Neo-Primitive Elvish Semantic Categories



1. Physical World

1.75 Rain

✶nem- v. “to seem, appear”
⚠️ᴹ✶nim- v. “to seem, appear”
✶ros- v. “to rain”
✶rossētā- v. “to rain”

1.85 to Burn, Scorch

⚠️ᴱ√?RASA root. “toast”

2. Mankind

2.41 Son

⚠️ᴱ√*VO(NO) root. “son”; see instead:
√YON¹ “son”
√, ᴹ√, ᴱ√YON¹ root. “son”

2.42 Daughter

√, ᴹ√YE(L) root. “daughter”
⚠️ᴹ√YEN² root. “daughter”; see instead:
ᴹ√YEL¹ “daughter”

3. Animals

4. Body Parts and Functions

4.393 Feather

✶lauto n.

4.492 Penis

⚠️ᴱ✶wiqē n.

4.75 to Die; Dead; Death

✶firīne adj. “mortal, dying”

5. Food and Drink

5.21 to Cook

ᴺ√!BRATH root. “cook”

5.51 Bread

✶khabar n. “a loaf or cake of bread”

5.87 to Milk

ᴺ√!THIM root. “skim”

5.92 Wine

✶syeru n. “juice (of fruits)”

6. Clothing and Adornment

7. Dwelling and Furniture

7.412 Furniture (other)

✶ranthlā n. “ladder”

8. Agriculture and Vegetation

9. Physical Acts and Materials

9.36 to Wash

√SWAL root. “wash”
✶swal- v. “to wash”
⚠️✶thas- v. “to wash”; see instead:
✶swal- “to wash”

9.38 Broom

ᴺ√, ᴱ√SWEK root. “broom”

9.42 Artisan, Craftsman

✶kantrō n. “shaper”

9.81 to Carve

⚠️ᴱ√*THASA root. “shave”; see instead:
^ᴺ√THATH “shave”
ᴺ√^THATH root. “shave”

9.943 Fitting, Suitable

✶kamta- v. “to (make) fit, suit, accomodate, adapt”

10. Motion and Transportation

10.48 to Come

⚠️ᴱ√LEHE¹ root. “come, be sent, approach”

10.81 Ship

✶wayalauto n.

11. Possession and Trade

11.28 to Harm, Injure, Damage

√*KHAS root. “mar”

12. Spatial Relations

12.399 From, Away

✶, ᴹ√lō¹ prep. “ablative, from (a place within the world)”

12.75 Hook, Crook

✶gampa n. “hook”

12.91 Equal, Alike

ᴹ✶on-rō adv. “*for the very same reason”

12.925 Different, Other

ᴹ✶gwar- pref. “other, different”

13. Quantity and Number

13.13 Whole

ᴹ✶kwatnā adj. “entire, complete, whole”

13.31 Numerals

✶atta num. card. “two”
ᴹ✶atta num. card. “two”

13.36 Two

✶atatya adj. “double”

13.541 Teen Cardinal Number

✶tolokwe num. card. “eighteen”

14. Time

14.11 Time (period)

ᴹ✶lūme n. “time”

14.13 New

✶keurā adj. “*renewed”

14.35 Again

⚠️ᴹ√TOT root. “repeat”; see instead:
√EN “again, once more, go on doing; further, beyond; [ᴹ√] yonder, over there”

15. Sense Perception

16. Emotion

17. Mind and Thought

17.18 to Seem

√NEM root. “seem, appear”
ᴹ√NIM root. “to seem”

17.41 Purpose, Intention

ᴹ✶-rō² suf. “-reason”

18. Language and Music

18.311 What

✶manā adj. “what”

19. Social Relations

20. Warfare and Hunting

20.27 Sword

✶#makār n. “*forger, swordsman”

21. Law and Judgment

22. Religion and Beliefs

23. Grammar

23.1 Article

✶inā article. “emphatical anaphoric adj, the very one intended”

23.4 Pronoun

✶a pron. “indefinite subject”
✶-kkā pron. “your (familiar plural)”
✶-kē suf. “2nd person singular a (inferior)”
ᴹ✶ke pron. “thou, thee”
ᴹ✶khe³ pron. “he, she, it [yet another]”
✶khyē̆ pron. “other person”
✶kwe pron. “reflexive pronoun”
✶-kyā pron. “your (familiar)”
✶-dē suf. “2nd person singular b (superior)”
✶-dyā pron. “your (polite)”
✶, ᴹ✶e pron. “he, she, it, 3rd person singular pronoun”
ᴹ✶ga pron. “indefinite subject”
ᴹ✶ha pron. “abstract subject”
✶i² pron. “relative”
✶ikke pron. “you (familiar emphatic)”
✶imme pron. “we (exclusive emphatic)”
✶inde pron. “you (polite emphatic)”
✶ingwe pron. “we (inclusive emphatic)”
✶inni pron. “I (emphatic)”
✶inta pron. “they (neuter emphatic)”
✶inte pron. “they (emphatic)”
✶issa pron. “it (emphatic)”
✶isse pron. “he, she (emphatic)”
✶istu pron. “they (dual emphatic)”
✶-lkē suf. “2nd person plural a (inferior)”
✶-ldē suf. “2nd person plural b (superior)”
ᴹ✶le pron. “you (polite)”
✶-lmē suf. “1st person plural a (exclusive)”
✶-ltā suf. “3rd person plural a (inanimate)”
✶-ltē suf. “3rd person plural a (animate)”
⚠️✶-ltī suf. “Plural 3 m. f.”
✶-ltō suf. “Plural 3 m.”
✶-lwē suf. “1st person plural b (inclusive)”
ᴹ✶me pron. “we (exclusive)”
✶mi pron. “we (exclusive)”
✶-mmā pron. “our (exclusive)”
✶-ndā pron. “your (polite plural)”
✶, ᴹ✶ne pron. “I, me”
✶-ngwā pron. “our (inclusive)”
✶-ntā pron. “their”
ᴹ✶nte pron. “they, them”
✶-nyā pron. “my”
✶-nyē suf. “1st person singular”
✶-r suf. “plural verb”
ᴹ✶-r suf. “plural verb”
ᴹ✶-s pron. “I, me”
ᴹ√SA root.
ᴹ✶sa² pron. “abstract object”
✶-skē suf. “2nd person dual a (inferior)”
ᴹ✶se pron. “they, them”
✶sinā adj. “this”
✶-smē suf. “1st person dual a (exclusive)”
✶-ssā suf. “it; its”
✶-ssē suf. “3rd person singular a (animate)”
✶-ssō suf. “Singular 3 m.”
ᴹ✶ste pron. “they, them (other)”
✶-stū suf. “3rd person dual a (animate)”
✶-swē suf. “1st person dual b (inclusive)”
✶-syā suf. “his, her, its”
✶, ᴹ✶tanā pron.
ᴹ✶te² pron. “him, her, it”
ᴹ✶thu pron. “they, them (other dual)”
✶tō pron. “they (masc.)”
✶, ᴹ✶tu pron. “they, them (dual)”
✶-twā pron. “their (dual)”
✶we pron. “we, us (inclusive)”
ᴹ✶we pron. “we (inclusive)”
✶ya pron. “relative pronoun”
✶ye pron. “relative pronoun (personal)”
✶-zdē suf. “2nd person dual b (superior)”

23.9 Affix

✶-īm suf. “plural”