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- ak<nc>
- water [n]; cold water [n] <cf. kik>
- at<nc>
-
WHICH, which?;
{to use} how?;
{Time} when?;
{Loc} where?; [unary p: p=determined]
<cf. ^ly>
- at ja tuk
- who of the two
- en<nc>
- near [v: s] <often used for modification; cf. ong>
- en ja
- he; she; it; etc. but surely the one that was mentioned just before
- en kis
- `three parts': one third [n: s=patient]
- en tuk
- almost all [n: g]
- eti<nc>
- equal [n: s]
- exul<number>
- digit: 6, six <cf. ljehu>
- ha<nc>
- YN: yes-no question particle <see grammar>
- hal<nc>
- extreme; very, extremyly [n: s=patient]
- hal lit
- huge [n: s]
- hal luk
- tiny [n: s]
- han<foreign>
- Mandarin Chinese
- han<nc>
-
to control (dt: lenken); <often used to mark patient of composite unsaturated>
[n: g=controller, s=controlled]
<cf. ul>
- hang<number>
- digit: 9, nine <cf. kjox>
- hangi<nc>
- each other [n: g=the set of entities] <cf. tuk>
- hangi kul
- each other in pairs of two
- heko<number>
- hexadecimal digit: 0xd: thirteen <cf. ljoku>
- hen<number>
- digit: 3, three <cf. xjun>
- hesy<nc>
- around [n: g]
- hex<nc>
- be put, lie (be laid), be set [n: s=patient] <where?: use locative verb>
- hil<nc>
- (good) luck [n]
- hing<nc>
- long [n: s] {for both location and time}
- hjotul<nc>
- bean; pea; lentil
- hjotul kik
- coffee
- hjung<nc>
- power, strength, strong [n: g=the one who is strong/has the power]
- hjyx<nc>
- waste [n]; to be wasted, to be wasted [n: s=the thing being wasted]
- hon<nc>
-
(to) result (in) [n: s1=result, s2=patient];
(the) result [n: g=verb];
<cf. kel>
- hon i
- (the) result [n]
- hong<nc>
- help [n], to help [n]
- huxu<nc>
- death [n] {phon.: `bad'}
- hw<nc>
-
happen-when [n: g=event (the congregation), s=time (the selected feature of time of the congregation)]
<followed by sys, it markes not a point in time, but a duration. Cf. xja, y>
- (hw) (i) kis
-
`a part of time': a while [n]
<hw and i are often dropped, because the phrase occurs as a
patient of a time verb anyway>
- (hw) (i) tyk
- `a point of time': moment [n]
- hw i
- time [n]
- hw jo hing sin
- happened long before now, once upon a time [n: g=event]
- hw kut tuk
- happend every time ones tries [n: g=event]
- hw ky
- happen that moment, then [n: g=event]
- hw sin
- happend at the beginning; initially [n: g=event]
- hw sys _x_
- to last for _X_ (amount of time) [n: g=event, s=amount of time]
- hw sys kis
- to last for a while [n: g=event]
- hw xan
- happend at the end; finally [n: g=event]
- hwk<nc>
- wind [n], to blow
- hwk tje xok
- North Wind [n]
- hy=wng<sex>
-
<V!> sex [n], to fuck [n: g,s];
fucking, bloody {interjunction} [unary p]
<note: this interjunction may be used to modify any phrase in the utterance>
<phon: onom.>
- hy=wng (le) je
- <V!> fuck you!; <lit: be fucked> <V!> piss off! {EMPH}
- i<nc>
- NULL: unmentioned reference marker <see grammar>
- i kel
- reason, cause
- i lu
-
agent;
pronoun: the one who does something[n]
- i nax jang tyx
- pedestrian, wanderer {`i' is dropped if clear from context}
- il<large.repeat.aggregate>
- to take the power of [n: g=exponent (the initiator/degree), s=base (the patient)]
- ing<foreign> lis<>
- English (for the language, add `sjok')
- it<mouth.sentient>
-
word <the idiomatic one, not the syntax one> [n],
speak, say, to tell, the talk, to talk [n: g=agent, s=language/topic]
<phon: from *`jit': j- ~ human, cf. jyx; sjok>
- ja<nc>
-
he; she; it; him; her; they; them (3. person pronoun);
{Loc} there <sometimes followed by DET{} (+ `place') for clarity>
{phon: j- ~ human (but not exclusively usable for humans),
ja- ~ unspecified whether jan, jas or jat.},
<usually not used to refer to something in the last sentence,
but in a large scope of discourse; cf. jo, je; lu i, i lu>
- jan<nc>
- man [n]; male [n: s=the modified] <cf. jas, jat>
- jan jat
- boy
- jan jul
- father
- jan jul jul
- grandpa
- jan jut
- son
- jan jux
- brother
- jang<nc>
-
to use, with [n: g=user/action, s=instrument];
<for possessive or partitive `with', cf. king; cf. `to serve': xjal>
{phon: j- ~ human}
- jang i
- manner [n]
- jas<nc>
- woman [n]; female [n: s=the modified] <cf. jan, jat>
- jas jat
- girl
- jas jul
- mother
- jas jul jul
- grandma
- jas jut
- daugher
- jas jux
- sister
- jat<nc>
- child <cf. jan, jas>
- jax<nc>
- husband; wife [n] <cf. jan, jas>
- je<nc>
-
you (2. person pronoun)
{Loc} there <sometimes followed by DET{} (+ `place') for clarity>
{phon: j- ~ human (but not exclusively usable for humans),
-e- ~ away from throat -> distant from me}
<cf. jo, ja>
- jes<nc>
-
spirit, ghost, mind, intelligence [n];
to think [n: g: thinker, s:topic];
{phon: j- ~ human, cf. jyx; jyku}
- jet<nc>
-
love [n]; to love [n: s1=source -> s2=experiencer]
{phon: j- ~ human; cf. jyx}
- jo<nc>
-
I; we; me; us (1. person pronoun, in-/exclusiveness unspecified);
{Time} now <sometimes followed by DET{} (+ `time') for clarity>;
{Loc} here <sometimes followed by DET{} (+ `place') for clarity>
{phon: j- ~ human (but not exclusively usable by humans),
-o- ~ near throat -> close/inside/equal to me}
<cf. je, ja>
- jo ky
- this; {Loc} here; {Time} now
- jol<number>
- hexadecimal digit: 0xc: twelve <cf. heko>
- jul<nc>
- parent <cf. jyx, jat, jux>
- jul jan jul
- paternal grandparent
- jul jas jul
- maternal grandparent
- jul jul
- grandparent
- jul jux
- uncle; aunt
- jun<nc>
- body [n]
- jun hjyx
- excrements [n]
- jut<nc>
- son; daughter <cf. jul>
- jux<nc>
- brother; sister <cf. jut>
- jyku<nc>
- heart, spirit {phon: j- ~ human, cf. jyx; jes}
- jyx<nc>
- person; someone, the one <cf. jan, jas, jes>
- jyx nax
- `moving person': traveller, pedestrian, ...
- kehen<number>
- hexadecimal digit: 0xf: fifteen <cf. xuk>
- kel<nc>
-
cause [n], because;
make s.o. do s.t., make s.t. happen [n: g=controller, s=event]
<cf. lu>
- kel i
- consequence
- keng<nc>
-
like, as, equal to (wrt. properties, not the same entity)
<mystically or figuratively>
[n: s2=patient/property, s2=experiencer] OR
[n: g=controller; s=patien/property]
<cf. king>
- keng set
- right, correct [n: g XOR s=patient]; {Loc} right [n: g=patient]
- keng xok
- wrong, false [n: g XOR s=patient]; {Loc} left [n: g=patient]
- ki<nc>
- together [n: g=group]; amount [n: s=of what]
- kik<nc>
- warm/hot/boiled water [n] <cf. ak, tulu>
- king<nc>
-
like, as, equal to
<literally>
[n: s1=patient/property, s2=experiencer] OR
[n: g=controller; s=patien/property]
<cf. keng; ul>
- king set
-
bright [n: s=patient],
light [n]
- king xit
- solid [n: s=patient]
- king xjang
- liquid [n: s=patient]
- king xok
-
dark [n: s=patient];
darkness [n]
- kis<nc>
-
part;
be part of [n: g=the partitioned (cf. grammar: selectative)]
- kjang<nc>
-
fall [n: s=patient];
to fell [n: g=agent, s=patient];
{Loc} down; below;
{Time} late <cf. njes>
?? Can this be replaced by a composed inchoative/resultative?
- kjang set
- sunset; {Loc} west; {Time} evening (phon.: `leave', `dyn.')
- kje<nc>
- to be open [n: s] <cf. kjo>
- kjo<nc>
- to be close [n: s] <cf. kje>
- kjo _x_ y _y_ hesy
- _X_ encloses _Y_; _X_ covers _Y_ [ph]
- kjok<imperative>
- shall [n: (g=controller,) s=event/action] <cf. xjohe>
- kjok seng
- it shall hold/be true, that... [v: p]
- kjok so
- so be it [ph]
- kjol<nc>
- ruler [n]
- kjol tesa
- (Christian) God
- kjox<count.number>
- decimal unit word: 10, ten <cf. liko, tjen>
- kjox<number>
- hexadecimal digit: 0xa: ten <cf. liko, tjen>
- kju<nc>
-
go-to, come-to, arrive-at [n: g=event, s=location]
<location verb: triggers location context, cf. y, sjo>
- kul<number>
- digit: 2, zwo; the other <cf. en>
- kul ja
- he, she, etc..., the other(s)
- kul kis
- `two parts': half [n: s=patient]
- kut<nc>
- try, attempt
- ky<nc>
-
DET, this, that;
{to use} this way;
{Time} now, then;
{Loc} here, there
[unary, modifyable p: a=restricting controller, p=determined]
<cf. at>
- ky la
-
sentence pronoun: the last state, event or action that was
mentioned (refering to a verb that had no agent) [n]
- ky lu
-
sentence pronoun: the last state, avent or action that was
mentioned (refering to a verb that had an agent) [n]
- kyla<nc>
-
or, alternative [n: s=alternative] <cf. u>;
other [n] <used like `all': as a partitive>
- kyng<number>
- digit: 5, five <cf. exul>
- kyngka<nc>
- be lost, be gone [n: s]
- kyngka jun hjyx y i
- toilet [ph]
- la<nc>
-
to turn [n: s=patient];
to become [n: s1=result, s2=patient], <inchoative verb maker> [p]
<cf. ta, le; hon>
- la huxu
- to die [n: s]
- la i
-
(first) patient;
pronoun: the one something is done to (refering to a verb that had no agent) [n]
- la kis
- to split [n: s]
- la kje
- to open (by chance) [n: s]
- la kjo
- to close (by chance) [n: s]
- la sys
- to expand [n: s]
- la ting
- `to become (to be) with': to get [n: s1=patient, s2=receiver]
- la tulu
- to become cooking/boiling [n: s]
- la xe i
-
(second) patient;
pronoun: the one something is done to (refering to a verb that had no agnet). This
refers to the second patient of a verb, not to the direct one. [n]
- lak<imperative>
- must, force [n: (g=controller,) s=event/action] <cf. kjok>
- las<nc>
- to keep, to continue <continuity verb maker> [n: keeps the valence]
- le<nc>
- EMPH, really, truly <emphatic particle; te, lu> [unary p]
- lel<nc>
- to exceed [n: g=who exceeds, s=that is exceeded] {used for comparisons}
- liko<number>
- hexadecimal digit: 0xb: eleven <cf. jol>
- ling<number>
- digit: 1, one <cf. kul>
- ling kis
- `one part': whole, complete [n: s=patient]
- lit<nc>
- large, big, a lot, much, often, grown-up {time} for long [n: s=patient] <cf. luk>
- lit ki
- quite a bit, much, many
- ljehu<number>
- digit: 7, seven <cf. xwt>
- ljoku<number>
- hexadecimal digit: 0xe: fourteen <cf. kehen>
- ljot<nc>
- swallow; eat; drink [n: g,s]
- ljux<nc>
- leaf; sheet [n]
- ljux kik
- tea
- ljw?i<nc>
- house [n], ({durative}) to dwell
- lo<foreign> siha<>
- Russisch
- lu<nc>
-
to do [n: g=agent, s=patient];
to do [n: g, s] <resultative verb maker> [p]
<cf. la, tu>
- lu hex
- put [n: g=agent, s=patient]
- lu hex _x_ kju kjang
-
put _X_ down, to give up _X_, to resign (doing _X_) [n: g=controller, _X_]
?? Can this be replaced by a composed inchoative/resultative? make put/become put?
- lu hon ling
-
`make result in one': {mind} to agree (process), to unite [n: g]
<FIXME: not nice: `that': use u coordination>
- lu huxu
- to kill [n: g, s]
- lu i
-
(first) patient;
pronoun: the one something is done to (refering to a verb that had an
agent) [n]
- lu ki
- `make together': to collect [n: g=initiator, s=patient]
- lu kis
- to divide [n: g, s]
- lu kje
- to open (by influence) [n: g,s]
- lu kjo
- to close (by influence) [n: g,s]
- lu kyngka
- to get rid of [n]
- lu kyngka jun hjyx
- `to get rid of body waste': to go to the toilet [ph]
- lu noki
- to win
- lu sys
- to pull [n: g, s]
- lu sys kju kul
- `to pull into two (portions)': to stretch [n: g, s]
- lu sys kju tuk
- `to pull in all directions': to tear apart [n: g, s]
- lu ting
-
`to make (to be) with': to take [n: g=agent, s=patient];
{arrive-at} to give [n: g=agent, s=patient];
{come-from} to fetch [n: g=agent, s=patient]
- lu ting _x_ tje hesy
- `take away from around'= put/take off _X_
- lu tjoni
- give shelter, care for
- lu tulu
- to (make) boil/cook [n: g, s]
- luk<nc>
- small, little, few, seldom, {time} for short [n: s=patient] <cf. lit; ^xat>
- luk ki
- a bit, few
- lw<nc>
-
to take time [n: s=that which takes time];
<durative verb maker> [p]
- lw hw
- <durative timely being> to exist [n: s=the existing entity]
- lw tulu
- to cook, to boil [n: s]
- lwn<nc>
- milk [n]
- nax<nc>
- to move [n: g=who, s=whom/what]
- nax jang tyx
- to walk, to wander
- nax y i
- road, way, street {`i' is dropped if clear from context}
- nen<nc>
-
to please <sometimes used to mark patient of composite unsaturated>
[n: g=controller; s=controlled],
<cf. han>
- net<nc>
- good <cf. nok>
- net kjo
- well closed
- ni<foreign> hon<>
- Japanese
- njes<nc>
-
raise [n: g=agent, s=patient];
rise [n: s=patient];
{Loc} up;
{Time} early <cf. kjang>
?? Can/Must this be replaced by a composed inchoative/resultative?
- njes set
- sunrise; {Loc} east; {Time} morning (phon.: `come', `dyn.')
- njwng<nc>
- warm [n: s] <cf. tjyk>
- njy<nc>
- <collective particle> [unary p]
- njy kel
- implication [n]
- nok<nc>
- bad <cf. net>
- noki<nc>
- (the) win [n: s=what?]
- nox<nc>
-
to ask, to pose a question [n: g=the one who asks, s=the question]
<the person who is asked may be mentioned using kju>
- nu?u<nc>
- fire [n]
- nwng<achieve>
- able, enable [n: (g=controller,) s=event/action] <cf. xeng>
- ong<nc>
- far [v: s] <often used for modification; cf. en>
- ong ja
- he; she; it; etc. but not the one that was mentioned just before
- ox<nc>
- END: phrase end particle <see grammar; cf. ox>
- sase<nc>
- things [n], this and that [n]
- seng<nc>
- true [n: s], truth [n]; but [n: s] <cf. l. `vero', `verum', xus>
- set<nc>
-
sun [n];
to shine [n: s (e.g. the moon) OR g (e.g. for the overly correct: the sun)=source of light]
<often with additional durative verb maker lw>;
{Loc} south [n];
{Time} day [n]
(phon.: `come', `stat.') <cf. xok>
- sik<nc>
- sense, reason to exist [n]
- sin<nc>
-
front, in front of, start, before [n: g];
to begin [n: s=experiencer] <cf. xan>
- sjo<nc>
- start-at, from <time only> [n: g=event, s=time] <cf. hw, kju>
- sjo jo
- start now, from now on [n: g=event]
- sjo ky
- start at that moment, then, from then on [n: g=event]
- sjok<mouth>
- tongue; language [n] <cf. it>
- sjuxun<nc>
-
to ask, to pose a request [n: g=the one who asks, s=the request], please ... [ph]
<the person who is asked may be mentioned using kju>
- sjuxun nox xeng jo lu kyngka jun hjyx y at
-
`Please let me ask you, where may I get rid of my body waste?'
Where're the restrooms? [ph]
- so<nc>
- such, in such a way, so, correct, right <cf. heng>
- su<nc>
- REF: reference and focus particle <see grammar>
- suho<foreign> ni<>
- Finnisch
- swni<nc>
- {math} regular 3d object (?Körper), ...-hedron
- swni exul
- `sixth regular hedron' (I know, the name is wrong): hexahedron, cube; dice
- sys<nc>
- to stretch, to extend [n: s]
- sys _x_ kju (hon) _y_
- `extend up to': enough: _X_ is enough for _Y_
- ta<nc>
-
to become not ... <negative inchoative verb maker> [n: s1=result, s2=patient]
<cf. la, te>
- ta eti jes
- to change one's mind <inchoative, not resultative> [n: s]
- ta ting
- `to become not (to be) with': to lose [n: s1=patient, s2=loser]
- tan<foreign> se<>
- French
- tax<nc>
-
see, hear, feel, perceive [n: s1=source, s2=experiencer]
obverve, watch, listen [n: g=observer, s=source]
<e.g.
eye perceives=see,
heart perceives=feel; cf. jyku,
mind perceives= understand; cf. jes
...>
- tax u it
-
perceive and say: to confess, to admit.
<FIXME: valence of tax and it is different. Repair the composition.>
- te<nc>
- NEG, not, no, none <modifier; also works for non-saturated phrases; le, tu> [unary p]
- te eti
- different [n: s]
- te ling (jes)
-
to have an argument [n: g=the fighting parties, s=about what];
to have different opinions [n: s1=about what, s2=experiencers]
<cf. dt: `uneins sein', cf. lu hon ling>
- te tuk
- some [n: g]
- te xja
- not ending, until ever [n: g=event]
- tesa<nc>
- heaven [n]; sky [n]
- ting<nc>
-
to have, with [n: s1=patient/property -> s2=experiencer];
to have, to possess [n: g=controller, s=possessed];
to exist, `there is, there are' [n: s=patient];
<for instrumental `with', cf. `to use': jang>
- (ting) ling jes
-
`with one mind': to agree (static) [n: s]
<FIXME: not nice: `that': use u coordination>
- (ting) te hil
- (to be) misfortunate [n: s]
- (ting) te hong
- helpless [n: s]
- ting jang
- useful [n: s1=patient]
- tix<nc>
- inside [n: g]
- tjaha<nc>
-
game [n] <usually the i particle is inferred>,
to play [n: g=player, s=(the played) game]
<note: although this is durative, no durative particle is
needed. Its interpretation is: a game is with ...>
- tjani<nc>
- new [n: s], {time} again
- tje<nc>
-
go-from, come-from [n: g=event, s=location]
<location verb: triggers location context, <cf. kju, xja>
- tjen<number>
- digit: 0, zero <cf. ling>
- tjoni<nc>
- shelter [n], be cared for, be secure [n: s]
- tjonw<nc>
- back; against [n: s]; to reply [n: g, s]
- tjonw (u) tjani
- again and again
- tjws<nc>
- arm [n] <cf. tys; tjwx>
- tjwx<nc>
- leg [n] <cf. tyx; tjws>
- tjyk<nc>
- cold [n: s] <cf. njwng>
- tohit<foreign> sy<>
- German
- ton<nc>
- <iterative particle>
- ton set
- to blink
- tot<nc>
- carry; wear [n: g,s]
- tu<nc>
-
to do not... <negative resultative verb maker> [n: g, s]
<cf. ta, lu>
- tu ting
-
`to make not (to be) with': to give (away) [n: g=agent, s=patient]
<the recipient is added using `go-to' or sometimes `to take'; cf. tun>
- tuk<nc>
- all, both [n: g=the set of entities] <cf. kyla>
- tuk kul
- in pairs of two. dt: zu zweit [n: g]
- tuk ling
- each one; alone [n: g]
- tulu<nc>
- be boilingly hot [n: s]
- tw<nc>
-
to not take time, to be done quickly [n: s=patient]
<negative durative verb maker> [p]
- tyk<nc>
- point, smallest division of, to split [n: g=splitter, s=divided entity]
- tyl<good>
- elegant by being simple and logical [n: s=patient]
- tyl sjok
- The S2 language, Tyl-Sjok
- tys<nc>
- hand [n] <cf. tjws; tyx>
- tyx<nc>
- foot [n] <cf. tjwx; tys>
- u<comma.inclusive>
- SEQ: and; or; but; although [binary p: constituent 1, constituent 2] <cf. wng, seng>
- (u) (le) seng
- but [n: s]
- u _x_ xus
- but _X_
- u so hon
- therefore
- ul<nc>
-
to harass; <sometimes used to mark patient of composite unsaturated>
[n: g=controller, s=controlled]
<cf. nen>
- wng<aggregate>
- to add [n: g=experiencer, s=patient] <cf. u>; also [n: s=phrase]
- xan<nc>
-
back side, back, behind, after, end [n: g=of what?];
complete, to be complete [n: s] <perfective marker> [unary p]
<a controller is added using lu>
<cf. sin>
- xe<nc>
- SKIP: non-referencing marker: marker for unmentioned phrase <see grammar>
- xel<nc>
- (in s.o.'s) favour, for [n: g=useful entity, s=beneficiary] <cf. ting>
- xeng<control>
- allow, may [n: (g=controller,) s=event/action] <cf. lak>
- xit<nc>
- metal [n] <cf. xjyn>
- xja<nc>
- last-until [n: g=event, s=time] <cf. sjo, tje>
- xja jo
- end now, until now [n: g=event]
- xjal<nc>
- serve, purpose, for [n: g=useful entity, s=experiencer] <cf. xel>
- xjang<nc>
- water [n] <cf. xjuk>
- xjohe<wish>
- want [n: (g=controller,) s=event/action] <cf. nwng>
- xjuk<nc>
- air; gas [n] <cf. xit>
- xjun<number>
- digit: 4, four <cf. kyng>
- xjwl<nc>
- earth [n] <cf. xjang>
- xjyn<nc>
- wood [n] <cf. xjwl>
- xo<nc>
- START: phrase start particle <see grammar; cf. xo>
- xok<nc>
-
moon [n];
{Loc} north [n];
{Time} night [n]
(phon.: `leave', `stat.') <cf. set>
- xuk<count.number>
- hexadecimal unit word: 0x10: sixteen <cf. tjen>
- xuk<number>
- hexadecimal number: 0x10: sixteen <cf. tjen>
- xus<nc>
-
to resist, withstand, versus, against [n: g=agent, s=patient]
<FIXME: think about this entry>
- xwt<number>
- digit: 8, eight <cf. han>
- xyt<nc>
-
birth [n],
give birth to [n: g=agent, s=patient],
life [n],
`be born': to live [n: s=patient]
- xyt nen
- to exist [n: s=existing entity <valence of nen>]; existence
- y<nc>
-
take-place-at [n: g=event, s=location]
<location verb: triggers location context, cf. tje, hw>
- y hw
- to happen
- y i
- place [n]
- y sys _x_
- to extend _X_ (amount of space) [n: g=event]
- y tjonw hw tjani
- to happen again and again [n: s]
- yn<nc>
- jacket; sheet; frame [n]
- yn kju tyx
- overcoat, cloak, gown
- yn xel tyx
- sock
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Henrik Theiling
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