there was some feeling that 16 years wasn't long enough to need a separate word)
length
dhïg
Class: root: nominal -- trade
XSAMPA:/Dig/
Gloss:length
less
at
Class: specifier
XSAMPA:/at/
Gloss:less (comparative) degree, not number
lever
jüx
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/d_Zuh\/
Gloss:lever
lexicon
tadthta
Class: root: nominal -- language
XSAMPA:/tad_Tta/
Gloss: lexicon, account
liberal
reionn
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/r\e_iOn:/
Gloss:to be generous, to be liberal
lie
zyim
Class: root: verbal -- communication
XSAMPA:/zjIF/
Gloss:to lie, to be false
life
llau
Class: root: nominal -- qualities
XSAMPA:/K\a_u/
Gloss:life
light
ladh
Class: root: nominal -- qualities, root: nominal -- materials, root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/laD/
Gloss:flame, lamp, light
saiz
Class: root: nominal -- qualities
XSAMPA:/sa_iz/
Gloss:light
-like
yo
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/jO/
Gloss:-like
lineage
engzheit
Class: root: nominal -- society
XSAMPA:/ENZe_it/
Gloss:lineage
lips
nag
Class: root: nominal -- body
XSAMPA:/nag/
Gloss:lips
little people
Nedranets
Class: root: nominal -- people
XSAMPA:/nEdr\anEts/
Gloss: a smaller, largely arboreal species related to the speaking Shayanans. Their tails are balancing organs, not prehensile, and they sleep in hollow trees instead of woven nets.
livestock
aidth
Class: root: nominal -- trade
XSAMPA:/a_id_T/
Gloss:livestock
location
soitth
Class: root: nominal -- location
XSAMPA:/so_it_T/
Gloss:place, location
lock
wïsh
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/wiS/
Gloss:lock
loft
keil
Class: root: nominal -- architecture
XSAMPA:/ke_il/
Gloss:a loft or gallery, an upper story that does not cross the full area of a building
long
weh
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/wEh/
Gloss:to be long (of an object)
ü
Class: specifier
XSAMPA:/u/
Gloss:a long distance or a long time , not a long object
loom
keuts
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/ke_ut_s/
Gloss:loom
love
oiv
Class: root: verbal
XSAMPA:/o_iv/
Gloss:to love
lumber
loh
Class: root: nominal -- materials
XSAMPA:/lOh/
Gloss:wood, lumber
lust
thünn
Class: root: verbal
XSAMPA:/Tun:/
Gloss:to lust
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machine
hoj
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts
XSAMPA:/hOd_Z/
Gloss: mill, machine
mainland
draih
Class: root: nominal -- geography
XSAMPA:/dr\a_ih/
Gloss:continent, mainland
make
dzü
Class: root: verbal
XSAMPA:/d_zu/
Gloss:make
-maker
-dze
Class: root: nominal
XSAMPA:/d_zE/
Gloss:-maker
male
thash
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/TaS/
Gloss:male (the definition of maleness needs care, tends to be different for rü vs other species on their world)
-man
-in
Class: root: nominal
XSAMPA:/In/
Gloss: 'person who is', like the -man in Superman or Batman, -en is an older form
manner
va
Class: root: pronominal
XSAMPA:/va/
Gloss: Impersonal, nonspecific, usually abstract and non-animate. Method or means, 'how' in somehow or anyhow (takes the particle: directional 'a'). Manner (takes a different particle: directional). (When, with still other particle: directionals?)
manufacture
dzüdhai
Class: root: verbal
XSAMPA:/d_zuDa_i/
Gloss:manufacture, handmake (an artifact)
many
eidh
Class: specifier: numeric
XSAMPA:/e_iD/
Gloss:many
market
dlath
Class: root: nominal -- trade
XSAMPA:/d_K\aT/
Gloss:market
mask
ngur
Class: root: nominal -- artifacts, root: nominal -- religion
XSAMPA:/N@r\/
Gloss:mask
matched
firr
Class: root: adjectival
XSAMPA:/fIR\/
Gloss: is matched, accompany, balanced
mate
heusa
Class: root: nominal -- people
XSAMPA:/he_usa/
Gloss:partner, hunting-mate
maze
heuk
Class: root: nominal -- religion
XSAMPA:/he_uk/
Gloss:maze
meaning
llal
Class: root: verbal -- communication
XSAMPA:/K\al/
Gloss:to mean, to have meaning (word)
measure
dzaidh
Class: root: verbal
XSAMPA:/d_za_iD/
Gloss:to measure
meat
khoun
Class: root: nominal -- materials
XSAMPA:/k_Xo_un/
Gloss: meat, flesh
meditate
nniv
Class: root: verbal
XSAMPA:/n:Iv/
Gloss:to meditate
method
va
Class: root: pronominal
XSAMPA:/va/
Gloss: Impersonal, nonspecific, usually abstract and non-animate. Method or means, 'how' in somehow or anyhow (takes the particle: directional 'a'). Manner (takes a different particle: directional). (When, with still other particle: directionals?)
midafternoon
nnak
Class: root: nominal -- time
XSAMPA:/n:ak/
Gloss:midafternoon, the time halfway between noon and sunset
midevening
k&