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”
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.
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”