Ælis/Root word list and vocabulary

    

    





This page contains a full root word list, and presents various vocabulary types.

Root Word List
The table shows an overview of all Ælis root words in alphabetical order, excluding the number concepts. The italic entries are purely structural / functional root words, the bold-faced entries are lexemes.



Colors
The colour spectrum is defined in six base colours plus grey. These are formed by attaching one of seven lisqa to the fixed root word tW {tæ}, which means 'color'. If not specified further, the seven basic colors may be understood to mean pale/colorless, red, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and magenta. However, each of these actually spans the full range of shades of their particular hue:

0tW {atæ} 

grayscale

1tW {ætæ} 

shades of red

2tW {etæ} 

shades of yellow

3tW {itæ} 

shades of green

4tW {otæ} <p style="height:1em;width:5em;margin:1em auto;background:linear-gradient(to right, hsl(180,100%,20%), hsl(180,100%,80%));">

shades of cyan

5tW {u̯atæ} <p style="height:1em;width:5em;margin:1em auto;background:linear-gradient(to right, hsl(240,100%,20%), hsl(240,100%,80%));">

shades of blue

6tW {u̯ætæ} <p style="height:1em;width:5em;margin:1em auto;background:linear-gradient(to right, hsl(300,100%,20%), hsl(300,100%,80%));">

shades of magenta These colors can now be complemented by the fixed root word dW {dæ}, which means 'brightness' or 'light', in combination with one of the qualifiers, to indicate one of five shades:

dW0rA {dæ'ara}

very dark

dW1rA {dæ'æra}

dark

dW2eA {dæ'era}

regular

dW3rA {dæ'ira}

light

dW4rA {dæ'ora}

very light As such, Ælis distinguishes 35 primary colors:

Additional colors can now be created by combining the lisqa contained:

Family
The words for family members are composed of three parts:

<ol> <li>a gender particle mA {ma} male, nI {ni} female, or tE {te} both/undefined;</li> <li>the fixed root word uE {ue}, which means family;</li> <li>one of five qualifiers.</li></ol> In this composition, the qualifiers indicate generation:

As such, we get the following words for family members:

Multiple family member words can be combined by means of the connector particle vW {væ}, with the effect of either describing more distant family members, or describing them more accurately:

nIuE3rA<span style="color:hsl(0,100%,40%);">vW nIuE3rA {ni'ue'ira'<span style="color:hsl(0,100%,40%);">væ ni'ue'ira} mother <span style="color:hsl(0,100%,40%);">of mother

mAuE2rA<span style="color:hsl(0,100%,40%);">vW tEuE3rA {ma'ue'era'<span style="color:hsl(0,100%,40%);">væ te'ue'ira} brother <span style="color:hsl(0,100%,40%);">of parent uncle

nIuE1rA<span style="color:hsl(0,100%,40%);">vW tEuE2rA {ni'ue'æra'<span style="color:hsl(0,100%,40%);">væ te'ue'era} daughter <span style="color:hsl(0,100%,40%);">of sibling niece

tEuE1rA<span style="color:hsl(0,100%,40%);">vW tEuE2rA<span style="color:hsl(0,100%,40%);">vW tEuE3rA {te'ue'æra'<span style="color:hsl(0,100%,40%);">væ te'ue'era<span style="color:hsl(0,100%,40%);">væ te'ue'ira} child <span style="color:hsl(0,100%,40%);">of sibling <span style="color:hsl(0,100%,40%);">of parent cousin As a form of short-hand, words like these may also be described by combining the lisqa in the qualifier: <p style="text-align:center;"> tEuE<span style="color:hsl(0,100%,40%);">123 rA {te'ue'<span style="color:hsl(0,100%,40%);">æ'e'i ra} cousin

It is common to among family members to address each other as mAuE {ma'ue} or nIuE {ni'ue}, or even as 2mAuE {ema'ue} or 2nIuE {eni'ue}, as a form of endearment. <p style="margin-bottom:5em;">

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