Akachenti Lexicon
From Series Bible
This is the current existing lexicon. Subject to change at the whim of the conlanger.
Contents
A
avii
- aeve • [ ai̯.vɛ ], [ av.e ] • lit. of our mother(s). mother's tea — noun; milky; pale green brown; smoothed over; — adjective. From nu:saevie, mother's tea, a traditional Ogunn nonalcoholic tea brewed in milk that has a pale hazel color
- aviavii • [ a.vja.viɪ̯ ] • ancestor, forebear — indefinite noun. Definite: aviaviis • [ a.vja.viɪ̯s ]
- avii • [ aviɪ̯ ], [ avjɪ̯ ] • biological father or parents, biological family, as in Hiavii? Iehi, isi rihat., Biological family (or parents)? No, I don't have any.
- iaviaviebet • [ ia.vja.vjɛ̯.bɛt ] • ancestors, ancestry — indefinite noun. Definite: aviaviebos • [ a.vja.viɛ̯.bos ]
- iaviebet • [ ia.vjɛ̯.bɛt ] • elders, parents — indefinite noun. Definite: aviebos • [ a.viɛ̯.bos ]
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a:bi:
- a:bi: • [ a:.bi: ] • more
a:ch
- -'acha • [ ʔa:.tʃa ] • one who is {noun} (imprecative) — evening construction, taken with a noun.
- -a:ch • [ a:tʃ ] • one who is {noun} — evening construction, taken with a noun.
- -a:sh • [ a:ʃ ] • one who does {verb} — evening construction, taken with a (sometimes shortened) verb.
a:gi
- a:gi • [ a:.gi ] • parent or aunt/uncle, whether related biologically or simply acting in that relationship
- a:giat • [a:.gjat̚ ] • my mother/father/aunt — verbal construction. Denotes a social relationship, regardless of biology.
a:vi:
- a:vi: • [ a:.vi: ] • elsewhen
B
baen
- ibaen • red (brown) desert color, red brown rock desert
baga:
- baga: • [ ba.ga: ] • to love
- iba:sh • [ i.ba:ʃ ] • one's love, someone's romantic companion in a committed relationship. Connotes emotional intimacy with any degree of physical intimacy or lack thereof. From baga:, to love
bagl
- baglasha • [ ba.ᶢǁˡa.ʃa ] • morning and evening construction, to choose one's dress, appearance, and impression on others with care or deliberation — verb. From baglo, one's dress, appearance, and manner
- baglo • [ ba.ᶢǁˡo ] • one's dress, appearance, and manner, often used to indicate the persona one wears in a particular context, with the connotation that the above is intentional and not simply one's natural inclination. It is generally approved of, especially in formal situations and/or high society circles. It is only considered good for children to always act on their natural inclination, though they are supposed to learn baglasha before they become adults.
bangl
- bangla • [ bãŋ.ᶢǁˡa ] • to bury, submerge — verb
- bangleste • [ baŋ.ᶢǁˡɛs.te ] • to suppress, especially one's expression of emotion — verb. Shortened from banglabeste, to bury underneath in oneself.
bek
- abekito • to make sound, to make noise; to be known, to make others aware of oneself — verb
- abreki • to be quiet, lit. to make no sound
- bekebeki • very noisy, clamourous — adjective
- beki • noisy, making sound, audible — adjective. Indefinite noun: ibek, "noise, sound".
- bekiste • to be known, to be made aware of
- breki • quiet, hidden, kept secret — adjective. Indefinite noun: ibrek, "quiet, secret, hidden thing".
bes
- bastia • [ bas.tja ] • a form of dagabiri gameplay that plays one game "on top" and another "underneath". From ibesit, that which is underneath
- bestebesit • [ bɛs.tɛ.bɛ.sit ] • foundational, that which is at the foundation or the very bottom
- ibesit • [ i.bɛ.sit ] • underside, that which is underneath
- ubasti • [ u.bas.ti ] • to be new, unexpected; to hide one manner or series of actions beneath another. From bastia, a form of dagabiri gameplay that plays one game "on top" and another "underneath"
bien
- ibien • five — noun. Verb: abiano
biri
- dagabiri • a traditional card strategy game played in sets using various forms of standardized gameplay
bi:sh
- abi:sh • [ a.bi:ʃ ] • ambiguous, processing, in between not fine and fine, as in bi:shdá, we want you to get better. Connotes expected improvement and/or resolution.
bo
- bago • [ ba.go ] • should do, as in Abaga dáko., He [wants] we should (do that). — verb
- bo • [ bo ] • to do, as in Ibé., It was done to me. or Bodáko., You want to do [that] to me.
- ibat • [ i.bat ] • doing (something) — indefinite noun. From bo, to do. Definite: ibas • [ i.bas ] • the doing (of something)
- b(a)ta- • [ ba.ta ] • in the appearance or function of, lit. the doing like — morning construction
- o(b)ru- • [ o.bɹu ] • to not do, to do the opposite of — morning construction, taken with a verb. The /b/ may be changed to the first consonant of a verb amenable to apophony (regular vowel changes).
bokos
- shinebokos • to cook food — verb
- abokoso • to prepare, to get or make ready — verb
bond
- bonda • [ bon.da ] • to breathe — verb
bongd
- bongda • [ bõŋ.da ] • to play (a game) — verb. Connotes manipulation, stakes, and/or risk, not entertainment
CH
chan
- achano • [ atʃ.a.no ] • to voice; to speak (with language) — verb. For noun, see ichan
- chan • [ tʃan ] • voice; language; way of speaking — noun
- chenut • book — indefinite noun. Definite: chenus
- ichan • [ i.tʃan ] • voice; language — indefinite noun. For verb, see achano
- icheneb • [ iʔ.tʃɛn.ɛp̚ ] • grammatical construction — indefinite noun
- liichen • written work — noun
- siichen • [ siɪ̯.tʃɛn ] • morning construction — indefinite noun. Compound: siit + cheneb
- siitagochen • [ siɪ̯.tag.o.tʃɛn ] • morning and evening construction — indefinite noun
- tagochen • [ tag.o.tʃɛn ] • evening construction — indefinite noun. Compound: tago + cheneb
- vagonchan • [ va.gon.tʃan ] • the language or way of speaking one uses at home; one's family dialect — noun. [ compound: vagon + chan ]
cherich
- cherich • [ tʃɛ.ɹitʃ ], [ tʃɛ.ɹiʔtʃ ] • ice cream, lit. the ice — noun form derived from an older form of the definite, before this construction would have been considered imprecative; some native speakers pronounce it in the imprecative with the "final" glottal stop and others have dropped the stop to treat it like an irregular definite noun
- Cherinagos • Ice Queen
D
da
- -da • [ da ] • to want — auxiliary verb appended to the verbs it supports. It takes its own evening construction when necessary: -k-[person marker], e.g. dako, you want
- -d(i) • [person] and those associated with them — suffix associative plural
- -dahe • [ da.ɦe ] • to truly be / belong to {noun / adjective} and want that — evening construction, taken with an adjective or noun.
dag
- daga • to mingle, to mix, to join — verb
- dagach' • [ da.gat̚ ʔtʃ ] • sex — imprecative definite noun
- dagachiete • [ da.ga.tʃjɛ̯.te ] • to have sex with — verb. Less formal/technical term than mivuikh, used in swearing. Imprecative: dagachiet' • [ da.ga.ʔtʃi.jɪ̯t ]
da:s
- da:si • [ da:.si ] • ready — adjective
di
- d(i) • [ di ] • {noun} and theirs, {noun} and the rest (associative plural) — evening construction, taken with a noun or incorporated as object into a verb
dial
- adialo • twenty-five — verb. Compounds with amu:t to form mu:tialiin, "fifty", and ah|lut to form h|ludialiin, "one hundred".
dig
- diga • [ di.ga ] • to say (with words) — verb
- ivhedigiin • narrative speech, storytelling — noun. Was ivhedigian before it got regularized via analogy
dij
- dija • [ di.dʒa ] • to opine, to suggest (a thing is so) — verb
dik
- dika • [ di.ka ] • a scar, especially from a burn or disfiguring injury
dikl
- dikla • blade, knife, any device specifically used for cutting regardless of the material it is made of
- adiklohoto • to prune — verb
donok
- batadonok • The Turtle, a form of gameplay in dagabiri, lit. in the form or function of a turtle
duis
- duis • [ dui̯s ] • pleasure, delight in
- duiste • [ duɪ̯.ste ] • to bring happiness, to give pleasure — verb
duit
- aduit • six — verb
du:t
- du:te • flat, said of terrain — adjective
DL
dluk
- idluk • cooking, food prepared to be served, e.g. in a restaurant, for a feast, at a bed and breakfast, for an event, etc. — noun. Verb: adluko
E
eb
- - / -eb • [ ɛp̚ ] • the system or enjoining framework of {noun}s; the connection of/between {noun}s — morning and evening construction, taken with an indefinite noun meaning the plural. No longer productive.
- i- / -(e)bet • [ ɛb.ɛt ] • 1) an organization or collection of {noun}; an associated group of {noun}; 2) the drawing together or gathering thereof — morning and evening construction, taken with an indefinite noun meaning the plural.
enti
- a- / -anta • [ an.ta ] • to be [x] because of [x] — morning and evening construction, taken with a simple or compound word having both noun and adjective definitions
- a- / -enti • [ ɛn.ti ] • to do [x] with [x] — morning and evening construction, taken with a simple or compound word having both noun and verb definitions.
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G
ga
- ago • [ a.go ] • should: to deserve, merit, or ought to [x] — auxiliary verb
- igot • [ i.got ] • one's "oughts", the things that one should do — noun. From ago, should (verb)
- gri • should not
gach
- igacho • [ i.ga.tʃo ] • turkey, particularly a type of wild turkey kept on personal land — noun
- ori'ga:cha • [ o.ɹiʔ.ga:.tʃa ] • motherless son of a turkey, lit. orphaned male turkey (impr.) — imprecative indefinite noun
gaj
- agajo • ten — verb. Noun: avolit
ganch
- ganche • [ gan.tʃe ] • beautiful
- indehiganchot • inner beauty, beauty that is inherent or essential
gat
- agato • [ a.ga.to ] • to meet, to encounter, to reconcile or return to each other
gien
- gien • [gjɛn] or [giɛn] • information gathered by oneself — noun
gliit
- gliit • [ ᶢǁˡiɪ̯t ] • fish — noun
gon
- guda • [ gu.da ] • person who stays at home or does not get out much — noun. From gone, (related to) home and da, to want
- gone • [ go.ne ] • (related to) home, as in Igonar isiganchanta., My home, it is beautiful. — adjective
- igon • [ i.gon ] • one's home — noun. Connotes the place one is comfortable in and belongs in.
- ivagon • [ iv.a.gon ] • residence, house, home, place: the place where one lives — noun
gu:n
- igu:nebet • [ i.gu:.nɛb.ɛt ] • family — indefinite noun. Definite: gu:nebos • [ gu:.ne.bos ]
- Ogunn • [ o.gu:n: ] • the people, to be the people of; the name of the cultural group originating in the nations of the Ogunn block who are also the primary speakers of Kachan with its various dialects — verbal noun
H
he
- he- • [ ɦe ] • question particle, used to prefix a non-polarity question — morning construction, prefixing a complete sentence
- -he • [ ɦe ] • really, truly; in reality — evening construction, taken with an adjective or noun. Can be used as an augmentative or emphatic of the stem.
hi
- hi- • [ ɦi ] • question particle, turns a statement into a question — morning construction, prefixing a complete sentence
- -hi • [ ɦi ] • factually; evidently, obviously; technically — evening construction, taken with an adjective or noun. Connotes judgment on the part of the speaker.
hlak
- hlakos • [ sǃʱˡa.kos ] • the game one is currently playing — definite noun
- ihlak • [ i.sǃʱˡak ] • a game, as in a soccer game rather than soccer is a game — indefinite noun
hleg
- Bahlegeshi • term for the hordes, which call themselves Yiktanuk
hleh
- ihleb • [ i.sǃʱˡɛp̚ ] • bones, the skeletal system; the architectural structure of a building — noun
- ihleh • [ i.sǃʱˡɛʎ̥˔ ] • obsolete. the wooden support frame of a weaving device — noun
hlent
- ahlento • [ a.sǃʱˡɛn.to ] • to support with actual resources — verb. Connotes having the means for effective support
hlet
- hleta • [ sǃʱˡɛ.ta ] • compelling to look at — adjective
hlos
- ihlosabenen • any computer or processing device, including robots, mobile devices, computers, phones, etc.
- ihlosi • mind; the hardware parts of a computer or machine that function as processing or memory, in contrast to non-"thinking" components — noun
hlu
- ahlut • four — verb
ho
- ho- • [ ɦo ] • question particle, used to indicate a rhetorical question or a suggestion or command phrased as interrogative for reasons of politeness — morning construction, prefixing a complete sentence
- -ho • [ ɦo ] • by assumption; probably — evening construction, taken with an adjective or noun. Can be used as a diminutive, to indicate temporal or superficial nature of the stem.
hot
- ihot • an exhalation
hu
- hu- • [ ɦu ] • question particle, used to prefix a yes or no (polarity) question — morning construction, prefixing a complete sentence. From ieh, no.
- -r(u)- • [ ɹu ] • polar opposite — morning construction, taken with a nominalized verb, has mostly merged with o(b)ru-. From hru to not be, to be opposite: [ ɦɹu > ɹ̤u > ɹu ]
I
iab
- iabat • consonant
iak
- iak • ow, or other expression of pain
- oria'kh • [ o.ɹi.a:x ] • to give aid to, i.e. a plea for help — imprecative verb
ieh
Possibly from an original ehet
- iet • oh no, or other expression of dismay or negative reaction
- e:t • don't do that, a sound made in warning - related to iet, "oh no" or "that's bad"
- eh, ieh • no
ier
- ieri • an inhalation — indefinite noun; breathing — adjective. Compare to bonda, to breathe
ili
- -ili(t) • dimunitive, endearment
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J
K
kach
- ikach • [ i.katʃ ] • tongue — noun. Used when referring specifically to spoken language.
- kacha • [ ka.tʃa ] • tongue; verbal speech; thing said — noun
- Kachan • [ kat̚ .tʃan ] • the name of the Ogunn spoken language, lit. tongue voice
ki
- ki- • [ ki ] • to do twice, to do again, to do too — iterative verb prefix. As in, Kibuga:, "I love you too."
- -ko • pair or couple — noun
- ko • [ ko ] • couple, pair — evening construction, taken with a noun
- kunte • companion to — adjective. From ko, pair or couple
- ikunta:sh • one's companion — noun. Connotes an established substantive relationship. From kunte
kiit
- kiit • [ kiɪ̯t ] • nothing, as in Isikiit. That, it's nothing.
klen
- kleno • [ ǁˡɛ.no ] • to flood, pour over, or fill up like a high tide or tsunami wave, as in Inlaguís ih klenonti. They poured over their enemies' country like a flood. Connotes overwhelming power and force. Used metaphorically and literally.
klo
- aklo • [ a.ǁˡo ] • to bleed, to draw blood
- iklot • [ i.ǁˡot ] • blood — noun
- ikloteb • violence; assault
- ruklo • [ ɹu.ǁˡo ] • no blood, i.e. no violent action that would draw blood or cause death. A verbal noun construction, from aklo, to bleed
kun
- ikun • light blue color
KH
khiat
- akhiato • [ a.xja.to ] • to be obedient, to be subordinate
- ikhiet • [ i.xjɛt ] • obedience, subordination
khlet
- khleta • [ sǁʱɛ.ta ] • fierce; having an overwhelming or commanding presence — adjective
L
lak
- lakan • beverage, drink — noun
let
- ilet • order, sequence, journey — noun. Inflecting stem: let; compounding: liit-, -let; construct: lit.
- letiin • writing, composition, arrangement
liit
- liit • eight — noun
lonl
- lonla • twelve — verb
lue
- alue • [ a.lwɛ̯ ] • graceful, having beauty of motion — adjective
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N
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NG
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O
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R
S
SH
T
TL
U
U:
V
vikh
- vikh' • [ vix ] • argument for the sake of argument; disruptive conversation that goes around in circles or results has no productive results or conclusions — imprecative noun