Perneza Sample Lexicon
The lexicon needs little introduction. Verbs are given as infinitives, nouns in trigger case, as is customary.
- Aballen
- a name for the Island of the Dead
- abera
- haze
- adaken
- to bite
- agdus
- pitcher
- agen
- barley
- ai
- no (expressing refusal)
- aiamen
- to refuse
- aidos
- the moon
- aigwa
- small
- aio
- you (sg.)
- akerdale
- pear
- akerdas
- pear tree
- akidno
- weak
- aknule
- hazelnut
- aknus
- hazel tree
- aldio
- rock, outcropping
- aline
- dim
- alumen
- to dress, get dressed
- aluras
- garden, place where food is grown
- anas
- mother
- ane
- I, me
- anko
- gold
- ante
- we, us (in.)
- antra
- at, against, in front of
- arapemen
- to walk, step
- aren
- baby, young child
- arnis
- little baby, young child
- asamisen
- to wash
- askala
- hill
- askio
- squirrel
- askura
- cloud
- aspis
- group of three
- assus
- single, only
- asumen
- to blow, breathe
- atalus
- plum
- attagen
- partridge
- atus
- father
- Augien
- the outer sea, the open ocean
- bai
- here
- baibero
- weasel
- bakis
- dark blue dye, woad
- balen
- queen
- bedamen
- to build
- beken
- to cough
- bela
- wine
- belona
- awl
- betis
- old, ancient, former
- Bibulen
- Uranus
- bidne
- mushroom
- biras
- hawk
- bisale
- brick
- blaiso
- bad, unfortunate, unlucky
- boia
- pair, group of two
- bordis
- rose
- borma
- ant
- bortas
- frog
- breuko
- grasshopper
- britus
- sweet
- bronken
- to snore, snort
- brotana
- eating spoon, scoop
- bruga
- grain, corn
- buna
- the sea
- buris
- hearth, fire pit
- burte
- cloak
- dago
- what?
- daleste
- donkey
- danda
- dog
- dapta
- fly
- dapurimen
- to twist, contort, confuse
- Darden
- Jupiter
- darso
- manhood, penis
- das (dan, da)
- oats
- dauko
- carrot
- dauras
- tall, high
- delegumen
- to enter
- deo
- silent
- denderia
- day before yesterday
- deria
- yesterday
- dignus
- newt
- diken
- to throw
- dipas
- snake
- dodien
- boil, swelling
- dole
- ear
- drima
- twig
- dunamen
- to move, change, convert, persuade
- ellen
- heart
- elmen (elmai)
- to marvel, wonder
- emnis
- hand
- enelus
- lightning
- engen
- knife
- eras
- soil
- esen
- to harvest, gather, reap
- essen
- seer
- eule
- foal, fawn
- euro
- river
- galigas
- onion
- garis
- happy, merry, jolly
- glamis
- village
- glanus
- milk
- goludo
- craftsman, one with a learned skill
- Grena
- Mercury
- gugas
- lump, ball, loaf
- gus (gua, gu)
- hand
- gwallis
- dark-colored: black, purple, dark blue, brown, dark gray
- gwasis
- project, community enterprise (such as building a henge)
- gwe
- if
- halomen
- to jump, leap
- hano
- that
- harpus
- love
- Hartos
- Mars
- harumna
- walnut tree
- harus
- walnut
- helana
- basket
- hellotis
- matron, lady
- hes (gen. hesia)
- sibling, brother or sister
- Hinis
- Venus
- histis
- fire
- hogerna
- acorn
- hoida
- small boat, coracle
- hoiken
- to have sex (with), sleep with
- horge
- oak tree
- huda
- but
- hunis
- ploughshare
- iakumen
- to dig up roots, harvest root vegetables
- ialis
- sound
- iamen
- to sing
- ias
- voice
- ibana
- bucket
- ilien
- island
- indo
- mole (the animal)
- irien
- rest, peace
- irimen
- to rest, sit
- itsale
- goat
- kabo
- wool
- kadmo
- weapon
- kaite
- whale
- kaladis
- snow
- kama
- field
- kamalus
- clover
- kamasen
- fish
- kararus
- pot
- karbis
- crayfish
- kaspa
- tin
- katta
- cup
- kauba
- gull
- keken
- hare
- kelen
- long boat, large boat, ship
- kelus
- tortoise
- kina
- they, them
- kinis
- tongue
- kodro
- bright-colored: red, orange, yellow, plant-green, sea-green
- kodus
- apple tree
- koi
- not
- koiba
- clan
- koimos
- feast, celebration
- kokuma
- plum tree
- kokumale
- plum
- komba
- crow
- kondas
- dragon
- korba
- boy, man
- kostis
- house
- kreken
- jar, urn
- ksamen
- to burn
- ksenus
- foreign, unknown, strange
- ksoren
- blood
- ksornua
- blood-colored, blood-red
- kuko
- big, large
- kupe
- head
- kwelkus
- bed
- kwilien
- feather
- lagas
- foot, paw
- laiba
- shield
- lata
- road, path, Way
- laukamen
- to swallow, drink
- lekana
- bowl
- lepsana
- cabbage
- lesomen
- to cook, prepare
- lia
- much
- lispo
- smooth
- loiken
- moss
- loise
- thin
- lopos
- horse
- lukaba
- season
- lukto
- high; height, high place
- lurnemen
- to tend, pasture
- madrus
- sloe
- male
- pale-colored: white, light yellow, pink, light gray
- mallo
- fleece
- mandamen
- to seal off, lock away, enclose completely
- marasa
- boar
- maris
- sow
- marpikorus
- girl-boy, intersexed person
- marpis
- girl, woman
- migda
- rain
- minos
- king
- moibe
- possibly, it may be the case that
- moren
- to love
- morua
- lover, mate
- muska
- almond tree
- muskale
- almond
- muste
- serving spoon, ladle
- nagwa
- great big, huge
- nagwale
- megalith
- naias
- opening, entrance, way in
- name
- we, us (ex.)
- nautien
- herd, flock
- ne
- in
- Nebus
- Saturn
- nieten
- cow, bull
- niglamen
- to whistle
- niktaris
- medicinal syrup, medicine, potion
- nikule
- fig
- nikus
- fig tree
- ninus
- sky-blue
- no
- thus, so; as; so be it, let it be so; yes (expressing consent)
- noia
- tomorrow
- nonoia
- day after tomorrow
- nupemen
- to sniff, smell
- o
- inversion particle before consonants
- ogomale
- writing, alphabet, the Perneza alphabet
- ogomasen
- to carve, inscribe, write
- ogwale
- bar, rod, spit
- ogwamen
- to roast
- oiga
- preferably, it should be that
- oktale
- eye
- ommen
- to be
- on
- inversion particle before vowels
- onnis
- tree
- opra
- as, when
- orbas
- apple; fruit
- oris
- pine tree
- orkuno
- tuna
- os
- to, at, by, for (with infinitives)
- ossus
- apparition, phantasm, ghost, one of the Fair Folk or a vision or sighting of them
- otrus
- mountain
- pago
- crab
- palegra
- ax
- pallainis
- turtle
- palupo
- cuttlefish
- Parnadimen
- to speak in the Perneza tongue
- Parnais
- name of the Perneza people (sg. Parnas)
- paten
- plate
- paugen
- beard
- peleba
- elm tree
- pella
- because
- pelus
- curse, affliction, disease
- pepen
- to cut, chop
- peuka
- seal
- piben
- fat, lard
- plagne
- liver
- planamen
- to mislead, deceive
- plektas
- needle
- plimen
- to build
- poiamen
- to marry, couple with, form a household with
- porma
- herb, drug
- psaudimen
- to lie, be deceitful
- psepa
- darkness
- psiken
- to vomit
- puka
- dense, solid
- raine
- sunrise, dawn
- re
- or
- rodos
- the night sky
- roipo
- badger
- sailo
- generous
- saimen
- vein
- saipo
- shoe
- saka
- water
- sangwa
- foot
- sangwale
- sandal, shoe
- sauke
- although
- sebas
- it is permitted that, it is allowed that
- sermasen
- funeral boat
- siguna
- spear
- silo
- sturgeon
- sina
- he, she, it, him, her
- skala
- hill
- skalabas
- lizard
- skio
- squirrel
- skurua
- cloud-pale, white
- soiren
- bee
- solben
- pipe
- spagimen
- to kill, esp. to slash, eviscerate
- spegen
- to cut, slice
- spenda
- horse chestnut
- spendamna
- horse chestnut tree
- speo
- so that
- sula
- wood, forest
- supe
- it can be the case that, there exists the capability for it to be that
- sweriba
- gnat
- tagen
- frying pan
- taio
- you (pl.)
- talien
- game, joke, fun
- talos
- the sun
- tama
- often
- tamane
- today
- taren
- to die
- temisen
- to set in order, organize, smooth out
- ten
- certainly, definitely, it must be the case that; it is required that, it is obligatory that
- teunis
- wild beast, game
- ti
- question particle
- tiben
- cooking stand
- tin
- heap, pile, mound
- tiris
- summer (July through September)
- toido
- womanhood, vagina
- tolos
- string, thread, line
- toruna
- stirring spoon, stirrer
- trapadimen
- to thunder, boom, make a huge noise
- trapas
- thunder
- trinis
- vine
- ubelus
- ice
- umen
- sexual intercourse, union, mating
- uno
- this
- upen
- mustache
- ure
- beehive
- us
- and
The introductory grammar for Perneza is not yet ready.