Kerusha

A conlang for fun by masako (talk) and his 8 year old daughter. It's me helping her make a language that makes sense.

Phonology

consonants

	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labiovelar
Plosives	p   b	t   d		k   g
Nasals	m	n
Fricatives		s   z	ʃ (sh)
Approximants			j (y)		w
Trill		r

vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i~ɪ		u~ʊ
Mid	e~ɛ		o
Open		a~ə

Pronouns

Kerusha has three basic pronouns; bu [1sg], ti [2sg], and ma [3sg]. These do not indicate gender. These can be made plural using the suffix "-shi", and possessive with "a-".

	singular	plural	possessive
1st person	bu I; me	bushi we; us	abu/shi my; mine / our(s)
2nd person	ti you	tishi you (all)	ati/shi your/(s)
3rd person	ma he; she; him; her; it	mashi they; them; those	ama/shi their/(s)

Numbers

Kerusha uses a base 10 number system. The basic numbers are as follows:

Kerusha	number	English	Kerusha	number	English	Kerusha	number	English
ozi	0	zero	ni	6	six	wekiyo	500	five hundred
da	1	one	go	7	seven	tiyo	103	(one) thousand
sho	2	two	ro	8	eight	metiyo	104	ten thousand
pa	3	three	bi	9	nine	kitiyo	105	(one) hundred thousand
ke	4	four	me	10	ten		106	(one) million
we	5	five	kiyo	100	(one) hundred		109	(one) billion

Forming Larger Numbers

• meda - eleven / 11
• shome - twenty / 20
• dakiyogo - one hundred seven / 107
• pakiyoshomeni (long form) / pashoni (short form) - three hundred twenty six / 326
• nitiyoshoke - six thousand and twenty four / 6024

Other Number Forms

Kerusha	number	English	ordinal	multiple	fractional
da	1	one	x first	x once	-
mesho	12	twelve	x twelfth	x duodecuple	x a twelfth
wemeke (weke)	54	fifty four	x fifty fourth	x 54 times	x a fifty fourth
kiyoni	106	one hundred (and) six	x 106th	x 106 times	x a 106th
gotiyo	7000	seven thousand	x seven thousandth	x 7000 times	x 1/7000

Lexicon

a

• a- - possessive
• abi - live
• abiru - die
• awabi - be born

ba

• ba - in order that, so that
• baba - father
• baba-zi - unusual; weird
• babe - wear (clothes)
• babo - case, instance
• bada - cashier, purser
• bade - below, downstairs, downward
• badi - Asia
• bage - berry
• bapa - cathedral
• bari - below, under
• bawaba - grandfather
• beba - Africa
• bebi - in vain
• begu - waken; be awake; wake up
• beguru - sleep
• bemo - after
• bewa - explain
• bi - nine
• bida - beyond, past
• bigi - warm, tepid
• bine - after
• bipo - bell (door)
• birodo - niece
• biruwa - nephew
• bita - as… as, like
• bo - is it the case that…? (question particle)
• boba - agree
• bogo - inferior
• bopu - bicycle
• boro - pink
• bosa / sabo - orange
• bota - red
• bu - I, me
• bube - at least
• buda - want, intend
• budu - air
• buga - beverage, drink
• buko - insect
• buta - at most

da

• da - one
• dabe - Weather
• dabo - between, among
• dapo - after, afterwards
• dapu - in-law
• data - carrot
• debe - carry
• dedu - incredible
• deka - card
• deki - wash
• depa - astonished
• diga - besides
• dime - watch
• dini - ugly; gross
• diwa - why
• do - this (here)
• dori - see

ga

• gado - war
• gara - at
• gata - art
• gebe - cauliflower
• geda - at first
• gedi - Biological adjectives
• gepo - black
• giro - family
• gise - pale
• go - seven
• -go - diminutive "smaller"
• godo - alcohol
• gopo - covered
• goporu - uncover
• goru - in, into
• gu - if, whether
• -go - diminutive "smaller"

i

• ima - dark
• iri - flute
• -iy- - past tense

ka

• kaba - in front of
• kabu - ink
• kamo - drink
• kapa - at the latest
• kara - love
• ke - four
• ki- - abilitative "can; able"
• kiga - wallet, purse
• kima - in general
• kiyo - hundred
• koba - in the past
• kodo - high
• kodoru - low
• koki - color
• Kokisa - Colors
• ku - and
• kuge - wardrobe
• kuma - actually, indeed
• kuma - yes
• kura - smile

ma

• ma - he, she, him, her
• mama - mother
• mawama - grandmother
• me - ten
• -me - someone who does; -ist
• meda - eleven
• miga - against, opposite
• misha - healthy
• misharu - unhealthy
• mishi - empty
• moba - fall
• mobi - cousin; female
• mota - airplane
• muse - clear
• muwabi - cousin; male
• muzo - poetry; poem

na

• na - go
• nagu - washer, washing machine
• naru - come
• naya - fall
• ne - both… and
• ni - six
• nobe - ask
• nobu - wasp
• noga - eat
• nogaru - vomit
• nore - discuss; talk about
• norosha - express feelings
• nusa - gummy
• nusho - believe; trust

o

• obi - sister
• ozi - zero

pa

• pa - three
• pade - Beverages
• peba - in the morning
• pebo - agreeable
• peza - always
• pida - bird
• pigi - belt
• pito - in the evening
• pizo - house
• puyu - smell

ra

• raya - white
• risha - hear
• risho - listen
• rita - deceive; trick
• ro - eight
• rogo - ceiling
• rosha - feel (well, etc.)

sa

• -sa - plural marker
• sama - yellow
• setu - exit
• seturu - enter
• subu - dessert; candy

sha

• sha - the / a; one
• sha pizo - The house
• shado - daughter
• shagodo - granddaughter
• shagowa - grandson
• shawa - son
• shayo - yummy
• -shi - plural pronoun
• sho - two
• shome - twenty
• shu - that (there)
• shuba / sato / tosa - green

ta

• ta - with, by means of, in company of
• tabe - fear
• tade - carpet
• tagose - fair, blond
• tama - CD, record
• teba - in one week
• tedi - cattle
• tepa - water
• tepu - in the future
• ti - you (singular)
• tiga - again
• tiyo - thousand
• toke - asparagus
• topa - at night
• toro - need
• towabo - purple
• tozi - light blue, sky blue
• tozi-wa - dark blue, navy blue
• tuku - brown

wa

• -wa - augmentative "bigger"
• wabi - brother
• wama - be / stand
• wama - stand
• wamaru - sit
• we - five
• weshe - by all means
• wida - gray
• wira - have

ya

• -ya - object marker
• yamu - study
• ye / pa / -ru - no, not
• yoso - give
• yume - taste

za

• -za - future tense
• zaba - uncle
• zama - aunt
• zapa - age
• zeba - cave