Ælis/Root word list and vocabulary

Two letter root words
The table below shows all two letter root words. The header column (written in the primary case) represents the first sound of the root, the header row (written in the secondary case) represents the second sound of the root. Accordingly, the first row starts reading [aa][aæ][ae][ai][ao]; the first column starts reading [aa][æa][ea][ia][oa].

NOTE: The Ælis project is still being developed. As such, this table is regularly complemented and is also subject to change.

Three letter root words

 * lIS [lis]: concept, idea
 * gEO [geo]: earth
 * gOE [goe]: water
 * dEO [deo]: air
 * dOE [doe]: fire
 * rEA [rea]: name

Vocabulary
While the Ælis vocabulary should principally be mainly intuitive once the root words are memorized, this page presents certain vocabulary groups; firstly because it will help learners adopt the Ælis way of thinking, and secondly because some of these groups have a particular (slightly deviating) morphological approach. They are listed below. Note: This section is still to be greatly expanded.

Family members
Relative pronouns (pun intended) nearly always consist of either three root words, or a multiple thereof. The structure is as follows:

a gender particle + the root word uE [ue] ('family') + a qualifier

Within this pattern, the gender particles evidently express the gender of the family member, while the qualifiers designate different generations. Therefore:

Inspired by the Scandinavian model, that has different words for grandparents and grandchildren depending on which side of the family they are, Ælis can also express kinship more specifically by stringing together more than one of the words presented in the table above. In this case, the latter word expresses the relationship to the former. Click here to look at the paradigm.

Due to the syllabic length that these words can have, it is customary to address any male family member with mAuE [maue] or 2mAuE [e'maue], any female family member with nIuE [niue] or 2mAuE [e'niue].

To talk about a family member that is not your own, an additional referent can be used. E.g.:

 iAnIuElEnIuElE iAvWkqLARAK hArEAkiRINAK [ianiueleniueleiaværea'qlara'harea'irina'] Clara's grandmother (on mother's side) is called Irina.