English Definition | word | alternate word | ipa | Part of Speech |
Class | Etymology | Notes |
about | te | tə | ADP | unknown | |||
absolutely | ok | uk | ADV | unknown, under research | |||
after | tilbe | ʈɪɭβə | ADP | root | |||
afterwards | tilbe | ʈɪɭβə | ADV | root | |||
again | jen | ʝɛn | ADV | ||||
air | oot | ʊʷʊt | N | I | root | ||
alert | zul | ʒɯɭ | N | I | from 'zulsa' to notify, call out, with the verb suffix 'sa' dropped | referring to physical actions or items that are notifying someone, such as shouting or otherwise signaling, papers etc. | |
alliance | tanskle | N | I | from 'tan' (land) + 'skle' (tie, connection, union) | |||
ancestor | unakoda | ʈɹɯnakoda | N | H | from 'hunnak' (elderly, previous) + 'oda' (father) | ||
and | ha- | ha | C | To express 'and', the comitative case prefix 'ha-' is attached to the noun. | |||
anguish | zwjabfoxo | ʒʍʝaβʷoxo | N | I | 'zwja' augmentative prefix + 'bfoxo' apathy, ennui |
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apathy | bfoxo | βʷoxo | N | I | 'b' abstract noun prefix + 'foxo' nothing | ||
apple | tujas | tɯʝaʂ | N | I | root | ||
arm | lad | ɭad | N | I | |||
armchair | zwjahletok | ʒʍjɐhɭəʈok | N | I | from 'zwja-' (augmentative suffix, from 'zwjatas', rock or boulder) + 'hletok' (chair) | ||
attention | warn | ʍɐɹn | N | I | from 'warnsa' (to pay attention to, to watch) | ||
bay | srat | ʂɹɐt | N | I | root | ||
bay | wift | N | I | ||||
be apathetic | foxosa | foxoʂa | V | from 'foxo' nothing + 'sa' verb suffix | |||
be disappointed | strewsa | ʂtɹɛʍʂa | V | 'kestre' happiness + 'w' opposite suffix, + 'sa' verb suffix, with the 'ke' deleted over time | |||
be disenchanted | strewsa | ʂtɹɛʍʂa | V | 'kestre' happiness + 'w' opposite suffix, + 'sa' verb suffix, with the 'ke' deleted over time | |||
be grumpy | foxosa | foxoʂa | V | from 'foxo' nothing + 'sa' verb suffix | |||
be rooted in | weltsa | ʍɛɭtʂa | V | 'welt' tree + 'sa' verb suffix | |||
be silly | zelkfatsa | ʒɛɭkʷatʂa | V | semantical extension from 'zelkfatsa' (to entertain) | |||
be unhappy | strewsa | ʂtɹɛʍʂa | V | 'kestre' happiness + 'w' opposite suffix, + 'sa' verb suffix, with the 'ke' deleted over time | |||
beach | ertus | ɛɹtɯʂ | N | I | root | ||
beast | gnfeds | gnʷɛdʂ | N | A | root | ||
beast | wrofasg | ʍɹofaʂg | N | A | 'wrofas' natural, wild + 'g' animate noun suffix | ||
beautiful | lannta | ADJ | to be researched | ||||
bed | gerle | gəɹɭɛ | N | I | from 'g' (locative prefix) + 'erle' (act or state of resting) | ||
beef | tnulme | tnɯɭmə | N | I | |||
bend | blausrsa | βɭɐɯʂɹʂa | V | from 'blausr' curve + 'sa' verb suffix | |||
bent | blausrkl | βɭɐɯʂɹkɭ | ADJ | from 'blausr' curve + 'kl' adjectivizer | |||
berry | tfo | tʷo | N | I | root | referring to a certain kind of berry commonly found in Gfiewistan, similar to a blackberry | |
beverage | jas | ʝɐʂ | N | I | from 'jassa' (to drink) | ||
beyond | gfe | gʷɛ | ADP | ||||
big | kjus | kjɯʂ | ADJ | root | |||
birch | jatwa | ʝɐtʍa | N | A | root | ||
birth | examsa | ɛxamʂa | V | from 'ex' (causative prefix) + 'amsa' (to live, referring to non-sapient beings) | used when talking about non-sapient animals | ||
birth | tuwsa | ʈɯʍʂa | V | from 'tuw' (life, human life, person) + 'sa' (verb suffix) | used for humans or other sapient beings | ||
birth | exam | ɛxam | N | I | from 'examsa' (here: to give birth, referring to non-sapient animals) | referring to non-sapient animals only, e.g. on a farm | |
birth | extuw | N | I | from 'ex' (causative prefix) + 'tuw' (life, human life, person) | |||
black | sokrod | ADJ | from 'sokid' (color) + 'rods' (taken away) | ||||
black | sokrod | ADJ | I | from 'sokid' (color) + 'rods' (taken away) | |||
black ice | menfro | mɛnʷɹo | N | I | root | slippery ice covering streets or pathways | |
blaze | nrusa | nɹɯʂa | V | ||||
boat | ejo | ɛʝo | N | I | root | ||
boot | tomw | tomʍ | N | I | from 'tomwasa' (to stomp) | ||
boulder | zwjatas | N | I | root | in, at or near mountains or mountainous regions | ||
boulder | ser | Pl. sior | ʂɛɹ | N | I | root | |
brick | nuflars | nɯfɭaɹʂ | N | I | unknown | ||
bright | zuhid | ʒɯhɪd | ADJ | from Pre-Gfiewish *is (augmentative adjective derivation prefix) + *ʃoxid (lush, colorful) | |||
bright | ord | ADJ | root | ||||
bring back | aksa | ɐkʂa | V | root | |||
bring into the light | erwasa | ɛɹʍaʂa | V | from 'erwa' (flash, gleam, glimpse) + 'sa' (verb suffix) | |||
buckwheat | mesta | mɛʂta | N | A | root | ||
burn | nrusa | nɹɯʂa | V | ||||
bursting | nrukl | ADJ | 'nru' fire + 'kl' adjective suffix | ||||
bush | howrab | hoʍɹaβ | N | A | root | ||
call | obtusa | V | root | ||||
call out | zulsa | ʒɯɭʂa | V | root | |||
can | tajsa | taʝəʂa | V | unknown | |||
candle | welordig | ʍɛɭoɹdɪg | N | from we' diminutive prefix + 'lordig' light |
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cattle | tnulme | tnɯɭmə | N | A | |||
certainly | ok | uk | I | unknown, under research | |||
chair | hletok | hɭɛʈok | N | I | from 'hletsa' (to sit) + '-ok' (instrumental derivation suffix) | ||
chest | zukfa | ʒɯkʷa | N | I | root | ||
chicken | sfulkuad | ʂʷɯɭkɯad | N | root | |||
chimera | gnfeds | gnʷɛdʂ | N | A | root | ||
cider | wexulm | ʍɛxɯɭm | N | from 'we' diminutive prefix + 'xulm' apple | used predominantly for cider, but also sometimes for other hard alcoholic beverages | ||
city | riew | ɹɪəʍ | N | unknown | |||
clean | sui | ʂɯɪ | ADJ | root | |||
clearing | kiel | kɪəɭ | N | I | from 'kielsa' (be open, be clear) | ||
cliff | ser | Pl. sior | ʂɛɹ | N | I | root | in, at or near the sea or in flatlands |
clown act | zelkfats | ʒɛɭkʷatʂ | N | I | from 'zelkfatsa' (to fool around, be silly, originally: to entertain) | ||
coast | swa | ʂʍɐ | N | I | root | ||
coat | genmfo | gɛnmʷo | N | I | root | referring to the coat of e.g. a horse or a pony | |
colour | sokid | ʂokɪd | N | I | root, from Pre-Gfiewish *ʃoxid (lush, colorful) | ||
colour | sokidsa | ʂokɪdʂa | V | 'sokid' color, hue + 'sa' verb suffix | |||
colourful | sokids | ʂokɪdʂ | ADJ | 'sokid' color, hue + 's' adjective suffix | |||
colouring | sokid | ʂokɪd | N | I | Re-nominalization of 'sokidsa' to color, paint | ||
come | xetsa | xɛtʂa | V | root | |||
conditional marker | lo | PTC | |||||
connect | obtusa | V | root | ||||
connection | skle | N | I | ||||
continuous | rwi | ADJ | from 'rf' (creek) | ||||
cook | jonfasa | ʝonʷaʂa | V | root | |||
country | tan | N | I | semantic extension of 'tan' (land) | |||
cover | krsa | kɹ.ʂa | V | root | |||
creek | rf | ɹf | N | root | |||
cultivate | osa | ʊʂa | V | root | |||
cultivation | o | ʊ | N | I | from 'osa' (to cultivate, plant, farm) | ||
cultural | wlidas | ADJ | 'wlida' (culture) + 's' (ADJZ suffix) | ||||
culture | wlida | N | A | ||||
curve | blausrsa | βɭɐɯʂɹʂa | V | from 'blausr' curve + 'sa' verb suffix | |||
curve | blausr | βɭɐɯʂɹ | N | I | from 'b' abstract noun prefix + 'lausr' wave | ||
curved | blausrkl | βɭɐɯʂɹkɭ | ADJ | from 'blausr' curve + 'kl' adjectivizer | |||
customs station | keld | kɛɭd | N | I | from 'kels' (forced) + 'dfa' (offering), the meaning shifting from what is being paid to the place where it is paid |
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dance | alem | aɭəm | N | I | from 'alemtsa' (to dance) | ||
dance | alemtsa | aɭəmtʂa | V | root | |||
day | werdig | ʍɛɹdɪg | N | I | from 'we' (diminutive prefix) + 'lordig' (light) | ||
day off | wrofawerdig | ʍɹofaʍɛɹdɪg | N | I | 'wrofa' forest + 'werdig' day | literally 'forest day', a day off in the woods, a day trip to hitchhike, pick mushrooms or similar | |
day trip | wrofawerdig | ʍɹofaʍɛɹdɪg | N | I | 'wrofa' forest + 'werdig' day | literally 'forest day', a day off in the woods, a day trip to hitchhike, pick mushrooms or similar | |
daylight | lordig | ɭoɹdɪg | N | A | from 'ord' (light, bright, lightened) + 'ig' (animate noun derivation suffix) | Traditional mythology states that light is 'alive' in some way. | |
death | fraxgfe | fɹɐxgʷə | N | from 'fraxgfesa' (to die) with the verb suffix dropped | |||
delta | idda | ɪd:a | N | I | root | ||
demonstration | rwubelkalf | ɹʍɯβəɭkaɭf | N | from 'rwub elkalwsa' (to test, to put up temporarily), with the verb suffix -sa dropped | |||
depression | foxon | foxon | N | I | 'foxo' nothing + 'n' made of | ||
die | fraxgfesa | fɹɐxgʷəʂa | V | from 'fraxsa' to move + 'gfe' further, more + 'sa' verb suffix | |||
disappear | burskfasa | βɯɹʂkʷaʂa | V | from 'burskfa' to forget, disappear + 'sa' verb suffix | |||
disappearance | burskfa | βɯɹʂkʷa | N | I | 'b' abstract noun prefix + 'urskfa' (a fall, drop) | ||
disappoint | exstrewsa | V | 'ex' causative verb prefix + 'strewsa' be unhappy, disappointed | ||||
disappointment | strew | ʂtɹɛʍ | N | Nominalization of 'strewsa' (to be unhappy, disappointed) | |||
dissent | walsinastsa | ʍɐɭʂɪnaʂtʂa | V | unknown | |||
divide | filsa | fɪɭʂa | V | root | |||
door | ibnu | ɪβnʊ | N | I | root | ||
draw | kresa | kɹɛʂa | V | root | |||
drawing | kre | N | I | from 'kresa' (to draw, to paint) | |||
drink | jassa | ʝɐza | V | root | |||
drink | jas | ʝɐʂ | N | I | from 'jassa' (to drink) | ||
drop | urskfa | ɯɹʂkʷa | N | I | root | ||
drop | urskfasa | ɯɹʂkʷa | V | 'urskfa' (a fall, drop) + 'sa' verb suffix | intransitive meaning | ||
drum | babban | βab̪van | N | I | root, originally imitative | ||
drum | babbansa | βab̪vanʂa | V | from 'babban' (drum) + 'sa' (verb suffix) | |||
duchess | sjer | ʂjɛɹ | N | H | |||
dust | krsi | kɹʂɪ | N | I | from 'krsa' to cover + 'si' inanimate non-abstract noun suffix |
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elder | hunnaka | hɯn:aka | N | H | from 'hunna' (elderly, previous) + 'ka' ('profession' derivation suffix) | ||
elderly | hunna | hɯn:a | ADJ | currently unknown | |||
emptiness | bofox | βofox | N | I | from 'bo' abstract noun prefix + 'fox' empty | ||
empty | fox | fox | ADJ | root | |||
ennui | bfoxo | βʷoxo | N | I | 'b' abstract noun prefix + 'foxo' nothing | ||
entertain | zelkfatsa | ʒɛɭkʷatʂa | V | root | original meaning of 'zelkfatsa', now dated/humorous | ||
fall | urskfa | ɯɹʂkʷa | N | I | root | ||
fall | urskfasa | ɯɹʂkʷaʂa | V | 'urskfa' (a fall, drop) + 'sa' verb suffix | |||
fall down | menfrosa | mɛnʷɹoʂa | V | from 'menfro' (ice, black ice, glaze) + 'sa' (verb suffix) | on ice | ||
far away | uba | ɯβa | ADJ | root | |||
farm | examsa | ɛxamʂa | V | from 'ex' (causative prefix) + 'amsa' (to live, referring to non-sapient beings) | mostly used when referring to e.g. bee farming or other animal farming | ||
farm | go | go | N | from 'g' ('at' in Old Gfiewish) + 'o' (cultivating, planting) | |||
farm | osa | ʊʂa | N | root | mostly used when referring to farming crops | ||
farm | amsa | V | from 'amm' (living thing, life) + 'sa' (verb suffix) | in the sense of 'to work on or around a farm', which was due to its importance equated to 'living' | |||
father | oda | ʊda | N | H | root | ||
feel empty | foxosa | foxoʂa | V | from 'foxo' nothing + 'sa' verb suffix | |||
fetch | aksa | ɐkʂa | V | root | |||
field | otel | ʊʈɛɭ | N | from 'o' (gardening, cultivating) + 'tel' (natural or semi-natural, unsealed place) | |||
field | gerf | gɛɹf | N | I | root | ||
fire | nru | nɹʊ | N | I | root | ||
fish | huswa | hɯʂʍa | N | A | root | ||
fish | guswasa | gɯʂʍaʂa | V | from 'guswa' (fishing spot) + 'sa' (verb suffix) | |||
fish | hostew | hoʂtəʍ | N | A | root | referring to fish living or caught in the open sea or in saltwater in general | |
fish | kfert | kʷɛɹt | N | I | root | referring to the (white) meat of fish | |
fish | lent | ɭɛnt | N | A | root | ||
fishing spot | guswa | gɯʂʍa | N | I | from 'g' (locative prefix) + 'huswa' (fish) | ||
flash | erwa | ɛɹʍa | V | I | root | ||
fool around | zelkfatsa | ʒɛɭkʷatʂa | V | semantical extension from 'zelkfatsa' (to entertain) | |||
foot | bgem | βəgɛm | N | I | root | ||
forefather | unakoda | ʈɹɯnakoda | N | H | from 'hunnak' (previous) + 'oda' (father) | ||
forest | welgo | ʍɛɭgo | N | A | from 'welt' (tree) + 'go' (farm) | referring to a forest being used economically | |
forest | wrofa | N | A | root | |||
forever | sklatawo | ADV | to be researched | ||||
forget | burskfasa | βɯɹʂkʷaʂa | V | from 'burskfa' to forget, disappear + 'sa' verb suffix | |||
forgetting | burskfa | βɯɹʂkʷa | N | I | 'b' abstract noun prefix + 'urskfa' (a fall, drop) | ||
frog | xersma | xɛɹʂma | N | A | root | ||
further | gfe | gʷɛ | ADV | ||||
game | nehelw | nɛhəɭʍ | N | I | root | ||
garden | otel | ʊʈɛɭ | N | from 'o' (gardening, cultivating) + 'tel' (natural or semi-natural, unsealed place) | |||
gardening | o | ʊ | N | I | from 'osa' (to cultivate, plant, farm) | ||
gate | ibnu | ɪβnʊ | N | I | root | ||
gateway | kust | kɯʂt | N | I | root | ||
generous person | tujaswelt | tɯʝaʂʍəɭt | N | H | from 'tujas' (apple) + 'welt' (tree) | someone very valuable who gives out things (material or immaterial) very much appreciated (literally 'apple tree') | |
give | oxnasa | ʊxnɐʂa | V | root | |||
give away | tunksa | ʈɯnkʂa | V | root | |||
glade | kiel | kɪəɭ | N | I | from 'kielsa' (be open, be clear) | ||
glaze | menfro | mɛnʷɹo | N | I | root | slippery ice covering streets or pathways | |
gleam | erwa | ɛɹʍa | N | I | root | ||
glimpse | erwa | ɛɹʍa | N | I | root | ||
gloss over | bofesa | βofəʂa | V | from 'bosa' (to reflect, think over) + '-fe' (opposite suffix) | |||
go | kosa | koʂa | V | root | |||
go back | hesa | hɛʂa | V | root | |||
grove | wewrofa | ʍɛʍɹofa | N | I | 'we' diminutive prefix + 'wrofa' forest | any kind of smaller forest | |
grow | dojemsa | doʝɘmʂa | V | root | |||
grow | dojemsa | doʝɘmʂa | V | root | |||
gulf | srat | ʂɹɐt | N | I | root | ||
hail | wos | ʍoʂ | V | I | from 'wosa' (to hail) | referring to the weather phenomenon | |
hail | wosa | ʍoʂa | V | root | referring to the weather phenomenon | ||
half | tso | ʈʂo | N | I | root | ||
hallucinogenic mushroom | sloka | ʂɭoka | N | A | root | usually referring to a particular kind of hallucinogenic mushroom, but can also be used as a general term | |
hand | lad | ɭad | N | I | |||
happiness | kestre | kɛʂtɹə | N | I | unknown | ||
harbour | hoskust | kɯʂt | ABB | I | from 'hos' (ship) + 'kust' (gateway) | ||
hard | jubs | ʝɯvʂ | ADJ | root | hard as in 'not soft' | ||
he/she/it/etc | tsu | ʈsʊ | P | AP | |||
he/she/it/etc | ba | βɐ | P | HP | masculine | ||
he/she/it/etc | wa | ʍɐ | P | HP | feminine | ||
he/she/it/etc | hla | hɭɐ | P | IP | |||
health | dek | dɛk | N | I | from 'deks' whole, in one piece | ||
healthy | deks | dɛkʂ | ADJ | likely root | |||
heart | nla | nɭɐ | N | A | root | ||
hole | nkluxa | nkɭɯxa | N | I | root | ||
holiday | akferdig | akʷɛɹdɪg | N | I | from 'hak' (retrieval, remembering, honoring the memory of someone or something) + 'werdig' (day) |
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home | lot | ɭot | N | I | |||
honouring the memory | hak | hɐk | N | I | from 'aksa' (to bring back, fetch, retrieve, remember), with the infinite -sa dropped |
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house | elwas | pl. elwe | ɛɭʍaʂ | N | I | root | |
hue | sokid | ʂokɪd | N | I | root, from Pre-Gfiewish *ʃoxid (lush, colorful) | ||
human | jges | Pl. jgios | ʝgɛʂ | N | H | ||
hurry | bsf | βʂʷ | N | I | from 'b' abstract noun prefix + 'sf' wind | ||
hurry home | kfertsa | kʷɛɹtʂa | V | from 'kferts' (storm) + 'sa' (verb suffix) | |||
i | fes | fɛʂ | P | ||||
ice | menfro | mɛnʷɹo | N | I | root | slippery ice covering streets or pathways | |
ice | jk | ʝɘk | N | I | root | ||
iceberg | jknser | Pl. jknsior | ʝɘknʂəɹ | N | I | from 'jk' (ice) + 'n' (made of) + 'ser' (rock) | |
idea | bo | N | I | from 'bosa' (to think over, reflect), with the infinite suffix left out | |||
if | fli | fɭɪ | C | unknown | |||
if | fli | fɭɪ | C | unknown | |||
ignite | exnrusa | ɛxnɹɯʂa | V | 'ex' Causative derivation suffix + 'nrusa' to burn | |||
ill | dekfles | dɛkʷɭəʂ | ADJ | from 'dek' health + 'flesa' lack + 's' adjectivizer | |||
impossible | tajsw | taʝʂʍ | ADJ | from 'tajsa' (to be able) + 's' (adjectivizer) + 'w' (negating derivation suffix) | |||
in one piece | deks | dɛkʂ | ADJ | likely root | |||
in order to | kra | kɹɐ | ADP | ||||
injured | dekswu | dɛkʂʍʊ | ADJ | from 'deks' whole + 'wu' negating suffix | |||
jungle | dawu | dɐʍʊ | N | A | from Middle Jutean, the modern Jutean word being 'dovu' (jungle tree) | ||
keep warm | haldasa | hɐɭdaʂa | V | root | |||
kill | tfersa | tʷɛɹʂa | V | root | |||
lack | flesa | fɭɛʂa | V | root | |||
land | gerf | gɛɹf | N | I | root | ||
land | tan | N | I | ||||
language | owna | N | A | ||||
large | kjus | kjɯʂ | ADJ | root | |||
later | tilbe | ʈɪɭβə | ADV | root | |||
lay down | telsa | ʈɛɭʂa | V | root | |||
laze | tronnisa | tɹon:ɪʂa | V | root of unknown origin | |||
laziness | tronni | tɹon:ɪ | N | I | from 'tronnisa' (to laze, loiter) | ||
lazy person | tronnitronni | tɹon:ɪtɹon:ɪ | N | H | reduplication of 'tronni' (loitering, laziness) | ||
leg | ade | ɐdə | N | I | root | ||
leg | bgem | βəgɛm | N | I | root | ||
lengthy | tesk | tɛʂk | ADJ | root | |||
let down | exstrewsa | V | 'ex' causative verb prefix + 'strewsa' be unhappy, disappointed | ||||
lethargy | bfoxo | βʷoxo | N | I | 'b' abstract noun prefix + 'foxo' nothing | ||
life | tuw | ʈɯʍ | N | H | from 'tuwsa' (to live, experience) | ||
life | amm | ɐm: | N | A | root | ||
life | amm | ɐm: | N | A | root | ||
light | exnrusa | ɛxnɹɯʂa | V | 'ex' Causative derivation suffix + 'nrusa' to burn | |||
light | lordig | ɭoɹdɪg | N | A | from 'ord' (light, bright, lightened) + 'ig' (animate noun derivation suffix) | Traditional mythology states that light is 'alive' in some way. | |
light | ord | ADJ | root | ||||
lightened | ord | ADJ | root | ||||
liquor | wexulm | ʍɛxɯɭm | N | from 'we' diminutive prefix + 'xulm' apple | used predominantly for cider, but also sometimes for other hard alcoholic beverages | ||
live | amsa | V | from 'amm' (living thing, life) + 'sa' (verb suffix) | usually not used when referring to humans, as it would be seen as reducing them to animals or another non-sapient part of nature. Some (both ancient and more recent) cults in the history of Gfiewistan have however used this word for Humans, too, to stress their 'one with nature' belief. |
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live | tuwsa | ʈɯʍʂa | V | from 'tuw' (life, human life, person) + 'sa' (verb suffix) | used for humans or other sapient beings | ||
lizard | dfimgu | dʷɪmgʊ | N | A | root | ||
loiter | tronnisa | tɹon:ɪʂa | V | root of unknown origin | |||
loitering | tronni | tɹon:ɪ | N | I | from 'tronnisa' (to laze, loiter) | ||
long | njolt | ɲoɭt | ADJ | root | |||
long | tesk | tɛʂk | ADJ | root | |||
long underwear | teskude | tɛʂkɯdə | N | I | from 'tesk' (long) + 'ku' (Old Gfiewish on) + 'ade' (leg) | ||
lowland | heeske | hɛʷɛʂkə | N | I | root | ||
lush | zuhid | ʒɯhɪd | ADJ | from Pre-Gfiewish *is (augmentative adjective derivation prefix) + *ʃoxid (lush, colorful) | |||
make appear | erwasa | ɛɹʍaʂa | V | from 'erwa' (flash, gleam, glimpse) + 'sa' (verb suffix) | |||
make dirty | diwafsa | dɪʍafʂa | V | root | |||
make unhappy | exstrewsa | V | 'ex' causative verb prefix + 'strewsa' be unhappy, disappointed | ||||
make visible | erwasa | ɛɹʍaʂa | V | from 'erwa' (flash, gleam, glimpse) + 'sa' (verb suffix) | |||
market | dfatel | dʷɐʈəɭ | N | I | from 'dfa' (offering) + 'tel' (place) | ||
meadow | gfansa | gʷɐnʂa | N | I | root | ||
measure | kferasa | kʷɛɹaʂa | V | root | |||
meat | resta | ɹɛʂta | N | I | unknown | ||
meet | salsa | ʂɐɭʂa | V | root | |||
meeting | sal | ʂɐɭ | N | I | from 'salsa' (to meet) | ||
melancholy | foxon | foxon | N | I | 'foxo' nothing + 'n' made of | ||
momentarily | rwub | ɹʍɯβ | ADV | originally from 'rwi' (running, uninterrupted) + 'ub' (adverb suffix), with semantic drift | |||
mother | bua | N | H | ||||
murder | tfersa | tʷɛɹʂa | V | root | |||
mythological creature | gnfeds | gnʷɛdʂ | N | A | root | ||
nation | tan | N | I | semantic extension of 'tan' (land) | |||
natural | wrofas | ʍɹofaʂ | ADJ | 'wrofa' forest + 's' adjective suffix | |||
near | mi | mɪ | ADP | root | |||
need | nawotsa | nɐʍotʂa | AUX | unknown | |||
neighbour | helesgjios | hɛɭəsjɘʒɪʊʂ | N | H | from 'heles' (with) + 'gjios' (people) | ||
new | wju | ʍjʊ | ADJ | ||||
north | tafub | ʈafɯβ | N | I | from 'taa' (sun, /tɐʷɐ/) + 'ub' (a place suffix), + sound changes | ||
northern | tafubs | tɐfɯβʂ | ADJ | from 'tafub' (north) + 's' (adjective suffix) | |||
northward | retafub | ɹɛtafɯβ | ADV | from 're' (towards) + 'tafub' (north) | |||
nose | dflar | dʷɭɐɹ | N | I | root | ||
not | wu | ʍʊ | ADV | root | |||
nothing | bwu | βʍɯ | N | I | from 'b' abstract noun prefix + 'wu' negating suffix | ||
nothing | foxo | foxo | N | I | 'fox' empty + 'o' augmentative abstract noun derivation suffix | ||
notice | zul | ʒɯɭ | N | I | from 'zulsa' to notify, call out, with the verb suffix 'sa' dropped | referring to physical actions or items that are notifying someone, such as shouting or otherwise signaling, papers etc. | |
notification | zul | ʒɯɭ | N | I | from 'zulsa' to notify, call out, with the verb suffix 'sa' dropped | referring to physical actions or items that are notifying someone, such as shouting or otherwise signaling, papers etc. | |
notify | zulsa | ʒɯɭʂa | V | root | |||
octopus | selgamol | ʂɛɭgamoɭ | N | A | unknown | ||
offer | dfasa | dʷɐʂa | V | root | |||
offering | dfa | dʷɐ | N | I | of a good or service, e.g. at markets | ||
one | hek | hɛk | P | Unspecified person, 'someone' | |||
opening | kiel | kɪəɭ | N | I | from 'kielsa' (be open, be clear) | ||
outside | ast | ɐʂt | ADP | ||||
paint | sokidsa | ʂokɪdʂa | V | 'sokid' color, hue + 'sa' verb suffix | |||
paint | kresa | kɹɛʂa | V | root | |||
painted | kres | kɹɛʂ | ADJ | from the stem of 'kresa' (to draw, paint) + 's' (one adjective suffix) | |||
painting | kre | N | I | from 'kresa' (to draw, to paint) | referring to an artistic painting, a picture | ||
painting | sokid | ʂokɪd | N | I | Re-nominalization of 'sokidsa' to color, paint | ||
pattern | bhesa | βhɛʂa | V | from 'b' abstract noun prefix + 'hesa' to go back, return | |||
pattern | bhe | βhɛ | N | I | from 'bhesa' to pattern, repeat sth. with the 'sa' infinitive suffix left out | ||
pay attention | warnsa | ʍɐɹnʂa | V | root | |||
people | jgios | ʝgɪʊʂ | N | H | Plural of 'jges' (human, person) | ||
persevering | welts | ʍɛɭtʂ | ADJ | 'welt' tree + 's' adjective suffix | |||
person | jges | Pl. jgios | ʝgɛʂ | N | H | ||
person | tuw | ʈɯʍ | N | H | from 'tuwsa' (to live, experience) | ||
picture | kre | N | I | from 'kresa' (to draw, to paint) | |||
pine | norsa | noɹʂa | N | A | root | ||
place | alne | N | I | ||||
place | tel | ʈɛɭ | N | from 'telsa' (to lay down, put down), coming from the old (pagan) creation beliefs of older Gfiewish speakers, where the creator deity put down natural features on the planet |
particularly for (more) natural places, like forests, meadows etc., even if they are used economically | ||
place | bu | βʊ | N | I | referring to places and sites of religious, political, cultural etc. importance | ||
plant | osa | ʊʂa | V | root | |||
plant | dojemsa | doʝɘmʂa | V | root | |||
planting | o | ʊ | N | I | from 'osa' (to cultivate, plant, farm) | ||
play | nehelwsa | nɛhəɭʍʂa | V | from 'nehelw' game + 'sa' verb suffix | |||
playful | nehelws | nɛhəɭʍʂ | ADJ | from 'nehelw' game + 's' adjectivizer | |||
please | tusu | I | unknown | ||||
pleasure | gelwn | N | I | from 'gelwsa' (to please) + 'n' ('made of') | |||
ponder | gusa | gɯʂa | V | root | |||
port | hoskust | kɯʂt | N | I | from 'hos' (ship) + 'kust' (gateway) | ||
possible | tajs | taʝəʂ | ADJ | from 'tajsa' (to be able) + 's' (adjectivizer) | |||
previous | hunna | hɯn:a | ADJ | currently unknown | |||
primeval forest | zwjawrofa | ʒʍʝɐʍɹofa | N | I | 'zwja' augmentative suffix + 'wrofa' forest | not used much for tropical jungles, more for colder, boreal/temperate primeval forests | |
put | elkasa | ɛɭkaʂa | V | root | |||
put down | telsa | ʈɛɭʂa | V | root | |||
put up | elkalwsa | V | from 'elkasa' (to put), specifics unknown | ||||
question | ef | ɛf | AFF | ||||
question authority | walsinastsa | ʍɐɭʂɪnaʂtʂa | V | unknown | |||
quickly | rwub | ɹʍɯβ | ADV | originally from 'rwi' (running, uninterrupted) + 'ub' (adverb suffix), with semantic drift | |||
raise | examsa | ɛxamʂa | V | from 'ex' (causative prefix) + 'amsa' (to live, referring to non-sapient beings) | used when talking about non-sapient animals | ||
raven | fleas | fɭɛaʂ | N | A | root | ||
reach | obtusa | V | root | ||||
receive notifications | dikmsa bzul | dɪkmʂa βʒɯɭ | V | from 'dikmsa' to get + 'b' abstract noun prefix + 'zul' notification, notice, alert | |||
reflect | bosa | βoʂa | V | root | |||
refuse to do anything | foxosa | foxoʂa | V | from 'foxo' nothing + 'sa' verb suffix | |||
remember | aksa | ɐkʂa | V | root | |||
remembering | hak | hɐk | N | I | from 'aksa' (to bring back, fetch, retrieve, remember), with the infinite -sa dropped |
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remembrance day | akferdig | akʷɛɹdɪg | N | I | from 'hak' (retrieval, remembering, honoring the memory of someone or something) + 'werdig' (day) |
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remote | uba | ɯβa | ADJ | root | |||
removed | rods | ADJ | from 'rod' (stem of 'rodsa', to take away) + 's' (adjective derivation suffix) | ||||
repeat | bhesa | βhɛʂa | V | from 'b' abstract noun prefix + 'hesa' to go back, return | |||
reptile | wlujubskiog | ʍɭɯʝɯβʂkɪʊg | N | A | Plural instrumental of 'jubske' (scale) + 'g' (animate noun derivation suffix) | ||
resist | weltsa | ʍɛɭtʂa | V | 'welt' tree + 'sa' verb suffix | |||
rest | erlesa | ɛɹɭəʂa | V | root | |||
rest | erle | ɛɹɭə | N | I | from 'erlesa' (to rest) | referring to the act or state of resting or taking a break | |
retrieval | hak | hɐk | N | I | from 'aksa' (to bring back, fetch, retrieve, remember), with the infinite -sa dropped |
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retrieve | aksa | ɐkʂa | V | root | |||
return | hesa | hɛʂa | V | root | |||
river | wjed | ʍʝɛd | N | I | root | ||
road | nuur | nɯʷɯɹ | N | I | likely root in Gfiewish | ||
rock | ser | Pl. sior | ʂɛɹ | N | I | root | referring to rocks in, at or near the sea or in flatlands that didn't come from mountains |
rock | zwjatas | N | I | root | in, at or near mountains or mountainous regions | ||
ruin | kosemsa | koʂəmʂa | V | from 'kosa' (to go) + 'sem' ('down' in Old Gfiewish) + 'sa' (verb suffix) | |||
ruminate | bosa | βoʂa | V | root | |||
running | rwi | ADJ | from 'rf' (creek) | ||||
sacred day | akferdig | akʷɛɹdɪg | N | I | from 'hak' (retrieval, remembering, honoring the memory of someone or something) + 'werdig' (day) |
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scale | jubske | ʝɯvʂkə | N | I | from 'jubs' (hard) + 'ike' (skin) | ||
scratch | britsa | βɹɪtʂa | V | root | |||
scratch | brit | N | I | Nominalization of 'britsa' to scratch | |||
sea | fiew | fɪəʍ | N | I | root | ||
secluded | uba | ɯβa | ADJ | root | |||
see | tenxu | ʈɛnxʊ | V | root | |||
sell | tunksa | ʈɯnkʂa | V | root | |||
sell | dfasa | dʷɐʂa | V | root | |||
separate | filsa | fɪɭʂa | V | root | |||
separation | fil | fɪɭ | N | I | from 'filsa' (to separate) | ||
settlement | alne | N | I | ||||
sheep | foj | fojə | N | A | root | ||
shepherd | fojsa | foʝəʂa | V | from 'foj' (sheep) + 'sa' (verb suffix) | meaning mostly only 'to look after sheep', a metaphorical extension is rare | ||
ship | hos | hoʂ | N | I | root in Gfiewish | ||
shoot | blausrsa | βɭɐɯʂɹʂa | V | from 'blausr' curve + 'sa' verb suffix | ditransitive, used when talking about shooting something to someone with a bow or similar | ||
shrub | howrab | hoʍɹaβ | N | A | root | ||
sick | dekfles | dɛkʷɭəʂ | ADJ | from 'dek' health + 'flesa' lack + 's' adjectivizer | |||
silence | bofox | βofox | N | I | from 'bo' abstract noun prefix + 'fox' empty | ||
sing | waandsa | ʍɐʷɐndʂa | V | referring to the singing of birds | |||
sit | hletsa | hɭɛtʂa | V | likely root | |||
site | bu | βʊ | N | I | referring to places and sites of religious, political, cultural etc. importance | ||
skin | ike | ɪkə | N | I | root | ||
sky | tfer | tʷɛɹ | N | I | root | ||
slip | menfrosa | mɛnʷɹoʂa | V | from 'menfro' (ice, black ice, glaze) + 'sa' (verb suffix) | on ice | ||
slip and fall | menfrosa | mɛnʷɹoʂa | V | from 'menfro' (ice, black ice, glaze) + 'sa' (verb suffix) | on ice | ||
small town | riewis | ɹɪəʍɪʂ | N | from 'riew' (town, city) + 'is' (a diminutive suffix) | |||
smell | dflarsa | dʷɭɐɹʂa | V | from 'dflar' + 'sa' (verb suffix) | |||
snake | njoltig | ɲoɭtɪg | N | A | from 'njolt' (long) + 'ig' (animate noun derivation suffix) | ||
snow | grwsa | gɹʍʂa | V | from 'grw' icy or thick snow + 'sa' verb suffix | |||
snow | fux | fɯx | N | root | |||
snow | twi | ʈʍɪ | N | I | root | ||
snow | grw | gɹʍ | N | I | root | icy, thicker snow | |
snowfall | twi | ʈʍɪ | N | I | root | ||
snowy | grws | gɹʍʂ | ADJ | from 'grw' icy or thick snow + 's' adjectivizer | |||
soil | gerf | gɛɹf | N | I | root | ||
spirit | rsja | ɹʂʝɐ | N | I | from 'nrusa' (to burn) + 'jas' (drink. beverage) | referring to a kind of liquor | |
split | filsa | fɪɭʂa | V | root | |||
spoil | kosemsa | koʂəmʂa | V | from 'kosa' (to go) + 'sem' ('down' in Old Gfiewish) + 'sa' (verb suffix) | |||
stand firm | weltsa | ʍɛɭtʂa | V | 'welt' tree + 'sa' verb suffix | |||
stare blankly | foxosa | foxoʂa | V | from 'foxo' nothing + 'sa' verb suffix | Often out of windows. | ||
stomp | tomwasa | tomʍaʂa | V | root | |||
storm | kfertsa | kʷɛɹtʂa | V | from 'kferts' (storm) + 'sa' (verb suffix) | |||
storm | kfert | kʷɛɹt | N | I | root | ||
stormy | kferts | kʷɛɹtʂ | ADJ | from 'kfert' (storm) + 's' (an adjective suffix) | |||
sturdy | welts | ʍɛɭtʂ | ADJ | 'welt' tree + 's' adjective suffix | |||
sugar beet | hunfra | hɯnʷɹa | N | I | root | ||
sun | taa | tɐʷɐ | N | A | root | 'animate' because of traditional mythology | |
sweater | halda | hɐɭda | N | I | from 'haldasa' (to keep warm) | ||
system | bhe | βhɛ | N | I | from 'bhesa' to pattern, repeat sth. with the 'sa' infinitive suffix left out | ||
taiga | zwjawrofa | ʒʍʝɐʍɹofa | N | I | 'zwja' augmentative suffix + 'wrofa' forest | especially taigas that have been left pristine | |
take away | rodsa | ɹodʂa | V | root | |||
taken away | rods | ADJ | from 'rod' (stem of 'rodsa', to take away) + 's' (adjective derivation suffix) | ||||
tariff | keldok | kɛɭdok | N | I | from 'keld' (here: tollbooth, customs station) + 'ok' (instrumental suffix) | ||
temporarily | rwub | ɹʍɯβ | ADV | originally from 'rwi' (running, uninterrupted) + 'ub' (adverb suffix), with semantic drift | |||
tend sheep | fojsa | foʝəʂa | N | from 'foj' (sheep) + 'sa' (verb suffix) | meaning mostly only 'to look after sheep', a metaphorical extension is rare | ||
test | rwub elkalwsa | ɹʍɯβ ɛɭkaɭʍʂa | V | literally 'put up temporarily' | |||
test | rwubelkalf | ɹʍɯβəɭkaɭf | N | from 'rwub elkalwsa' (to test, to put up temporarily), with the verb suffix -sa dropped | |||
that | akam | P | IP | ||||
they | wlat | ʍɭɐt | P | HP | feminine | ||
they | hlem | hɭɛm | P | IP | |||
they | tsewat | tʂɛʍat | P | AP | |||
they | tsett | ʈʂɛt: | P | AP | |||
they | benaat | βɛnaʷat | P | HP | masculine | ||
they | welaat | ʍɛɭaʷat | P | HP | feminine | ||
they | bent | βɛnt | P | HP | masculine | ||
they | hel | hɛɭ | P | IP | |||
think | bosa | βoʂa | V | root | mostly used when referring to the past, e.g. past decisions, events etc. | ||
think | kosa | koʂa | V | semantic extension of 'kosa' (to think that a problem was fixed, but was actually made Worse) |
humorous | ||
think | gusa | gɯʂa | V | root | mostly used when referring to the future, or something that has a connection to it, e.g. changing or continuing past decisions, making new ones, attempting to make a prognosis etc. |
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think one has fixed a problem, but in fact have made it worse |
kosa | koʂa | V | from 'kou' (urine) + 'sa' (verb suffix), referring to the very short-sighted practice of urinating on clothes to keep yourself warm |
humorous | ||
thought | bo | N | I | from 'bosa' (to think over, reflect), with the infinite suffix left out | |||
tie | skle | N | I | ||||
to | re | ɹɛ | ADP | referring to a direction | |||
toad | xersma | xɛɹʂma | N | A | root | ||
toast | tujasa | tɯʝaʂa | V | from 'tujas' + 'sa' verb suffix | tradition has it that apples are seen as symbols of fertility and good luck, and so wishing someone apples is equivalent To toasting to them in Gfiewish |
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toll | keldok | kɛɭdok | N | I | from 'keld' (here: tollbooth, customs station) + 'ok' (instrumental suffix) | ||
tollbooth | keld | kɛɭd | N | I | from 'kels' (forced) + 'dfa' (offering), the meaning shifting from what is being paid to the place where it is paid |
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tongue | kliwo | kɭɪʍo | N | I | unknown | ||
tooth | najxa | naʝəxa | N | I | |||
tough | welts | ʍɛɭtʂ | ADJ | 'welt' tree + 's' adjective suffix | |||
towards | re | ɹɛ | ADP | referring to a direction | |||
town | riew | ɹɪəʍ | N | unknown | |||
traditional beverage | tforsj | tʷoɹʂjə | N | I | from 'tfo' (a local berry, similar to a blackberry) + 'rsja' (a kind of spirit) | not referring to traditional beverages in general, but to a particular one made from a berry (similar to blackberries) common in Gfiewistan that is drunk during midsummer |
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tree | welt | N | A | ||||
turn on the light | exnrusa | ɛxnɹɯʂa | V | 'ex' Causative derivation suffix + 'nrusa' to burn | |||
underbrush | howrab | hoʍɹaβ | N | A | root | ||
unhappiness | strew | ʂtɹɛʍ | N | Nominalization of 'strewsa' (to be unhappy, disappointed) | |||
uninterrupted | rwi | ADJ | from 'rf' (creek) | ||||
union | skle | N | I | ||||
union | tanskle | N | I | from 'tan' (land) + 'skle' (tie, connection, union) | |||
urinate | kosa | koʂa | V | from 'kou' (urine) + 'sa' (verb suffix) | |||
vacuum | bwu | βʍɯ | N | I | from 'b' abstract noun prefix + 'wu' negating suffix | ||
village | alne | N | I | ||||
visit | retansa | ɹɛʈɐnʂa | V | from 're' (towards) + 'tansa' (to go) | |||
walls | lem | ɭɛm | N | I | from 'lemsa' (to wall in, establish defenses) | ||
want | untosa | ɯnʈoʂa | V | ||||
watch | warnsa | ʍɐɹnʂa | V | root | |||
watch | kfera | kʷɛɹa | N | I | from 'kferasa' (to measure) | ||
water | jfog | ʝʷog | N | I | root | sea or ocean water only | |
water | hwleft | hʍɭɛft | N | I | river or other drinking water | ||
water | hwleft | hʍɭɛft | N | I | river or other drinking water | ||
wave | lausr | ɭɐɯʂɹ | N | I | root | ||
way | nuur | nɯʷɯɹ | N | I | likely root in Gfiewish | ||
we | njat | ɲɐt | P | ||||
we | njouta | ɲʊəʈa | P | ||||
whiskey | wexulm | ʍɛxɯɭm | N | from 'we' diminutive prefix + 'xulm' apple | used predominantly for cider, but also sometimes for other hard alcoholic beverages | ||
whistle | bfag | βʷɐg | N | I | unknown | ||
white | bord | βoɹd | ADJ | from 'b' (abstract prefix) + 'ord' (light) | |||
white | bord | βoɹd | N | I | from 'b' (abstract prefix) + 'ord' (light) | ||
whole | deks | dɛkʂ | ADJ | likely root | |||
wild | wrofas | ʍɹofaʂ | ADJ | 'wrofa' forest + 's' adjective suffix | |||
wild animal | wrofasg | ʍɹofaʂg | N | A | 'wrofas' natural, wild + 'g' animate noun suffix | ||
willow | zer | ʒɛɹ | N | A | |||
wind | sf | ʂʷ | N | I | root | ||
with | heles | ADP | |||||
with | heles | ADP | |||||
wood | weltn | ʍɛɭtən | N | I | 'welt' tree + 'n' made of | the material only | |
wooden | weltng | ʍɛɭtəng | ADJ | 'weltn' (wood) + 'g' adjective suffix | |||
woods | wrofa | N | A | root | |||
woods | welgo | ʍɛɭgo | N | A | from 'welt' (tree) + 'go' (farm) | referring to a forest being used economically | |
yearly event | akferdig | akʷɛɹdɪg | N | I | from 'hak' (retrieval, remembering, honoring the memory of someone or something) + 'werdig' (day) |
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you | kouwa | kʊəʍa | P | ||||
you | lo | ɭo | P | ||||
you | kwa | kʍɐ | P |