Lexicon and word definitions
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| We; the subject pronoun used to indicate a group including the speaker. | |
| transitive, 1st conjugation (-er), regular. 1. to name, to call something or someone by a name; 2. to give a name to, to designate, to term. This is a natural extension, since the verbal noun asén is "title” . | |
| I; the subject pronoun used to indicate the speaker. | |
| ditransitive, 1st conjugation (-er), irregular, suppletive. 1. to give, to hand over; 2. (with an indirect-object pronoun, see aster) to let, to allow. | |
| coordinating conjunction, with an allomorph ei before a word that begins with e. 1. and, joining words, phrases or clauses of equal rank; 2. ne loi … e …: not only … but also … (a single correlative pair). | |
| She; used to refer to a female person or a feminine-gendered noun as the subject of a sentence. | |
| They; used specifically to refer to a group consisting entirely of female persons or feminine-gendered nouns as the subject of a sentence. | |
| He; used to refer to a male person or a masculine-gendered noun as the subject of a sentence | |
| It; used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract concept, or neuter-gendered noun as the subject of a sentence. | |
| They; used to refer to a group of male persons, neuter objects, or any mixed-gender group as the subject of a sentence. It serves as the default plural "they." | |
| coordinating, disjunctive conjunction. 1. or, joining alternatives. The conjunction joins words, phrases or clauses of equal rank, like e “and”. It has no allomorph before vowels, because Colhidean gives the e / ei alternation only for the conjunction "and". | |
| intransitive, copula and existential verb, 1st conjugation (-er), irregular, suppletive. 1. to be, to be something or somewhere, as a copula; 2. to exist, to be present. For “to live, to exist” in a fuller sense it also has vier and existir, and for abstract “being, existence” the noun veia; 3. ester vou + noun: to be to someone, to fall to someone, to stand in a relation to someone; 4. ester trau oco: to be not to one’s liking, to be unsuitable. | |
| coordinating, additive and consecutive conjunction. 1. also, too, likewise, adding a parallel statement; 2. so, therefore, thus, introducing a conclusion drawn from what precedes. | |
| 1. by means of, with the help of, thanks to; 2. synonym: via. | |
| intransitive, 1st conjugation (-er), irregular, suppletive. 1. to become, to turn into, to come to be something; 2. (perfective) to have become. | |
| 1. instead of, in place of someone or something; 2. The fixed phrase meta mado “in someone’s place” (see meta) is another way to say the same thing. | |
| transitive, 2nd conjugation (-ir), irregular, suppletive. 1. to have, to possess, to hold. 2.to be in charge of something. | |
| coordinating, adversative conjunction. 1. however, but, yet, introducing a contrast or a reservation that limits what was just said. It joins clauses of equal rank and usually stands at the beginning of the second clause | |
| message, communication, piece of information transmitted from one person to another; te messajè “the message”, messajès “messages”. | |
| 1. in, being in a state or condition (happiness, emotional distress etc.); 2. in the process of, in the course of creating or changing into something; 3. meta mado: in someone’s place, instead of someone. The word "mado" is an archaic form of the term "place", which is also used within the word "madoma" ("pronoun") | |
| 1. by, with, by means of, using something as a tool or instrument; 2. by, in the presence of, in the course of; 3. the agent in passive constructions, “by”. | |
| coordinating, negative conjunction. 1. nau … nau: neither … nor, joining two or more negated items; 2. nau: not even, no … at all . It strengthens a negation or appears in negative expressions, such as nau ena “not a single one” (sometimes merged as "nuéna"). 3. nau + conjunction or adverb + -s: forms the “-ever” type of clause (nau valés “wherever” (from valé “to where”), nau catos “whatever” (from cato “what”). | |
| transitive, 1st conjugation (-er), irregular, suppletive. 1. to see, to perceive with the eyes; 2. to understand, to notice. | |
| coordinating adversative conjunction. 1. but, contrasting two statements, often after a negation. | |
| window; en oro “a window”, to oro “the window”. | |
| coordinating additive conjunction. 1. also, likewise, as well, adding a parallel item or statement | |
| transitive, 1st conjugation (-er), irregular. 1. to try, to attempt, to test; 2. to taste, to sample food or drink. | |
| You; the subject pronoun used to address a single person informally. | |
| You (plural); You (formal singular). Used to address a group of people or a single person in a formal, respectful, or distant context | |
| 1. beyond, past the limit of something; 2. ultru ta finalicio: at the end of, upon completion of (a fixed expression); 3. ultru … agos: over the course of so many years, for years: ultru tetres agos “over the course of four years”. | |
| intransitive, 1st conjugation (-er), irregular. 1. to go, to walk or travel from one place to another. Au vao . “I go.” 2. to come, to arrive. Eile vei - “He comes.” 3. modal verb that forms the simple future, followed by the unchanged infinitive of the main verb. Au vao operer - “I will work.” | |
| 1. toward, in the direction of a topographical object such as a mountain, a sea or a river; 2. toward a destination in general, including “home” or any geographical goal; 3. to, with the sense of “to somewhere, to someone, to something”. | |
| man; en vero: “a man” (masc.). veros: “men” | |
| 1. secret, mystery, something hidden.It exists within the group of words mysteria “sacrament”, seda “secret”, secreto “secret”. | |
| woman, an adult human female (archaic and fixed-expression use); ena villa: “a woman” . villas: “women”. | |
| 1. at, by, near, next to something or someone, physically or metaphorically; 2. à + season: in, during (à jeminea “in winter”); 3. synonym: proseo. | |
| about, concerning, on the subject of something. |
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