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

b

• (bah)

abhak - adv - on purpose, intentionally, willingly

abhek - v - agree; consent; be willing

bahek - v - intend; be about to

ibha - n - intention; will

• (bak)

abak - n - number; digit; quantity; amount

bakim - n - numbers; amounts

bakra - v - count; enumerate; number

nabak - n - multitude; mass

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]

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