Roots
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Yalbi roots consist of two consonant clusters (C1 and C2) with an infixed vowel (Vr) indicating the stem. Each root has 18 stems, divided into two Designations, with each Designation containing three Patterns, and each Pattern containing three Stems. [TODO] Give a more detailed explanation here.
| Vr | |||
| Informal Stems | Formal Stems | ||
| a | oa | ||
| e | ue | ||
| ei | ie | ||
| Complementary Stems | Complementary Stems | ||
| i | ai | ua | ia |
| u | oi | ui | io |
| o | au | uo | iu |
All of Yalbi’s roots are listed below.
Emotional States
-BA- ‘WANT/DESIRE/REQUEST’
l - [‘to unwillfully want/desire’, ‘want’, ‘to want’]
m - [‘to consciously desire based on need’, ‘desire (need)’, ‘to desire (need)’]
n - [‘to consciously desire based on goal’, ‘desire (goal)’, ‘to desire (goal)’]
p - [‘to need; need/lack/necessity’, ‘need’, ‘to need’]
t - [‘to aspire; aspiration/goal’, ‘aspire’, ‘to aspire’]
k - [‘to hope/wish’, ‘hope’, ‘to hope’]
x - [‘to request’, ‘request’, ‘to request’]
This root is based on -B- from Ithkuil 2011.
Clothing
-GVA- ‘ARTICLE OF CLOTHING’
l - article of clothing
r - to wear an article of clothing
m - article of clothing as covering
f - article of clothing as fashion
n - article of clothing as distinguishing marker
p - article of clothing as indicator of station
t - article of clothing as ornament
k - article of clothing as accessory
s - article of clothing as part of uniform
c - article of clothing as part of costume
This root is based on -GV- from Ithkuil 2011.
r can be combined with a fricative or plosive to mean to wear X as Y. For example, rt means to wear clothing as distinguishing marker. s or c can be appended as well; for example, rkc means to wear as an accessory as part of a costume.
-BU- ‘COAT/JACKET’
This root is patterned after the root -GVA-. This root is based on -BB- from Ithkuil 2011.
-BDA- ‘NECKTIE’
This root is patterned after the root -GVA-. This root is based on -BD- from Ithkuil 2011.
-BDO- ‘BOWTIE’
This root is patterned after the root -GVA-.
-BDI- ‘CRAVAT’
This root is patterned after the root -GVA-. This root is based on -BD- from Ithkuil 2011.
Animal Life
-RNA- ‘ANIMAL’
l - animal
s - male animal
c - female animal
m - wild animal
n - bred/domesticated animal
p - animal as food/prey
t - animal as resource
k - animal as derived resource or processed product
A nasal or plosive can be combined with s or c. For example, nc means bred/domesticated male.
-VRA- ‘AQUATIC ANIMAL’
This root is patterned after the root -RNA-. This root is based on -VR- from Ithkuil 2011.
-BDU- ‘OCTOPUS’
This root is patterned after the root -RNA-. This root is based on -BDH- from Ithkuil 2011.
-BGA- ‘SQUID’
This root is patterned after the root -RNA-. This root is based on -BG- from Ithkuil 2011.
-BKO- ‘SHARK’
This root is patterned after the root -RNA-. This root is based on -BKʰ- from Ithkuil 2011.
-BJA- ‘EEL’
This root is patterned after the root -RNA-. This root is based on -BJ- from Ithkuil 2011.
-BKA- ‘LAMPREY’
This root is patterned after the root -RNA-. This root is based on -BK- from Ithkuil 2011.
-BKU- ‘PIKE’
This root is patterned after the root -RNA-. This root is based on -BKW- from Ithkuil 2011.
-BKI- ‘RAY’
This root is patterned after the root -RNA-. This root is based on -BK’- from Ithkuil 2011.
Colors
-NKA- ‘COLOR’
l - [‘color’, ‘color’]
t - [‘color hue’, ‘color hue’]
ts - [‘color defined by HSV (hue, saturation, brightness/value)’, ‘HSV color’]
tc - [‘color defined by HSL (hue, saturation, lightness)’, ‘HSL color’]
k - [‘color defined by RGB (red, green, blue)’, ‘RGB color’]
ks - [‘color defined by ARGB (opacity/alpha, red, green, blue)’, ‘ARGB color’]
p - [‘color defined by CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, black)’, ‘CMYK color’]
Miscellaneous
-PA- ‘PRONOUN’
See Pronouns.
-XPA- ‘VISION/SIGHT’
l - [‘to see/sight; a sighting’, ‘sighting’, ‘to see’]
r - [‘to visualize’, ‘visualization’, ‘to visualize’]
m - [‘to observe; to visually examine’, ‘observation’, ‘to observe’]
n - [‘to create/render an image’, ‘process of rendering’, ‘to render’]
[TODO] Use some suffix meaning “organ for X” to get “eye” or “machine for X” to get “optical instrument”
-RI- ‘POSSESSION/OWNERSHIP’
l - [‘to physically have/possess (temporary/circumstantial and alienable)’, ‘physical possession (alienable)’, ‘to physically have (alienable)’]
r - [‘to have/possess (circumstantial and quasi-inalienable)’, ‘possession (quasi-inalienable)’, ‘to have (quasi-inalienable)’]
j - [‘to intrinsically possess (intrinsic and inalienable)’, ‘possession (intrinsic)’, ‘to have (intrinsic)’]
m - [‘to own and physically have (alienable but quasi-permanent)’, ‘ownership and physical possession (alienable)’, ‘to own and have (alienable)’]
n - [‘to own (alienable but quasi-permanent)’, ‘ownership (alienable)’, ‘to own (alienable)’]
v - [‘to own (quasi-inalienable)’, ‘ownership (quasi-inalienable)’, ‘to own (quasi-inalienable)’]
-KTU- ‘ROCK/SOIL/GROUND’
l - [‘stone’]
p - [‘sand’]
t - [‘clay’]
k - [‘gravel’]
s - [‘stone (substance)’]
ps - [‘sand (substance)’]
ts - [‘clay (substance)’]
ks - [‘gravel (substance)’]
c - [‘stone (component of other material)’]
pc - [‘sand (component of other material)’]
tc - [‘clay (component of other material)’]
kc - [‘gravel (component of other material)’]
This root is based on -KT- from Ithkuil 2011.
Add s for “as substance” and c for “as component of ground or other material.” (s and c are used instead of ls and lc respectively.)
-ZRI- ‘TEACH/LEARN’
l - [‘to teach’, ‘teaching’, ‘to teach’]
m - [‘to teach by explaining’, ‘explanation’, ‘to explain’]
n - [‘to teach by demonstration’, ‘demonstration’, ‘to demonstrate’]
r - [‘to learn’, ‘learning’, ‘to learn’]
rm - [‘to learn from explanation’, ‘learning from explanation’, ‘to learn from explanation’]
rn - [‘to learn from demonstration’, ‘learning from demonstration’, ‘to learn from demonstration’]
-DZA- ‘DAY/NIGHT’
l - [‘day (24-hour period)’]
This root is based on -ż- from Ithkuil 2011.
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