Wanya/Vocabulary
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.
The entries are sorted by the Wanyan alphabet, which is as follows:
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
Diphthongs (au) are sorted after vowel clusters (aü).
Б
blanda (blanda) [ˈblan.da]
v. to give sth. to sb.
bi (bi) [bi]
evid. and
bis (bis) [biʃ]
num. 00
bun (bun) [bun]
n. word
borrowed from Batu bun "word".
bunɹa (bunɹa) [ˈbun.ɹa]
adj. beautiful
has nothing to do with bun.
breda (breda) [ˈbrɛ.da]
n. flower
bet (bet) [bɛt]
adj. back
in direction or time.
betenda (betenda) [bɛˈtɛn.da]
v. to retreat from sth., to go back (direction or time)
benonda (benonda) [beˈnɔn.da]
v. to live
baun (baun) [ba͡un]
n. sheep, goat
also the sound effect for explosions, as a reference to the Baa Bomb trope.
barenda (barenda) [baˈrɛn.da]
v. to marry sb.
ban (ban) [ban]
evid. attention, watch out
bas (bas) [baʃ]
adj. down, low, under
boen (boen) [bɔ͡ɛn]
n. spoken message
boenda (boenda) [ˈbɔ͡ɛn.da]
v. to say, speak, talk to sb.
D
du (du) [du]
adj. double, duplicate, vice
dudek (dudek) [ˈdu.dɛk]
n. bicycle
dudera (dudera) [n.]
clone
in colloquial speech this can also mean “twin” {{{4}}}
dulan (dulan) [du.lan]
n. river
duŋ (duŋ) [duŋ]
num. 2
dꝛanda (dꝛanda) [ˈdʁan.da]
v. to work at sth.
dꝛanda kaska is to knock at a door
dzuvu (dzuvu) [ˈdzu.vu]
n. world, universe
dek (dek) [dɛk]
n. circle, ring, halo, wheel, tyre
dera (dera) [ˈdɛ.ra]
n. person
dezda (dezda) [ˈdɛʒ.da]
adj. same, equal
note that “equal” can also be translated as pare
desa (desa) [ˈdɛ.sa]
n. bridge
daima (daima) [ˈda͡ɪ.ma]
n. reality
dazyi (dazyi) [ˈdaʒ.ji]
adj. multiple
dazyidi is many, and dazyisti is a lot
danye (danye) [ˈdan.jɛ]
n. clothes
danis (danis) [daˈniʃ]
adj. female, girly
note that the conculture has unusual stereotypes and gender roles
dana (dana) [ˈda.na]
n. woman, girl
dafu (dafu) [daˈfu]
evid. how question particle
Doits (Doits) [dɔ͡ɪtʃ]
adj. German (also demonym)
G
gliŋka (gliŋka) [ˈɡliŋ.ka]
n. puzzle, arrangement, collage
gliŋkonda (gliŋkonda) [ɡliŋˈkɔn.da]
v. to spell, arrange, put into context, do a puzzle
gluna (gluna) [ˈɡlu.na]
n. water
gəδə (gəδə) [ˈɡe.ðə]
n. glass, window
guimis (guimis) [ɡu͡ɪ.miʃ]
adj. surprised
for “surprising” you can use pə guimonda or the noun guima
guima (guima) [ˈɡu͡ɪ.ma]
n. surprise, surprising element
also used as an interjection (“surprise!”)
guimonda (guimonda) [ɡu͡ɪ.mɔn.da]
to surprise sb. {{{4}}}
guru (guru) [ˈɡu.ru]
n. number
geŋmo (geŋmo) [ˈɡɛŋ.mɔ]
n. belt
gamboenda (gamboenda) [ɡamˈbɔ͡ɛn.da]
v. to say your opinion, to comment
gamtəmonda (gamtəmonda) [ˌɡam.təˈmɔn.da]
v. to write your opinion, to comment
gama (gama) [ˈɡa.ma]
n. opinion
gou (gou) [ɡɔ͡u]
evid. want
W
wibu (wibu) [ˈwi.bu]
n. horse
wan (wan) [wan]
n. language
wanfanda (wanfanda) [wanˈfan.da]
v. to conlang
the infinitive form can be used as a noun meaning roughly “conlangery”
Я
ɹənda (ɹənda) [ˈɹən.da]
v. to exist
Y
yixu (yixu) [ˈji.xu]
evid./adj. here
yənis (yənis) [jeˈniʃ]
adj. collected, united, assorted, complete
yəna (yəna) [ˈje.na]
n. group, collection
yəöi (yəöi) [jəˈʔɔ͡ɪ]
n. sentence
yes (yes) [jɛs]
pron. 2nd person (you)
ya (ya) [ja]
conj. by, from, of
yagəu (yagəu) [ˈja.ɡɘ͡u]
conj. but
yam (yam) [jam]
num. double digit
yoünda (yoünda) [jɔˈun.da]
v. to greet sb.
P
pwa (pwa) [pwa]
n. bread
plinda (plinda) [ˈplin.da]
v. to jump over sth.
plouis (plouis) [plɔ͡uˈiʃ]
adj. dead
ploua (ploua) [ˈplɔ͡u.a]
n. death
plouönda (plouönda) [plɔ͡uˈɔn.da]
v. to die
if an object is added, this is “to be killed by”
pə (pə) [pə]
conj. which verbs
prepositioned before a verb in the infinitive form
pəönda (pəönda) [pəˈɔn.da]
to throw sb./sth. at sb./sth. {{{4}}}
puaβu (puaβu) [ˈpu͡a.βu]
n. forest
pruïs (pruïs) [pruˈiʃ]
adj. southern
pruä (pruä) [ˈpru.a]
n. south
pebva (pebva) [pɛ.bva]
n. part (of group or collection)
pa (pa) [pa]
evid./adj. also, the same
payaända (payaända) [ˌpa.jaˈan.da]
v. to catch sth.
parə (parə) [ˈpa.rə]
num. triple digit
pare (pare) [paˈrɛ]
adj. balanced, equal, just
pan (pan) [pan]
conj. and (+ noun)
pasta (pasta) [ˈpaʃ.ta]
n. replacement, successor
pastonda (pastonda) [paʃˈtɔn.da]
v. to replace sth. with sth., to switch (between two instances of) sth.
T
twuӛs (twuӛs) [twuˈeʃ]
n. chaos
tyisna (tyisna) [ˈtjiʃ.na]
n. twin
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/.
təma (təma) [ˈte.ma]
n. written message
təmonda (təmonda) [təˈmɔn.da]
v. to write
tsila (tsila) [ˈtsi.la]
n. paper, sheet of paper
tek (tek) [tɛk]
n. letter (of the alphabet), puzzle piece
terenda (terenda) [tɛˈrɛn.da]
v. to connect
tera (tera) [ˈtɛ.ra]
n. rope, chain, link
also link, connection, etc. in technology
tesda (tesda) [ˈtɛʃ.da]
n. hand
tatsyonda (tatsyonda) [tatʃˈjɔn.da]
v. to shoot sb./sth. using sth.
talbis (talbis) [talˈbiʃ]
adj. blue
talba (talba) [ˈtal.ba]
n. sky, atmosphere
taluyai (taluyai) [ˈta.luˌja͡ɪ]
n. holiday
talmunda (talmunda) [talˈmun.da]
v. to prepare, load sth.
tonda (tonda) [ˈtɔn.da]
v. to stop sb./sth. from sth.
K
kwai (kwai) [kwa͡ɪ]
evid. what, who (obj.) question particle
kwon (kwon) [kwɔn]
n. cookie
kyou (kyou) [kjɔ͡u]
adj. all, every
KΔБ (KΔБ) [ˌka.la ðə ˈbun]
n. short for KalaΔəБun (KalaΔəБun)
word list, vocabulary
kudera (kudera) [kuˈdɛ.ra]
n. player
kuda (kuda) [ˈku.da]
n. game
kudanda (kudanda) [kuˈdan.da]
v. to play
kure (kure) [ku.rɛ]
conj. start of adjectival phrase
kxon (kxon) [kxɔn]
n. spear, needle
kxonda (kxonda) [ˈkxɔn.da]
v. to attack sb./sth. using sth.
keꝛə (keꝛə) [ˈkɛ.ʁə]
conj. locational marker (optionally end with mai)
kemis (kemis) [kɛˈmiʃ]
adj. male, manly
as with danis, note that the conculture has unusual stereotypes and gender roles
kema (kema) [ˈkɛ.ma]
n. man, boy
kaskis (kaskis) [kaʃˈkiʃ]
adj. separating, in between
kaska (kaska) [ˈkaʃ.ka]
n. barrier, sth. that separates, door
kolan (kolan) [ˈkɔ.lan]
n. school, education
kou (kou) [kɔ͡u]
num. 6
kora (kora) [ˈkɔ.ra]
n. chest, safe, locker
koronda (koronda) [kɔˈrɔn.da]
v. to keep, store sth. swh.
in computers: backup/save
Δ
δə (δə) [ðə]
conj. (together) with, containing, of
L
lila (lila) [ˈli.la]
n. conversation
lilonda (lilonda) [liˈlɔn.da]
v. to talk, converse, chat
Basically, this is “holding a conversation”. Starting a conversation would be nanananda, and a single part of the conversation would be boenda or təmonda for spoken and written conversations, respectively.
linsa (linsa) [ˈlin.sa]
n. view, scenery, visual arrangement
in computers: window, screen, view
ləbwa (ləbwa) [ˈle.bwa]
n. dream, dream world, fictional universe, franchise, conworld
ləbwonda (ləbwonda) [leˈbwɔn.da]
to dream {{{4}}}
luk (luk) [luk]
n. tree
lema (lema) [ˈlɛ.ma]
n. plot, story, folklore
la (la) [la]
pron. 3rd person (he, she, it, they)
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)
λəna (λəna) [ˈʎe.na]
n. room, rejiko (electoral district), area (e.g. restricted area, nature reserve)
λeäna (λeäna) [ʎeˈa.na]
n. milk
I
ivet (ivet) [iˈvɛt]
adj. infinite, forever
ista (ista) [ˈiʃ.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/).
Ǝ
əäwonda (əäwonda) [ˌe.aˈwɔn.da]
v. to meow
U
B
R
rə (rə) [rə]
adj. open, free, unrestricted, outside
rul (rul) [rul]
n. father
rais (rais) [ra͡ɪʃ]
evid. when question particle
Ꝛ
ꝛunda (ꝛunda) [ˈʁun.da]
v. to hurt sb. using sth.
ꝛabuf (ꝛabuf) [ʁaˈbuf]
n. roof, tent
ꝛofa (ꝛofa) [ˈʁɔ.fa]
n. cloth, silk
V
viya (viya) [ˈvɪ.ja]
n. violet (flower)
vu (vu) [vu]
adj. new, young
vo (vo) [vɔ]
num. 1
Z
zuïyu (zuïyu) [ˈzu.ɪ.ju]
n. creation, product
also convention, standard, tradition (unwritten laws in general)
zuïyunda (zuïyunda) [ˌzu.ɪˈjun.da]
v. to make, create, establish
if the process is regarded as artistic, faxenda might be more appropriate.
za (za) [za]
evid. what, who (subj.) question particle
Γ
γouska (γouska) [ˈɣɔ͡uʃ.ka]
n. wish, preference, favorite
in computers: options, preferences
M
mu (mu) [mu]
n. cow
mau (mau) [ma͡u]
adj. no, not, 0 (but not “nothing”, that's nai (nai)
mazus (mazus) [maˈzuʃ]
n. week
mas (mas) [maʃ]
conj. superlative marker (postpositioned)
maöla (maöla) [maˈɔ.la]
n. costume, mask, visual appearance/variation
in computers & games: skin, texture pack, style
moris (moris) [mɔˈriʃ]
adj. black, dark
mora (mora) [ˈmɔ.ra]
n. pit, hole
note that “hole” can also be fi if light comes through it from the perspective of the speaker
N
NYΔA (NYΔA) [nan.kɔ jeˌniʃ ðə aˈmɛ.ɹi.ka]
n. short for NankoYənisΔəAmeɹika (NankoYənisΔəAmeɹika)
United States of America
nyeŋ (nyeŋ) [njɛŋ]
adj. cheeky
nyo (nyo) [njɔ]
n. sign, symbol, mark, logo
nina (nina) [ˈni.na]
n. table, pedestal
nunis (nunis) [nuˈniʃ]
adj. quick, punctual, in/on time
nuna (nuna) [ˈnu.na]
n. time
na (na) [na]
evid. hopefully
the verb is in the imperative form for things that the intended audience can influence, or in the indicative form otherwise
naɹon (naɹon) [naˈɹɔn]
n. house, home
naya (naya) [ˈna.ja]
n. cat
nai (nai) [na͡i]
n. nothing, 0 as a digit
nambuka (nambuka) [ˈnam.bu.ka]
n. meeting, get-together, conference
nanko (nanko) [ˈnan.kɔ]
n. country, nation
NankoDoits (NankoDoits) [ˌnan.kɔ ˈdo͡ɪtʃ]
n. Germany
nanananda (nanananda) [ˌna.naˈnan.da]
v. to contact, address, message, speak to sb.
This refers to the act of starting a conversation. A conversation as a whole or in general would be better expressed as lilonda.
noömi (noömi) [nɔˈɔ.mi]
n. friend
Ŋ
F
fi (fi) [fi]
n. light
also “hole” sometimes. See also mora
fis (fis) [fiʃ]
adj. happy, good
fisonda (fisonda) [fiˈsɔn.da]
v. to like sb./sth.
fiä (fiä) [ˈfi.a]
n. luck, fate
fa (fa) [fa]
num. 4
fasꝛa (fasꝛa) [ˈfaʃ.ʁa]
n. pencil, pen, etc.
fasꝛa δə xuabu (fasꝛa δə xuabu) [ˌfaʃ.ʁa ðə xuˈa.bu]
n. pencil
faxenda (faxenda) [faˈxɛn.da]
v. to make, create sth.
This word implies an artistic value. For a more general term, see zuïyunda.
faxeŋ (faxeŋ) [faˈxɛŋ]
n. creation
this word implies an artistic value. For a more general term, see zuïyu.
S
siɹanda (siɹanda) [siˈɹan.da]
v. to read sth. using sth.
sinda (sinda) [ˈsin.da]
v. to be sth., copula
səe (səe) [seˈɛ]
num. 5
su (su) [su]
evid. yes/no question particle
sokis (sokis) [sɔˈkiʃ]
adj. purple, violet
sol (sol) [sɔl]
n. {{{4}}}
X
xuabu (xuabu) [xuˈa.bu]
n. coal
E
egə (egə) [ɛˈɡe]
evid. but
emyə (emyə) [ˈɛm.jə]
n. end
emyənda (emyənda) [emˈjen.da]
v. to end, finish
emyəs (emyəs) [ɛmˈjeʃ]
adj. last, final
ena (ena) [ˈɛ.na]
n. mountain, hill
A
ay (ay) [aj]
evid. yes
apa (apa) [ˈa.pa]
adj. white
at (at) [at]
evid. when (start of temporal structure)
alta (alta) [ˈal.ta]
n. pillow, rug (sth. to sit on)
also chairs, which are not as common in the conculture
altonda (altonda) [alˈtɔn.da]
v. to sit, rest, idle
ambiä (ambiä) [ˈam.bi.a]
n. square (in geometry or the location), area
of a stadium: the arena
amye (amye) [ˈam.jɛ]
n. cow
Ameɹika (Ameɹika) [aˈmɛ.ɹiˌka]
America (continent) {{{4}}}
anta (anta) [ˈan.ta]
adj. forward (direction, time)
antanda (antanda) [anˈtan.da]
v. to advance (direction, time)
anka (anka) [ˈan.ka]
n. duck
ananas (ananas) [ˈa.naˌnaʃ]
n. pineapple
ani (ani) [ˈa.ni]
adj. long
asni (asni) [ˈaʃ.ni]
n. human
the word dera is used more often, use asni only when referring to humans as a species specifically
O
ogonda (ogonda) [ɔˈɡɔn.da]
v. to hear sth., to hear rumors about sth.
oy (oy) [ɔj]
pron. 1st person (me, us)
olominda (olominda) [ˌɔ.lɔˈmin.da]
v. to laugh at sb./sth.
ompfa (ompfa) [ˈɔm.pfa]
n. food
ompfonda (ompfonda) [ɔmˈpfɔn.da]
v. to eat sth. using sth.
oxiko (oxiko) [ˈɔ.xiˌkɔ]
n. liquid
Abbreviations
- adj. adjective
- conj. conjunction
- evid. evidential
- n. noun
- num. number word
- pron. pronoun
- v. verb
- sb. somebody
- sth. something
- swh. somewhere
