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ak<nc>
water [n]; cold water [n] <cf. kik>
 
at<nc>
WHICH, which?; {to use} how?; {Time} when?; {Loc} where?; [unary p: p=determined] <cf. ^ly>
 
at ja tuk
who of the two
 
en<nc>
near [v: s] <often used for modification; cf. ong>
 
en ja
he; she; it; etc. but surely the one that was mentioned just before
 
en kis
`three parts': one third [n: s=patient]
 
en tuk
almost all [n: g]
 
eti<nc>
equal [n: s]
 
exul<number>
digit: 6, six <cf. ljehu>
 
ha<nc>
YN: yes-no question particle <see grammar>
 
hal<nc>
extreme; very, extremyly [n: s=patient]
 
hal lit
huge [n: s]
 
hal luk
tiny [n: s]
 
han<foreign>
Mandarin Chinese
han<nc>
to control (dt: lenken); <often used to mark patient of composite unsaturated> [n: g=controller, s=controlled] <cf. ul>
 
hang<number>
digit: 9, nine <cf. kjox>
 
hangi<nc>
each other [n: g=the set of entities] <cf. tuk>
 
hangi kul
each other in pairs of two
 
heko<number>
hexadecimal digit: 0xd: thirteen <cf. ljoku>
 
hen<number>
digit: 3, three <cf. xjun>
 
hesy<nc>
around [n: g]
 
hex<nc>
be put, lie (be laid), be set [n: s=patient] <where?: use locative verb>
 
hil<nc>
(good) luck [n]
 
hing<nc>
long [n: s] {for both location and time}
 
hjotul<nc>
bean; pea; lentil
 
hjotul kik
coffee
 
hjung<nc>
power, strength, strong [n: g=the one who is strong/has the power]
 
hjyx<nc>
waste [n]; to be wasted, to be wasted [n: s=the thing being wasted]
 
hon<nc>
(to) result (in) [n: s1=result, s2=patient]; (the) result [n: g=verb]; <cf. kel>
 
hon i
(the) result [n]
 
hong<nc>
help [n], to help [n]
 
huxu<nc>
death [n] {phon.: `bad'}
 
hw<nc>
happen-when [n: g=event (the congregation), s=time (the selected feature of time of the congregation)] <followed by sys, it markes not a point in time, but a duration. Cf. xja, y>
 
(hw) (i) kis
`a part of time': a while [n] <hw and i are often dropped, because the phrase occurs as a patient of a time verb anyway>
 
(hw) (i) tyk
`a point of time': moment [n]
 
hw i
time [n]
 
hw jo hing sin
happened long before now, once upon a time [n: g=event]
 
hw kut tuk
happend every time ones tries [n: g=event]
 
hw ky
happen that moment, then [n: g=event]
 
hw sin
happend at the beginning; initially [n: g=event]
 
hw sys _x_
to last for _X_ (amount of time) [n: g=event, s=amount of time]
 
hw sys kis
to last for a while [n: g=event]
 
hw xan
happend at the end; finally [n: g=event]
 
hwk<nc>
wind [n], to blow
 
hwk tje xok
North Wind [n]
 
hy=wng<sex>
<V!> sex [n], to fuck [n: g,s]; fucking, bloody {interjunction} [unary p] <note: this interjunction may be used to modify any phrase in the utterance> <phon: onom.>
 
hy=wng (le) je
<V!> fuck you!; <lit: be fucked> <V!> piss off! {EMPH}
 
i<nc>
NULL: unmentioned reference marker <see grammar>
 
i kel
reason, cause
 
i lu
agent; pronoun: the one who does something[n]
 
i nax jang tyx
pedestrian, wanderer {`i' is dropped if clear from context}
 
il<large.repeat.aggregate>
to take the power of [n: g=exponent (the initiator/degree), s=base (the patient)]
 
ing<foreign> lis<>
English (for the language, add `sjok')
 
it<mouth.sentient>
word <the idiomatic one, not the syntax one> [n], speak, say, to tell, the talk, to talk [n: g=agent, s=language/topic] <phon: from *`jit': j- ~ human, cf. jyx; sjok>
 
ja<nc>
he; she; it; him; her; they; them (3. person pronoun); {Loc} there <sometimes followed by DET{} (+ `place') for clarity> {phon: j- ~ human (but not exclusively usable for humans), ja- ~ unspecified whether jan, jas or jat.}, <usually not used to refer to something in the last sentence, but in a large scope of discourse; cf. jo, je; lu i, i lu>
 
jan<nc>
man [n]; male [n: s=the modified] <cf. jas, jat>
 
jan jat
boy
 
jan jul
father
 
jan jul jul
grandpa
 
jan jut
son
 
jan jux
brother
 
jang<nc>
to use, with [n: g=user/action, s=instrument]; <for possessive or partitive `with', cf. king; cf. `to serve': xjal> {phon: j- ~ human}
 
jang i
manner [n]
 
jas<nc>
woman [n]; female [n: s=the modified] <cf. jan, jat>
 
jas jat
girl
 
jas jul
mother
 
jas jul jul
grandma
 
jas jut
daugher
 
jas jux
sister
 
jat<nc>
child <cf. jan, jas>
 
jax<nc>
husband; wife [n] <cf. jan, jas>
 
je<nc>
you (2. person pronoun) {Loc} there <sometimes followed by DET{} (+ `place') for clarity> {phon: j- ~ human (but not exclusively usable for humans), -e- ~ away from throat -> distant from me} <cf. jo, ja>
 
jes<nc>
spirit, ghost, mind, intelligence [n]; to think [n: g: thinker, s:topic]; {phon: j- ~ human, cf. jyx; jyku}
 
jet<nc>
love [n]; to love [n: s1=source -> s2=experiencer] {phon: j- ~ human; cf. jyx}
 
jo<nc>
I; we; me; us (1. person pronoun, in-/exclusiveness unspecified); {Time} now <sometimes followed by DET{} (+ `time') for clarity>; {Loc} here <sometimes followed by DET{} (+ `place') for clarity> {phon: j- ~ human (but not exclusively usable by humans), -o- ~ near throat -> close/inside/equal to me} <cf. je, ja>
 
jo ky
this; {Loc} here; {Time} now
 
jol<number>
hexadecimal digit: 0xc: twelve <cf. heko>
 
jul<nc>
parent <cf. jyx, jat, jux>
 
jul jan jul
paternal grandparent
 
jul jas jul
maternal grandparent
 
jul jul
grandparent
 
jul jux
uncle; aunt
 
jun<nc>
body [n]
 
jun hjyx
excrements [n]
 
jut<nc>
son; daughter <cf. jul>
 
jux<nc>
brother; sister <cf. jut>
 
jyku<nc>
heart, spirit {phon: j- ~ human, cf. jyx; jes}
 
jyx<nc>
person; someone, the one <cf. jan, jas, jes>
 
jyx nax
`moving person': traveller, pedestrian, ...
 
kehen<number>
hexadecimal digit: 0xf: fifteen <cf. xuk>
 
kel<nc>
cause [n], because; make s.o. do s.t., make s.t. happen [n: g=controller, s=event] <cf. lu>
 
kel i
consequence
 
keng<nc>
like, as, equal to (wrt. properties, not the same entity) <mystically or figuratively> [n: s2=patient/property, s2=experiencer] OR [n: g=controller; s=patien/property] <cf. king>
 
keng set
right, correct [n: g XOR s=patient]; {Loc} right [n: g=patient]
 
keng xok
wrong, false [n: g XOR s=patient]; {Loc} left [n: g=patient]
 
ki<nc>
together [n: g=group]; amount [n: s=of what]
 
kik<nc>
warm/hot/boiled water [n] <cf. ak, tulu>
 
king<nc>
like, as, equal to <literally> [n: s1=patient/property, s2=experiencer] OR [n: g=controller; s=patien/property] <cf. keng; ul>
 
king set
bright [n: s=patient], light [n]
 
king xit
solid [n: s=patient]
 
king xjang
liquid [n: s=patient]
 
king xok
dark [n: s=patient]; darkness [n]
 
kis<nc>
part; be part of [n: g=the partitioned (cf. grammar: selectative)]
 
kjang<nc>
fall [n: s=patient]; to fell [n: g=agent, s=patient]; {Loc} down; below; {Time} late <cf. njes> ?? Can this be replaced by a composed inchoative/resultative?
 
kjang set
sunset; {Loc} west; {Time} evening (phon.: `leave', `dyn.')
 
kje<nc>
to be open [n: s] <cf. kjo>
 
kjo<nc>
to be close [n: s] <cf. kje>
 
kjo _x_ y _y_ hesy
_X_ encloses _Y_; _X_ covers _Y_ [ph]
 
kjok<imperative>
shall [n: (g=controller,) s=event/action] <cf. xjohe>
 
kjok seng
it shall hold/be true, that... [v: p]
 
kjok so
so be it [ph]
 
kjol<nc>
ruler [n]
 
kjol tesa
(Christian) God
 
kjox<count.number>
decimal unit word: 10, ten <cf. liko, tjen>
kjox<number>
hexadecimal digit: 0xa: ten <cf. liko, tjen>
 
kju<nc>
go-to, come-to, arrive-at [n: g=event, s=location] <location verb: triggers location context, cf. y, sjo>
 
kul<number>
digit: 2, zwo; the other <cf. en>
 
kul ja
he, she, etc..., the other(s)
 
kul kis
`two parts': half [n: s=patient]
 
kut<nc>
try, attempt
 
ky<nc>
DET, this, that; {to use} this way; {Time} now, then; {Loc} here, there [unary, modifyable p: a=restricting controller, p=determined] <cf. at>
 
ky la
sentence pronoun: the last state, event or action that was mentioned (refering to a verb that had no agent) [n]
 
ky lu
sentence pronoun: the last state, avent or action that was mentioned (refering to a verb that had an agent) [n]
 
kyla<nc>
or, alternative [n: s=alternative] <cf. u>; other [n] <used like `all': as a partitive>
 
kyng<number>
digit: 5, five <cf. exul>
 
kyngka<nc>
be lost, be gone [n: s]
 
kyngka jun hjyx y i
toilet [ph]
 
la<nc>
to turn [n: s=patient]; to become [n: s1=result, s2=patient], <inchoative verb maker> [p] <cf. ta, le; hon>
 
la huxu
to die [n: s]
 
la i
(first) patient; pronoun: the one something is done to (refering to a verb that had no agent) [n]
 
la kis
to split [n: s]
 
la kje
to open (by chance) [n: s]
 
la kjo
to close (by chance) [n: s]
 
la sys
to expand [n: s]
 
la ting
`to become (to be) with': to get [n: s1=patient, s2=receiver]
 
la tulu
to become cooking/boiling [n: s]
 
la xe i
(second) patient; pronoun: the one something is done to (refering to a verb that had no agnet). This refers to the second patient of a verb, not to the direct one. [n]
 
lak<imperative>
must, force [n: (g=controller,) s=event/action] <cf. kjok>
 
las<nc>
to keep, to continue <continuity verb maker> [n: keeps the valence]
 
le<nc>
EMPH, really, truly <emphatic particle; te, lu> [unary p]
 
lel<nc>
to exceed [n: g=who exceeds, s=that is exceeded] {used for comparisons}
 
liko<number>
hexadecimal digit: 0xb: eleven <cf. jol>
 
ling<number>
digit: 1, one <cf. kul>
 
ling kis
`one part': whole, complete [n: s=patient]
 
lit<nc>
large, big, a lot, much, often, grown-up {time} for long [n: s=patient] <cf. luk>
 
lit ki
quite a bit, much, many
 
ljehu<number>
digit: 7, seven <cf. xwt>
 
ljoku<number>
hexadecimal digit: 0xe: fourteen <cf. kehen>
 
ljot<nc>
swallow; eat; drink [n: g,s]
 
ljux<nc>
leaf; sheet [n]
 
ljux kik
tea
 
ljw?i<nc>
house [n], ({durative}) to dwell
 
lo<foreign> siha<>
Russisch
 
lu<nc>
to do [n: g=agent, s=patient]; to do [n: g, s] <resultative verb maker> [p] <cf. la, tu>
 
lu hex
put [n: g=agent, s=patient]
 
lu hex _x_ kju kjang
put _X_ down, to give up _X_, to resign (doing _X_) [n: g=controller, _X_] ?? Can this be replaced by a composed inchoative/resultative? make put/become put?
 
lu hon ling
`make result in one': {mind} to agree (process), to unite [n: g] <FIXME: not nice: `that': use u coordination>
 
lu huxu
to kill [n: g, s]
 
lu i
(first) patient; pronoun: the one something is done to (refering to a verb that had an agent) [n]
 
lu ki
`make together': to collect [n: g=initiator, s=patient]
 
lu kis
to divide [n: g, s]
 
lu kje
to open (by influence) [n: g,s]
 
lu kjo
to close (by influence) [n: g,s]
 
lu kyngka
to get rid of [n]
 
lu kyngka jun hjyx
`to get rid of body waste': to go to the toilet [ph]
 
lu noki
to win
 
lu sys
to pull [n: g, s]
 
lu sys kju kul
`to pull into two (portions)': to stretch [n: g, s]
 
lu sys kju tuk
`to pull in all directions': to tear apart [n: g, s]
 
lu ting
`to make (to be) with': to take [n: g=agent, s=patient]; {arrive-at} to give [n: g=agent, s=patient]; {come-from} to fetch [n: g=agent, s=patient]
 
lu ting _x_ tje hesy
`take away from around'= put/take off _X_
 
lu tjoni
give shelter, care for
 
lu tulu
to (make) boil/cook [n: g, s]
 
luk<nc>
small, little, few, seldom, {time} for short [n: s=patient] <cf. lit; ^xat>
 
luk ki
a bit, few
 
lw<nc>
to take time [n: s=that which takes time]; <durative verb maker> [p]
 
lw hw
<durative timely being> to exist [n: s=the existing entity]
 
lw tulu
to cook, to boil [n: s]
 
lwn<nc>
milk [n]
 
nax<nc>
to move [n: g=who, s=whom/what]
 
nax jang tyx
to walk, to wander
 
nax y i
road, way, street {`i' is dropped if clear from context}
 
nen<nc>
to please <sometimes used to mark patient of composite unsaturated> [n: g=controller; s=controlled], <cf. han>
 
net<nc>
good <cf. nok>
 
net kjo
well closed
 
ni<foreign> hon<>
Japanese
 
njes<nc>
raise [n: g=agent, s=patient]; rise [n: s=patient]; {Loc} up; {Time} early <cf. kjang> ?? Can/Must this be replaced by a composed inchoative/resultative?
 
njes set
sunrise; {Loc} east; {Time} morning (phon.: `come', `dyn.')
 
njwng<nc>
warm [n: s] <cf. tjyk>
 
njy<nc>
<collective particle> [unary p]
 
njy kel
implication [n]
 
nok<nc>
bad <cf. net>
 
noki<nc>
(the) win [n: s=what?]
 
nox<nc>
to ask, to pose a question [n: g=the one who asks, s=the question] <the person who is asked may be mentioned using kju>
 
nu?u<nc>
fire [n]
 
nwng<achieve>
able, enable [n: (g=controller,) s=event/action] <cf. xeng>
 
ong<nc>
far [v: s] <often used for modification; cf. en>
 
ong ja
he; she; it; etc. but not the one that was mentioned just before
 
ox<nc>
END: phrase end particle <see grammar; cf. ox>
 
sase<nc>
things [n], this and that [n]
 
seng<nc>
true [n: s], truth [n]; but [n: s] <cf. l. `vero', `verum', xus>
 
set<nc>
sun [n]; to shine [n: s (e.g. the moon) OR g (e.g. for the overly correct: the sun)=source of light] <often with additional durative verb maker lw>; {Loc} south [n]; {Time} day [n] (phon.: `come', `stat.') <cf. xok>
 
sik<nc>
sense, reason to exist [n]
 
sin<nc>
front, in front of, start, before [n: g]; to begin [n: s=experiencer] <cf. xan>
 
sjo<nc>
start-at, from <time only> [n: g=event, s=time] <cf. hw, kju>
 
sjo jo
start now, from now on [n: g=event]
 
sjo ky
start at that moment, then, from then on [n: g=event]
 
sjok<mouth>
tongue; language [n] <cf. it>
 
sjuxun<nc>
to ask, to pose a request [n: g=the one who asks, s=the request], please ... [ph] <the person who is asked may be mentioned using kju>
 
sjuxun nox xeng jo lu kyngka jun hjyx y at
`Please let me ask you, where may I get rid of my body waste?' Where're the restrooms? [ph]
 
so<nc>
such, in such a way, so, correct, right <cf. heng>
 
su<nc>
REF: reference and focus particle <see grammar>
 
suho<foreign> ni<>
Finnisch
 
swni<nc>
{math} regular 3d object (?Körper), ...-hedron
 
swni exul
`sixth regular hedron' (I know, the name is wrong): hexahedron, cube; dice
 
sys<nc>
to stretch, to extend [n: s]
 
sys _x_ kju (hon) _y_
`extend up to': enough: _X_ is enough for _Y_
 
ta<nc>
to become not ... <negative inchoative verb maker> [n: s1=result, s2=patient] <cf. la, te>
 
ta eti jes
to change one's mind <inchoative, not resultative> [n: s]
 
ta ting
`to become not (to be) with': to lose [n: s1=patient, s2=loser]
 
tan<foreign> se<>
French
 
tax<nc>
see, hear, feel, perceive [n: s1=source, s2=experiencer] obverve, watch, listen [n: g=observer, s=source] <e.g. eye perceives=see, heart perceives=feel; cf. jyku, mind perceives= understand; cf. jes ...>
 
tax u it
perceive and say: to confess, to admit. <FIXME: valence of tax and it is different. Repair the composition.>
 
te<nc>
NEG, not, no, none <modifier; also works for non-saturated phrases; le, tu> [unary p]
 
te eti
different [n: s]
 
te ling (jes)
to have an argument [n: g=the fighting parties, s=about what]; to have different opinions [n: s1=about what, s2=experiencers] <cf. dt: `uneins sein', cf. lu hon ling>
 
te tuk
some [n: g]
 
te xja
not ending, until ever [n: g=event]
 
tesa<nc>
heaven [n]; sky [n]
 
ting<nc>
to have, with [n: s1=patient/property -> s2=experiencer]; to have, to possess [n: g=controller, s=possessed]; to exist, `there is, there are' [n: s=patient]; <for instrumental `with', cf. `to use': jang>
 
(ting) ling jes
`with one mind': to agree (static) [n: s] <FIXME: not nice: `that': use u coordination>
 
(ting) te hil
(to be) misfortunate [n: s]
 
(ting) te hong
helpless [n: s]
 
ting jang
useful [n: s1=patient]
 
tix<nc>
inside [n: g]
 
tjaha<nc>
game [n] <usually the i particle is inferred>, to play [n: g=player, s=(the played) game] <note: although this is durative, no durative particle is needed. Its interpretation is: a game is with ...>
 
tjani<nc>
new [n: s], {time} again
 
tje<nc>
go-from, come-from [n: g=event, s=location] <location verb: triggers location context, <cf. kju, xja>
 
tjen<number>
digit: 0, zero <cf. ling>
 
tjoni<nc>
shelter [n], be cared for, be secure [n: s]
 
tjonw<nc>
back; against [n: s]; to reply [n: g, s]
 
tjonw (u) tjani
again and again
 
tjws<nc>
arm [n] <cf. tys; tjwx>
 
tjwx<nc>
leg [n] <cf. tyx; tjws>
 
tjyk<nc>
cold [n: s] <cf. njwng>
 
tohit<foreign> sy<>
German
 
ton<nc>
<iterative particle>
 
ton set
to blink
 
tot<nc>
carry; wear [n: g,s]
 
tu<nc>
to do not... <negative resultative verb maker> [n: g, s] <cf. ta, lu>
 
tu ting
`to make not (to be) with': to give (away) [n: g=agent, s=patient] <the recipient is added using `go-to' or sometimes `to take'; cf. tun>
 
tuk<nc>
all, both [n: g=the set of entities] <cf. kyla>
 
tuk kul
in pairs of two. dt: zu zweit [n: g]
 
tuk ling
each one; alone [n: g]
 
tulu<nc>
be boilingly hot [n: s]
 
tw<nc>
to not take time, to be done quickly [n: s=patient] <negative durative verb maker> [p]
 
tyk<nc>
point, smallest division of, to split [n: g=splitter, s=divided entity]
 
tyl<good>
elegant by being simple and logical [n: s=patient]
 
tyl sjok
The S2 language, Tyl-Sjok
 
tys<nc>
hand [n] <cf. tjws; tyx>
 
tyx<nc>
foot [n] <cf. tjwx; tys>
 
u<comma.inclusive>
SEQ: and; or; but; although [binary p: constituent 1, constituent 2] <cf. wng, seng>
 
(u) (le) seng
but [n: s]
 
u _x_ xus
but _X_
 
u so hon
therefore
 
ul<nc>
to harass; <sometimes used to mark patient of composite unsaturated> [n: g=controller, s=controlled] <cf. nen>
 
wng<aggregate>
to add [n: g=experiencer, s=patient] <cf. u>; also [n: s=phrase]
 
xan<nc>
back side, back, behind, after, end [n: g=of what?]; complete, to be complete [n: s] <perfective marker> [unary p] <a controller is added using lu> <cf. sin>
 
xe<nc>
SKIP: non-referencing marker: marker for unmentioned phrase <see grammar>
 
xel<nc>
(in s.o.'s) favour, for [n: g=useful entity, s=beneficiary] <cf. ting>
 
xeng<control>
allow, may [n: (g=controller,) s=event/action] <cf. lak>
 
xit<nc>
metal [n] <cf. xjyn>
 
xja<nc>
last-until [n: g=event, s=time] <cf. sjo, tje>
 
xja jo
end now, until now [n: g=event]
 
xjal<nc>
serve, purpose, for [n: g=useful entity, s=experiencer] <cf. xel>
 
xjang<nc>
water [n] <cf. xjuk>
 
xjohe<wish>
want [n: (g=controller,) s=event/action] <cf. nwng>
 
xjuk<nc>
air; gas [n] <cf. xit>
 
xjun<number>
digit: 4, four <cf. kyng>
 
xjwl<nc>
earth [n] <cf. xjang>
 
xjyn<nc>
wood [n] <cf. xjwl>
 
xo<nc>
START: phrase start particle <see grammar; cf. xo>
 
xok<nc>
moon [n]; {Loc} north [n]; {Time} night [n] (phon.: `leave', `stat.') <cf. set>
 
xuk<count.number>
hexadecimal unit word: 0x10: sixteen <cf. tjen>
xuk<number>
hexadecimal number: 0x10: sixteen <cf. tjen>
 
xus<nc>
to resist, withstand, versus, against [n: g=agent, s=patient] <FIXME: think about this entry>
 
xwt<number>
digit: 8, eight <cf. han>
 
xyt<nc>
birth [n], give birth to [n: g=agent, s=patient], life [n], `be born': to live [n: s=patient]
 
xyt nen
to exist [n: s=existing entity <valence of nen>]; existence
 
y<nc>
take-place-at [n: g=event, s=location] <location verb: triggers location context, cf. tje, hw>
 
y hw
to happen
 
y i
place [n]
 
y sys _x_
to extend _X_ (amount of space) [n: g=event]
 
y tjonw hw tjani
to happen again and again [n: s]
 
yn<nc>
jacket; sheet; frame [n]
 
yn kju tyx
overcoat, cloak, gown
 
yn xel tyx
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Henrik Theiling
Sat Jun 9 18:52:24 CEST 2001