Béu : Chapter 5

-co or có : pilana najauva ... (the fourteenth pilana)

means "about" as in "they talk about him".

How concepts relate to nparts of speech

beu? differs slightly from English, in that the primary form of most words relating to body states are verbs. For example ;-

to be bored, boredom	joze
to be interested in, to be in the groove	??
to be happy/glad	ʔoime
to be sad/unhappy	heuno
to be health/strong	k k
to be weak/sick	k k
to be afraid	k k
to be in a panic	k k
to be hysterical	k k
to feel guilty/ashamed	k k
to be grubby, to feel dirty	k k
to be horny	k k
to be nervous	k k
to be under tension/stress/strain	k k
to be anxious	k k
to be in pain, to ache	k k
to be hungry	k k
to be thirsty	k k

..... Word building

Many béu words can be analysed as being constructed from more basic elements.

We have given the structure of the béu noun phrase already (see ??). If a phrase consisting of the head plus a genitive or the head plus an adjective occur together many times and/or their meaning starts to take on nuances which are more than the sum of the two constituant elements then the two words coalesce . When 2 words coalesce ;-

1) The genitive suffix n is dropped

2) The first syllable of the first word is dropped.

3) The remainder of the first word is affixed to the second word.

Here are some examples ;-

gxx =	to raise ..............................	gonai =	a machine	gonai gxx.n =	"a machine of levitation"	=>	gxxnai =	a lift or an elevator
glxx =	to rise	tagu =	a tool	tagu glxx.n =	"a rising tool"	=>	glxxgu =	a ladder
nandau =	a word	toili =	a book	toili nandau.n =	"a book of words"	=>	nandauli =	a dictionary
limba =	a tongue or language	myega =	a body of knowledge,	myega limba.n =	"the study of language"	=>	limbaga =	linguistics
			a subject

Word or -DAU

du =	to do, an action, a deed ...............	nandau =	a word ....................	nandau du.n =	"a word of action"	=>	dudau =	a verb
cwipa =	an object, a thing(physical)	nandau =	a word	nandau cwipa.n =	"a word of an object"	=>	cwipadau =	a noun
sài =	a colour	nandau =	a word	nandau sài.n =	"a word of colour"	=>	saidau =	an adjective

Person or -BU

ww =	a country ............................................	glabu =	a person ....................	glabu ww.n =	"a person of country"	=>	wwbu =	a compatriot
xx =	to compete, to struggle	glabu =	a person	glabu xx.n =	"a person of competition"	=>	xxbu =	a capitalist
yy =	to share	glabu =	a person	glabu yy.n =	"a person of sharing"	=>	yybu =	a socialist
zz =	the same ??	glabu =	a person	glabu zz.n =	"a person of the same"	=>	zzbu =	a communist

Fellow or -PEU

ampeu = a fellow, a peer, someone of the same social status as you

vv =	a womb	ampeu =	a fellow, a mate ..........	ampeu vv.n =	"a fellow of womb"	=>	vvpeu =	a womb-mate, a twin
ww =	a class	ampeu =	a fellow	ampeu ww.n =	"a person of class"	=>	wwpeu =	a classmate
xx =	year	ampeu =	a fellow, a mate	ampeu xx.n =	"a year fellow"	=>	xxpeu =	somebody born in the same year as you
yy =	a name	ampeu =	a fellow, a mate	ampeu yy.n =	"a fellow of name"	=>	yypeu =	a namesake, somebody with the same name as you
zz =	aim, objective, a purpose, a cause	ampeu =	a fellow, a mate	ampeu zz.n =	"a person of the same objective"	=>	zzpeu =	a comrade

Subject or -GA

Book or -LI

Tool or -GU

Machine or -NAI

Belief/theory or -GAI

Wagon or -???

Building or -???

Side or -KA

daka = side

aibaka = a triangle

ugaka = a square

idaka = a pentagon

elaka = a hexagon

etc. etc.

Area/Station or -KAU

dakau = area, face

ugakau = a tetrahedron

elakau = a cube

ezakau = an octahedron

ajaukau = a dodecahedron

ajauzakau = an icosahedron

Volume/Room or -KAI

dakai = volume, room

moʃikai = water room = bathrooom

= bedroom

= cookroom

= livingroom

= store room

You can name the regular shapes in 4 dimensions.

idakai = a 5-cell

ezakai = an 8-cell

ajaugakai = a 16-cell

uvaukai = a 24-cell

apaukai = 120-cell

agaivaukai = 600-cell

Professional or -???

Tradesman or -???

Shop or -???

Seller or -???

Stuff or -???

Metal or -???

Water or -ZE

Air/gas or -???

Group or -???

Member or -???

Disease or ???

hikai = disease

Fish or -???

Trees or -???

Fruit/nuts or -ZO ... 27

We do not want a "unit", "boat".

⁕⁕nandauli is a good example of béu word building. toili = book, nandau = word, toili nandaun = book of words. However if two words such as these geudidau means extended word. It is also a good example of an extended word, in itself.

geuda is a verb meanbéuing to extend in one direction (usually not up). geudo is an noun meaning an extension or appendix. geudi is an adjective meaning extended.

nandau geudi = extended word ... now when a noun and a following adjective occur together a lot (and maybe take on a meaning slightly different) the concept they represent is normally upgraded to a word, by deleting all but the last CV (consonant vowel) in the first word, and sticking this CV on to the end of the second word.

Hence we get geudidau. In theory there is no limit to the combinations that can occur. However in practice (outside of technical language) there are slightly under a hundred different CV's, and the number of elements that every CV can combine with, varies from 3 or 4 up to about 40.

In English we have a number of common endings, such as "-ism", "-ology", "ist", etc. etc. In béu the end-stuck CV's can be thought of as equivalent to these English endings : the main difference is that this word building process is much more prevalent in béu.

The CV -dau (from nandau) is found in combination with a number of other elements. For example ;-

Note that in the last example, the meaning of the extended word has shifted a bit with respect to the meaning of the original words.

It is possible to extend further an extended word. For example ;-

kaza is an adjective meaning compicated and also is a noun meaning "a complicated thing" or "a complex".

kaza cwipadaun = a complex of a noun => cwipadauza = a noun phrase

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Units

We discussed a little about "units" in chapter 2 under the noiga section.

Now we will discuss béu units (or jada) more fully.

The unit of distance is the yí (3.68 km) ... this is actually the radius of the earth divided by 1000₁₂.

The unit of height is the hú (2.13 m) ... this is actually the yí divided by 1000₁₂.

The unit of weight is the wó (5.6 kg) ... this is actually (the weight of water in a cube with every side one hú long) divided by 1000₁₂.

The unit of area is the náu (7,839 m²) ... this is actually (the area of a square with every side one hú long) multiplied by by 1000₁₂.

The unit of temperature is the mái (87 degrees Kelvin). This makes the temperature of the human body equal to 3 1/2 units.

Also 3.0 mái is -12 degrees celsius and 4.0 mái is 75 degrees celsius. As the temperature of the air is nearly always between these two limits, when people discuss the weather, they normally drop the "3".

The unit of time is the dé (24 hours).

The unit of angle is the omba (360 degrees).

The unit of speed is the són

Our SI system uses magnitude words which are prefixed to the unit of measurement (for example "kilo" in kilometre). béu also has magnitude words (the seven already given) but they are inserted into the number itself. It is a bit similar to the way we use comma's to separate a long number string into groups of three digits.

One further point ...

If you wanted to express a number represented by digits 2->4 from the LHS of the monster, you would say auvaidaula nàin .... the same way as we have in the Western European tradition. However if you wanted to express a number represented digits 6 ->8 from the RHS of the monster, you would say yanfa elaibau .... not the way we do it. This is like saying "milli 630" instead of "630 micro".

Ah that is another thing ... if the number magnitude is such as to place it next to the "decimal point", then in pronouncing the measurement, omba (which means "circular" or "circle")is replaced with the units being used. For example hi? is the unit used to measure height (it equals 2.237 mtr). My height (1.8 mtrs) would be pronounced hí apaijauza. A height of 4.037 mtrs would be pronounced as aja hí apaijauza.

If the amount occurs both side of a "placeholder" but not next to the "decimal point", then hí is pronounced (and written) before everything.

STICK A CHART IN HERE ... HI 23 ?IWETU 45 ... ?IWETU 45 HI ... HI 23 ?IWETU

However if the amount occurs only one side of a "placeholder" and not next to the "decimal point", then the unit is pronounced (and written) at the opposite end from the "placeholder".