Qatama dictionary

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This is the Qatama dictionary.

• Abbreviations used:

• n. - noun
• adj. - adjective
• adv. - adverb
• det. - determiner
• part. - particle
• conj. - conjunction
• pron. - pronoun
• adp. - adposition
• num. - number
• art. - article

Q K G T TL D M N NG J H Y L R A O U `

Q

• qa -- interrogative part.

always occurs at the end of a interrogative statement

• qatama -- n. the people of Qatama | adj. (abstract) timeless, universal

• qo -- n. the sound /q/ or [X], the first grapheme in the Qatama collating sequence

• qu -- n. wall, barrier, border

K

• kang -- n. adult male, man, male partner in marriage, mate, husband

• koto -- n. a drum or a performance of several drummers in an ensemble | v. drum, perform with a drum

• kotoq -- n. tempo or speed of a beat, song, or repeated event | n. variation of the duration of sounds over time; a beat or meter | n. flow, repetition or regularity

G

• ga -- pron. 2nd person singular; you

• gaq -- n. food, sustenance | v. to eat, consume, take in | adj. edible

T

• ta -- pron. 1st person singular; I, me

• taka -- pron. 1st person plural (inclusive); we, us

• taga -- n. tea/coffee | v. to drink tea/coffee

Any drink made by infusing parts of various plants.

• tama -- adj./adv. good, well, fine, favorable

• tamaja -- 'all is well, peace', a common response to being greeted

• ta`aq -- pron. 1st person plural (exclusive); we, us

• tojla -- n. a traditional sword worn by the warrior class and nobility

TL

• tla -- n. sky, air, oxygen | adj. lofty, idealistic

• tlaq -- n. language, dialect, utterance | v. dictate

D

• da -- n. encampment, camp, fort | v. camp, set up camp

• daq -- n. mountain, peak

• d`haq -- n. hill, mound

M

• ma -- conj. and, too, also, as well

• maq -- n. day, daylight, hours between dawn and sunset

• maj -- n. commander, chief, leader | v. lead, command

• mo -- num. three | adj. having to do with the heel of the foot

• moq -- n. place, location | adj. locative

• moj -- n. writing, letter, glyph, grapheme | v. write, scribe, record

• mo`oj -- n. calligraphy | adj. calligraphic

• mu -- v. stop, wait, be patient | n. vertical components that form the sides of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace

• muq -- v. be, exist, stand | n. existence, being | adj. true, valid

Rarely used in the copula sense when speaking.

N

• naj -- adp. to, toward(s), at, in the direction of

• nura -- n. life, vitality | v. to live, exist

NG

• nga -- det. / adv. expressing negation | no, not

always appears at the beginning of the verb phrase

• ngaq -- n. a year, a period encompassing all four seasons

• ngaj -- adp. away from, away, from the direction of

• nga`ayu -- n. an introvert, solitary individual | v. to be, act for, focus on oneself | adj. preferring the internal, satisfied with self, lacking interest or comfort in social interactions

A contraction formed from nja (for, about) and ayu (self, reflective particle).

• ngumja -- adj. the property of not existing for indefinitely long durations | n. impermanence

H

• han -- n. Title of respect conferred on a man, with or without a name added, placed after the name.

• hana -- n. Title of respect conferred on a woman, with or without a name added, placed after the name.

R

• ru -- part. Indicating an agent, a person who makes or renders (adj.), does... (verb), or works with... (noun), commonly as part of his or her role or job

A

• aq -- conj. or, either, other

• aqla -- conj. nor neither, no other

• aya -- n. beauty, wonder, grace | adj. beautiful, gracious, wondrous

O

• oq -- num. seven

• oqla -- n. theme, topic | adj. thematic, topical

• oko -- num. four

• oga -- n./adj. black, absorbing all light, without light

• ogo -- n. number | v. count, enumerate, number

• om -- num. zero | pron. nothing, nothingness

• ong -- num. one | adj. single, singular