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Lexicon Revised

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     Pronouns

     

    I

     ʝæ   ɰ

     us

    You

    ʝu   ɰ

    All of you

    He/she

    ʝo    ɰ

    them

    Male

    ʝoe   ɰ

    plural men 

    female

     ʝoɐ   ɰ

     plural women

     

     

    Adjectives

    Far= ɰæu 

    Near= βiu

    Hard = ʁiθ   

    Soft = ŋoi    

    Good- θuɸu

    Bad – kiɰɐ

    Fast: ɸou

    Slow: ɸoe

    Past: ʁe

    Present: ʁæ

    Future: ʁo

     

     

     

    Kinship

     

    Basic Kinship:

    Father:kæm 

    Mother:ʎæm

    Brother: mouk 

    Sister: θæk

    Son: βouθ 

    Daughter: βæθ

    Grandfather: θæk 

    Grandmother: ʎæk

     

     

     

     

    Environment

     

    Cold: θou

    Hot: ŋou

    Fish: çu

    Repeat second syllable for new word

    Big=Çæ

    Small=Çe

    Medium= ʁo

    Night=ŋe

    Day=ʎe

    Boat=βuθ

    Land=mæ

    water =θæ

    sun= ɸo

    Animal=ʝemæʁ

    Plant= mæki

    Tree= ʎuç

    Sky=kamu

    Clouds= kɰi

    Air= kui

    Farming=

    Domesticated= ke

    Wild=kɐ

    Time : ʁu

     

    Mountain = çæʁoθæ

    River= ʝɐθæ

    Fruit = θæki

    Vegetable =  ɸuki

    Food= ɹoʝk

    Home= miɰ

    Snow= θuɰæ

    Far= ɰæu

    Near= βiu

    Horse= βæʝi

    Cow= ɻuʝ 

    Dog= ʎeʝ

     Fruit = θæki

    Vegetable =  ɸuki

    Food= ɹoʝk

    Home= miɰ

    Snow= θouɰæ

      

    Rock = ʁoŋ 

    Hill = çiɰmæ  

    Whale = çæθçu

    Horse = β-æʝ

    Cow = ɹuʝ  

     

    Rich's Additional words

     

    Enviroment (added 7/27/10)

    Salmon – ʎɐ

    Perch – ɰuθu

    Orca – ŋoβæçu

    Export Fish – kiçu

    Edible Fish – θuɸuçu

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    Bird – kuiʝemæʁ

    Sea Cliff Birds – θæmækui

    Marsh Birds – mækemu

    Scrub Birds – ʎuçkui

    Herons – ʝumekui

    Gulls – ɰæuθækui

    Chiken – kekui

    Pigeons – mkuiæ

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    Trees – ʎ

    Grass – mækiɹoʝk

    Birch (trees) – θuɸuʎ

    Spruce (trees) – ɰeʎ

    Bilberries – keoʝeki

    Crowberries – kuiæki

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    Verbs

     

    throw: keu

    breathe:ŋue

    drink: θæθ

    stop: mukɐ

    go: çok

     

    eat: ɹume

    reel: kuɸu

    hold keβ

     

    sink: βu

    float:βo

    Cut

    Gut: ɰuɹ

    cut: ɰeʁɰeʁ

    Scale: ɹoɰɐ

     

     

     

    swim

    ʝɐθ

    catch

    keɐkeɐ

    Go fish!

    çuçu

     

     

    Weigh:θuɰθuɰ

     

    fly: ɸoɸo

    taste: kæɸ

     

    Carve:ʁɐ

    Row: θæβu

    Cook: ɹumeɹ

    Talk:meku

    Walk: ɸoŋk

    Run: ɸoŋkɸou

    Stand: ŋuo

    Sleep ŋeʝu

    Wake ʎeʝu

    Sit: ŋuɐ

    Die: ɹumeçæθçu

     

     Color

     

    Red=kuɹ

    Yellow:θum

    Blue:θæɹ

    Green:moŋ

    Orange:θoʁ

    Grey:ʎoŋu

    Pink:ʝeu

    Purple:ʝɐŋ

    White:ʎom

    Black:ŋum

    Light:ʎo

    Dark: ŋu

    Gold: θuʝ

    Silver:ʎoŋuʝ

    Copper:θuɹ

     

     

     

    Verbs- needs editing

     

    Verbs

    Good -θuɸu

    Bad - kiɰɐ

    Hunt ʝumeɐ

    Kill ŋoβæ

    Talk kuio

    Go - ki

    Walk ɰe

    Run ɰu

    Slow θie

    Fast βiu

    Sleep ɸeθi

    Heat ŋuio

    Laugh ɸe

    Argue ʁeo

    Nouns

    Person kuæ

    Man kuæue

    Woman ŋuæu

    Tenses

    Was - ʎuk

    Are - ʎik

    -ing  kæi (progressive)

    Go ki, + kæi  = (Going ki-kæi ) Hunt - ʝumeɐ +kæi  = (Hunting - ʝumeɐ-kæi)

    ed βk (simple past)

    (Hunt - ʝumeɐ + βk = (Hunted - ʝumeɐæi-βk)

     

    Yes: ʎɐ

    No: ŋu

     

     

Last Updated on Sunday, 01 August 2010 21:06
 
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