Čelwu

by Jonathan North Washington

Vocab

in Teelvo, rather than Čelwu!

VERBS
waatana - speak
saarana - listen
faarala, maalana - recount
gaatavati - want
saaraka - know
vaajaka - bring, carry
vaanadatiij - look for, seek
µaasara - hear
kaasajarii - hide
daar - be [this is an irregular 2-letter stem verb]
kaadavalii - wander
maalara - guard, care for, act as a sentinal
jaahala - depart (for/towards), leave (for) [for = iðeaa]
maazajanii - to need (though properly the noun meezjon would be used with daar and a "dative experiencer")

NOUNS
veervok - theif
heenfo - shrine, temple
þeerfon - priest, prophet
deev - word
geelso - silver
keerzo - crystal
leezjo - item
keen - sun, day
veerno - truth
leevron - falsehood
keeldoj - fortune, prophecy, prediction
geermos - tear (liquid)
keeglo - pain
leenjo - distance
jeerno - place
teeme - doer, one who does X [X = pre-BF noun afterwards]

POSTPOSITIONS / CASES
þa - accusative case, direct object
vyr - in
veaa - at
iðeaa - dative case, to
ljaastir - about
ðiihii - for, on behalf of
sjirer - after
seeaa - away from, out of, originating in
vrer - during
tjoµ - because, since
ðek - like
ljaa - genitive case, of, 's
snaðe - instrumental case, by, with, using; performed by, done by

OTHER VOCAB
eelj - but
vam - and
fetsii - if
vamvoo - and so, thus, and then, because of that
-ke - "question particle"
aatselk - only
rev, kiv, ðeaa, veaa, fin - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
see, lev, sja, djoo, mek - 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

here 1st-person (by me) - rjo
there 2nd-person (by you) - rjas
there 3rd-person (by him/her/them) - rjað

this 1st-person (by me) - eto
that 2nd-person (by you) - etas
that 3rd-person (by him/her/them) - etað