Cadim Lexicon

ec ta alha nun samek ha ra dal lam cin ua mem fa gena yad ba ka jim za alem

People

• man -- muj
• woman -- jena
• Mr., sir, gentleman... -- aban / -han
• Mrs., Miss, Ms., ma'am, lady... -- enam / -hana
• name -- nom
• person -- aren
• family -- zudra
• father -- badra | baba
• mother -- madra | mama
• brother -- ak
• sister -- akaya
• boy, son -- ben
• girl, daughter -- iha
• aunt -- yenga
• uncle -- oji
• niece, nephew -- nebok
• grandfather -- oba
• grandmother -- oma
• cousin -- inamu
• husband -- zahuj
• wife -- suma
• marriage -- kaseya
• divorce -- erota
• in-law -- ...giri
• baby -- tinuk
• child -- alad
• teenager -- genca
• adult -- mekra
• friend -- amik
• enemy -- nadas

Amounts

• all -- kul(u)
• every, each, any -- kada
• many -- zida
• any, some -- nej
• few -- cua
• no, none -- ne, nul
• same -- ista
• other, else -- otra
• one, ones -- ua , uahat
• person -- aren
• thing -- ceya
• several -- adi
• certain -- tok
• both -- bada
• enough -- bas
• such -- tan
• too much -- medai
• sole, only -- nur(a)

Numbers

• 0 zero, nothing -- nul
• 1 one -- ua
• 2 two -- ni
• 3 three -- tam
• 4 four -- yon
• 5 five -- go
• 6 six -- ca
• 7 seven -- seb
• 8 eight -- ota
• 9 nine -- nen
• 10 ten -- da
• 100 hundred -- sad
• 1000 thousand -- hezra

Higher numbers are constructed as follows:

• eleven -- daua
• twenty -- nida
• hundred -- sad
• 101 -- sadua
• 321 -- tamsad-nida-ua
• 1000 -- hezra
• 45 678 -- yongohez-casad-sebota
• million -- juta

Ordinals, Fractions, Multiples, etc.

Numbers preceding nouns are cardinal numbers which indicate quantity:

• tam mujat e yon jenat = three men and four women.

Ordinals are marked with the suffix -(e)ha.

• al muj tameha, the third man ("the man three")
• first -- uaha

It is acceptable when using an ordinal without a noun to use numra before the number:

• ilha numra tam, he is number three, he is the third.

Fractions are constructed with -(m)i.

• nimi, tami, yonmi,... dai, sadi, hezrai, etc.
• unit -- uaheya
• whole -- kamil

Multiple units are formed with -ma.

• nima, tama, yonma,...
• alone -- nur(a)
• simple -- tanju

For multiple occasions, use ehed:

• once -- ua ehed
• twice -- ni ehed, etc.

Addition is expressed with zedek, to add:

• ua zedi ua ilha ni.

Subtraction is expressed with nahasek, to subtract:

• ca nahasi tam ilha tam.

Multiplication is expressed with ehedek, to multiply:

• ni ehedi tam ilha ca.

Division is expressed with kalek, to divide:

• ota kali ni mita ilha yon.

Time

• time -- zaman
• occasion, time -- ima
• past -- ba'a
• present -- ima
• future -- ya'a
• second -- segun
• minute -- minu
• hour -- ura
• midday, noon -- darak
• midnight -- onoc
• day -- yom
• morning -- bukra
• evening -- ereb
• night -- nak
• week -- sem(a)
• month -- mon
• year -- yara
• decade -- dayar
• century -- yarasad
• millennium -- yarahez
• era, epoch -- zamniha
• spring -- bahara
• summer -- etea
• autumn -- otonyo
• winter -- ibra

Months of the Year

• January -- janua
• February -- ebra
• March -- rabi
• April -- tebat
• May -- jumad
• June -- adar
• July -- rajab
• August -- iyar
• September -- sehab
• October -- tamuz
• November -- ab
• December -- elul

Days of the Week

• Sunday -- ihad
• Monday -- luna
• Tuesday -- marud
• Wednesday -- suyob
• Thursday -- cetra
• Friday -- juma
• Saturday -- sabad

Verbs

Basic Verbs

• be -- hamak (informal) | sarek (formal)
• become... -- ilimak
• make, cause to... -- imak
• let, allow, permit to... -- hacek
• must, should, need to... -- burek
• want to, intend to... -- ganek
• can, could, am able to... -- kidek

Simple Movements

• arrive -- arijek
• come -- jamak
• come back -- entocek
• depart, leave -- tofek
• enter -- enterek
• exit -- yecek
• fall -- kadirek
• fly -- tusek
• follow -- etabek
• go -- alek / yalek
• jump -- tobumak
• raise, rise, lift -- emelek
• roll -- darajek
• run -- tecimak
• sit -- jalek
• stand -- eterek
• rest -- rohamak
• stop -- basek
• swim -- sebhek
• travel -- safarek
• walk -- yurumak

Colors

• color -- enak
• black -- asud
• blue -- azul
• brown -- bunya
• clear -- gelan
• dark -- temna
• fair, blond -- cele'a
• gray -- igra
• green -- kijan
• orange -- naruj
• pale -- baheta
• pink -- zahiri
• purple -- elila
• red -- ruj
• white -- nayeb
• yellow -- gula

za

• zudra -- n. father, mother and their sons and daughters / group of people related by blood, marriage, law, or custom