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	gloss	English
blanu	blue	is blue (color)
blodo	long	is long
brado	big	is big/large/great in size
danma	animal	is an animal
delja	red	is red (color)
dextu	meat	is meat/flesh
fawzo	skin	is skin/bark
fergo	thick	is thick in dimension
firgu	beneficial	is beneficial/nice to
fi'xe	fish	is a fish (kind of animal)
flawo	tasty	is tasty/has a pleasant flavor to
flego	gray	is 50% gray (color)
futjo	tail	is a tail
genza	root	is a root (body part of a plant)
glowa	grow	to grow/get larger/increase in size
gra'u	grandparent	is a/the grandparent of
hafto	egg	is an egg
helbo	heavy	is heavy/has a lot of weight
hetlo	pink	is pink (color)
hu'te	fruit	is a fruit
jaflo	bird	is a bird/avian
jandi	grass	is grass
jexlo	tree	is a tree
jifto	fat	is fat
kligo	rope	is a rope/cord
kirta	Creator	is an infinite slice of an even greater infinite/our Creator/a Creator
kwaro	wide	is wide/broad
l'ewa	language	is a language
lifta	leaf	is a leaf
li'li	small	is small/tiny/little
lorne	horn	is a horn
lufta	feather	is a feather
madsa	eat	eats/consumes/is eating/to eat
mlato	cat	is a cat/feline
modlo	thin	is thin in dimension
n'ixu	pleasant	is aesthetically pleasing to
ni'he	blood	is blood
nlaro	narrow	is narrow
pa'ma	parent	is the/a parent 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
qonmu	non-binary	is non-binary/not defined by commonly used binary systems of classification
renma	person	is a person (not always implied to be human)
retna	snake	is a snake
ristu	network	is a network/graph/transportation system/distribution system
rosgi	flower	is a flower (plant body part)
spalo	apple	is an apple
spiro	holy	is saintly/holy/morally good to
sposu	spouse	is a/the spouse of
stugi	stick	is a stick
te'ra	teal	is teal (color)
ti'ko	child	is a child
tulpa	construct	to build/construct
txana	node	is a station/node of/in/on a network/graph/transportation system/distribution system
wogno	bone	is bone
womjo	worm	is a worm/earthworm
wufra	dog	is a dog
xekri	black	is black (color)
xinga	sibling	is a/the sibling of
xitsa	short	is short/of little length
xu'zo	seed	is a seed
yeplo	yellow	is yellow (color)
zasko	plant	is a plant/is vegetation
zlose	louse	is a louse/flea
'amwo	love	to love

Particles

L'ewa	family	gloss	English
mi	MI	me, I	the current speaker
mi'a	MI	we (system)	the system of the current speaker, inclusive
mi'o	MI	we (all)	any speaker, any listener and any others
ro	MI	you	the listener
ro'a	MI	you (+ system)	the system of the listener
ti	TI	this	the currently referenced object near the speaker
ta	TI	that	that (near listener)
tu	TI	that	that (far away)
ka	KA	subject marker	explicitly marks noun-phrase as the subject of the verb
ke	KA	verb marker	explicitly marks following phrase as a verb
ku	KA	object marker	explicitly marks following phrase as the object of the verb
lo	LO	a/an	indefinite article
le	LO	the	definite article
la	LO	proper noun	proper name article
zo	JA	zero	zero
ja	JA	one	one
he	JA	two	two
xu	JA	three	three
ho	JA	four	four
qi	JA	five	five
gau	JA	nif	nif (dec 36)
to	JA	all	all/every
ra'o	JA	some	some amount of/a few
so	JA	how many?	how many/number question
na	NA	total negation	something other than, total negation
na'o	NA	scalar negation	the opposite of
nai	NA	particle negation	negation of a particular particle
qu	QA	past tense	marks noun phrase / verb as past tense
qa	QA	present tense	marks noun phrase / verb as present tense
qo	QA	future tense	marks noun phrase / verb as future tense
qe	QA	perfective aspect	marks noun phrase / verb as perfective, or completed
ko	KO	end of noun phrase	explicitly ends a noun phrase when the grammar is otherwise ambiguous
fa	FA	or	logical or
fe	FA	and	logical and
fi	FA	connective question	which connective?
fo	FA	if-and-only-if	connects two units with the if-and-only-if connotation
fu	FA	whether-or-not	logical connective of two units with the wehther or not connotation
xi	XI	subject-verb separator	the optional separator between the subject and the verb, sometimes needed when it is otherwise grammatically vague
hoi	HOI	relative clause	creates a relative/descriptive clause giving more context to a given noun phrase, arguments should be verbs
joi	HOI	incidental relative clause	creates a relative/descriptive clause giving more incidental context to a given noun phrase, arguments should be verbs
ma	MA	what/which	used to fill a missing noun-phrase
no	NO	verb question	verb question, used to fill a missing/unknown verb
ke'a	KE'A	metaphor	metaphorically/non-literally
xoi	XOI	hello	hello, etc
xei	XOI	goodbye	goodbye, etc
a'a	UI	attentive	attentive emotional indicator
a'e	UI	alertness	alertness emotional indicator
ai	UI	intent	intent emotional indicator
a'o	UI	hope	hope emotional indicator
au	UI	desire	desire emotional indicator
a'u	UI	interest	interest emotional indicator
e'a	UI	permission	permission emotional indicator
e'e	UI	competence	competence emotional indicator
ei	UI	obligation	obligation emotional indicator
e'i	UI	constraint	constraint emotional indicator
e'o	UI	request	request emotional indicator
e'u	UI	suggestion	suggestion emotional indicator
ia	UI	belief	belief emotional indicator
i'a	UI	acceptance	acceptance emotional indicator
ie	UI	agreement	agreement emotional indicator
i'e	UI	approval	approval emotional indicator
ii	UI	fear	fear emotional indicator
i'i	UI	togetherness	togetherness emotional indicator
io	UI	respect	respect emotional indicator
i'o	UI	appreciation	appreciation emotional indicator
iu	UI	love	love emotional indicator
i'u	UI	familiarity	familiarity emotional indicator
o'a	UI	pride	pride emotional indicator
o'e	UI	closeness	closeness emotional indicator
oi	UI	complaint	complaint emotional indicator
o'i	UI	caution	caution emotional indicator
o'o	UI	patience	patience emotional indicator
o'u	UI	relaxation	relaxation emotional indicator
ua	UI	discovery	discovery emotional indicator
u'a	UI	gain	gain emotional indicator
ue	UI	surprise	surprise emotional indicator
u'e	UI	wonder	wonder emotional indicator
ui	UI	happiness	happiness emotional indicator
u'i	UI	amusement	amusement emotional indicator
uo	UI	completion	completion emotional indicator
u'o	UI	courage	courage emotional indicator
uu	UI	pity	pity emotional indicator
kei	KEI	emotion question	question about what emotion the other side of the conversation is feeling

L'ewa: A Personal Language

Dictionary

Root Words

Particles