Cadim Lexicon

This is the Cadim dictionary.

• Abbreviations used:

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

ec ta alha nun samek ha ra dal lam cin ua mem fa gena yad ba ka jim za alem

ec

• enab -- n. grape; small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on certain vines

ta

• tabak -- n. leaves of certain varieties of plant cultivated and harvested to make cigarettes, cigars, snuff, or for smoking in pipes

alha

• acam -- n. a star, especially when seen as the center of any single solar system, the star around which the Earth revolves

• abdek -- v. destroy, damage beyond use or repair

abdabos al doma -- destroy-PAST-1PL def-art house -- We destroyed the house.

nun

• nemza -- n. nation; group of people sharing aspects of language, culture and/or ethnicity

• nayeb -- n./adj. white; the color of snow or milk; the colour of light containing equal amounts of all visible wavelengths

samek

• sabad -- n. Saturday, the seventh day of the week

• suyob -- n. Wednesday, the fourth day of the week

ha

• heleb -- n. bread, baked dough made from cereals, any variety of bread

ra

• ramak -- v. see, perceive with the eyes, perceive or detect as if by sight

kua rata? -- what see-2SG-NOM-inf? -- What (are/do) you see(ing)?

dal

• doma -- n. house, home, abode, structure serving as an abode of human beings

lam

• lec -- n. milk, liquid secreted by the mammary glands of mammals to nourish their young

cin

• catira -- n. sandwich; snack formed of various ingredients between two slices of bread

ua

• ua -- num. one, first number

mem

• manat -- n. bill; piece of paper money, used to refer to any paper currency

• muj -- n. man, adult male human, husband, male partner in marriage

• mon -- n. month; period into which a year is divided, historically based on the phases of the moon, period of 30 days, 31 days, or some alternation thereof

fa

• fila -- n. elephant, a mammal of the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw.

gena

• gula -- n./adj. yellow, having yellow as its color

yad

• imak -- v. make, do, produce

• ina catira - make-1SG-NOM sandwich - I (am) mak(e/ing) (a) sandwich.

ba

• becek -- v. kiss, touch with the lips

ayer becum ana ala kadab anai -- yesterday kiss-3PL 1SG on/in body 1SG-POSS -- Yesterday they were kissing me on my body.

ka

• kul(u) -- det. all, every individual of the given class, everyone, everything | n. everything possible

jim

• jarecek -- v. pull, drag | apply force to (something) so it comes towards one

za

• zudra -- n. father, mother and their sons and daughters / group of people related by blood, marriage, law, or custom

alem

• -il -- suf. of or pertaining to; adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to make an adjective form.

• nemzil -- adj. national