Katian/Vocabulary

Overview in this page you will find some explainations about the origin of a part of the katian vocabluary =Derivated from the combination of words= some of the katian words are made of other two words. for example: the katian word for dictionary is "kotofąhon" but its etimological origin is the combination of "kotofą" (word) and "hon" (book).
 * another example: the katian word for whiteboard is "baśanabla" but its etimological origin is the combination of the words "baśa" (white) and "nabla" (board).
 * another example: the katian word for watercolours is "nełipenti" but its etimological origin is the combination of the words "nełi" (water) and "penti" (paint).

=places derivated from verbs= to understand this method of derivation, we have to know some basic words which combined with verbs can make place words: With these words we can make two or three new words using a verb. for example: we will take the verb "midami" (to watch, look, see) and if we take out the "mi" at the end of the verb and replace it with one of the previously mentioned words. we will get three new words: as another example, we will take the verb "dabemi" (to eat). using the previously mentioned derivation method, we get three new words: as another example, we will take the verb "kaumi" (to buy). using the previously mentioned derivation method, we get three new words:
 * ima: room
 * ide: house
 * garden: park
 * mida+---
 * midaima: a cinema
 * midaide: a museum
 * midagarden: a landscape
 * dabeima: dining room
 * dabeide: restaurant
 * dabegarden: outdoors food
 * kauima: an aisle of a shop
 * kauide: a shop
 * kaugarden: outdoors shop

=place words derivated from adjectives= to understand this method of derivation, we have to know some basic words which combined with adjectives can make place words: With these words we can make two, three or four new words using an adjective. for example: we will take the adjective "ihąźi" (funny) and if we take out the "źi" at the end of the verb and replace it with one of the previously mentioned words. we will get four new words: as another example, we will take the adjective "ramaźi" (big). using the previously mentioned derivation method, we get four new words: as another example, we will take the adjective "lamaźi" (little). using the previously mentioned derivation method, we get four new words:
 * ima: room
 * ide: house
 * garden: park
 * zoni: zone
 * ihąima: arcade
 * ihąide: amusement park
 * ihągarden: a fun park
 * ihązoni: play courts (teniz ihązoni: tennis field)
 * ramaima: a big room
 * ramaide: a skyscraper
 * ramagarden: a plain
 * ramazoni: a building lot
 * lamaima: an apartament
 * lamaide: a hut
 * lamagarden: the garden of a house
 * lamazoni: a neighbourhood

=personal words derived from verbs= to understand this method of derivation, we have to know a basic word which combined with verbs can make personal words:
 * paśu: person

The job of this word is commonly to form the job, the role and other kinds of people.
 * WARNING: these words can also be describing animals, plants, minerals or machines. but thez all use this method to describe its role.
 * WARNING 2: when the described is not a person, its is used as an adjective noun before the described object. when it is a person, zou just use the personal word.