Gaaziketti: Lexicon

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This started out as a completely random sample from the lexicon. But I've started deliberately adding some of the more useful words to it and hope to add more over time.

Almost all morphemes are disyllabic, with a long syllable followed by a short syllable, though some very common words are monosyllabic, or even consist of only one phoneme (e.g. l meaning 'the' (singular)).

You can form compound words by juxtaposition, head word last. E.g. a moogimotti is an ant-egg. Kossakaidu means 'jeweller' - literally "jewel-worker".

Short words

• taa that, those. N. B. you need to add a (case-inflected) article. As adjective, comes between noun and article (rather than before the noun like most adjectives). As a pronoun, just add the article. E.g.: Kooba taa le, that jacket (nom.). Taa le, that (as pronoun). Taa ke, those (nom.). Kooba taa se, one of those jackets (nom.).
• nii this, these. You need to add an article: same rules as for taa, that.

Long words

• beetu garden
• booru to drown (intrans.)
• cainu mustard
• ceeza army
• cuuku wife
• daubu organ (of body)
• gooma referee, umpire
• hauka curtain
• kauna populace
• kooba jacket
• luudi goat
• luuli pan, frying pan
• moogi ant
• motti egg
• naapa cotton
• pauqa sign (as in a streetsign or public notice)
• qeetu mirror
• qocci beard
• raalu arrow
• raucu wealthy, rich
• riigu scale (as in measuring device)
• sombi to run
• tiicu pig
• tuuza helmet