| Láadan |
English |
| a |
love (for inanimates only); to love (inanimates only) |
| áana |
sleep (see also: ina=to sleep) |
| an |
to know (of people) |
| ana |
food |
| aril |
later, after (in time) |
| ash |
star |
| babí |
bird |
| bal |
bread |
| ban |
to give |
| beth |
home |
| bre…ébre |
if .. then |
| bróo |
because |
| dal |
thing |
| dala |
plant, any growing thing |
| dale |
object, any made thing |
| dan |
language [dáan=word] |
| dazh |
to be yielding, pliant, soft |
| den |
help, to help |
| di |
to speak, say, tell |
| dim |
container |
| do |
to be strong |
| e |
or, either |
| ed |
tool |
| éeya |
sickness, disease, illness |
| el |
to make |
| en |
to understand |
| eril |
earlier, before (in time) |
| éthe |
to be clean (See also: háawithéthe, huhéthe, mudahéthe, onidahéthe, thóohéthe) |
| hal |
work, to work |
| ham |
to be present |
| hath |
time |
| heb |
down, the direction |
| héeya |
fear, to fear, to be afraid |
| híya |
to be small |
| hoth |
place |
| i |
and |
| ihe |
before (in space), in front of [ihée=after] |
| ihée |
after (in space), behind [ihe=before] |
| ili |
water |
| izh |
but |
| láad |
to perceive [láa=perception] |
| lili |
to be wet [lil=water] |
| liri |
to be colored, to have color |
| lóolo |
to be slow |
| menedebe |
to be many [nedebe=to be few + me-=implies grater weight or size or importance] (never change form or add case marker) |
| mid |
creature, any animal |
| mime |
to ask |
| mina |
to move |
| naya |
to take care of |
| nede |
one, (1) |
| néde |
to want |
| nedebe |
to be few, to be several [but not many] (never change form or add case marker) |
| nil |
inside |
| nin |
to cause, causal |
| o |
around |
| obe |
through |
| obée |
during (I work during the night. -> Bíi hal le náaleya obée wa.) |
| oma |
hand |
| onida |
family |
| óoha |
to be tired, weary |
| óol |
moon |
| óowa |
fire |
| osháana |
to menstruate, menstrual |
| owa |
to be warm, hot |
| ra |
no, not (interjection) |
| rahadidad |
never [ra=non- + hadidad=always] |
| raheb |
up [ra=non- + heb=down] |
| rana |
drink, beverage, to drink |
| ranil |
outside, out [ra=non- + nil=inside] |
| rayil |
above [ra=non- + yil=under] |
| ril |
now |
| ro |
weather |
| rosh |
sun |
| rul |
cat |
| sha |
harmony, to be in harmony |
| sháad |
to come, to go (differentiated by the ‘source’ or ‘goal’ marker on the following noun) |
| shim |
to “sexual act”, engage in sex, copulation (abstract and completely neutral term) |
| shub |
to do |
| thal |
to be good, fine, satisfactory |
| thi |
to have |
| thili |
fish |
| thosh |
sky |
| ud |
stone |
| úuya |
to hurt, feel pain |
| weth |
road, way, path, track |
| wida |
to carry |
| wihi |
emotion |
| wíi |
to be alive, living [wi=life] |
| with |
person, woman; to specify a male person, add the masculine suffix ‘-id’ |
| wóoban |
to give birth, to bear |
| yada |
thirst, to be thirsty, thirsting |
| yil |
to be under, below |
| yod |
to eat |
| yom |
safe, secure |
| yu |
fruit |
| zhe |
to be like, as, similar |
| zho |
sound (audible) |
| zhub |
insect |