Kót wàwa/Wordlist
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A partial wordlist. I'm still not ready to do this properly, but I'll start.
ním | ákulkót | nát | biggest diff from tp | notes |
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li | tok li | (introduces a verb phrase and asserts its being done by the subject) | ||
lì | "S is done by something that also does O" | tok li | it can be used as a content word this way | |
mì | "S is me (at/to O)" | tok mi | You still have to say li when you use mi as the subject. e.g. li li dòk as rather than mi toki | |
e | (introduces an object of a verb just said) | tok e | e is not needed if you're using an immediate object. | |
è | "S happens to O" | tok e | it can be used as a content word | |
dòk | "S says O" | tok toki | ||
nì | "S does this to O", "S is this to O" | tok ni | ||
bòn | "S is good to O" | tok pona | th | |
à | "S is special (about O)" | tok a | a general-purpose end-of-sentence particle, that can describe content-words the way it describes sentences | |
jàn | "S is human (to O)" | tok jan | ||
zìna | "S is you (to O)" | tok sina | ||
la | in the context of S, O happens | |||
là | in the context of S, O happens | |||
lòn | S is at/in/on O | |||
zòn | S knows O | |||
mùt | S is many things (that do O) | |||
dàu | S goes to O | |||
pi | a word that groups together the words after it | the whole group is treated like a single word grammatically | the group runs until the end of the sentence, or the next "li", "e", "unu" or connective. | |
ip | a word that closes off a noun phrase or verb phrase. "pi" opens them and "ip" closes them. | |||
ìke | S is bad to O, S is complicated, S makes complications for O | |||
dèm | S is a time, a time for O | |||
zèm | What is S doing to O? | this word is used to make questions | ||
wìl | S wants O, S wants to do O | |||
nɒ̀ | S is that to O | |||
o | a vocative particle. e.g. "kál o!" can be used to call to a fish | |||
ò | S is you to O, and I want S's attention | |||
os | gentle imperative. os gàmní = please come here | |||
òs | I want S to do O; S should do O | |||
gàm | S comes to O, S begins to do O, S increasingly does O | |||
dàs | S is everything, despite O | |||
mà | S is a land, the homeland of O |