Primitive Elvish Semantic Categories
1.
Physical World
2.
Mankind
2.41 Son
- YON¹ root. “son”
2.42 Daughter
- YE(L) root. “daughter”
3.
Animals
4.
Body Parts and Functions
4.75 to Die; Dead; Death
- firīne adj. “mortal, dying”
5.
Food and Drink
5.51 Bread
- khabar n. “a loaf or cake of bread”
6.
Clothing and Adornment
7.
Dwelling and Furniture
7.412 Furniture (other)
- ranthlā n. “ladder”
8.
Agriculture and Vegetation
9.
Physical Acts and Materials
9.943 Fitting, Suitable
- kamta- v. “to (make) fit, suit, accomodate, adapt”
10.
Motion and Transportation
11.
Possession and Trade
11.28 to Harm, Injure, Damage
- *KHAS root. “mar”
12.
Spatial Relations
12.399 From, Away
- lō¹ prep. “ablative, from a place within the world”
12.75 Hook, Crook
- gampa n. “hook”
13.
Quantity and Number
13.31 Numerals
- atta num. card. “two”
13.36 Two
- atatya adj. “double”
13.54 Cardinal Number
- tolokwe num. card. “eighteen”
14.
Time
14.13 New
- keurā adj. “*renewed”
15.
Sense Perception
16.
Emotion
17.
Mind and Thought
17.18 to Seem
- *NEM root. “seem, appear”
18.
Language and Music
19.
Social Relations
20.
Warfare and Hunting
21.
Law and Judgment
22.
Religion and Beliefs
23.
Grammar