Lexicon
- ambí adv. around; both; because; since
- ar conj. and
- bḗzā fem.n. pledge, honour, revenge, protection, belief, religion, faith, creed, truce, aegis, hospitality
- dé part. but, and, whereas, on the other hand
- egðṓmos masc.n. settler
- ḗvōn masc.n. lifetime, generation, eternity, century, age, epoch, time, season, year,
- exárnō v. to weed out; to forget
- géndō v. to take, occupy, grab, seize, catch
- intélō v. to end, to stop
- kā́nā fem.n. music, song, poetry
- lálō v. to recite, to sing, to foretell, to chant, to read, to say, to speak, to sound
- nessós adv. back, in return, again, in this case
- perþîmos, perþîmā, perþîmon adj. superlative of perþos; most first; foremost; former; aforementioned
- poþí adv. against; over; thus; therefore
- pos prep. behind (abl), directly to (loc), at (loc), after (gen)
- postýpō v. to influence
- pozéndoma v. to travel, to wander
- samoā́eos, Samoāéā, Samoā́eon adj. relating to Samoa
- stȳ́goma v. to go
- þe suffix and
- terínnon neut.n. thread, string, seam
- tós anaphoric adv. here, there, yonder
- Túvalos fem.n. Tuvalu
- tuvalŷos adj. relating to Tuvalu
- uþós adv. there, over there, yonde
- vékþōn masc.n. human, man, person
- vidíssā fem.n. history, knowledge, tradition
- vīkîssa num. twenty
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Syntax and morphology
Word order is rigidly non-configurational. Adjectives can either follow or precede a noun, but the noun phrase can be separated, except for set phrases. Adjectives must agree with their nouns, except for when the noun is in the topic case, then the adjective is in the nominative.
The language is PIE-derived, and thus fusional, but also quite agglutinating as well, but that doesn't showcase here that much.
The alignment is split ergative: 1st and 2nd pronouns work as ergative-absolutive, nouns work as nominative-accusative.
The lemmata for nouns are given in the nominative. If the noun is considered irregular, an additional inflection in the genitive is given.
An archaic topic marker has been fused and rendered as a case for nouns and pronouns.
The lemmata for adjectives are given in the nominative, in the order of masculine, feminine, neuter.
Adjectives are declined like nouns.
The lemmata for verbs are given in the first person singular, present indicative. The aorist is formed by adding the epenthetic e- before the root. The root undergoes alterations, called ablaut, like so: géndō > egúndon. The future is formed by adding the aorist's suffixes, but employing the present's stems.
Some verbs are deponent, others defective, others suppletive. NOUNS
Three noun genders: masculine, feminine, neuter. Nouns decline for case and number. Dual doesn't appear on this text, so I won't have it in my paradigms.
Types of nouns:
O Class: Masculine nouns in -os
| Sing | Pl |
| Nom | -os | -i |
| Voc | -e | -i |
| Acc | -on | -ōn |
| Top | -on | -ōn |
| Gen | -osso | -on |
| Abl | -ōr | -ozos |
| Dat | -ōa | -omus |
| Loc | -i | -ȳso |
| Ins | -ō | -ōas |
O Class: Neuter nouns in -on
| Sing | Pl |
| Nom | -on | -a |
| Voc | -on | -a |
| Acc | -on | -a |
| Top | -on | -ōn |
| Gen | -osso | -on |
| Abl | -ōr | -ozos |
| Dat | -ōa | -omus |
| Loc | -i | -ȳso |
| Ins | -ō | -ōas |
A Class: Feminine nouns in -ā
| Sing | Pl |
| Nom | -ā | -ās |
| Voc | -a | -ā |
| Acc | -ān | -ān |
| Top | -ān | -ān |
| Gen | -osso | -on |
| Abl | -ar | -azos |
| Dat | -ē | -amus |
| Loc | -āe | -aso |
| Ins | -ā | -ami |
Consonantal Class: Masculine or feminine nouns in -s or null
| Sing | Pl |
| Nom | -s/∅ | -es |
| Voc | -∅ | -es |
| Acc | -an | -ān |
| Top | -on | -ōn |
| Gen | -os | -on |
| Abl | -∅ | -ios |
| Dat | -ī | -mus |
| Loc | -i | -su |
| Ins | -e | -mi |
Consonantal Class: Neuter nouns in null
| Sing | Pl |
| Nom | -∅ | -∅ |
| Voc | -∅ | -∅ |
| Acc | -∅ | -∅ |
| Top | -on | -ōn |
| Gen | -os | -on |
| Abl | -∅ | -ios |
| Dat | -ī | -mus |
| Loc | -i | -su |
| Ins | -e | -mi |
VERBS
Active voice
Present Indicative
| Sing | Pl |
| I | -ō | -omon |
| II | -ēa | -eþe |
| III | -e | -onþi |
Future Indicative
| Sing | Pl |
| I | -on | -ome |
| II | -es | -eþe |
| III | -er | -on |
Aorist Indicative
| Sing | Pl |
| I | on | ome |
| II | es | eþe |
| III | er | ōn |
Infinitive: -eþṓr Mediopassive voice
Present indicative
| Sing | Pl |
| I | -oma | -omeda |
| II | -esta | -essa |
| III | -eþa | -onþa |
Aorist Indicative
| Sing | Pl |
| I | -ā | -omeda |
| II | -eþa | -eda |
| III | -ā | -ora |
Future Indicative
Aorist Indicative
| Sing | Pl |
| I | -ā | -omeda |
| II | -eþa | -eda |
| III | -ā | -ora |
Infinitive: -eþṓr
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