Taila/Dictionary

Here is a growing dictionary of the Taila language's lexicon. Expect it to expand as time goes on. If you would like to propose/contribute new words, please leave them in the Discussion section of this page. I will review them and add vocabulary as I see fit.

=A= adam sv. to be young; to have lived for only a few years aidi fv. AGT gives OBL to PAT ; EFF sends OBL to PAT ; PAT gets/receives OBL from AGT / EFF ; AFF allows/permits ano part.  arai part.  avat sv. to be free, unrestrained

=B= ba n. (go) one's own father, dad, step-father, male parent baba n. (go) father, dad, step-father, male parent badio n. (xaum) week biniam n. dignity, worth, worthiness bobom mw. for weather: cloud, rain, snow buva mw. for concepts and thoughts: ethics, intelligence, logic

=D= daha n. (xaum) hour dandam n. (go) human child dioti n. (xaum) second diun part.  du part. not, no dura part. 

=E= e number ; cv. towards a medial location; (zak) IND goes (to you), AGT brings (to near you) OBL to PAT elde n. (xaum) minute

=F=

=G= go mw. for humans: man, woman, child

=H= halid n. (buva) right, ability, prerogative han part. 

=I= i conj. and, also, with

=K= ke mw. generic measure word  keke n. (nok) thing, something, anything kiotet fv. AFF behaves/acts like COMP ; AGT manipulates/moves/plays with PAT konsa n. (go) person, human, human being, homo sapien kunon fv. AFF sees/catches sight of OBL ; IND watches/reads OBL ; AGT inspects PAT ; EFF shows OBL to AFF

=L= lanu mw. for land animals: rabbit, dog, snake lasin sv. to be old ; to have lived for many years lian n. (go) one's own daughter, female child lialian n. (go) daughter, female child lino n. (ke) rice; (nok) grain of rice lui part.  luyera n. (ke) language, method of communication

=M= ma n. (go) one's own mother, mom, step-mother, female parent mama n. (go) mother, mom, step-mother, female parent men part.  midix n. (buva) conscience, morality, ethics

=N= newa sv. to be first, initial, primary nghen part.  nghera n. (xaum) day niom n. (go) one's own son, male child nioniom n. (go) son, male child nok n. (ke) a dot, point, speck, piece, instance; mw. part of a whole/collection: piece, grain, bit nok zalauk n. (xaum) a point in time, instance, moment

=O= on part.  ondam n. (go) boy, male human child  ongh n. (go) man, male human, adult man onsin n. (go) old man, male senior 

=P= pandam n. (go) girl, female human child  pane n. (go) woman, female human, adult woman pansin n. (go) old woman, female senior  partil sv. to be equal, not lesser, not greater

=R= rafo mw. for documents of any kind: book, magazine, poster

=S= sanai n. (xaum) day of the week sariun n. (xaum) month se part.  sinsin n. (go) old human son n. (go) one's own brother, step-brother, half-brother, male sibling sonson n. (go) brother, step-brother, half-brother, male sibling stariam n. (rafo) book, novel su part. <inductive thematic role: IND >

=T= tan part. <comparative thematic role: COMP > ti part. <patientive thematic role: PAT > tia cv. toward a distal location; (zak) IND goes/leaves/exits/departs, EFF repels PAT away from him/her, AGT takes (there) OBL to PAT tianum n. (xaum) year tip sv. to be last, final, ultimate tiriste sv. to be tall, high tomo part. <comitative thematic role: CMT > tonsai n. (lanu) rabbit, hare tun n. (go) one's own sister, step-sister, half-sister, female sibling tuntun n. (go) sister, step-sister, half-sister, female sibling

=U=

=V= ve part. <locative thematic role: LOC > vio part. <beneficial thematic role: BEN >

=W= wastun n. (buva) reason, intelligence, logic won part. <vialis thematic role: VIA >

=X= xal part. <productive possessive: PROD > xaum mw. for temporal words: day, month, year xoi cv. towards a proximal location; (zak) IND comes/arrives/gets closer, EFF attracts PAT, AGT brings (here) OBL to PAT

=Y= ya part. <oblique thematic role: OBL > yak part. yes, do, especially, really yensiato fv. EFF causes AGT to give birth to PAT ; IND gets pregnant from EFF ; AFF goes into labor

=Z= zak fv. to do <acts as a "pro-verb", analogous to a pronoun>; cv. to move, journey, travel zalauk n. (xaum) time, passage of time <general term, not a specific time> zara sv. to be all, everything, total zenia n. (bobom) snow zi part. <directive thematic role: DIR >