Middle Primitive Elvish Semantic Categories



1. Physical World

2. Mankind

2.41 Son

YO(N) root. “son, young man, [orig.] male creature of any kind or age”

2.42 Daughter

YEL¹ root. “daughter”
YEN² root. “daughter”

3. Animals

4. Body Parts and Functions

5. Food and Drink

6. Clothing and Adornment

7. Dwelling and Furniture

8. Agriculture and Vegetation

9. Physical Acts and Materials

10. Motion and Transportation

11. Possession and Trade

12. Spatial Relations

12.399 From, Away

root. “ablative element”

12.76 Angle, Corner

natsai n.

12.91 Equal, Alike

on-rō adv. “*for the very same reason”

12.925 Different, Other

gwar- pref. “other, different”

13. Quantity and Number

13.13 Whole

kwatnā adj. “entire, complete, whole”

13.31 Numerals

atta num. card. “two”

14. Time

14.11 Time (period)

lūme n. “time”

14.35 Again

TOT root. “repeat”

15. Sense Perception

16. Emotion

17. Mind and Thought

17.18 to Seem

#NIM v. “to seem”

18. Language and Music

19. Social Relations

20. Warfare and Hunting

21. Law and Judgment

22. Religion and Beliefs

23. Grammar

23.4 Pronoun

e pron. “he, she, it”
ga pron. “indefinite subject”
ha pron. “abstract subject”
ke pron. “thou, thee”
khe³ pron. “he, she, it [yet another]”
le pron. “you (polite)”
me pron. “we (exclusive)”
ne pron. “I, me”
ni pron. “I, me”
nte pron. “they, them”
-r suf. “plural verb”
-s pron. “I, me”
sa¹ pron. “demonstrative”
sa² pron. “abstract object”
se pron. “they, them”
ste pron. “they, them (other)”
tan(a) pron.
te² pron. “him, her, it”
thu pron. “they, them (other dual)”
tu pron. “they, them (dual)”
we pron. “we (inclusive)”