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# Midêkʰ

This is one of several conlanguages [][@:Rinna] is working on for an
eventual Dark Dungeons X (BECMI D&D retroclone) setting.
(fae welcomes input.)
Some useful (HTML-and-JS) tools for working with Midêkʰ words may be
found [here.
](https://ekiru.github.io/conlang-tools/midekh/){title="Midêkʰ tools"}

rinna uses the token "TKTK" to mark places where more stuff is needed
later.

a minimal map of the world in question is below for a bit of context.
it is also necessary to know that all or most sentient creatures in the
setting are anthropomorphic animals, but that the corresponding
ordinary animals also exist but are considered non-sentient.

![map of an as-yet unnamed world, with three contents and a few
islands](https://lyssa-rpg-docs.neocities.org/media/blorb-world-map-minimal.png){width=600}

Rinna has the following goals for Midêkʰ:

* it will serve as a proto-language for a number of languages spoken
  along the west coast and within the temperate interior (mostly the
  30°-45° zone) of the southeastern continent, possibly plus some
  further-flung offshoots.
* fae wants to build it around a system of biliteral or triliteral
  consonantal roots (as in Afro-Asiatic languages such as Tamazight,
  Egyptian, Amharic, Hebrew, Akkadian, etc.)
* fae is inclined to include few vowel qualities, but with some
  additional complication such as pitch accent, vowel length, or
  extensive use of diphthongs that may develop into a more extensive
  vowel system in daughter languages.
* it should not be too difficult to pronounce for the native US
  English and Rioplatense Spanish speakers likely to play in the
  setting, particularly since the most likely places for faese games
  to start out will have this language prominent.
  but some such difficulties can be resolved in daughter languages via
  sound change.
* the proto-language and descendant languages will mostly but perhaps
  not exclusively be used for names (of people/places/texts/etc.)

## Phonology

To help with approachability for English/Spanish speakers, [][@:Rinna]
opted to draw inspiration from
[Wikipedia's account of Proto-Indo-European phonology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_phonology#Vowels){title="Wikipedia on reconstructed PIE phonology"}.

Consonant table:

|           | labial | coronal | p.velar | velar | l.velar | glottal |
|-----------|:------:|:-------:|:-------:|:-----:|:-------:|:-------:|
| nasal     | m      | n       |         | ŋ     |         |         |
| voiceless | p      | t       | kʲ      | k     | kʷ      |         |
| voiced    | b      | d       | gʲ      | g     | gʷ      |         |
| aspirated | pʰ     | tʰ      | kʲʰ     | kʰ    | kʷʰ     |         |
| fricative | f      | s       |         |       |         | h       |
| liquid    |        | r l     |         |       |         |         |


The language featured three series of stops: voiceless, voiced, and
aspirated (voicing was not phonemic in aspirated consonants).
Each of these series included a labial stop, a coronal (dental or
alveolar) stop, and three variants of a velar stop: a plain variant, a
palatalized variant, and a labialized variant.

There were three fricatives: a (bi)labial fricative, a coronal
fricative, and a glottal fricative.

There were three nasal stops: labial, coronal, and velar.
There were two coronal approximants: rhotic and  lateral.
Both the nasals and the approximants could be used as syllable nuclei.

There were three vowels: `*e` (mid front), `*o` (mid back), and `*i`
(close front).
Each vowel could be pronounced long or short, which was phonemic.
Long vowels are transcribed with a macron.

One syllable in each multisyllabic word was emphasized, likely with a
raised pitch (marked with an acute accent on the vowel).
Long vowels of accented syllables are marked with a circumflex for
ease of processing.

A syllable begins with a consonant followed by either a vowel, a nasal,
or an approximant as a nucleus.
A syllable with a vowel can additionally have a final consonant.

## Morphology

Most content words are derived from a "root" (TKTK) consisting of two
to four (but usually three) consonants, which are combined with a
particular template (TKTK) of surrounding and intervening sounds
(mostly vowels) to form a particular word.
Roots will be represented with their consonants separated by hyphens,
for example: `m-d-kʰ` (which is the root for language).
Templates can include any vowel but only  certain consonants: nasal
stops (n m ŋ), the coronal and glottal fricatives (s h), and the
voiceless coronal stop (t).

### Adjectives

Unlike nouns and verbs, adjective are not derived from using a
combination of root and template, with the exception of the active and
passive participles of verbs.
Some adjectives are fixed words, but most are the result of affixation
of other words.

Adjectives are marked for number, gender, and case to match the noun
modified.

### Nouns

Nouns are marked for number (singular and plural) and case using a
prefix for case and a suffix for number.
Each noun also has a gender: either masculine, feminine, or neuter.

The cases present in the language were:

* Nominative: used for the subject of the verb.
* Accusative: used for the object of transitive verbs.
* Vocative: used for a party directly addressed by the speaker.
* Dative: used for the recipient or beneficiary of an action.
* Prepositional: used for the complement of most prepositions, although
  some prepositions require or allow other cases.

### Pronouns

There are ten personal pronouns: a singular and a plural pronoun for
each of the first and second persons, and three singular and three
plural third-person pronouns, distinguished by gender.
Each pronoun has forms for the different cases, although only the
second person pronouns have vocative forms.

The first and second person pronouns seem to be related to the verbal
agreement affixes.
The third-person masculine and feminine pronouns appear to derive from
the verbal participle adjective "fomódkʰo" (meaning 'sapient' or
'capable of language', active participle of the 5th form verb of the
root m-d-kʰ), while the neuter pronouns derive from the verbal
participle adjectives "moróŋpo" and "moroŋóp" (respectively meaning
"arriving, nearby" or "leaving, distant"; passive and active
participles of the 6th-form verb of the root r-ŋ-p).

The forms of the personal pronouns are given in the table below:

| usage    | nom.    | acc.     | voc.    | dat.    | prep.   |
|----------|---------|----------|---------|---------|---------|
| 1p.sg.   | kʰn     | kʰē      |         | kʰī     | kʰo     |
| 1p.pl.   | kʰīné   | kʰēné    |         | kʰon    | kʰenó   |
| 2p.sg.   | tn      | tē       | tʰō     | tī      | to      |
| 2p.pl.   | tīné    | tēné     | tʰŋ     | ton     | tenó    |
| 3p.sg.m. | fomótʰ  | defmótʰ  |         | tifmótʰ | tefmótʰ |
| 3p.sg.f. | gifmóg  | kefmóg   |         | gofmóg  | kimóg   |
| 3p.sg.n. | pmróŋ   | pomróŋ   |         | bmróŋ   | bomróŋ  |
| 3p.pl.m. | fomotʰí | defmtʰí  |         | tifmtʰí | tefmtʰí |
| 3p.pl.f. | gifmgí  | kefmgí   |         | gofmgí  | kifmgí  |
| 3p.pl.n. | pmmrŋóp | pomrŋóp  |         | bmrŋóp  | bomrŋóp |

The third-person personal pronouns have two special uses:

* In relative clauses, they represent the head noun within the relative
  clause.
* They may be placed between two noun phrases to represent that both
  phrases have the same referent (serving a function similar to
  apposition in English), in which case the pronoun and both
  noun-phrases must agree in case, number, and gender.

TKTK demonstratives?

The interrogative pronouns derive from nouns of the root L-T-M
("question"). TKTK

### Verbs

Verbs are inflected for tense, aspect, mood, person, and number.
Person is first, second, and third.
Number is either singular or plural.

There are two tenses, which reflect the time at which the action
occurred:

* Non-past: used for events happening now, in the future, in the
  immediate past, or at an uncertain time.
* Past: used for events that started in the past, but not the immediate
  past.

There are three aspects, although the continuous and habitual are only
distinguished in the indicative mood:

* Continuous: used to describe an ongoing process.
* Habitual: used to describe a recurring or cyclical activity.
* Perfective: used to describe an action as a single unit.

There are three moods:

* Indicative: used for statements of facts.
* Optative: used for wishes and hopes, conditional events, and some
  commands.
* Subjunctive: used for hypothetical events, future events, and more
  polite commands.

Issues such as questions and the active or passive voice are marked
elsewhere in a sentence.

There are three special forms of each verb:

* The verbal noun, which functions as a noun and can represent the act
  of the verb occuring or a object related to the activity described by
  the verb.
  The gender of a verbal noun is determined by the verb's conjugation
  group, but they receive affixes for number and case normally.
* The active participle, which functions as an adjective or adverb and
  indicates that the modified word is related to the subject of the
  verb.
* The passive participle, which functions as an adjective or adverb and
  indicates that the modified word is related to the verb's object.

Both participles receive the normal affixes for number, gender, and
case agreement.

### Numerals

Numerals attach to and modify nouns, but unlike adjectives are not
inflected for agreement.
For this reason they must immediately follow the modified noun.

The numerals are arranged rather regularly on a vigesimal basis:

* Numbers one to twenty have their own words, although the words for
  11 through 19 are likely related to a combination of "b-t-r"
  (measurement, leg) and the first nine numbers.
* Multiples of twenty are expressed as, for example, "fesso dōdekʷ"
  ('40', literally 'twenty in-two').
* Numbers between two multiplies of twenty are expressed by
  constructions such as "dekʷkokŋ" ('22', 'two-and twenty').
* Similar units exist for 400 "síkʲo" (20 times 20), and 8000 "dóho",
  (20 times 20 times 20).
  Multiples are formed just as with multiples of twenty.
  400s follow 20s and 8000s follow 400s, with the connecting "kokŋ"
  ('and') always attaching to the unit rather than the multiple, as for
  example: "tʰonkokŋ fessokokŋ dōtʰon síkʲokokŋ dōdekʷ dóho" ('8863',
  literally '3-and 20-and in-3 400-and in-2 8000').

The larger units are sometimes used more vaguely, with "síkʲo" 400
having a meaning akin to 'many', and "dóho" 8000 being used to refer to
'everything' or 'more than can be counted'.

Ordinal numbers can be formed by using the prepositional clitic "sē-"
('of') at the start of the number: "sēhekʷkokŋ fesso" for 21st.

Here are the numbers one-to-twenty:

* "hekʷ" one
* "dekʷ" two
* "tʰon" three
* "hētér" four
* "pēfe" five
* "hēgʲi" six
* "hēdol" seven
* "hot" eight
* "nemígʲi" nine
* "dehegʲi" ten
* "betrikʷ" eleven
* "betdor" twelve
* "botʰren" thirteen
* "bētetŕ" fourteen
* "bēptefr" fifteen
* "bētgʲr" sixteen
* "bētdelr" seventeen
* "botr" eighteen
* "bmgʲér" nineteen
* "fesso" twenty

And the units for larger numbers:

* "síkʲo" 400
* "dóho" 8000

## Derivational morphology

The derivational morphology of Midêkʰ is based around the combination
of a root with a template to form a stem (TKTK).
These stems are further modified by infection to arrive at final word
forms.

This section and the following one on inflectional morphology will
represent roots using their consonants separated by hyphens: e.g.
m-d-kʰ, p-ŋ-r, h-s-t.
Groups of roots sharing only certain components will be represented
with a question mark `?` for any unspecified consonants: p-?-r would
include p-ŋ-r, p-k-r, p-s-r, etc.
Templates will be written with their surrounding and intervening sounds
and with the position of each root consonant represented by a plus
sign, for example: `+i+ē+`.
Groups of templates sharing certain components will be represented
using a question mark for any unspecified template positions: for
example, `?+i+?+?` represents all noun templates (which all place a
short /i/ between the first two consonants).

This section and the following will primarily use the root `m-d-kʰ` as
an example to express how roots are combined with templates to form
stems or words.

### Derivation of noun stems

All noun templates place /i/ between the first two consonants of the
root, other than the verbal noun patterns which place /ī/ there, a long
vowel, instead.
These are summarized below, with more details below:

| pattern | description  | m-d-kʰ   | gender | english gloss            |
|---------|--------------|----------|--------|--------------------------|
| +i++é   | abstraction  | midkʰé   | f      | linguistics/all language |
| +i+ê+   | prototype    | midêkʰ   | varies | the Midêkʰ language      |
| so+í+i+ | place        | somídikʰ | n      | TKTK                     |
| mi+í++o | instrument   | mimídkʰo | n      | pen, stylus              |
| +i+és+e | emphasis     | midéskʰe | m/f    | conversation/command     |
| hê+i+o+ | personal     | hêmidokʰ | m/f    | orator, author, sage     |
| hi+i++í | diminutive   | himidkʰí | f      | word                     |
| ŋô+i++o | derogative   | ŋômidkʰo | m      | nonsense, pleading       |

* The noun of abstraction represents the abstract category of the root,
  both the set of all of the things (or at least a particular type of
  thing) encompassed by the root, the idealized concept of the root,
  and sometimes the academic, artistic, or other sort of field related
  to the root.
  The noun of abstraction is not normally used in the plural, but this
  may have occasionally happened in poetic language to refer to many or
  all things belonging to the category.
* The prototype noun represents the prototypical object related to a
  root.
  For some roots, the prototype refers to a specific thing (as "Midêkʰ"
  for the language) as a proper noun, in which case it cannot be used
  in the plural and it has feminine gender.
  In other cases, it refers to a typical type of object related to the
  root (e.g. p-s-ŋ 'liquid' has the prototype pisêŋ 'water'), in which
  case the noun may be used in the plural and has neuter gender if it
  refers to a mindless animal and masculine gender otherwise.
* Nouns of place refer to a place associated with the root.
* Nouns of instrument refer to a tool used in performing actions
  associated with the root.
* Nouns of emphasis refer to a repetition or intense form of an action
  related to the root.
  They are usually masculine, but in some cases a root gives rise to
  two nouns of emphasis with identical form but with one masculine and
  one feminine.
  When this occurs, typically the feminine noun relates to intense
  action and the masculine noun relates to repeated action.
* The personal noun refers to a type of person associated with the
  root's meaning.
  The noun is gendered according to the individual being referred to.
  When not referring to a particular individual of known gender, the
  word is typically masculine except when the meaning of the word was
  strongly associated with women.
* Diminutives refer to something small or dear related to the root.
* Derogative nouns refer to something disapproved of related to the
  root.
* There are also several "common noun" patterns which can give rise to
  various nouns associated with the root without specific semantic
  implications from the pattern.
  Each root only is used with a subset of the common noun patterns.
  Some patterns for common nouns (with the resulting noun's gender in
  brackets) include "+í+o+" (f), "to+i+í+" (n), "te+i++ó" (m),
  "no+i+é+" (f), "si+í+e+" (m).
* Finally there are verbal noun patterns that are treated below.

### Derivation of verb stems

Verbs are similarly formed by combining a semantic root with one of
several patterns.
Unlike nouns, the patterns for verbs are grouped into several "forms",
each form consisting of several patterns for different uses of a verb.
The application of the patterns of a form to a given root are
considered different variations of the same verb.

Verb forms will be distinguished using a number (e.g. 1st form, 2nd
form).
Each form has patterns for the non-past tense stem, the past tense
stem, the verbal noun, the active participle, and the passive
participle.
The verb stems must then be inflected for aspect, mood, aspect, number,
and person to be used.

The patterns for each verb form are indicated in the following table,
with information about typical semantics and other properties of the
forms described after the table.

| Form | non-past | past     | verbal noun | active part. | passive part. |
|------|----------|----------|-------------|--------------|---------------|
| 1st  | +é++i    | +e+í+    | +ī++é       | +ó++o        | +o+ó+         |
| 2nd  | +én+i+   | +e++ín   | +î++en      | +ó++on       | +o+nó+        |
| 3rd  | hō+e++ó  | hō+é+o+o | he+ī+é+     | +ó+ohi+      | he+o++ó       |
| 4th  | +é++it   | te+é+i+  | +ī++ís      | +ó+si+o      | +o+is+ó       |
| 5th  | fe+é+e+  | fí+e+ē+  | fi+ī++í     | fo+ó++o      | fo+o+ó+       |
| 6th  | +ém+e+   | +em+ē+é  | +ī+mó+      | mo+o+ó+      | mo+ó++o       |

* The 1st form refers to the action seen as most directly connected
  with the meaning of the root.
  They may be either transitive or intransitive depending on the
  meaning of the verb, although ditransitive 1st form verbs are rare.
  The verbal noun is of neuter gender.
* The 2nd form typically has a meaning related to some action with a
  lasting effect or impact, although in some cases it is instead an
  emphatic or more intense version of the root's 1st-form verb.
  They may be either transitive or intransitive.
  The verbal noun is of neuter gender.
* The 3rd form often functions as a causative, representing a
  ditransitive form of a transitive 1st or 2nd form verb, or a
  transitive form of an intransitive 1st or 2nd form verb.
  When the 3rd form is a causative, it usually serves as causative for
  both the 1st and 2nd form, not just one of them.
  Even when not causative in meaning, the 3rd form is always transitive
  or ditransitive.
  The verbal noun is of masculine gender.
  The active participle of ditransitive 3rd form verbs often relates to
  either or both of the agent and patient of the action, with the
  passive participle relating solely to the recipient or benefactor.
* The 4th form often refers to a reciprocal or repeated action related
  to the root.
  4th form verbs interact atypically with the case system: when they
  have reciprocal meaning, all parties typically take the nominative
  case, although for emphasis a single participant can be treated as
  the subject while a preposition is used to identify other
  participants;
  if the verb can ever have reciprocal meaning, it never takes an
  accusative object;
  even when the particular verb cannot have reciprocal meaning, any
  patient of the described action must be marked for the dative case.
  The verbal noun is of feminine gender.
  The active and passive participles are generally used to refer to
  different aspects of the subject(s), often but not always using the
  active participle for a more agentive aspect of the action.
* The 5th form often has a meaning related to either capability of
  performing some action or the acquisition or possession of a
  non-physical quality (capability of action perhaps being considered a
  non-physical quality);
  in some cases the verb may be used for both meanings.
  5th form verbs are only transitive when used to indicate capability.
  The verbal noun is of masculine gender.
  The passive participle of 5th form verbs is usually used as a sort of
  negative: it indicates that something does not have the quality or
  cannot perform the action.
* The 6th form often has a meaning related to either resulting from an
  action or having or gaining some physical quality, such as colour or
  shape.
  As with the 5th form, many of these verbs may be used for both meanings.
  6th form verbs are never transitive.
  The verbal noun is of neuter gender.
  The active participle of 6th form verbs, similar to the passive
  participle of 5th form verbs, usually serves as a negative: it
  indicates that something does not result from the action or does not
  have the quality.

### Derivation of adjectives

As noted above, adjectives are not derived via the combination of a
root and pattern (other than the participles of verbs).
Instead most of them arise from affixation of existing words.

Some of these derivational affixes are listed below:

* The prefix "lo-" forms the "relational" adjective from a noun, which
  indicates that the modified noun is in some fashion related to the
  noun.
* The prefix "tr-" negates an adjective.
* The suffixes "-kor" and "-kel" produce comparative forms of an
  adjective, with "-kor" indicating more and "-kel" less.

TKTK

## Inflectional morphology

### Noun and adjective inflection

Nouns receive a prefix for case and a suffix for number.
Each gender uses a separate set of case prefixes.
Adjectives use the same set of number suffixes, and they use the same
case markers as neuter nouns when modifying a neuter noun.
Adjectives modifying masculine or feminine nouns use slightly different
case markers from those used by the noun.

Here are the case prefixes:

| case          | m.noun | m.adj. | f.noun | f.adj. | neuter |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| nominative    | -      | -      | gr-    | gi-    | pl-    |
| accusative    | de-    | de-    | ge-    | ke-    | po-    |
| vocative      | tʰo-   | to-    | kʰo-   | ko-    | pl-    |
| dative        | te-    | ti-    | gn-    | go-    | bo-    |
| prepositional | dē-    | dē-    | kī-    | kī-    | pō-    |

And the number suffixes, which differ depending on whether the stem
ends in a vowel or a consonant:

| number   | after vowel | after consonant |
|----------|-------------|-----------------|
| singular | -k          | -               |
| plural   | -hi         | -i              |

### Verb inflection

Verb stems produced by derivation are inflected for aspect, mood,
number, and person.
One affix marks aspect and mood, a prefix marks person, and a suffix
marks number, with aspect-mood applied before person and number (such
that an aspect-mood prefix follows the person prefix and an aspect-mood
suffix precedes the number prefix).
The verb agrees in person and number with the syntactic subject (the
noun or pronoun in the nominative case).

The indicative mood uses a prefix for aspect-mood in the continuous
aspect, a suffix in the habitual aspect, and the plain stem in the
perfective aspect.
The indicative habitual suffix is identical to the continuous prefix.
In contrast, the optative and subjunctive moods uniformly use suffixes
for aspect-mood and do not distinguish the continuous and habitual
aspects.
All of these aspect-mood aspects are indicated in the table below (with
the hyphen marking where the stem is attached):

| mood        | continuous | habitual | perfective |
|-------------|------------|----------|------------|
| indicative  | bi-        | -bi      | -          |
| optative    | -r         | -r       | -n         |
| subjunctive | -l         | -l       | -m         |

The number suffixes for verbs differ depending on whether they follow a
vowel or a consonant, and are listed in the table below:

| number   | after vowel | after consonant |
|----------|-------------|-----------------|
| singular | -g          | -               |
| plural   | -hē         | -ē              |

The person suffixes are invariant and are listed in the table below:

| person | prefix |
|--------|--------|
| 1st    | kʰo-   |
| 2nd    | tm-    |
| 3rd    | -      |

As an example, here are a few inflections of the 2nd-form non-past
stem "méndikʰ" (write):

* biméndikʰē: they are writing (indicative non-past continuous
  3rd-person plural)
* tmbiméndikʰ: you(sg.) are writing (indicative non-past continuous
  2nd-person singular)
* kʰoméndikʰē: we write (indicative non-past perfective 1st-person plural)

## Syntax

As a summary of word order concerns:

* Adjectives usually follow the noun but may be placed elsewhere as
  they can be correlated with the right noun due to agreement.
  Demonstratives must immediately precede and numerals must immediately
  follow the noun when present.
* Relative clauses follow the noun, after any adjectives or numerals
* Prepositions
* Typically subject-verb-object, but it may vary.
* The question particle begins the sentence
* Questions do not alter sentence order
* Conditional sentences typically places the condition before the
  conclusion
* Comparisons are of the form adjective-marker-standard (i.e. the
  adjective being compared, an analogue to "than", then the standard
  against which the comparison is being made)

### Prepositions

Prepositions are placed before a noun or noun phrase to express various
relationships or to confer semantic roles on their objects.

Each preposition consists of a word ending in a consonant (often
monosyllabic).
Most prepositions also have a clitic form which is formed by dropping
the final consonant and lenghtening the preceding vowel and which can
be prefixed to its object.
Cliticized prepositions can be used with objects other than noun
phrases for various purposes.

Here are some of the prepositions in Midêkʰ with their meanings and
appropriate cases:

* dol/dō-: PREP in, within; DAT
* fin/fī-: as; measuring to
* ked/kē: PREP with; ACC carrying/bringing/etc. (with verbs of motion)
* petʰ/pē-: PREP in (time), during (DAT with the same meaning but the
  additional indication that the events were located entirely in the
  specified period)
* sen/sē-: of, belonging to

### Conjunctions

Conjunctions are used to connect words, phrases, or clauses in various
ways.

As with prepositions, conjunctions often have a clitic form.
Unlike prepositions, clitic conjunctions are suffixes and are not
predictable in form.

The conjunctions of Midêkʰ include:

* koko/-kokŋ: and, also
* ropo, which lacks a clitic form and introduces a relative clause.

### Relative clauses

Relative clauses follow a noun phrase and are introduced by the
relativizing conjunction "ropo".
The relative clause is structured much as any other sentence, but must
include a third-person personal pronoun of the same gender and number
as the modified noun.
This third-person pronoun is marked for case to indicate what role
the modified noun plays in the relative clause.

## Semantics and Pragmatics

TKTK

## Writing System

TKTK

## Examples

The sample texts will be in this format:

* First, in a blockquote, the sample text is presented in (romanized)
  Midêkʰ. For multi-sentence texts, the sentences are numbered in
  parentheses.
* For each sentence of the sample text, it is repeated in *_bold
  italics_* (identified by number for multi-sentence texts).
* Each sentence has a tabular morpheme-by-morpheme inter-linear gloss
  and then a translation into English.
* The glosses mostly follow the
  [](https://www.eva.mpg.de/lingua/resources/glossing-rules.php){title="Leipzig
  Glossing Rules"},
  although the root and patterns of stems are not separated.

The following all-caps abbreviations are used in the glossses:

* person: 1(st-person), 2(nd-person), 3(rd-person)
* number: S(in)G(ular), PL(ural)
* gender: M(asculine), F(eminine), N(euter)
* case: NOM(inative), ACC(usative), VOC(ative), DAT(ive),
  PREP(ositional)
* tense: P(a)ST, N(on-)P(a)st
* aspect: CON(tinuous), HAB(itual), P(er)F(ecti)V(e)
* mood: IND(icative), OPT(ati)V(e), S(u)BJ(uncti)V(e)
* derivational affixes: ADJ(ectivalization)

Rinna's first example text will be what would translate to the English text below, but first fae needs a lottt of words and probably some more syntax to figure out.

### A historical account

> (1) petʰ tehimêh sēbotʰren sen dēkinêg dēlohêrihor tefmótʰ temidéskʰe-sēpikʲʰêtik, tedérigʷ grhêpikʲob gilohêsiloh ropo gifmóg gʲelpín gehimidkʰíhi kefmgí gedīrgʷís-róŋohipi.

1: *_petʰ tehimêh sēbotʰren sen dēkinêg dēlohêrihor tefmótʰ
dēmidéskʰe-sēpikʲʰêtik, tedérigʷ grhêpikʲob gilohêsiloh ropo gifmóg
gʲelpín gehimidkʰíhi kefmgí gedīrgʷís-róŋohipi._*

| petʰ   | te-himêh       | sē-botʰren  | sen | dē-kinêg        |
| during | DAT-year(M.SG) | of-thirteen | of  | PREP-king(M.SG) |

| dē-lo-hêrihor         | tefmótʰ     | dē-midéskʰe-sē-pikʲʰêti-k   |
| PREP.M-ADJ-cat.person | 3.M.SG.PREP | PREP.M-command-of-horses-SG |

| tedérigʷ               | gr-hêpikʲob       | gi-lo-hêsiloh             |
| dawn(PST.PFV.IND.3.SG) | NOM.F-fighter(SG) | NOM.F-ADJ-bird.person(SG) |

| ropo | gifmóg     | gʲelpín                | ge-himidkʰí-hi |
| that | 3.F.SG.NOM | take(PST.PFV.IND.3.SG) | ACC.F-word-PL  |

| kefmgí     | ge-dīrgʷís-róŋohip-i |
| 3.F.PL.ACC | ACC.F-dawn-sent-PL   |

"In the thirteenth year of Cat-King Command-of-horses, a bird fighter
appeared who called herself (took the words) Dawn-sent."

The full planned english text:

> In the thirteenth year of Cat-King General-of-Horses, a heron-fighter appeared who called herself Sent-by-Dawn. She said that General-of-Horses stole from the sacrifices and offended the gods. Sent-by-Dawn gathered a great army of the people and overthrew the evil king. The people clamored for her to rule them, and she declined, but for three days they surrounded her tent and clamored for her to rule them. After three days without peace or slumber, Sent-by-Dawn emerged from her tent and again the people clamored for her to rule them. Finally she took up the crown, and led the sacrifices and stole nothing from the gods. That was how the first year of Heron-Queen Sent-by-Dawn began.

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## Lexicon

Lists here are sorted using roughly the collation order of English.
Accented and long vowels are in the same position as the
unaccented/short analogues.
/ŋ/ follows /n/.
Aspirated consonants follow the non-aspirated analog.
For the velar consonants, the plain version comes first, followed by
the palatized, and finally the labialized.

### Roots

* b-t-r: length, measurement, (leg)
* d-r-gʷ: fire, light, sun
* f-p-tʰ: time
* gʲ-l-p: transfer, commerce
* h-m-h: period, cycle
* k-n-g: own, rule
* m-d-kʰ: language
* p-kʲ-b: battle
* p-kʲʰ-t: movement
* p-s-ŋ: liquid/water
* r-h-r: purr
* r-ŋ-p: location, existence
* s-l-h: flight

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### Word stems and complete words

Format: stem or word (root, if any): part of speech. gloss (notes)

Parts of speech: **n**oun (**m**asculine, **f**eminine, **n**euter,
**v**arying by referent), **v**erb (**t**ransitive, **i**ntransitive,
**d**itransitive, **4**th form), **adj**ective, **num**eral,
**prep**osition, **conjunction**.

Verbs are listed with the present stem separated from the past stem by
a slash, but collated according the present stem.

* bémter/bemtēré (b-t-r): vi. to be long, to have a measurement (the
  measurement is indicated using the preposition fin), to lengthen
* béntir/betrín (b-t-r): vi. to measure, especially to measure a
  distance by walking it carefully (the thing measured is indicated
  using the preposition dol and the dative case)
* bēptefr: num. fifteen
* bētdelr: num. seventeen
* bētetŕ: num. fourteen
* betdor: num. twelve
* bētgʲr: num. sixteen
* bétri/betír (b-t-r): vi. to walk
* betrikʷ: num. eleven
* bétrit/tebétir (b-t-r): vi. to pace back and forth, to patrol
* bitésre (b-t-r): nm. notch, marking (as the markings on a ruler)
* bitêr (b-t-r): nm. leg; pace (a unit of length)
* bītmór (b-t-r): nn. a measurement.
* bitré (b-t-r): nf.sg. measurement, distance, length
* bītré (b-t-r): nn. a step
* bîtren (b-t-r): nn. an act of measuring
* bītrís (b-t-r): nf. a pacing, a round of a patrol path
* bmrŋóp: prn. third-person neuter plural dative
* bmróŋ: prn. third-person neuter singular dative
* bomrŋóp: prn. third-person neuter plural prepositional
* bomróŋ: prn. third-person neuter singular prepositional
* botisró (b-t-r): adj. pacing, patrolling (emphasizing the repetition
  in time)
* botnór (b-t-r): adj. measured
* bótohir (b-t-r): adj. measuring with a ruler or other instrument
  (this carries an implication of both precision and small absolute
  magnitude)
* botór (b-t-r): adj. walked through
* bótro (b-t-r): adj. walking
* bótron (b-t-r): adj. measuring
* bótsir (b-t-r): adj. pacing, patrolling (emphasizing the repetition
  in space)
* botʰren: num. thirteen
* bmgʲér: num. nineteen
* botr: num. eighteen
* defmótʰ: prn. third-person masculine singular accusative
* defmtʰí: prn. third-person masculine plural accusative
* dehegʲi: num. ten
* dekʷ: num. two
* démregʷ/demrēgʷé (d-r-gʷ): vi. to be or become hot (generally not as
  an intrinsic trait, for that see the 1st form verb "dérgʷi/derígʷ")
* dénrigʷ/dergʷín (d-r-gʷ): vi/vt. to burn, to heat intensely (the
  object, if present, is something that is being burned or heated using
  the fire, not merely the fuel)
* dérgʷi/derígʷ (d-r-gʷ): v. to shine or give off heat (intr.); to
  shine on or heat up (trans.)
* dérgʷit/tedérigʷ (d-r-gʷ): v4. to dawn, to come into power or one's
  prime
* dirêgʷ (d-r-gʷ): nf. the sun
* dirésgʷe (d-r-gʷ): nm. intense or large fire (especially if
  accidental or natural)
* dirgʷé (d-r-gʷ): nf. fire (the element), light
* dīrgʷé (d-r-gʷ): nn. a fire, a light, act of shining or heating
* dîrgʷen (d-r-gʷ): nn. act of burning, intense heat
* dīrgʷís (d-r-gʷ): nf. dawn; period of greatest power and influence in
  one's life, one's prime; dawn goddess
* dīrmógʷ (d-r-gʷ): nn. heat, warmth (generally from an external
  source)
* dírogʷ (d-r-gʷ): nm. hot thing (especially a rock)
* dóho: num. 8000
* dol: prep. in, within (takes prepositional case); through (takes
  dative case)
* dórgʷo (d-r-gʷ): adj. shining, giving off heat
* dórgʷon (d-r-gʷ): adj. burning (of the flame itself), extremely hot
  (of a fire or other heat source)
* dorisgʷó (d-r-gʷ): adj. in one's prime, dawning (used metaphorically
  of things other than the sun or the dawn goddess)
* dornógʷ (d-r-gʷ): adj. burned (receiving burns or damage from the
  fire, not merely being used as fuel), extremely hot (from external
  heat)
* dorógʷ  (d-r-gʷ): adj. lit, warm, heated
* dórohigʷ (d-r-gʷ): adj. burning dangerously, dangerous
* dórsigʷ (d-r-gʷ): adj. dawning (only used of the sun or the dawn
  goddess)
* febéter/fíbetēr (b-t-r): vi. to be clearly defined or bounded (rarely
  used transitively to mean the subject is defined or has its
  boundaries defined by the object)
* fedéregʷ/fíderēgʷ (d-r-gʷ): vi. to be magically or spiritually
  powerful; to be dangerous
* fefépetʰ/fífepētʰ (f-p-tʰ): vi. to be possible; to be in the future
* fegʲélep/fígʲelēp (gʲ-l-p): vi. to be generous
* fehémeh/fíhemēh (h-m-h): vi. to be eternal, to be immortal
* fekéneg/fíkenēg (k-n-g): vi. to have authority, to be respected
* femédekʰ/fímedēkʰ (m-d-kʰ): vi. to be or become sapient, to be
  capable of language
* fémpetʰ/fempētʰé (f-p-tʰ): vi. to be current; to have happened
* fénpitʰ/feptʰín (f-p-tʰ): vt. to last for a duration; to be of a
  specified age
* fepékʲeb/fípekʲēb (p-kʲ-b): vi. to have martial bravery or skill
* fepékʲʰet/fípekʲʰēt (p-kʲʰ-t): vi. to be or become willful (in the
  sense of directing your own actions)
* fepéseŋ/fípesēŋ (p-s-ŋ): vi. to be variable or flexible, to change
* féptʰi/fepítʰ (f-p-tʰ): vi/t. to happen or happen at a time (the time
  is the object)
* féptʰit/tefépitʰ (f-p-tʰ): v4. to spend time together (whether in the
  sense of hanging out, or having been thru a lot together, or what
  have you)
* feréher/fírehēr (r-h-r): vi. to be content, to feel safe
* feréŋep/fíreŋēp (r-ŋ-p): vi. to be available, to not be busy (in the
  sense of having the time to go to other places)
* feséleh/físelēh (s-l-h): vi. to be or become free (unconstrained)
* fesso: num. twenty
* fibītrí (b-t-r): nm. a definition or act of defining, a boundary or
  act of specifying boundaries
* fidīrgʷí (d-r-gʷ): nm. danger, great magical or spiritual power
* fifīptʰí (f-p-tʰ): nm. possibility, the future (both in general. a
  specific possible or future event is "fípotʰ fofóptʰo")
* figʲīlpí (gʲ-l-p): nm. generosity
* fihīmhí (h-m-h): nm. eternity, endless time; immortality, endless
  life
* fikīngí (k-n-g): nm. respect, authority
* fimīdkʰí (m-d-kʰ): nm. sapience
* fin: prep. as; measuring (used with the verb bémter/bemtēré to
  indicate the measurement of the subject of the verb)
* fipéstʰe (f-p-tʰ): nm. interval between two events
* fipéstʰe (f-p-tʰ): nf. duration, period of time
* fipêtʰ (f-p-tʰ): nm. a while, minute
* fipīkʲbí (p-kʲ-b): nm. bravery or skill in battle
* fipīkʲʰtí (p-kʲʰ-t): nm. self-direction or will
* fipīsŋí (p-s-ŋ): nm. mutability, variability, change
* fīpmótʰ (f-p-tʰ): nn. now, the present moment (in the singular); the
  past (in the plural)
* fípotʰ (f-p-tʰ): nm. event, thing that may happen or have happened
  (compared to fīptʰé, this may be used for more hypothetical events)
* fiptʰé (f-p-tʰ): nf.sg. time (in general)
* fīptʰé (f-p-tʰ): nn. event, thing that in fact happened
* fîptʰen (f-p-tʰ): nn. duration; age (of a person or thing)
* fīptʰís (f-p-tʰ): nf. act of spending time with another person;
  shared experience, camaradery, time spent together
* firīhrí (r-h-r): nm. contentment, feeling of safety (the concrete
  feeling in the moment; for the feeling in the abstract or as a
  general trait see "rihré")
* firīŋpí (r-ŋ-p): nm. availability (to go)
* fisīlhí (s-l-h): nm. freedom from constraint
* fobótro (b-t-r): adj. clearly defined, bounded, finite in extent
* fobotór (b-t-r): adj. indefinable, unbounded, infinite
* fodórgʷo (d-r-gʷ): adj. dangerous, magically or spiritually powerful
* fodorógʷ (d-r-gʷ): adj. not dangeorus, weak of soul or power
* fofopótʰ (f-p-tʰ): adj. impossible, not going to happen
* fofóptʰo (f-p-tʰ): adj. possible, in the future, potential
* fohómho (h-m-h): adj. eternal; immortal
* fohomóh (h-m-h): adj. temporary; mortal
* fogʲolóp (gʲ-l-p): adj. ungenerous, covetous
* fogʲólpo (gʲ-l-p): adj. generous
* fokóngo (k-n-g): adj. respected, authoritative
* fokonóg (k-n-g): adj. disrespected, lacking authority, unable to
  command obedience
* fomódkʰo (m-d-kʰ): adj. sapient, capable of language
* fomodókʰ (m-d-kʰ): adj. non-sapient, incapable of language, mindless
* fomótʰ: prn. third-person masculine singular nominative
* fomotʰí: prn. third-person masculine plural nominative
* fopistʰó (f-p-tʰ): adj. having experienced a lot together
* fopnótʰ (f-p-tʰ): adj. relating to the duration or age of an event or
  thing; old
* fópohitʰ (f-p-tʰ): adj. spending time doing something, busy
* fopókʲbo (p-kʲ-b): adj. brave or skillful in battle
* fopokʲób (p-kʲ-b): adj. cowardly or unreliable in battle
* fopokʲʰót (p-kʲʰ-t): adj. passive, controlled by others
* fopókʲʰto (p-kʲʰ-t): adj. willful, self-directed
* fopósŋo (p-s-ŋ): adj. variable, flexible, changing
* foposóŋ (p-s-ŋ): adj. static, rigid, unmoving
* fopótʰ (f-p-tʰ): adj. relating to the time at which a thing happened,
  "at the time"
* fópsitʰ (f-p-tʰ): adj. companionable
* fóptʰo (f-p-tʰ): adj. happening, occurring (emphasizing that it
  happened at a known time)
* fóptʰon (f-p-tʰ): adj. having duration, particularly a long one
* forohór (r-h-r): adj. discontent, feeling unsafe
* foróhro (r-h-r): adj. content, feeling safe
* foroŋóp (r-ŋ-p): adj. busy, not available (to go to a place)
* foróŋpo (r-ŋ-p): adj. available (to go)
* fosólho (s-l-h): adj. free from constraint
* fosolóh (s-l-h): adj. constrained, not free (the specifics of
  application to people varied a lot in different places)
* gifmgí: prn. third-person feminine plural nominative
* gifmóg: prn. third-person feminine singular nominative
* gofmgí: prn. third-person feminine plural dative
* gofmóg: prn. third-person feminine singular dative
* gʲélpi/gʲelíp (gʲ-l-p): vd. to give
* gʲélpit/tegʲélip (gʲ-l-p): v4. to trade, to exchange, to swap
* gʲémlep/gʲemlēpé (gʲ-l-p): vi. to be valuable, to have value
* gʲénlip/gʲelpín (gʲ-l-p): vd. to take
* gʲilêp (gʲ-l-p): nm. gift
* gʲiléspe (gʲ-l-p): nm. transaction
* gʲīlmóp (gʲ-l-p): nn. property of being valuable
* gʲílop (gʲ-l-p): nm. commercial relationship
* gʲilpé (gʲ-l-p): nf. exchange, commerce
* gʲīlpé (gʲ-l-p): nn. act of giving, sale
* gʲîlpen (gʲ-l-p): nn. act of taking
* gʲīlpís (gʲ-l-p): nf. act of exchanging or swapping
* gʲolispó (gʲ-l-p): adj. exchanged, swapped, traded (the thing that is
  traded)
* gʲolnóp (gʲ-l-p): adj. taken, stolen
* gʲólohip (gʲ-l-p): adj. selling
* gʲolóp (gʲ-l-p): adj. given as a gift
* gʲólpo (gʲ-l-p): adj. giving
* gʲólpon (gʲ-l-p): adj. taking
* gʲólsip (gʲ-l-p): adj. trading, exchanging, swapping; commercially
  active
* hebītér (b-t-r): nm.ean act of measuring with a ruler or other
  instrument, a measurement taken with a ruler or other instrument
  (this carries an implication of both precision and small absolute
  magnitude)
* hêbitor (b-t-r): nv. walker, runner (specifically referring to a
  person who travels a long distance on foot)
* hebotró (b-t-r): adj. measured with a ruler or other instrument (this
  carries an implication of both precision and small absolute
  magnitude)
* hedīrégʷ (d-r-gʷ): nm. act of starting a fire
* hêdirogʷ (d-r-gʷ): nv. priest, shaman
* hēdol: num. seven
* hedorgʷó (d-r-gʷ): adj. having been burned intentionally or maliciously
* hêfipotʰ (f-p-tʰ): nv. elder, old person
* hefīpétʰ (f-p-tʰ): nm. act or process of spending time; pastime,
  time-consuming activity
* hefoptʰó (f-p-tʰ): adj. time-consuming, worth doing
* hēgʲi: num. six
* hegʲīlép (gʲ-l-p): nm. act of selling or buying
* hêgʲilop (gʲ-l-p): nv. merchant (one who buys and sells goods)
* hegʲolpó (gʲ-l-p): adj. sold
* hehīméh (h-m-h): nm. act of repeating an action; repeated action
* hêhimoh (h-m-h): nv. astrologer, astronomer
* hehomhó (h-m-h): adj. being repeated (of an action)
* hekīnég (k-n-g): nm. thing inherited/bequeathed, thing granted
* hêkinog (k-n-g): nv. owner (especially of land)
* hekongó (k-n-g): adj. inherited, granted; obtained by other's
  goodwill rather than one's own action or inherent worth
* hekʷ: num. one
* hémhi/hemíh (h-m-h): vi. to happen again
* hémhit/tehémih (h-m-h): vi. to transition to the next iteration or
  stage of a cyclic process
* hemīdékʰ (m-d-kʰ): nm. dictation, decree, declaration
* hêmidokʰ (m-d-kʰ): nv. orator, author, sage
* hémmeh/hemmēhé (h-m-h): vi. to be cyclical
* hemodkʰó (m-d-kʰ): adj. being dictated to, subservient,
  representative of
* hénmih/hemhín (h-m-h): vi. to happen cyclically
* hepīkʲéb (p-kʲ-b): nm. battle-leadership
* hêpikʲob (p-kʲ-b): nv. fighter (character class); participant in a
  fight
* hepīkʲʰét (p-kʲʰ-t): nm. act of moving something else, impetus
* hêpikʲʰot (p-kʲʰ-t): nv. horse-person, runner
* hepīséŋ (p-s-ŋ): nm. pouring, a pour, a cupful
* hêpisoŋ (p-s-ŋ): nv. cupbearer
* hepokʲbó (p-kʲ-b): adj. fighting in a battle (with the connotation of
  being an enemy)
* hepokʲʰtó (p-kʲʰ-t): adj. being moved
* heposŋó (p-s-ŋ): adj. being poured into, filled
* herīhér (r-h-r): nm. act that makes someone feel safe or content, act
  of care
* hêrihor (r-h-r): nv. cat-person
* herīŋép (r-ŋ-p): nm. act of sending or putting; message; act of
  creation
* hêriŋop (r-ŋ-p): nv. inhabitant, resident
* herohró (r-h-r): adj. cared for, feeling safe or content due to the
  actions of another
* heroŋpó (r-ŋ-p): adj. receiving something sent or put; being or
  having been created
* hesīléh (s-l-h): nm. a throw
* hêsiloh (s-l-h): nv. a bird-person, a person who flies
* hesolhó (s-l-h): adj. being thrown-at
* hētér: num. four
* hibitrí (b-t-r): nf. toe; digit (a unit of length)
* hidirgʷí (d-r-gʷ): nf. ember
* hifiptʰí (f-p-tʰ): nf. a moment, second
* higʲilpí (gʲ-l-p): nf. purchase
* hihimhí (h-m-h): nf. tide
* hikingí (k-n-g): nf. tenant
* himêh (h-m-h): nm. year
* himéshe (h-m-h): nm. a cycle, a periodic event or pattern
* himhé (h-m-h): nf.sg. cycles, repetition (in general); astrology,
  astronomy
* hīmhé (h-m-h): nn. event of happening a second time
* hîmhen (h-m-h): nn. cycle, event that happens cyclically
* hīmhís (h-m-h): nf. transition between two stages of a cyclic process
  (e.g. between two seasons, between high and low tide, being day and
  night)
* himidkʰí (m-d-kʰ): nf. word
* hīmmóh (h-m-h): nn. cyclicity (the property of being cyclic); a
  regular pattern
* hímoh (h-m-h): nm. imitation of a past event, re-enactment
* hipikʲbí (p-kʲ-b): nf. exchange of blows; contest or competitive game
  (as in, an instance of playing the game, not the game in general)
* hipikʲʰtí (p-kʲʰ-t): nf. shake
* hipisŋí (p-s-ŋ): nf. pond, lake
* hirihrí (r-h-r): nf. pet animal (sometimes used for harmless non-pet
  animals)
* hiriŋpí (r-ŋ-p): nf. room
* hisilhí (s-l-h): nf. feather
* hōbetró/hōbétoro (b-t-r): vt. to measure with a ruler or other
  instrument (this carries an implication of both precision and small
  absolute magnitude)
* hōdergʷó/hōdérogʷo (d-r-gʷ): vd. to ignite, to set alight or aflame,
  to cause to illuminate or burn something else (the direct object is
  the heat or light source; the indirect object the thing burned,
  heated, or illuminated; either may be omitted)
* hōfeptʰó/hōfépotʰo (f-p-tʰ): vt. to spend time performing an activity
* hōgʲelpó/hōgʲélopo (gʲ-l-p): vd. to sell, to buy (often but not
  always with the passive particle for buying)
* hōhemhó/hōhémoho (h-m-h): vt. to repeat an action; to cause a cyclic
  event to recur
* hōkengó/hōkénogo (k-n-g): vd. to grant or bequeath a property or
  position (especially to an heir, child, or subordinate)
* hōmedkʰó/hōmédokʰo (m-d-kʰ): vt/vd. to dictate, to cause to say or
  write
* hómho (h-m-h): adj. happening again
* hómhon (h-m-h): adj. cyclical, periodic
* homishó (h-m-h): adj. after the transition between t stages of a
  cyclic process
* homnóh (h-m-h): adj. cyclical, periodic
* homóh (h-m-h): adj. having happened before
* hómohih (h-m-h): adj. repeating an action
* hómsih (h-m-h): adj. before the transition between two stages of a
  cyclic process
* hōpekʲbó/hōpékʲobo (p-kʲ-b): vd. to lead in battle (the indirect
  object is the foes)
* hōpekʲʰtó/hōpékʲʰoto (p-kʲʰ-t): vt. to put into motion, to cause to
  move or run
* hōpesŋó/hōpésoŋo (p-s-ŋ): vt/vd. to pour (trans.); to pour onto/into
  (ditrans.)
* hōrehró/hōréhoro (r-h-r): vt. to cause to feel content or safe, to
  take care of
* hōreŋpó/hōréŋopo (r-ŋ-p): v. to send, to put in a place (ditrans.,
  destination/recipient is indirect object); to create (trans.)
* hōselhó/hōséloho (s-l-h): v. to throw (trans.), to throw at
  (ditrans.)
* hot: num. eight
* ked: prep. with (takes the prepositional case);
  carrying/bringing/etc. (with verbs of motion, takes the accusative
  case)
* kefmgí: prn. third-person feminine plural accusative
* kefmóg: prn. third-person feminine singular accusative
* kémneg/kemnēgé (k-n-g): vi. to obey, to be obedient
* kéngi/keníg (k-n-g): vt. to own, to rule
* kéngit/tekénig (k-n-g): v4. to share ownership of or authority over
  something (the owned or ruled thing takes the dative case)
* kénnig/kengín (k-n-g): vt. to conquer, to obtain by force or power
* kifmgí: prn. third-person feminine plural prepositional
* kimóg: prn. third-person feminine singular prepositional
* kinêg (k-n-g): nm. ruler, king (as a title, it was treated as varying
  in gender with the referent)
* kinésge (k-n-g): nm. possessions (non-land property)
* kinésge (k-n-g): nf. kingdom
* kingé (k-n-g): nf. ownership (especially of land), rule, governance
* kīngé (k-n-g): nn. fact of owning, position of authority or ownership
* kîngen (k-n-g): nn. act of conquest
* kīngís (k-n-g): nf. shared authority or ownership; harmony
* kīnmóg (k-n-g): nn. obedience, act of obedience
* -kokŋ/koko: conj. and, also
* kóngo (k-n-g): adj. ruling, owning, authoritative
* kóngon (k-n-g): adj. conquering, mighty
* konisgó (k-n-g): adj. sharing (with a connotation of disharmony)
* konnóg (k-n-g): adj. conquered, weak, desired
* konóg (k-n-g): adj. owned, ruled, subordinate
* kónohig (k-n-g): adj. bequeathing, inheriting, granting a property or
  position, receiving a property or position; related to the
  relationship between owner and heir or between ruler and subordinates
* kónsig (k-n-g): adj. sharing (with connotations of harmony); joint,
  harmonious, collaborative
* kʰē: prn. first-person singular accusative
* kʰēné: prn. first-person plural accusative
* kʰenó: prn. first-person plural prepositional
* kʰī: prn. first-person singular dative
* kʰīné: prn. first-person plural nominative
* kʰn: prn. first-person singular nominative
* kʰo: prn. first-person singular prepositional
* kʰon: prn. first-person plural dative
* médkʰi/medíkʰ (m-d-kʰ): vi/vt. speak, say, utter
* médkʰit/temédikʰ (m-d-kʰ): v4. to converse or correspond
* mémdekʰ/memdēkʰé (m-d-kʰ): vi. to be noisy, to make noise
* méndikʰ/medkʰín (m-d-kʰ): vi/vt. write
* mibítro (b-t-r): nn. yardstick, ruler
* midêkʰ (m-d-kʰ): nf.sg. the Midêkʰ language
* midéskʰe (m-d-kʰ): nf. command, order
* midéskʰe (m-d-kʰ): nm. conversation, dialogue (this can refer to a
  spoken conversation or a written dialogue)
* midírgʷo (d-r-gʷ): nn. torch, candle, artificial light or fire
* midkʰé (m-d-kʰ): nf.sg. linguistics, language in general
* mīdkʰé (m-d-kʰ): nn. utterance, speech, act of speaking
* mîdkʰen (m-d-kʰ): nn. text, act of writing
* mīdkʰís (m-d-kʰ): nf. act of conversing or corresponding (in the
  singular it normally refers to one utterance or letter and its
  response; in the plural it can refer to an entire conversation or the
  entire correspondence between two or more people)
* mīdmókʰ (m-d-kʰ): nn. noise, sound
* mídokʰ (m-d-kʰ): nf. book, scroll
* mifíptʰo (f-p-tʰ): nn. clock, point in time
* migʲílpo (gʲ-l-p): nn. money, coin
* mihímho (h-m-h): season, orbit
* mikíngo (k-n-g): nn. administrator, deputy (one who manages the
  property or domain of a ruler or land-owner)
* mimídkʰo (m-d-kʰ): nn. pen, stylus, other writing instrument
* mipíkʲbo (p-kʲ-b): nn. weapon
* mipíkʲʰto (p-kʲʰ-t): nn. speed
* mipísŋo (p-s-ŋ): nn. canal
* miríhro (r-h-r): nn. throat, esp. the larynx
* miríŋpo (r-ŋ-p): nn. mount, vehicle, means of transportation
* misílho (s-l-h): nn. wing
* mobotór (b-t-r): adj. short
* mobótro (b-t-r): adj. long
* módkʰo (m-d-kʰ): adj. speaking, vocal
* módkʰon (m-d-kʰ): adj. literate, writing
* modiskʰó (m-d-kʰ): adj. comprehending, listening
* modnókʰ (m-d-kʰ): adj. written, textual, literary
* módohikʰ (m-d-kʰ): adj. dictating, imperious, acting indirectly
* modókʰ (m-d-kʰ): adj. spoken, verbal, oral
* modórgʷo (d-r-gʷ): adj. hot, warm, heated (by some external source)
* modorógʷ (d-r-gʷ): adj. cold, cool (with a connotation of not having
  been heated or having lost its heat)
* módsikʰo (m-d-kʰ): adj. communicating, expressive
* mofopótʰ (f-p-tʰ): adj. not having happened (yet); having happened
  but long ago
* mofóptʰo (f-p-tʰ): adj. recent, current; having actually happened
* mogʲolóp (gʲ-l-p): adj. worthless, cheap
* mogʲólpo (gʲ-l-p): adj. valuable, expensive
* mohómho (h-m-h): adj. cyclic, repeating, following a regular pattern
* mohomóh (h-m-h): adj. acyclic, not repeating, not following a regular
  pattern
* mokóngo (k-n-g): adj. obedient; tame (of animals)
* mokonóg (k-n-g): adj. disobedient, unruly; wild (of animals)
* momódkʰo (m-d-kʰ): adj. noisy, loud
* momodókʰ (m-d-kʰ): adj. quiet, noiseless, silent
* mopókʲbo (p-kʲ-b): adj. angry (especially violently so, with a
  connotation of being reactive but not necessarily unjustified)
* mopokʲób (p-kʲ-b): adj. lacking anger, forgiving
* mopokʲʰót (p-kʲʰ-t): adj. stationary, immobile
* mopókʲʰto (p-kʲʰ-t): adj. mobile
* mopósŋo (p-s-ŋ): adj. melted, liquid, wet
* moposóŋ (p-s-ŋ): adj. dry
* morohór (r-h-r): adj. restless, not docile, agitated (of animals)
* moróhro (r-h-r): adj. calm, docile (of animals)
* moroŋóp (r-ŋ-p): adj. leaving, not coming; distant, moving away
* moróŋpo (r-ŋ-p): adj. coming, arriving; nearby
* mosólho (s-l-h): adj. in the air, floating
* mosolóh (s-l-h): adj. not in the air, not flying, heavier than air
* nemígʲi: num. nine
* nobitér (b-t-r): nf. long journey on foot
* nodirégʷ (d-r-gʷ): nf. fuel for fire, firewood, kindling
* nohiméh (h-m-h): nf. period or duration of a cycle
* nokinég (k-n-g): nf. block of rented land
* nomidékʰ (m-d-kʰ): nf. message, letter
* nopikʲéb (p-kʲ-b): nf. insult; reason that a fight started
* nopikʲʰét (p-kʲʰ-t): nf. jump
* noriŋép (r-ŋ-p): nf. tent
* nôpisŋo (p-s-ŋ): nm. urine
* ŋôbitro (b-t-r): nm. heel, sole of foot
* ŋôdirgʷo (d-r-gʷ): nm. ash, follower-on
* ŋôfiptʰo (f-p-tʰ): nm. delay
* ŋôgʲilpo (gʲ-l-p): nm. theft
* ŋôhimho (h-m-h): nm. mating season of a mindless animal
* ŋôkingo (k-n-g): nm. rent, tax; thing owed to your social "superior"
* ŋômidkʰo (m-d-kʰ): nm. nonsense, pathetic request
* ŋôpikʲbo (p-kʲ-b): nm. anger, rage, fury (the connotations are of
  driving to physical violences and being unjustified or unreasonable)
* ŋôpikʲʰto (p-kʲʰ-t): nm. coward
* ŋôrihro (r-h-r): nm. overly dependent and helpless person
* ŋôriŋpo (r-ŋ-p): nm. dangerous place, cliff
* ŋôsilho (s-l-h): nm. bad omen
* pēfe: num. five
* pékʲbi/pekʲíb (p-kʲ-b): vt. to fight; to compete against
* pékʲbit/tepékʲib (p-kʲ-b): v4. to be enemies, to feud violently
* pékʲʰti/pekʲʰít (p-kʲʰ-t): vi. to move one's self
* pékʲʰtit/tepékʲʰit (p-kʲʰ-t): v4. to dance
* pémkʲeb/pemkʲēbé (p-kʲ-b): vi. to be or become angry
* pémkʲʰet/pemkʲʰēté (p-kʲʰ-t): vi. to be mobile
* pémseŋ/pemsēŋé (p-s-ŋ): vi. to become liquid, to melt, to be or
  become wet
* pénkʲib/pekʲbín (p-kʲ-b): vt. to kill (primarily in a fight or
  battle); to defeat in a contest
* pénkʲʰit/pekʲʰtín (p-kʲʰ-t): vi. to run
* pénsiŋ/pesŋín (p-s-ŋ): vi/vt. pool (intr.); cover in liquid, flood,
  overflow (trans.)
* pésŋi/pesíŋ (p-s-ŋ): vi. flow
* pésŋit/tepésiŋ (p-s-ŋ): v4. to rise and fall over time (as tides or
  water level in a lake or river)
* pikʲbé (p-kʲ-b): nf. battle, combat (used to speak of battle or
  combat in general); tactics (as the art of study of battle)
* pīkʲbé (p-kʲ-b): nn. act of fighting; strike, blow
* pîkʲben (p-kʲ-b): nn. act of killing, victory in battle or a contest
* pīkʲbís (p-kʲ-b): nf. violent feud, enemyship
* pikʲêb (p-kʲ-b): nm. fight, small battle
* pikʲésbe (p-kʲ-b): nm. series of battles or fights; series of
  contests in which the victor of the entire series is determined by
  the winner of more individual contests
* pikʲésbe (p-kʲ-b): nf. battle with heavy death tolls; fight to the
  death
* pīkʲmób (p-kʲ-b): nn. anger (especially violent anger, with a
  connotation of being reactive but not necessarily unjustified)
* pikʲʰéste (p-kʲʰ-t): nm. oscillation, vibration
* pikʲʰéste (p-kʲʰ-t): nf. sudden or short movement
* pikʲʰêt (p-kʲʰ-t): nn. horse
* pīkʲʰmót (p-kʲʰ-t): vi. mobility
* pikʲʰté (p-kʲʰ-t): nf.sg. motion, movement
* pīkʲʰté (p-kʲʰ-t): nn. a movement, a motion
* pîkʲʰten (p-kʲʰ-t): nn. an act of running, a running pace
* pīkʲʰtís (p-kʲʰ-t): nf. a dance, a dance step
* pisêŋ (p-s-ŋ): nm. water
* pisésŋe (p-s-ŋ): nm. flood
* pīsmóŋ (p-s-ŋ): nn. melting
* pisŋé (p-s-ŋ): nf.sg. liquids (the state of matter, and the science
  of its behavior)
* pīsŋé (p-s-ŋ): nn. act of flowing
* pîsŋen (p-s-ŋ): nn. pool, puddle, act of pooling
* pīsŋís (p-s-ŋ): nf. tide, change in level (especially of a fluid)
* pmmrŋóp: prn. third-person neuter plural nominative
* pmróŋ: prn. third-person neuter singular nominative
* pókʲbo (p-kʲ-b): adj. fighting, attacking
* pókʲbon (p-kʲ-b): adj. killing, winning; lethal; victorious
* pokʲisbó (p-kʲ-b): adj. enemy
* pokʲnób (p-kʲ-b): adj. being killed, losing; fatally wounded or
  slain; defeated
* pokʲób (p-kʲ-b): adj. fighting, being attacked
* pókʲohib (p-kʲ-b): adj. leading in battle, battling, fighting in a
  battle; tactical
* pókʲsib (p-kʲ-b): adj. feuding, recurrently fighting
* pokʲʰistó (p-kʲʰ-t): adj. dancing (especially following a lead or an
  established dance)
* pókʲʰohit (p-kʲʰ-t): adj. causing things to move, impactful
* pokʲʰót (p-kʲʰ-t): adj. moving (due to external forces)
* pokʲʰnót (p-kʲʰ-t): adj. running (typically used of animals)
* pókʲʰsit (p-kʲʰ-t): adj. dancing (especially when leading or
  creatively)
* pókʲʰto (p-kʲʰ-t): adj. moving (on its own), mobile
* pókʲʰton (p-kʲʰ-t): adj. running (typically used of people)
* pomrŋóp: prn. third-person neuter plural accusative
* pomróŋ: prn. third-person neuter singular accusative
* pósŋo (p-s-ŋ): adj. flowing, fluid
* pósŋon (p-s-ŋ): adj. pooling, overflowing, stagnant
* posnóŋ (p-s-ŋ): adj. submerged, flooded, overflowed
* pósohiŋ (p-s-ŋ): adj. pouring (the one pouring a fluid), being
  poured, raining
* posóŋ (p-s-ŋ): adj. watered (as e.g. plants, soil), irrigated
* réhri/rehír (r-h-r): vi. to purr, to make other noises expressing
  contentment
* réhrit/teréhir (r-h-r); v4. to mutually care for each other, to love
  (emphasizing action taken to care for one another)
* rémher/remhēré (r-h-r): vi. to be calm, to be docile (especially used
  of animals)
* rémŋep/remŋēpé (r-ŋ-p): vi. to come, to arrive; to bring (using
  preposition ked and the accusative case to indicate what is brought)
* rénhir/rehrín (r-h-r): vi. to roar
* rénŋip/reŋpín (r-ŋ-p): vt. to go to a place
* réŋpi/reŋíp (r-ŋ-p): vi/vt. to be at a place (trans.); to dwell or
  live in a place (intr./trans.); to exist (intr.)
* réŋpit/teréŋip (r-ŋ-p): v4. to meet together (coming to a place to
  meet up, not meeting for the first time)
* rihêr (r-h-r): nm. purr
* rihésre (r-h-r): nm. affectionate sounds made between lovers
* rīhmór (r-h-r): nn. calmness, docility (especially in animals)
* ríhor (r-h-r): nm. contentment noises, particularly from animals or
  children
* rihré (r-h-r): nf. contentment, feeling of safety (primarily used to
  discuss it in the abstract, or to describe a person's general
  demeanor; for in-the-moment experiences of this feeling, see
  "firīhrí")
* rīhré (r-h-r): nn. act of purring
* rîhren (r-h-r): nn. act of roaring, roar
* rīhrís (r-h-r): nf. love relationship (especially between young
  people)
* riŋêp (r-ŋ-p): nm. dwelling, house
* riŋéspe (r-ŋ-p): nm. city, town
* riŋéspe (r-ŋ-p): nf. road, path, trail
* rīŋmóp (r-ŋ-p): nn. moment of arrival, act of coming
* riŋpé (r-ŋ-p): nf.sg. locality (the idea of being in a place),
  existence
* rīŋpé (r-ŋ-p): nn. location of someone or something; act of dwelling
  in a place, residence; fact of existing
* rîŋpen (r-ŋ-p): nn. act of going, moment of departure
* rīŋpís (r-ŋ-p): nf. act of meeting, meeting
* rohisró (r-h-r): adj. loved (emphasizing lover(s) taking care of you)
* rohnór (r-h-r): adj. making threatening noises (only used with
  animals)
* rohór (r-h-r): adj. making noises of contentment
* róhohir (r-h-r): adj. caretaking, making others to feel safe
* róhro (r-h-r): adj. purring
* róhron (r-h-r): adj. roaring
* róhsir (r-h-r): adj. loving (with an emphasis on action taken to make
  lover(s) feel safe and content)
* roŋispó (r-ŋ-p): adj. meeting by chance or spontaneously
* roŋnóp (r-ŋ-p): adj. being gone to, destination
* róŋohip (r-ŋ-p): adj. sending, sent; putting, being put; creating
* roŋóp (r-ŋ-p): adj. occupied, inhabited (of a place)
* róŋpo (r-ŋ-p): adj. being in a place, local; dwelling in a place, at
  home, resident; existing
* róŋpon (r-ŋ-p): adj. going
* róŋsip (r-ŋ-p): adj. arranging to meet, meeting intentionally
* ropo: conj. introduces a relative clause
* sélhi/selíh (s-l-h): vi. to fly
* sélhit/tesélih (s-l-h): v4. to overfly (the place or thing flown over
  takes the dative case); (rarely) to fly high or ascend
* sémleh/semlēhé (s-l-h): vi. to be in the air, to float in the air
* sen: prep. of, belonging to
* sénlih/selhín (s-l-h): v. to fly downward rapidly, to swoop (intr.);
  to swoop down on (trans.)
* sifípetʰ (f-p-tʰ): nm. age, era (long period of time of often vague
  duration)
* síkʲo: num. 400
* silêh (s-l-h): nn. mindless bird, flying animal
* siléshe (s-l-h): nm. a flight, journey by flight
* siléshe (s-l-h): nf. a flying ascent
* silhé (s-l-h): nf.sg. flight, the art of flying
* sīlhé (s-l-h): nn. act of flying, flap of wings
* sîlhen (s-l-h): nn. a flying descent, a swoop
* sīlhís (s-l-h): nf. an act of overflying
* sīlmóh (s-l-h): nn. the state of being in the air or floating
* síloh (s-l-h): nv. bat-person, a mammalian person who flies
* simídekʰ (m-d-kʰ): nm. language, script
* sipíkʲeb (p-kʲ-b): nm. wound, injury (used for injuries from fights,
  battle, or physical contests)
* sipíkʲʰet (p-kʲʰ-t): nm. acceleration
* sipíseŋ (p-s-ŋ): nm. mouthful (esp. of liquids)
* sisíleh (s-l-h): nm. wingspan
* sobítir (b-t-r): nn. a far away place
* sodírigʷ (d-r-gʷ): nn. hearth, firepit
* sofípitʰ (f-p-tʰ): nn. time of day, hour
* sogʲílip (gʲ-l-p): nn. market
* sohímih (h-m-h): nn. planet (including the sun but not the fixed
  stars)
* sokínig (k-n-g): nn. domain (land owned or controlled by a land-owner
  or ruler)
* sólho (s-l-h): adj. flying, flapping
* sólhon (s-l-h): adj. swooping, flying downward
* solishó (s-l-h): adj. flying high
* solnóh (s-l-h): adj. swooped down upon
* solóh (s-l-h): adj. flying, wind-borne
* sólohih (s-l-h): adj. throwing, being thrown, moving through the air
* sólsih (s-l-h): adj. overflying something
* somídikʰ (m-d-kʰ): nn. TKTK (some sort of language place)
* sopíkʲib (p-kʲ-b): nn. battlefield, scene of a fight
* sopíkʲʰit (p-kʲʰ-t): nn. path
* sopísiŋ (p-s-ŋ): nn. body of water or other liquid, esp. an ocean
* soríhir (r-h-r): nn. place of safety, home (in the sense of place
  where one feels secure)
* soríŋip (r-ŋ-p): nn. place
* sosílih (s-l-h): nn. high up place to perch on
* petʰ: prep. during, in (in the sense of a time period) (the dative
  case indicates that the events described took place exclusively in
  the time period, while the prepositional case does not specify
  whether they extend outside of this time in either direction).
* tē: prn. second-person singular accusative
* tedirgʷó (d-r-gʷ): nm. burn
* tefmótʰ: prn. third-person masculine singular prepositional
* tefmtʰí: prn. third-person masculine plural prepositional
* tekingó (k-ng): nm. non-inheriting descendant of a land-owner or
  ruler
* tēné: prn. second-person plural accusative
* tenó: prn. second-person plural prepositional
* tepisŋó (p-s-ŋ): nm. blood
* terihró (r-h-r): nm. whimpers, pleading noises
* teriŋpó (r-ŋ-p): nm. starting point
* tifmótʰ: prn. third-person masculine singular dative
* tifmtʰí: prn. third-person masculine plural dative
* tī: prn. second-person singular dative
* tīné: prn. second-person plural nominative
* tn: prn. second-person singular nominative
* to: prn. second-person singular prepositional
* tobitír (b-t-r): nn. foot, paw; foot (a unit of length)
* todirígʷ (d-r-gʷ): nn. day
* togʲilíp (gʲ-l-p): nn. price
* tohimíh (h-m-h): nn. day-night cycle
* tokiníg (k-n-g): nn. heir to property or position
* tōmidíkʰ (m-d-kʰ): nn. sentence
* ton: prn. second-person plural dative
* topikʲíb (p-kʲ-b): nn. rabid or aggressive animal
* tōpisíŋ (p-s-ŋ): nn. cup, waterskin, jug
* torihír (r-h-r): nn. mindless cat
* toriŋíp (r-ŋ-p): nn. destination
* tosilíh (s-l-h): nn. mindless bat, flying mindless mammal
* tʰŋ: prn. second-person plural vocative
* tʰō: prn. second-person singular vocative
* tʰon: num. three