Primitive Adûnaic Semantic Categories
1.
Physical World
1.51 Sky, Heavens
- MINIL root. “heaven, sky”
1.54 Star
- GIMIL root. “*star”
1.62 Darkness
- DAWAR root. “*gloom”
- dāw’r n. “gloom”
2.
Mankind
3.
Animals
3.41 Horse (generic)
- KARAB root. “?horse”
3.642 Crow, Raven
- khaw n. “crow”
4.
Body Parts and Functions
4.33 Hand
- PAƷ root. “hand”
- paʒa n. “hand”
5.
Food and Drink
6.
Clothing and Adornment
7.
Dwelling and Furniture
8.
Agriculture and Vegetation
8.21 to Plow; Plow
- RUTH root. “scar, score, furrow”
8.54 Root
- KULUB root. “*root (as a kind of plant)”
9.
Physical Acts and Materials
9.112 Doer, Agent
- *-ān suf. “agental suffix”
10.
Motion and Transportation
10.23 to Fall
- KALAB root. “fall”
10.48 to Come
- NAKH root. “come, approach”
11.
Possession and Trade
12.
Spatial Relations
12.56 Small, Little
- MIY root. “small”
13.
Quantity and Number
13.33 Alone, Only
- ʔIR root. “one, alone”
14.
Time
15.
Sense Perception
15.56 to Shine, Glisten
- NIMIR root. “shine”
16.
Emotion
16.27 to Love; Love
- IR root. “*love”
- izray n. “*sweetheart, beloved”
- ZIR root. “love, desire”
16.272 Friendship
- BEL root. “*befriend, love”
17.
Mind and Thought
17.16 to Understand
- SAPHAD root. “understand”
18.
Language and Music
18.22 to Say
- BITH root. “say”
19.
Social Relations
19.11 Country, Nation
- thāni n. “realm”
20.
Warfare and Hunting
21.
Law and Judgment
22.
Religion and Beliefs
22.431 Sorcerer, Wizard
- saphdān n. “wise man, wizard”
22.45 Ghost, Specter, Phantom
- manaw n. “spirit”
23.
Grammar
23.4 Pronoun
- *HI root. “she”
- *ƷU root. “he”
23.5 Noun Inflection
- -yī n. “plural inflection”
23.9 Affix
- -k suf. “*masculine suffix”
- -th suf. “feminine suffix”