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, or how they are pronounced.

Б - D - G - W - Я - Y - P - T - K - Δ - L - Λ - I - Ǝ - U - B - R - Ꝛ - V - Z - Γ - M - N - Ŋ - F - S - X - E - A - O

Б

bi (bi) [bi]
evid. and

bun (bun) [bun]
n. word
borrowed from Batu bun "word".

bunɹa (bunɹa) [bun.ɹa]
adj. beautiful
has nothing to do with bun.

blanda (blanda) [blan.da]
v. to give sth. to sb.

bet (bet) [bɛt]
adj. back
in direction or time.

betenda (betenda) [bɛ.tɛn.da]
v. to retreat from sth., to go back (direction or time)

benonda (benonda) [be.nɔn.da]
v. to live

baun (baun) [ba͡un]
n. sheep, goat
also the sound effect for explosions, as a reference to the Baa Bomb trope.

bas (bas) [baʃ]
adj. down, low, under

boen (boen) [bɔ͡ɛn]
n. spoken message

boenda (boenda) [bɔ͡ɛn.da]
v. to say, speak, talk

D

du (du) [du]
adj. done, okay

dudek (dudek) [du.dɛk]
n. circle, ring, halo

duŋ (duŋ) [duŋ]
num. 2

dꝛanda (dꝛanda) [dʁanda]
v. to work at sth.

dafu (dafu) [da.fu]
evid. how?

T

tə (tə) [te]
n. tea
do not confuse with the word for “right”, which is spelled the same way but pronounced /tə/.

tə (tə) [tə]
adj. right (direction)
do not confuse with the word for “tea”, which is spelled the same way but pronounced /te/.

K

KΔБ (KΔБ) [ka.la ðə bun]
n. short for KalaΔəБun (KalaΔəБun)
word list, vocabulary

L

luk (luk) [luk]
n. tree

lan (lan) [lan]
adj. reverse
The prefix lan- also means “reverse” etc. It is similar to “un-” or “dis-” in English. For example, lanterenda means disconnect.

Λ

λi (λi) [ʎi]
conj. and (+ list of nouns, + λi again)

λeäna (λeäna) [ʎe.a.na]
n. milk

I

ista (ista) [iʃ.ta]
num. 3
the i is left out when this digit appears after another digit. For example 8 is vosta (vosta /vɔʃ.ta/), 13 is duŋsta (duŋsəta /duŋ.sə.ta/) and 18 is istasta (istasta /iʃ.taʃ.ta/).

Z

zuïyu (zuïyu) [zu.ɪ.ju]
n. convention, standard, tradition (unwritten laws in general)

M

mu (mu) [mu]
n. cow

mau (mau) [ma͡u]
adj. no, not, 0 (but not “nothing”, that's nai (nai)

mas (mas) [maʃ]
conj. superlative marker (postpositioned)

N

NYΔA (NYΔA) [nan.kɔ je.niʃ ðə a.mɛ.ɹi.ka]
n. short for NankoYənisΔəAmeɹika (NankoYənisΔəAmeɹika)
United States of America

naya (naya) [na.ja]
n. cat

S

su (su) [su]
evid. yes/no question particle

O

oxiko (oxiko) [ɔ.xi.kɔ]
n. water

Abbreviations

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

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