Primitive Elvish Semantic Categories
1.
Physical World
1.75 Rain
- nem- v. “to seem”
- ros- v. “to rain”
- rossētā- v. “to rain”
2.
Mankind
2.41 Son
- YON¹ root. “son”
2.42 Daughter
- YE(L) root. “daughter”
3.
Animals
4.
Body Parts and Functions
4.393 Feather
- lauto n.
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”
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”
9.42 Artisan, Craftsman
- kantrō n. “shaper”
9.943 Fitting, Suitable
- kamta- v. “to (make) fit, suit, accomodate, adapt”
10.
Motion and Transportation
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
- 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
18.31 to Question, Inquire
- manā article.
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”
- -dē suf. “2nd person singular b (superior)”
- -dyā pron. “your (polite)”
- e pron. “he, she, it, 3rd person singular pronoun”
- 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)”
- -kē suf. “2nd person singular a (inferior)”
- khyē̆ pron. “other person”
- -kkā pron. “your (familiar plural)”
- kwe pron. “reflexive pronoun”
- -kyā pron. “your (familiar)”
- -ldē suf. “2nd person plural b (superior)”
- -lkē suf. “2nd person plural a (inferior)”
- -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)”
- mi pron. “we (exclusive)”
- -mmā pron. “our (exclusive)”
- -ndā pron. “your (polite plural)”
- ne pron. “I, me”
- -ngwā pron. “our (inclusive)”
- -ntā pron. “their”
- -nyā pron. “my”
- -nyē suf. “1st person singular”
- -r suf. “plural verb”
- sinā adj. “this”
- -skē suf. “2nd person dual a (inferior)”
- -smē suf. “1st person dual a (exclusive)”
- -ssā suf. “it; its”
- -ssē suf. “3rd person singular a (animate)”
- -ssō suf. “Singular 3 m.”
- -stū suf. “3rd person dual a (animate)”
- -swē suf. “1st person dual b (inclusive)”
- -syā suf. “his, her, its”
- tanā pron.
- tō pron. “they (masc.)”
- tu pron. “they, them (dual)”
- -twā pron. “their (dual)”
- we pron. “we, us (inclusive)”
- ya pron. “relative pronoun”
- ye pron. “relative pronoun (personal)”
- -zdē suf. “2nd person dual b (superior)”
23.9 Affix
- -īm suf. “plural”