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*                         Vorlin-English wordlist
*                  copyright 1996 by Richard K. Harrison
*                        version 1996.09.21  03:00
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*   abbreviations:

*   parts of speech:
*           aj     adjective
*           av     adverb
*           dem    demonstrative
*           ij     interjection
*           mod    modal particle
*           n      noun
*           num    numeral/quantifier
*           popn   possessive pronoun
*           pr     preposition
*           prop   proper noun
*           sfpcl  sentence-final particle
*           title  title
*           vopcl  vocative particle
*
*           kwi    "kwi" (name separator particle)
*           noc    "noc" (converts normal word to proper noun)
*           nuq    "nuq" (converts noun to title)
*           wel    "wel" (relative clause initiator)
*           xa     "xa" (relative clause terminator)
*           ye     "ye" (possessive particle)
*
*           vn     intransitive verb
*           vt     transitive verb
*           wi     wi
*
*           pn     pronoun
*           pv     pro-verb
*
*           wcj    word-level conjunction
*           phcj   phrase-level conjunction
*           scj    sentence-level conjunction

*   affixes:
*           nfx    infix (appears before mandatory suffix)
*           pfx    prefix
*           sfx    suffix

*   symbols used:
*           #      derivative word
*           %      etymology

*   noun classifications (these are somewhat tentative and will have to be
*     clarified during alpha testing):
*           01 abstract quality
*           02 abstract thing, or semi-abstract-and-semi-physical thing
*           03 intransitive process/activity/state
*           04 transitive activity/state/relationship 
*                (n = the activity/relationship itself)
*           05 transitive activity/relationship 
*                (n = abstract thing "had" in relationship e.g. nomo, loko)
*           06 animal
*           07 body-part
*           08 celestial object
*           09 communicative act
*           10 emotion / mental process
*           11 energy
*           12 geolocative
*           13 locative
*           14 period of time
*           15 person
*           16 physical thing (including plants, implements)
*           17 sensation
*           18 substance
*           19 supernatural entity
*           20 weather phenomenon
*           21 unit of measurement


***** a *****

a       sfx   (converts a noun to an adjective or a cardinal numeral to an ordinal)
aj      sfx   (denotes a concrete/discrete manifestation of an abstraction/activity)
aks     nfx   (converts a transitive verb to a causative verb)
am      sfx   (small collective entity composed of several individual specimens of X)
              # muram [n] building, edifice
ant     sfx   (agent; do-er of verb's action)
              %{German: -ender, Swedish: -ande, French: -ant (e.g. amant)}

***** b *****

bak     num   hundred
              %{Cantonese: baak, Korean: paek}
              # yarbak [n] century
bal     n 16  ball (spheroid plaything)
              %{English, German: Ball}
              # besbal [n] baseball
balon   n 16  balloon
              %{German, Czech, Croatian}
ban     n 02  path, course, way, track, route, orbit
              %{German: Bahn, Norwegian: bane}
banan   n 16  banana
              %{Czech, Norwegian, Tatar, Uzbek, Danish}
baq     n 16  ball-hitting tool (e.g. baseball bat; hockey stick; tennis racket; etc)
              %{Mandarin: bang4}
bar     n 07  beard
              %{German: Bart, Spanish: barba}
bas     n 15  boss, chief, leader, foreman, director, manager
              %{Dutch: baas, English: boss}
beb     n 15  baby, infant (human)
              %{Croatian: beba}
ben     n 07  bone
              %{Swedish: ben, Dutch: been}
bes     n 16  station (e.g. a train station), node, base (military/baseball)
beton   n 18  concrete (usually portland cement plus sand and gravel)
              %{Turkish, Croatian, Czech, German}
bev     n 04  drinking, imbibing any liquid
              %{Portuguese and Spanish: beber, Italian: bevible; English: beverage}
              # bevo [vt] drink
bir     n 18  beer
              %{English: beer, German: Bier, Turkish: bira}
bog     n 19  diety, god
              %{Russian, Croatian}
bol     n 17  pain
              %{Russian, Croatian}
bom     n 16  tree
              %{German: Baum, Dutch: boom}
bon     n 01  goodness, niceness, desirability
              %{Latin: bonus, French: bon(ne) = good}
              # bona [aj] good
              # bone [av] well
bov     n 06  cattle, bovine animal(s)
              %{Italian: bove, English: bovine}
              # fembov [n] cow
              # virbov [n] bull
buk     n 16  book (many sheets of paper bound together; or the data therein)
              %{English: book, German: Buch, Norwegian: bok}
bur     n 16  city
              %{Sanskrit: purim, Latin: urbs}
              # bura [aj] urban
              # buret [n] town
              # burod [n] metropolis, megalopolis

***** c *****

can     n 12  mountain
              %{Mandarin: shan1}
ce      av    now, presently
              %{contraction of 'cine'}
cef     n 01  chiefness (most-important-ness), primacy
              %{French: chef}
              # cefa [aj] chief, principal, paramount, dominant
              # cefe [av] primarily, chiefly, most importantly
cek     n 16  cheque (bank-draft)
              %{French}
cen     n 16  body (the physical part of an animal or plant)
              %{Mandarin: shen1-ti3}
cin     n 14  present (the present time)
              %{Mandarin: jin1}
              # cina [av] current, present
cuk     n 14  autumn, fall (the season)
              %{Old Vorlin, from Mandarin: qiu1 and Japanese: shuu}
              # cuka [aj] autumnal

***** d *****

dal     pr    done to (points out "patient" of verb; opposite of 'par')
dek     num   ten
              %{Greek: deka}
              # dek-yun [num] eleven
              # dek-dus [num] twelve
              # dek-tri [num] thirteen
              # dek-fir [num] fourteen
              # dek-pen [num] fifteen
der     n 07  skin
              %{Turkish: deri, English: dermal, epidermis}
              # dera [aj] dermal
des     n 04  departure, leaving
              %{Latin: de, ex; Spanish: desde}
              # deso [vt] leave, go away from
              # desu [pr] from
dio     pv    =v. (pro-verb; represents the main verb of the sentence)
              %{contains -i and -o}
diq     n 16  thing (any tangible/material/physical object/substance)
              %{German: Ding}
don     n 04  giving (voluntarily transferring posession of X to someone else)
              %{Latin: donare, French: donner}
              # donit [n] gift
              # dono [vt] give, grant, donate
du      mod   do! (indicates the imperative mood of a verb phrase)
              %{From Middle Vorlin: xu and the imperative uses of English: do}
dub     n 10  doubt, skepticism 
              %{Latin: dubium, English: dubious}
              # dubo [vt] doubt
duq     n 13  the east
              %{Cantonese: dung, Mandarin: dong1, Korean: tong(-jjok)}
              # duqa [aj] eastern
dus     num   two, 2
              %{Latin: duo, Spanish: dos, French: deux, English: deuce}
              # dusa [aj] second

***** e *****

e       sfx   (converts a non-adverbial morpheme to an adverb)
enda    sfx   -ing (active participle)
              %{German: -ende}
ende    sfx   -ingly (active participle)
es      sfx   (cessative aspect; indicates cessation of the named activity)
              %{Vorlin: ses}
et      sfx   (diminutive; indicates a smaller variant of the item mentioned)
ex      sfx   (pejorative/humble)

***** f *****

faj     n 04  eating, ingestion
              %{ISV: -phage, e.g. bacteriophage}
              # fajo [vt] eat
famlu   pr    of family... (used in biological taxonomy)
fe      av    will (in the future)
              %{contraction of fute}
fek     n 18  feces, dung, manure, ordure
              %{English: fecal, feces}
              # feka [aj] fecal
fem     n 15  female (a female plant/animal/person)
              %{Latin: femina, English: female}
              # fema [aj] female
fik     n 04  copulation, coitus, sexual intercourse
              %{German: ficken}
              # fiko [vt] screw (have sex with)
fio     ij    "disregard my previous sentence; what I meant to say/write is:"
fir     num   four, 4
              %{Danish: fire, German: vier}
fob     n 10  fear 
              %{Greek: phobos}
              # fobo [vt] fear, be afraid of
fol     n 04  being totally filled or saturated with X
              %{German: voll}
              # folo [vt] be full of
fra     title Ms., Miss, Mrs.
ful     n 06  bird (vertebrate egg-laying animal having wings) 
              %{Old English: fugel, Danish and Icelandic: fugl, English: fowl}
              # fula [aj] avian
fum     n 18  smoke
              %{Italian: fumo, Romanian: fum}
fut     n 14  future, futurity
              # futa [aj] future, pending, subsequent
              # fute [av] in the future

***** g *****

gan     n 03  singing, vocal music
              %{Bengali}
              # gani [vn] sing
ge      pr    to (beneficiary tag; akin to a dative/indirect object case tag)
              %{similar to some uses of Mandarin: gei3}
gensu   pr    of genus... (used in biological taxonomy)
gig     num   billion (10^9)
              %{metric system: giga-}
goc     n 13  left, left-hand side or direction
              %{French: gauche}

***** h *****

hac     num   eight, 8
              %{Persian: hasht, Japanese: hachi}
haj     n 03  existence, presence
              %{inspired by existential meanings of Mandarin you3 (=have)}
              # hajenda [aj] existent
              # haji [vn] exist
has     n 10  hatred
              %{German: Hass}
              # haso [vt] loathe, despise, hate, detest
hav     n 04  possession, having
              %{English: have, German: haben, Icelandic: hafa}
              # havo [vt] have (own / be furnished with)
              # havu [pr] with (having)
hem     num   half
              %{English (from Greek): hemi-; Japanese: hambun}
her     title Mister, Mr. 
              %{German: Herr, Finnish: herra}
hiber   n 14  winter
              %{French: hiver, Latin: hibernus (aj), English: hibernal (aj)}
hom     n 15  person, human being 
              %{Latin: homo}
              # homa [aj] human
hor     n 14  hour (1/24 of a day)
              %{Spanish: hora, English: horology}
hus     n 16  house (a man-made dwelling-structure) 
              %{Swedish, Danish, Norwegian}

***** i *****

i       sfx   (intransitive verb suffix)
im      sfx   (smallest recognizable particle or fragment of the mentioned item)
              # salim [n] grain of salt
ip      sfx   (aspect; indicates the start of an activity)
              %{Vorlin: sip}
it      sfx   (patient of a verb's action / passive participle)
iz      sfx   (attenuative aspect; indicates low density / low intensity)

***** j *****

j       sfx   (creates possessive forms of ya; ti; ku)

***** k *****

kac     n 04  concealment
              %{French: cacher}
              # kaco [vt] hide (conceal something)
kan     pfx   (indicates binary opposite of item mentioned)
              %{Spanish and English: contra-, anti-}
kap     n 07  head (upper anterior body-segment containing brain and mouth)
              %{Italian: capo, German: Kopf}
kat     n 06  cat (Felis catus)
              %{German: Katze, English: cat}
              # kata [aj] feline
kaz     n 05  cause (that which induces something to happen)
              %{English, French: cause}
              # kazo [vt] cause, result in, bring about
              # kazu [pr] resulting in, so that, having the result that... 
              # kazit [n] result (thing which is brought about; that which is caused)
kemik   n 18  chemical (an artificially isolated substance)
kil     num   thousand
              %{metric system: kilo-}
kor     n 07  heart (blood-pumping muscle)
              %{Latin: cor, English: coronary}
kso     sfx   (converts an intransitive verb to a causative verb)
              %{derived from 'kazo'}
ku      pn    he, she, him/her, (third person sapient)
              %{a priori, but vaguely similar to Cantonese: kui, Fijian: koya}
              # kuj [popn] his/her
              # menku [pn] they
              # menkuj [popn] their
kuler   n 16  spoon 
              %{French: cuiller, Portuguese: colher, Catalan: cullera}
kus     n 04  hearing, perception of sound
              %{English: acoustic}
              # kusa [aj] acoustic
              # kuso [vt] hear
kwa     dem   what (thing or person)?, which one (of many)?
              %{French: quoi}
kwi     kwi   (appears after family name and before individual name)
              %{Jigwa}

***** l *****

lab     n 07  lip
              %{Spanish: labio, Italian: labbro, English: labial}
              # laba [aj] labial
laho    vopcl hello! (initiates a conversation)
lan     n 01  blue color
              %{Mandarin: lan2}
              # lana [aj] blue
le      pfx   (appears before a non-Vorlin word)
lek     n 11  electricity
              %{German: Elektrizitaet, English: electricity}
              # lekim [n] spark (electrical)
lif     n 10  love, fondness, affection
              %{Dutch: liefde, German: Liebe}
              # lifo [vt] love
lin     n 02  language (a culture's communications protocol)
              %{Italian: linguaggio}
liter   n 21  liter (unit of volume)
loha    vopcl goodbye! (terminates a conversation)
              %{Loglan: loa}
loj     n 01  falsehood (polar opposite of 'ver')
              %{Russian: lozh', Croatian: lezh}
              # loja [aj] false
lok     n 05  location, place, position, site
              %{Old English: gelogian, Latin: locus}
              # loko [vt] be located at
              # loku [vt] at (in the same place as)
lor     n 02  science (a sustained effort to collect & verify & organize data)
              %{English: lore}
lum     n 11  light
              %{Latin: lumen, English: illumination}
              # lumiz [aj] dark (having little light), dim
              # lumoz [aj] bright (having much light)
lun     n 08  moon
              %{Spanish: luna}
              # luna [aj] lunar
              # lunlum [n] moonlight
lunat   n 14  lunar month, lunation (period of time from one new moon to the next)

***** m *****

ma      sfpcl ?, (interrogative)
              %{Mandarin}
mad     n 15  mother
              %{Spanish, Italian: madre; Russian: mat'}
              # mada [aj] maternal
mal     n 01  badness, unpleasantness, undesirability, substandardness
              %{English and French: mal-}
              # mala [aj] bad
              # male [av] poorly, badly
man     pn    (null pronoun; fills the verb's subject slot to indicate a quasi-passive)
              %{German}
med     n 02  medicine (the art/science of maintaining and restoring good health)
              %{Latin: medicari = to cure}
              # meda [aj] medical
mek     n 16  machine (assemblage of parts designed to transmit motion or energy)
              %{English: mechanical, machine from Greek: mechane}
melan   n 18  ink
              %{Greek: melani}
men     num   >1, (an unspecified greater-than-one quantity)
mikan   n 16  tangerine, mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata Blanco)
              %{Japanese}
              # mikanbom [n] tangerine tree
milon   num   million (1 000 000)
              %{Spanish: millo'n, Finnish: miljoona}
minut   n 14  minute (1/60 of an hour; by analogy 1/60 of anything)
              %{Bashkir, Khowar, Swedish, Estonian, Kazak, Catalan}
mob     n 16  furniture, any piece of furniture
              %{Italian: mobilia}
              # sedmob [n] chair (or stool/bench etc)
mon     n 02  world (the planet along with its inhabitants and their activities)
              %{Catalan: mon, Haitian Creole: lemonn, French: monde}
mot     n 02  word
              %{French}
              # mota [aj] verbal (involving words)
              # motam [n] sentence (of words)
muc     n 06  insect
              %{Japanese: mushi, Czech: hmyz}
mur     n 16  wall
              %{Danish and French: mur, Dutch: muur}
muzik   n 02  music (artificial pleasant sounds; an art-form)
              %{German: Musik}

***** n *****

naran   n 16  orange (fruit of species Citrus sinensis)
              %{Spanish: naranja}
              # naranbom [n] orange tree
nas     n 07  nose
              %{G: Nase, L: nasus, It: naso}
              # nasa [aj] nasal
ne      mod   don't! (indicates the negative imperative mood of a verb)
              %{Inspired by Mandarin: bie2 and Croatian: nemoj}
net     n 16  net, screen, mesh, web
nik     n 15  practitioner, professional do-er
              %{Inspired by the -nik suffix in Polish and Czech}
              # mednik [n] doctor
nin     num   nine, 9
              %{Novial}
noc     noc   (converts ordinary Vorlin word to proper noun)
nom     n 05  name, appellation
              %{Latin: nomen, Spanish: nombre, English: nomenclature}
              # nomo [vt] be called, have the name of
non     av    not
              %{Italian and French}
nor     n 13  the north
              %{French, Swedish, Danish: nord, English: north}
              # nora [aj] northern (located in or associated with the north)
nub     n 20  cloud
              %{Spanish, Italian: nube}
              # nubuc [aj] partly cloudy
              # nuboz [aj] cloudy
              # nubfola [aj] completely overcast
nul     num   no (not any), none, nought, nil, zero
              %{Slovak, Czech, Croatian: nula}
nuq     nuq   (converts a noun like "captain" into a title)

***** o *****

o       sfx   (transitive verb suffix)
od      sfx   (augmentative; denotes a larger variant of the item mentioned)
oz      sfx   (intensive aspect; indicates high density / high intensity)

***** p *****

par     pr    done by (points out the agent of the verb's action)
              %{French}
pas     n 14  the past
              %{Spanish: el pasado, English: the past}
              # pasa [aj] past, previous, prior
pat     n 15  father
              %{Spanish, Italian: padre; Latin: pater; English: paternal}
              # pata [aj] paternal
pe      av    did, previously, in the past
              %{contraction of 'pase'}
pek     n 07  chest (upper thorax)
              %{Latin: pectus, Spanish: pecho, English: pectoral}
pel     n 04  pushing (pressing on and causing a thing to move)
              %{English: impel, expel, propel, impel, repel}
              # pelo [vt] push (press on and cause to move), shove
pen     num   five, 5
              %{Greek: pente, English: pentagon}
pir     n 11  fire
              %{English: pyre, pyro-, Greek: pir}
pom     n 14  spring (the season)
              %{Korean}
              # poma [aj] vernal
pot     n     ability (to do something), capability
              %{Italian: potere}
              # poto [vt] can, be able to
puq     n 16  period (punctuation mark), point (decimal point)
              %{German: Punkt}

***** r *****

rafan   n 16  radish
re      pr    (causee tag)
rec     n 13  right, right-hand side or direction, starboard
              %{German: rechts}
rid     n 04  laughter, laughing ('at' something)
              %{Latin and Italian: ridere}
              # ridi [vn] laugh
              # ridizi [vn] chuckle
              # ridozi [vn] guffaw
              # rido [vt] laugh at
river   n 12  river {E: river, Fr: riviere}
ruj     n 01  red color
              %{French: rouge}
              # ruja [aj] red
              # rujiz [aj] pink
run     n 16  character (written), letter (of alphabet), symbol (printed/drawn)

***** s *****

sal     n 18  salt
              %{Latin, Spanish, Portuguese: sal}
              # saloz [aj] salty
sed     n 03  sitting (being in a seated position)
              %{English: sedentary, Latin: sedere}
              # sedi [vn] sit
sen     n 04  lack(ing), being without, dearth, absence
              %{Latin: sine, Portuguese: sem}
              # seno [vt] lack
              # senu [pr] without (lacking)
sep     num   seven, 7
              %{Latin: septem, English: septet, septennial}
ses     n 04  ceasing, stopping (an activity), quitting, discontinuance
              %{Spanish: cesar, English: cessation, French: cesser}
              # seso [vt] cease (to do something)
sib     n 15  sibling (one of 2 or more persons having the same mother and/or father)
              %{English}
              # femsib [n] sister
              # virsib [n] brother
sip     n 04  beginning, commencement, initiating
              %{English: incipient, inception, Spanish: incipiente}
              # sipo [vt] begin (to do something), start
sir     n 18  cheese
              %{Croatian: sir, Czech: syr, Russian: sar}
son     n 11  sound
              %{Latin: sonus, English: sonic}
              # sona [aj] sonic
sor     num   six, 6
              %{Loglan: so}
specu   pr    of species... (used in biological taxonomy)
swi     dem   that, those

***** t *****

tac     n 16  pocket
              %{German: Tasche}
tag     n 14  day (24-hour period)
              %{German: Tag, Swedish and Norwegian: dag}
tak     n 10  gratitude, thankfulness
              %{Norwegian: takke = to thank}
              # tako [vt] be grateful to, feel gratitude toward
tal     n 09  talking, speech
              %{Swedish and Icelandic: tal, Dutch: taal, Norwegian: tale}
              # tali [vn] talk
tam     n 16  drum (musical percussion instrument)
              %{Spanish: tambor, Hindi: tamtam}
tef     n 04  pertinence
              %{Dutch: betreffen(de), also Volapuek: tef(ue)}
              # tefit [n] topic, subject (of discussion)
              # tefo [vt] pertain to, be on the topic of ...
              # tefu [pr] about (pertaining to; on the topic of), with regard to
ter     n 13  earth (as contrasted with sea and sky/heaven), land (terra firma)
              %{Latin: terra}
ti      pn    you (singular)
              %{Czech, Croatian, Russian}
              # tij [popn] your
              # menti [pn] you (plural)
              # mentij [popn] your (plural)
tin     n 13  sky, heaven(s), firmament
              %{Cantonese}
              # tina [aj] celestial, aerial, astral
tir     n 06  animal, creature, beast
              %{G: Tier}
tok     n 03  flow(ing), current, stream(ing)
              %{Croatian, Czech, Russian}
              # toki [vn] flow
              # tokikso [vt] pour
tomat   n 16  tomato
              %{Dutch: tomaat}
tot     n 01  death, deadness (status of an organism which has ceased living)
              %{German: tot, Dutch: dood (= dead)}
              # tota [aj] dead
              # toto [vt] kill (impart the quality of deadness to)
tri     num   three, 3
              %{Russian, Croatian}
              # tria [aj] third
twa     dem   this, these

***** u *****

u       sfx   (creates a preposition)
uc      sfx   (moderative aspect; indicates average density / typical intensity)
ur      sfx   (indicates a broad general concept of the item mentioned)
              # ure [av] generally, in general

***** v *****

vad     n 18  water
              %{Czech: voda, Icelandic: vatn}
              # vada [aj] aquatic
vas     n 16  container, vessel
              %{Latin}
ve      wcj   and/or
vel     phcj  and/or
              %{Latin}
ven     n 15  friend
              %{Danish: ven, Norwegian: venn}
              # ventir [n] pet
ver     n 01  truth (quality of a statement that conform's to speaker's world-view)
              %{Spanish: verdadero, English: verity}
              # nonvera [aj] untrue
vet     n 01  oldness, age (condition of having lived or existed for a long time)
              %{Latin: vetustas} 
              # vetoz [aj] old (having existed for a long time)
              # vetuc [aj] middle-aged
              # vetiz [aj] young
vid     n 04  seeing, looking, sight, vision
              %{Croatian: vid, Latin: videre}
              # vido [vt] see
vir     n 15  male (a male plant/animal/person)
              %{Latin: vir (= man)}
              # vira [aj] male
vit     n 10  knowing (having posession of and ability to use data)
              %{Icelandic: vita, Norwegian: vite, Swedish: veta}
              # vito [vt] know
viv     n 03  living (engaging in biological processes which denote a living organism)
              %{Spanish: vivir}
              # vivi [vn] to live
vol     n 10  wanting, desire, wishing
              %{English: volition, Spanish: voluntad}
              # volo [vt] want (to do X)
vor     n 01  "vor" (balance between technical and aesthetic criteria)

***** w *****

wa      wcj   and
              %{Arabic, Korean, Khowar, Marathi}
wal     scj   and (-at-the-same-time)
wan     phcj  and
waq     scj   and-then
wel     wel   ((, (relative clause initiator)
wi      wi    be (stative verb)
wuhu    ij    yahoo!, yippee!, hooray!, hoorah!, yay!

***** x *****

xa      xa    )), (relative clause terminator)

***** y *****

ya      pn    I/me
              %{Czech, Croatian, Russian}
              # yaj [popn] my
              # menya [pn] we/us
              # menyaj [popn] our
yan     n 15  member (of organization), citizen (of country)
              %{English: -ian, Mandarin: yuan2}
yar     n 14  year
              %{German: Jahr}
ye      ye    (possessive particle)
yer     n 02  country, nation (large political entity)
              %{related to Vorlin: ter, Turkish: yer, Basque: herre}
              # mejyera [aj] international
yet     n 02  fraction (of)
              %{from Vorlin et}
              # firyet [n] quarter (1/4)
yo      vopcl oh..., (vocative particle)
              %{Arabic: ya}
yuwem   num   1.5, one and a half
              %{contraction of 'yun wa hem'}
yun     num   one, 1
              %{English: unity ['junIti], unite}
              # yuna [aj] first
              # yune [av] firstly

***** z *****

zak     n 02  affair, matter, concern, thing (intangible/abstract)
              %{Dutch: zaak}
zat     n 05  replacement, substitute
              %{German: ersetzen, Ersatz}
              # zato [vt] replace
              # zatu [pr] instead of, rather than
ze      pr    (specifier tag and apposition preventer)  
              %{a priori}
zeg     n 13  segment (a major and somewhat self-evident subdivision), section
              # bukzeg [n] chapter
              # yarzeg [n] season
zen     n     whole, entirety (of 1 or more things), total(ity)
              %{Japanese}
              # zene [av] entirely, completely, wholly
zil     n 10  zeal, avidness, enthusiasm, eagerness
              %{Greek: zilos, English: zeal}
              # ziloz [aj] zealous
zim     n 02  -ism, ideology, belief system
              %{Old Vorlin, from English: -ism}
zin     n 05  meaning, sense (of a word)
              %{German: Sinn, Dutch: zin}
              # zino [vt] mean (have the meaning)
zit     n 01  time (the continuum / abstract phenomenon)
              %{Old High German}
zomer   n 14  summer
              %{Dutch: zomer, German: Sommer, English: summer}
zon     n 08  sun
              %{German: Sonne, Dutch: zon}
              # zona [aj] solar
zor     n 10  care, concern (for someone's welfare), solicitude  
              %{German: Sorge, Dutch: zorg}
              # zoro [vt] care about
zov     n 04  call (sound or other signal to attract / initiate communication)
              %{Russian, Croatian}
              # zovo [vt] call, hail
zub     n 07  tooth
              %{Russian, Croatian, Czech}
              # zuba [aj] dental
zud     n 13  the south
              %{German: Sued, Dutch: zuiden}
              # zuda [aj] southern
zuk     n 04  search(ing for...)
              %{Dutch: zoeken, German: suchen}
              # zuko [vt] seek, look for, search for, try to find
zur     n 17  sourness
              %{Dutch: zuur}
              # zura [aj] sour
zuz     n 03  buzz(ing)
              %{onomatopoeia}


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* proper nouns
* --------------------------------------------------------------------------

              # Bog [prop] God (in monotheistic religions; a.k.a. Elohim; Allah; etc.)

              # Juq [prop] Chinese culture/ethnicity (NB: difficult to define)
              %{Mandarin: zhong-guo (= China)}
              # Suom [prop] Finnish culture/ethnicity
              # Yuwes [prop] United States of America culture/ethnicity
              %{English: "yu-wess-ey"}

              # Luntag [prop] Monday
              # Marstag [prop] Tuesday
              # Merkurtag [prop] Wednesday
              # Yovistag [prop] Thursday
              # Venustag [prop] Friday
              # Saturntag [prop] Saturday
              # Zontag [prop] Sunday

              # Merkur [prop] Mercury (god/planet)
              # Venus [prop] Venus (goddess/planet)
              # Mars [prop] Mars (god/planet)
              # Marsa [aj] Martian
              # Yovis [prop] Jupiter, Jove
              %{Latin: Iovis}
              # Yovisa [aj] Jovian
              # Saturn [prop] Saturn (god/planet)

              # Vorlin [prop] Vorlin

              # Migel [prop] Miguel, Michael, Mikhail
              # Tomas [prop] Thomas




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