myojanu roots (WIP)

the following is a list of roots in the myojanu language.

objects

  • a: thing, something, stuff
  • bon: container, cup, bucket, box
  • ce: set, collection, group
  • dye: garment, clothing, accessory
  • e: piece, part, component
  • han: air, gas
  • mri: tool, mechanism, device
  • tu: building, house

locations, space

  • an: outside, (PREP) outside of
  • ba: front, face, (PREP) in front of
  • bo: bottom, down, low (PREP) below
  • ci: sky, outer space
  • de: top, up, high (PREP) above, on top of
  • in: inside, (PREP) inside of
  • mon: behind, back, (PREP) behind
  • pro: away, leave, far, distant, removed, discard
  • pyo: nearby, area around (PREP) near, with
  • ron: exist, presence, (PREP) in, on, at
  • te: place, land
  • twa: movement, (PREP) to, towards

time

  • bra: frequent, common, conventional, normal, typical
  • ku: time, duration, period
  • pa: end, cease, stop
  • pen: beginning, start
  • pi: complete, finish, (PREVERB) [perfect aspect]
  • wen: remaining, enduring, stay, (PREVERB) continue to

actions

  • be: attempt, (PREVERB) try to
  • bin: able, ability, energy (PREVERB) can
  • bya: touch, contact
  • byu: eat, consume
  • kan: arrival, coming, (PREVERB) become, [inchoative aspect]
  • ki: do, perform, act, function
  • ko: see, witness, look
  • kri: use, (PREP) via, using
  • kwa: smack, clap
  • kyan: break, damage
  • ma: create, make, build
  • man: writing, drawing, symbol, image
  • mu: push, press, squish [something]
  • mya: meow
  • myo: way, method, manner, means
  • ran: get, acquire, take
  • win: search, find, look

attributes, qualities

  • cya: adhere, stick, sticky, stuck
  • ge: hard, solid, hard material
  • gon: gross, waste
  • gra: rough, jagged, abrasive
  • gwen: firm, hard, strong
  • hi: good, well
  • hon: large, big
  • je: bad, harmful
  • me: origin, cause (PREP) from, because of
  • mun: art, artful
  • mye: cool, cold
  • no: dark, black
  • pri: light, bright, white
  • pun: important, salient, interesting
  • re: other, alternate, extra
  • ru: relation, (PREP) of, related to
  • san: similar, (PREP) like, as
  • sa: possibility, possible, (PREVERB) might
  • sin: new, novel, again
  • so: kind, type, genre
  • syen: goo, slop, slime
  • syi: liquid, water
  • tan: most, maximal, maximum
  • ti: small (in size), tiny
  • tri: hot, heat
  • tyu: yes, correct, indeed, true, real, truth
  • wi: soft, silky, smooth

shapes

  • bre: shape, form
  • bu: circle, round, ball
  • ca: flat, plane, floor
  • hye: stick, pole, long
  • kre: square, block, blocky
  • mo: hole, opening, cavity
  • po: edge, surface, side
  • ro: barrier, wall, skin
  • sri: cover, coating
  • we: sheet, fabric

sensations, feelings

  • bi: flavor, scent
  • bun: silly, entertaining, frivolous, amusing, funny
  • gi: estimation, perspective, (PREP) according to
  • ho: sweet, fragrant, cute
  • min: need, wish, (PREVERB) want to
  • si: joy, happiness
  • to: feel, experience, sense, emotion

concepts

  • byan: think, logic, reasoning
  • ja: say, communicate
  • pre: story, narrative
  • ra: control, own, power
  • sun: exchange, trade
  • syo: know, knowledge, understand, (PREVERB) know how to
  • twen: abstract, intangible, surreal, hypothetical, (PREVERB) would
  • ye: purpose, (PREP) for

living things

  • ban: fish, sea creature
  • bwa: bird
  • go: alive, live, life, that which is alive
  • gwon: die, death
  • he: reptile
  • kwi: plant, tree, vegetable
  • mi: fruit
  • pyi: bug, insect
  • swo: animal

people

  • on: parent, mother, father
  • nya: friend, befriend
  • yan: person, individual, someone

anatomy

  • ben: body
  • jo: limb, appendage

number

  • can: alone, sole
  • cin: four
  • hu: ten
  • ji: two
  • jya: five
  • men: few, low (in amount)
  • ne: no, none, zero, (PREVERB) does/is not
  • non: number, amount
  • ren: all, every
  • su: a lot, many, very, much
  • sya: three
  • wan: one

pronouns

  • bri: (PRONOUN) myself/yourself/themselves/itself/himself/herself
  • do: (PRONOUN) they/it/he/she
  • ka: (PRONOUN) I
  • nu: (PRONOUN) this/that
  • sen: (PRONOUN) what/which
  • ta: (PRONOUN) you

coordinators/conjunctions

  • i: (COORDINATOR) or
  • kya: (CONJUNCTION) so
  • kyi: (CONJUNCTION) or
  • kyo: (CONJUNCTION) and
  • kyu: (CONJUNCTION) but
  • o: (COORDINATOR) and

particles

  • en: (PARTICLE) [sentence modifier]
  • ha: (PARTICLE) [situation noun]
  • na: (PARTICLE) [predicate (stative)]
  • ni: (PARTICLE) [predicate (stative) (relative)]
  • rin: (PARTICLE) [predicate (active) (relative)
  • ri: (PARTICLE) [predicate (active)]
  • yu: (PARTICLE) [imperative (stative)]