Khallidian

Spelling & Phonology Consonant inventory: b c d f g h l m n p r s t Click IPA symbols for audio
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Front Back High i í u ú High-mid e é o ó Low a á Syllable structure: (C)V ? Stress pattern: Initial — stress is on the first syllable ? Word initial consonants: b c d f g h l m n p r t Mid-word consonants: b c d f g h l m n p r s t Word final consonants: Spelling rules: Pronunciation Spelling c chy Grammar Main word order: Subject Verb Object (Prepositional phrase). “Mary opened the door with a key” turns into Mary opened the door with a key. Adjective order: Adjectives are positioned before the noun. Adposition: prepositions ?
Nouns Articles Definite o /o/ the Indefinite fó /fó/ a, some
Uses of definite article that differ from English:
Definite article can be omitted: ‘I am going to supermarket’ Not used for mass (uncountable) nouns: ‘Walking in the mud’ would always translate to ‘Walking in mud’. Used for personal names in third person: ‘The Maria has left for school’ Pronouns 1st singular lu /lu/ I, me, mine 2nd singular ló /ló/ you, yours 3rd singular masc bo /bo/ he, him, his, it, its 3rd singular fem mo /mo/ she, her, hers, it, its 1st plural tu /tu/ we, us, ours 2nd plural mu /mu/ you all, yours (pl) 3rd plural tó /tó/ they, them, theirs

Possessive determiners 1st singular lu /lu/ my 2nd singular ló /ló/ your 3rd singular masc bo /bo/ his 3rd singular fem mo /mo/ her 1st plural tu /tu/ our 2nd plural mu /mu/ your (pl) 3rd plural tó /tó/ their

Verbs Present No affix gusé /ˈgusé/ learn Past Prefix lo- logusé /ˈlogusé/ learned
Pópi uses a standalone particle word for future tense:
Future Particle before the verb: o - o gusé /o ˈgusé/ will learn


Imperfective aspect
The ‘imperfective’ aspect refers to ongoing actions, such as I am learning and habitual actions, such as I learn (something new every day).
Pópi uses an affix for imperfective: Imperfective Prefix po- pogusé /ˈpogusé/ learns/is learning

Numbers Pópi has a base-10 number system:
1 - né 2 - bo 3 - má 4 - chyá 5 - mo 6 - mu 7 - moná 8 - fu 9 - urí 10 - nú 11 - nú te né “ten and one” 100 - gúpu “hundred” 101 - gúpu né “hundred one” 200 - bo gúpu 1000 - gí “thousand”
Derivational morphology Adjective → adverb = Prefix gí- Adjective → noun (the quality of being [adj]) = Prefix ni- Adjective → verb (to make something [adj]) = Prefix dó- Noun → adjective (having the quality of [noun]) = Prefix tí- Noun → adjective relating to noun (e.g. economy → economic) = Prefix né- Noun to verb = Prefix nó- Verb → adjective (result of doing [verb]) = Prefix pu- Tending to = Prefix de- Verb → noun (the act of [verb]) = Prefix cí- Verb → noun that verb produces (e.g. know → knowledge) = Prefix pu- One who [verb]s (e.g. paint → painter) = Prefix lú- Place of (e.g. wine → winery) = Prefix tú- Diminutive = Prefix di- Augmentative = Prefix de-
Pópi - English Dictionary Key: spelling /pronunciation/ part of speech. definition(s)
adj. adjective | adv. adverb | art. article | conj. conjunction | det. determiner | interj. interjection | n. noun | num. numeral | prep. preposition | pron. pronoun | v. verb
a /a/ prep. for (the purpose of) achyu /ˈacu/ n. conviction áhá /ˈáhá/ n. arm, wing, branch ámi /ˈámi/ n. minute apé /ˈapé/ n. insect aro /ˈaro/ n. idiot atumá /ˈatumá/ n. event, incident bani /ˈbani/ n. lot bébó /ˈbébó/ n. blasphemy, heresy bémú /ˈbémú/ n. secret, mystery bihé /ˈbihé/ n. weight bo /bo/ det. his bópe /ˈbópe/ n. monster búgá /ˈbúgá/ n. degree búre /ˈbúre/ n. risk, hazard chyafe /ˈcafe/ v. miss (long for) chyápu /ˈcápu/ adj. pink chyefu /ˈcefu/ n. house, home chyepi /ˈcepi/ adv. anyway chyíbáló /ˈcíbáló/ n. defense chyídechyu /ˈcídecu/ n. protection chyígíri /ˈcígíri/ n. victory chyíimá /ˈcíimá/ n. recognition chyíméri /ˈcíméri/ n. pleasure chyínumú /ˈcínumú/ n. existence chyípuga /ˈcípuga/ n. pressure chyítésa /ˈcítésa/ n. feeling chyóa así /ˈcóa ˈasí/ n. mind chyonú /ˈconú/ adj. last (final), former chyubó /ˈcubó/ v. invite chyumo /ˈcumo/ adj. boring da /da/ prep. over dami /ˈdami/ n. soldier dé /dé/ n. line, column déhoma /ˈdéhoma/ pron. anybody depá /ˈdepá/ v. jerk detegófu /ˈdeteˌgófu/ n. cauldron die /ˈdie/ n. trade díni /ˈdíni/ n. couple, pair, duo díságá /ˈdíságá/ n. dog disi /ˈdisi/ n. cup, mug dohé /ˈdohé/ n. item dótéha /ˈdótéha/ v. clear dúbí /ˈdúbí/ n. care dule /ˈdule/ n. restaurant, diner dupu /ˈdupu/ adj. big, large, huge dúro /ˈdúro/ n. wave (ocean) echyó /ˈecó/ n. nail éfó /ˈéfó/ n. business, commerce éli /ˈéli/ n. scale (skin of reptiles) epa /ˈepa/ n. valley ére /ˈére/ n. beverage fá /fá/ prep. through fabi /ˈfabi/ v. help, assist, cater falípú /ˈfalípú/ n. erection fé /fé/ adv. only, merely fena /ˈfena/ n. lesson, lecture fési /ˈfési/ n. coast fimé /ˈfimé/ v. screw fó /fó/ n. program folí /ˈfolí/ v. cure fuchyu /ˈfucu/ n. death fulá /ˈfulá/ n. rod, shaft, bar ga /ga/ v. know (a fact), know (be acquainted with) gahe /ˈgahe/ n. police gapu /ˈgapu/ v. measure gebúbu /ˈgebúbu/ n. analysis géli /ˈgéli/ n. uncle gi /gi/ prep. about, concerning, regarding gíhípe /ˈgíhípe/ adv. certainly gilú /ˈgilú/ v. torture gimufo /ˈgimufo/ v. establish gípuliru /ˈgípuˌliru/ adv. finally go /go/ v. bring, fetch gofe /ˈgofe/ n. daughter gohepo /ˈgohepo/ n. breast gohi /ˈgohi/ n. list, catalog gonó /ˈgonó/ adv. else gú /gú/ adj. fat, big, obese gúbe /ˈgúbe/ adj. important, main, significant gude /ˈgude/ n. tide gulímu chyefu /ˈgulímu ˈcefu/ n. court gúmudu /ˈgúmudu/ n. ditch guré /ˈguré/ det. such habólé /ˈhabólé/ v. grow hamú /ˈhamú/ n. letter (of an alphabet) heda /ˈheda/ adj. vague, obscure henu /ˈhenu/ adj. major hila /ˈhila/ det. enough hitu /ˈhitu/ n. female hó /hó/ v. give, deliver, provide, cater, transfer holo /ˈholo/ n. weather horó /ˈhoró/ conj. although huho /ˈhuho/ n. experiment hunubo /ˈhunubo/ pron. something hútósa /ˈhútósa/ n. glass, lens í /í/ prep. like ibí buné /ˈibí ˈbuné/ v. approach ífu /ˈífu/ n. image ili /ˈili/ n. structure, network iní /ˈiní/ v. swim ipuhe /ˈipuhe/ v. send labose /ˈlabose/ v. perform lahí /ˈlahí/ v. sit lanó /ˈlanó/ v. report lása /ˈlása/ n. heart, soul, essence lé /lé/ adv. well léfí /ˈléfí/ n. material, merchandise lefo /ˈlefo/ n. cat, vagina léme /ˈléme/ n. whore lepu /ˈlepu/ n. official lichyi /ˈlici/ adj. warm lího /ˈlího/ v. request, appeal liní /ˈliní/ n. military liru /ˈliru/ n. end ló /ló/ det. your lodí /ˈlodí/ v. fight, attack lohé /ˈlohé/ v. get, obtain, take, arrest, book, experience, remove, take out, deprive, take away, abolish, expel lomu /ˈlomu/ n. summer lórópa /ˈlórópa/ num. sixteen lubé /ˈlubé/ n. bow (decorative material) lúchyámé /ˈlúcámé/ n. editor lúdalo /ˈlúdalo/ n. lawyer luge /ˈluge/ v. run lúhaso /ˈlúhaso/ n. teacher lúiba /ˈlúiba/ n. author, writer lúlomé /ˈlúlomé/ n. tourist lumo /ˈlumo/ n. night lúopo /ˈlúopo/ n. worker, employee lútamá /ˈlútamá/ n. lover lúú /ˈlúú/ n. owner mamí /ˈmamí/ n. top (clothing) máro /ˈmáro/ n. village mebó /ˈmebó/ v. may memo /ˈmemo/ v. stab, prick mete /ˈmete/ n. team mimá /ˈmimá/ n. man minu /ˈminu/ n. girlfriend mo /mo/ det. her molo /ˈmolo/ v. break, burst, crash, shatter, split, tear, interrupt moneba /ˈmoneba/ v. flow, drain motá /ˈmotá/ n. bullet mubá /ˈmubá/ v. fly mulu /ˈmulu/ n. metal múrá /ˈmúrá/ v. nod nabi /ˈnabi/ n. servant namé /ˈnamé/ n. brain né /né/ num. one nédalo /ˈnédalo/ adj. legal nélebá /ˈnélebá/ prep. plus néne /ˈnéne/ n. star, celebrity nése /ˈnése/ n. athlete níbu /ˈníbu/ n. section, segment nidí /ˈnidí/ adj. drunk (inebriated) niléfo /ˈniléfo/ n. perfection niómu /ˈniómu/ n. possibility nirumo /ˈnirumo/ n. happiness nóchyeti /ˈnóceti/ v. have sex nohú /ˈnohú/ n. land, ground, soil nómilo /ˈnómilo/ v. remember norú /ˈnorú/ pron. everything nua /ˈnua/ adj. regular nulofí /ˈnulofí/ adj. attractive nupí /ˈnupí/ v. drag, tow ó /ó/ n. place óchyu /ˈócu/ adj. tight, narrow, compact ofi /ˈofi/ adv. off ola /ˈola/ adj. good ome /ˈome/ num. second opá /ˈopá/ n. mistake, error, defect oti /ˈoti/ n. magic padú /ˈpadú/ v. throw, hurl, fling, cast, shoot, fire (detonate weapon), blast pamu /ˈpamu/ v. change, modify, vary páto /ˈpáto/ n. series pemú /ˈpemú/ n. army péuchyá pásímu /ˈpéucá ˈpásímu/ n. lower class pihá /ˈpihá/ adj. ugly písi /ˈpísi/ adv. either pochyu /ˈpocu/ adj. available poné /ˈponé/ v. say poru /ˈporu/ n. thorn pubá /ˈpubá/ n. wall pugá /ˈpugá/ v. register pumolo /ˈpumolo/ adj. broken pupa /ˈpupa/ adv. often púsa /ˈpúsa/ v. catch, grab, clutch, grasp rabu /ˈrabu/ n. west rámé /ˈrámé/ adj. crazy, insane, absurd rebí /ˈrebí/ n. carcass réno /ˈréno/ n. sense rihi /ˈrihi/ adj. blue ríto /ˈríto/ n. leg rolá /ˈrolá/ adj. light (weight), fragile rórachyu /ˈróracu/ v. chase rubichyo /ˈrubico/ n. pencil rupí /ˈrupí/ n. cloth, material, fabric, textile, linen, rag tába /ˈtába/ adj. aroused (sexually) tamá /ˈtamá/ v. like, love, admire techyo /ˈteco/ v. regulate téló /ˈtéló/ n. hate téri /ˈtéri/ v. climb, escalate tíbapo /ˈtíbapo/ adj. successful tifú /ˈtifú/ v. solve, figure out, deduce tílimá /ˈtílimá/ adj. friendly tíneló /ˈtíneló/ adj. proud títégu /ˈtítégu/ adj. anxious tó /tó/ pron. they, them, theirs tóme /ˈtóme/ n. station tu /tu/ pron. we, us, ours túdu /ˈtúdu/ num. fifteen túilo /ˈtúilo/ n. winery túnála /ˈtúnála/ n. graveyard tupú /ˈtupú/ n. baby ú /ú/ v. own ufá /ˈufá/ v. focus uhénu /ˈuhénu/ adj. internal úma /ˈúma/ adj. fine uo /ˈuo/ v. enter, invade urífu /ˈurífu/ v. eat, drink, sip usu góra /ˈusu ˈgóra/ n. lipstick

Geographical Distribution

Spoken throughout the Khallidian Peninsula, as it is also the common tongue of the Khalliarians, it is also spoken in the southern half of the Dotskish Empire, by nobles. Some Ghostwise halflings also study the language, as well as the nobility and tradesman of the Mirian Empire.

Root Languages

• Common