Nother/Trentish lexicon

Trentish >> Lexicon

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A B D E G I K L Λ M N NG NY O Ö P Q R S T Tʼ U Ü W X Y

A

• an-bol n. the sun
• ang pos. within, inside
• a-pen n. possessions, inventory (used for alienable possession)
• a-phel v. be divided on one end; be fringed; fork

B

• ba mk. for n. topic: ingohba "as for trout"
• ble-uhn adj.sc. brown [from English]
• blu adj.sc. blue [from English]
• boh mk. for v. perfect aspect: bohguƛan "have found"

D

• dü fv. causative

E

• e pos. with (instrumental)
• e-ƛin adj. whole, entire
• en-kà n. a row of teeth

G

• ga-te n. house
• gitw mk. for n. collective: gitwingoh "school of trout"
• gle adj.sc. gray [from English]
• glin adj.sc. green [from English]
• gr̀ pron.pers. (third person, short or low things; informal; near speaker)
• grq mk. for v. disapprobative mood: grqguƛan "find in a way I don't like"; cf. phli
• gu-ƛan v. find, discover

I

• i mk. for v. fictive (irrealis, infinitive) ilamen "to color"/"may color"
• i-ka-ƛi v. trade, barter, exchange
• i-loh adj.sc. yellow [from English yellow.]
• i-ngoh n. trout
• ix mk. for adj. lesser positive (ixüsli "a little bit red, just barely red")
• i-xli-` mk. for v. to do the opposite of or reverse the effects of: ixliiƛan "misplace"

K

• ka-she n. event, happening
• kha-men adj.sc. black
• khe-o-qloh v. win, gain, acquire, claim
• khe-pwu v. travel
• khe-sli n. claw
• khi-lu v. pay
• khle-de v. rise, ascend
• khle-uht n. crowd [from English]
• khli-smrs n. Christmas [from English].
• khu pos. for the use of
• ki-she fv. how?
• ki-swoh fv. (imperative)
• koh mk. for v. negative: kohguƛan "not find"
• koh-qe-ƛa adv. exceedingly much, a great many, to a great degree
• koh-rl v. have trouble, a problem, difficulty
• koh-ta v. design, plan
• koh-twü-lr pron.pers. (third person: tall or high things; also formal; near hearer)
• krr-ngoh-nyoh v. increase, add to
• kshi n. characteristic Trentish garment
• kshi-nyi v. be angry (for disappointment, or things going contrary to expectations)
• ku-she n. foot
• kü-pe-qyi v. take a long time, endure, last
• kwa pos. in front of
• kwr v. to do, engage in; to be. kwrkwr n. existence, being; action, doing

L

• la v. run
• la-men v. paint, color
• la-tha v. ruin, mess up, sabotage, disorder
• le-phuh-te fv. wonder (question particle)
• liish n. leash [from English]
• loh mk. for adj. (negative: lohüsli "not red")
• loh-a v. put, place
• loh-no v./fv. must, have to (be obligated to do something)
• lr̀₁ n. place, location
• lr̀₂ mk. for v. converts to noun of location or target: lrguƛan "place of discovery; thing sought"; hence also, participial adjective: lrguƛan "found"
• lr̀₃ pron.pers. (third person: short or low things; informal; near hearer)
• lu n. throat
• lu-loh v. prefer
• lu-phi v. climb
• lu-pr v. cough
• lu-syi pron.pers. you (second person)
• lut pos. towards
• lu-tʼhi n. egg

Λ

• ƛap n. the world
• ƛi mk. for v. unergative voice: ƛiguƛan "invent (intr.)"
• ƛi-khi n. mouse
• ƛoh v. worry
• ƛoh-kha n. wife
• ƛoh-mu-pu v. chip at, whittle away
• ƛoh-psha adj.bin. pregnant

M

• ma-khe n. table (furniture)
• me mk. for n. paucal aggregate: meingoh "a few trout together"
• me-na v. be hysterical, delirious, frenzied
• mi-myi-no n. medicine, medical treatment
• mi-na adj.bin. two
• moh-sa mk. for adj. (excessively, too much: mohsaüsli "too red")
• mu-lwr-li v. pump
• myi-ƛa v. tear, rip
• myi-ngye n. tail

N

• ne-moh-khe adj.sc. heavy
• ni-sya fv. want to know which [not quna?]
• no mk. for v. or n. occupational noun: noguƛan "inventor", noingoh "trout-fisherman"
• noh-ku v. be silent. adj.sc. silent
• noh-trr v. rent, be loaned; borrow for a price
• no-ngu-pshe n. hunter [no-ngupshe]
• no-qu-kwa n. president [no-qu-kwa]
• nö-lo v. ache, hurt
• nu-ma mk. for n. or adj. converts to privative adjectives: numaingoh "troutless"; numaüsli "without redness" (cf. loh)
• nu-ma-goh-da-koh-ta adj. bin. random; lit. without design [numa-kohta²]

NG

• nga-swu-ƛoh fv. need, have to have or have done
• nga-ƛu pos. against, next to (touching) [error for nyaƛu]
• ngoh-lu-ngoh-ƛu-she-ya n. award, prize [ngoƛu²-sheya]
• ngoh-ƛu v. merit, be worth or worthy
• ngrr-mwu v. forget
• ngu mk. for adj. exceptionally, very, to a great degree (nguüsli "very red")
• nguh-ngwoh n. son or daughter
• ngu-pshe v. hunt
• ngwoh pos. with (comitative)
• ngwoh-la n. building not used as a residence
• ngwu-ngwa n. day

NY

• nya-la-le n. cat
• nya-loh-ni n. manner, way, method
• nya-ƛoh v. be cruel, mean, unkind
• nya-ƛu pos. against, next to (touching)
• nya-tha adj.sc. big
• nye pos. from, out of
• nyi v. categorize, [stereo]type, classify
• nyi-nyi n. kind, type, sort
• nyi-qoh v. surprise, startle
• nyoh-nü v. see. nyohnünyohnü n. sight, vision, seeing
• nyr-sya n. price
• nyȕ pron.pers. (first person)

O

• oh-loh adv. now
• o-lrn-shr̀ adj.sc. orange [from English]
• os pos. on the topic of, about
• o-xa-lü adj.bin. dead

Ö

• öt pron.pers. third person, near speaker; neutral

P

• pa-lakh v. hate
• pha n. tool
• phaib n. pipe [from English]
• phing-kr̀ adj.sc. pink
• phli-` mk. for v. effrenative: phliguƛan "had no qualms in finding"
• phö-phrl adj.sc purple [from English]
• pi adj.sc. little, weak, ineffective; mk. for adj. to a slight degree, small amount: piüsli "slightly red"
• pnyr pron.pers. third person neutral, near hearer
• poh adv. in the past
• pshi-phe v. trap

Q

• qe-mè adj.bin. the same; in common, shared
• qli v. tell
• qlis v. describe [qli-s]
• qli-shi v. study, read
• qloh-lu mk. for adj. as much as, equally much: qlohluüsli "just as red"
• qlu mk. for v. converts to participial adjective: qluguƛan "finding" (Xive, Xy, etc.)
• qlu-la adj.sc. fast, quick
• qlu-me-u n. plur. people (in general)
• qoh mk. for adj. (positive degree: qohüsli "red, some red")
• qoh-noh-gòh pron. (third person, tall or high things; formal; near the speaker)
• qoh-nye v. to become famous, well-known, popular
• qu v. stand up
• qu-na fv. want to know whose/which [not nisya?]
• quu mk. for v. passive: quuguƛan "be found"
• qwa-moh v. blame or use as scapegoat
• qwoh-la adj.bin. lead (Pb)
• qya fv. accuse

R

• r mk. for n. possessive: ringoh "trout's"
• r-la v. think. rlrla n. idea.
• r-le n. moon; month
• r-le-nge conj. therefore, for this reason
• r-lr-swu n. dish, plate
• r̀-lu-sr adj.sc. yellow/green (Berlin & Kay GREEN)

S

• s pos. on the topic of, about
• san adv. during, while
• se-pu-qr v. heal
• se-pu-qe-pha v. (medical) operate [sepuqr-e-pha]
• se-te v. kill
• sha v. speak, say
• sha-no v. have (be characterized by, i.e. have allergies)
• sha-ƛu-moh n. hnau, person (in general; cf. u)
• sha-qsha adv. so, thus
• sha-twoh n. dog
• sha-uh adj.bin. flat
• she-ya n. thing, something
• she-si n. wall
• shi n. piece
• shoh-la n. set, group
• shoh-li mk. for n. convert to adjective: shohliingoh "trout-shaped, trout-like" (sholingoh?)
• shol-lu-tʼhi adj.bin. oval [sholi-lutʼhi]
• shr-loh-nga v. have a duty or responsibility
• shr-loh-ngal-lr n. office [shrlohnga-lr]
• shü v. try, test the value of, prove
• shüg v. scratch; write
• slu-she n. balances, a scale (for weighing)
• soh-poh-ne v. lead
• su fv. know how
• su-mwu n. property, belongings
• sya mk. for v. or n. tool-forming: syaguƛan "finding-tool", syaingoh "tool for preparing trout"
• sya-ngwa adj.bin. empty
• sya-pshi-phe n. trap [sya-pshiphe]
• sye₁ n. field
• sye₂ pos. on, upon
• sye-ku-shr-xa adv. upright [sye₂-kushe-r-xa]

T

• ta v. use
• ta-ke fv. swear or affirm to be true
• tè mk. for adj. convert to noun: tüsli "redness"
• te-ngwa-loh fv. how much?
• tha-bal v. walk
• tha-pwu adv. five (adv? — thapwungwungwa "the 5th")
• thag v. wear
• tha-tha-e n. burden, load
• the conj. and
• thi-ni adj.sc. slow
• thol pos. upon, atop
• thö mk. for v. iterative aspect: thöguƛan "keep finding"
• toh-ƛe adv. only
• töü pos. near; adj.bin. previous
• tsha-sr-lrl n. snail
• tu-pwa n. body
• tu-wu fv., v. think
• tü-qu n. friend
• twa-r adv. every, each
• twe-na adj.bin. forked
• twe-srl–u n. terras person
• twil adj.sc. white
• twoh-si v. owe
• twu-mya v. live; adj.bin. alive

Tʼ

• tʼhe-le n. old woman
• tʼhi-nya n. scale (fish or reptile)
• tʼwe v. go, come, move from one place to another. tʼwetʼwe n. motion, moving
• tʼwal v. flow

U

• u n. person, especially a trent; someone
• uhg mk. for v. middle voice uuhguƛan "find oneself"
• uh-kr-loh v. prepare
• u-lal v. miscarry
• u-ma-lòh adj. fluffy, fuzzy

Ü

• ü-kös v. inhabit, dwell in
• ü-sli adj.sc. red

W

• win v. win [from English]

X

• xa₁ pron.pers. reflexive
• xa₂ n. earth
• xan pron.pers. third person distant: formal; high or tall things
• xa-tr n. hat [from English]
• xe adj.bin. all
• xi-la v. be made out of
• xi-ni pron.pers. third person distant; neutral
• xi-she adj.bin. one
• xlog adj.sc. washed clean
• xoh v. help
• xr̀ pron.pers. third person distant: informal; short or low things
• xth mk. for v. causative of external source: thguƛan "make find"
• xtʼhoh v. have a sharp point

Y

• ya pron.dem. when, then
• ye-tshe v. steal
• yi-noh n. child, youth