Glossary/mini dictionary |
Meanings of morhphemes
Uaf-: Gender 6 plural
Ila: Star
-i: Plural
-du: Ellative case; used for a number of purposes - to show movement out of, to
translate "about" in the sense of "concerning the topic of", and to show field
of comparison in comparative and superlatives
Klai: Live, exist. Used for existential clauses (there is/are/was/etc.)
-na: on verbs: 3rd person plural non-sentient absolutive
-ki: Non-punctual, shows a continuous action or state
Pif-: Gender 7 plural
Mikla: Type, kind, sort, variety
Vandu: Four
-af: Genetive
Katuu: Name
Ta: One
Vannas: Walk
-va: Habitual
Plasta: Because
Badii: wander
Ua-: Gender 6 singular
Biila: Night sky
-bav: Perillative, indicates motion thru or inside of
Kabi: Two
Filfakiliasa: Unmoving, stationary, still
Ian: Be (token) - Ian X Y indicates that X is a subclass of Y.
Kadi: Sun
Kapa: Distant
Sli: Three
Iuin: Die
Lal: Or-exclusive
Guatia: Fall
Kaatu: Stone, rock
Lattiasa: Foreign
Safai: Appear, come into existence
Iza-: Period (of)
Pifi: Short, brief
Galla: World
Niaaz: Destroy
Vazia: Act out of rage, may be used as an auxiliary in which case it indicates
that the verb to which it is attached was performed out of rage.
-nu: Perfect
ti-: Gender 1 singular
Dikau: Goddess
-al: Ergative |
Grammar notes |
Uatakassi is verb-initial. All modifiers follow their head. A verb which
follows a noun in the same sentence is the start of a relative clause. To form
ordinal numbers, one takes the cardinal numbers and adds gender prefixes and
case suffixes. A sentence which has no verb is assumed to use a present tense
inflection of _klaf_ "be", which differs from _ian_ in that _klaf X Y_ indicates
that X and Y are the same entities, whereas _ian X Y_ means _X is a Y_ or _X is
a subclass of Y_. |