Wanya/Vocabulary

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This is a more detailed version of Wanya's vocabulary section. It includes additional information about most words, such as their external or internal etymology, how they are supposed to be pronounced or how Fenhl pronounces them.

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Б

• bi (bi) /bi/ [bi]
  evid. and
• bun (bun) /bun/ [bun]
  n. word
  borrowed from Batu bun "word".
• bunɹa (bunɹa) /bun.ɹa/ [ˈbuɳ.ɻa]
  adj. beautiful
  has nothing to do with bun.
• blanda (blanda) /blan.da/ [ˈblan.da]
  v. to give sth. to sb.
• bet (bet) /bɛt/ [bɛt]
  adj. back
  in direction or time.
• betenda (betenda) /bɛ.tɛn.da/ [bɛˈtɛn.da]
  v. to retreat from sth., to go back (direction or time)
• benonda (benonda) /be.nɔn.da/ [bɛˈnɔn.da]
  v. to live
• baun (baun) /ba͡un/ [ba͡ʊn]
  n. sheep, goat
  also the sound effect for explosions, as a reference to the Baa Bomb trope.
• bas (bas) /baʃ/ [baʃ]
  adj. down, low, under
• boen (boen) /bɔ͡ɛn/ [bo͡ɛn]
  n. spoken message
• boenda (boenda) /bɔ͡ɛn.da/ [ˈbo͡ɛn.da]
  v. to say, speak, talk

D

[To be expanded…]

Abbreviations

• adj. adjective
• conj. conjunction
• evid. evidential
• n. noun
• num. number word
• pron. pronoun
• v. verb

• sb. somebody
• sth. something
• swh. somewhere