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:''tap'' - eye, class 2
:''tap'' - eye, class 2
:''umut'' - gift, class 1
:''umut'' - gift, class 1
:''waspa'' - tent
:''wen'' - meat, plurale tantum
:''wen'' - meat, plurale tantum
:''waspa'' - ten


== Pronouns ==
== Pronouns ==
: ''aʔ'' - 3ps
: ''aʔ'' - 3ps
: ''su'' - 1ps
: ''su'' - 1ps
: ''tuqxa'' - many
: ''tunxa'' - many
: ''uʔ-'' - 2ps
: ''uʔ-'' - 2ps



Revision as of 18:24, 18 November 2010

Nouns

fasha - year, class 2
kangqa - beast, class 1
kutqu - cave
mama - person, class 2
pan - wolf, class 1
paʔe - child, class 1
pasak - cooking-pot, class 2
sat - a hut, class 1 or 2
sesu - sister, class 1
tap - eye, class 2
umut - gift, class 1
waspa - tent
wen - meat, plurale tantum

Pronouns

- 3ps
su - 1ps
tunxa - many
uʔ- - 2ps

Adjectives and adverbs

keq - dead
metqa - huge
pangxu - last year
patangqa - tomorrow
pesh - wealthy
tune - strange
wasa - blue or green
weq - long (in terms of time), long-lasting
weqeq - eternal

Verbs

enxa - to eat (generic)
miqat - to enjoy
nxa - to eat
p - to be, locative copula. Takes no aspect suffixes.
ta - to see (imperative root sang)
tas-ta - to look
tik - say
tunxa - sleep deeply, to lie comatose
utshu - to die
seweq - be intended for
wa-ak - to go
wes - to eat a meal, to dine, to feast (only applied to humans)

Derivative suffixes

-angxa - generic suffix. Creates 'group' and is used in generic situations Mamangxa wen enxu semiqatungxu - people love eating meat

Conjunctions and particles

naq - anyhow, anyway, despite the preceding utterance
yen - and