Amal/roots

These are the basic roots of Amal, from which all words are created. Many of these are derived from natural languages but heavily modified to conform to the aesthetic and functionality of Amal.

b d g h k l m n p q r s sh t w y

See also:

• lexicon
  • affixes
  • thematic lexicon

b

• [bad]
• [bag]
• [bah] - agreement; consent; willingness; intention; will; purpose
• [bak] - number; amount; quantity
• [bal]
• [bam]
• [ban]
• [baq] - only; just; simply; merely
• [bar] - rain; precipitation
• [bas] - discussion; deliberation; argument
• [bash]
• [bat] - fear; dread; paranoia
• [baw]
• [bay]
• [bed]
• [beg]
• [beh]
• [bek]
• [bel]
• [bem]
• [ben]
• [beq]
• [ber]
• [bes]
• [besh]
• [bet]
• [bew]
• [bey]
• [bid] - consciousness; awake
• [big]
• [bih]
• [bik]
• [bil] - becoming; change; evolution
• [bim]
• [bin]
• [biq]
• [bir] - forgiveness
• [bis]
• [bish]
• [bit] - lid; top; cover; canopy
• [biw]
• [biy] - next to; beside; near; closeness
• [bud]
• [bug]
• [buh]
• [buk]
• [bul]
• [bum]
• [bun]
• [buq] - proximity; proximal; near speaker
• [bur]
• [bus]
• [bush]
• [but]
• [buw]
• [buy]

d

• (daʔ)

da - num - ten; 10

dahesh - num - ten thousand; 10,000

dawa - num - eleven; 11

• (dan)

adan - n - unit of ~; piece; part

danek - v - be measure; weighed

nadan - n - assembly; quorum

g

• (gir)

girek - v - be excited; be enthusiastic

girha - adv/adj - zealous; enthusiastic; fervent

girin - n - zealot; enthusiast

girya - n - zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; fervency

h

• (hal)

dahalek - v - enter; go into

halek - v - walk; go; travel

kahalu - n - stair; step

shahalek - v - exit; depart; leave

k

• (kid)

ekid - n - certainty; surety

kidak - adv - certainly; surely; definitely; assuredly

kidedek - v - assure; reassure

kidra - v - be certain; sure

l

• (luj)

luyin - n - liar; con; deceiver

ulya - n - lie; untruth; deceit

ulyek - v - lie; be dishonest; tell untruth

m

• (maʔ)

ma - q - what; which

mabak - q - how much/many

mada - q - where

man - q - who; whom

manai - q - whose

mara - q - when

mawa - q - how

shum(a) - q - why

n

• (nan)

nanek - v - feel pain; hurt; ache

nanebek - v - be made to grieve (passive)

nanedek - v - cause to grieve (causative)

nanegek - v - feel pain in oneself; to grieve (reflexive)

p

• (puj)

puya - n - cold

puyara - n - winter [cold time]

puyek - v - be cold

puyedek - v - cool [make cold] [causative]

q

• (ʔed)

edek - v - do; make; cause

eqed - n - act; action; deed

-ed - aff - causative [CAUS]

r

• (raj)

arya - n - eye

aryek - v - see; look; watch

rayek - v - dream; imagine

rayus - n - dream; vision

s

• (sed)

esed - n - sound; echo; noise

sedra - v - make sound; noise

seddan - n - phoneme

sh

• (ʃab)

ashab - n - knowledge; knowing

shabra - v - know [a fact]

• (ʃen)

shena - n - woman; female

ena - n - mother

shenísh - n - girl

-en - aff - feminine; female [FEM]

t

• (tun)

tun - det - all; complete; whole; each

tunara - det - all times; always

tunawi - det - by all means; in every way

tunda - det - everywhere; all places

w

• (wam)

wama - n - child, offspring, son or daughter

wamen - n - daughter

wamul - n - son

y

• (jeg)

yegen - n - wife; bride

yeginai - n - in-law; relative by marriage

yegra - v - marry; wed

yegul - n - husband; groom

• (jem)

eyem - n - food; sustenance

yemek - v - eat; consume

yemiya - n - cuisine

yemsib - n - dining room

• [yab]
• [yad]
• [yag]
• [yah]
• [yak]
• [yal]
• [yam]
• [yan]
• [yap]
• [yaq]
• [yar]
• [yas]
• [yash]
• [yat]
• [yaw]
• [yay]
• [yeb]
• [yed]
• [yeg]
• [yeh]
• [yek]
• [yel]
• [yem]
• [yen]
• [yep]
• [yeq]
• [yer]
• [yes]
• [yesh]
• [yet]
• [yew]
• [yey]
• [yib]
• [yid]
• [yig]
• [yih]
• [yik]
• [yil]
• [yim]
• [yin]
• [yip]
• [yiq]
• [yir]
• [yis]
• [yish]
• [yit]
• [yiw]
• [yiy]
• [yub]
• [yud]
• [yug]
• [yuh]
• [yuk]
• [yul]
• [yum]
• [yun]
• [yup]
• [yuq]
• [yur]
• [yus]
• [yush]
• [yut]
• [yuw]
• [yuy]

links

• ahdictionary.com/word/semitic.html
• semiticroots.net/
• en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:Proto-Semitic_lemmas
• sites.google.com/site/arabichebrewlexicon/introduction/common-semitic-roots
• xiaoma.info/freq.php?start=1
• web.archive.org/web/20111126073514/http://www.rickharrison.com/language/sonabook.html