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==[[Veda language|Veda]]==
{{lexeme|Noalath}}


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
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====Pronunciation====
====Pronunciation====
{{IPA|/ˈken/|lang=veda}}
{{IPA|/kɛn/|lang=noal}}
: {{rhymes|noal|ɛn}}
 
====Noun====
{{head|noal|noun|nominative singular}}
 
# chest, torso
 
=====Inflection=====
{{noalath-noun-decl|ini=k|med=e|fin=n|class=1b}}
 
{{C|noal|Anatomy|Body parts}}
 
{{lexeme|Sondiv}}
 
===Etymology 1===
Root: {{inh|sond|psnd|*k-n}}.
 
====Pronunciation====
{{IPA|/kɛ̃/|lang=sond}}
: {{rhymes|sond|ɛ̃}}
 
====Orthographic Form====
{{sond-orth|form=k=/n}}
 
====Noun====
{{Sond-head-noun}}
 
# person
 
=====Inflection=====
 
{{Sond-noun|root=ken|pl=kayan|posssg=ke|posspl=kaya|fincposssg=n|fincposspl=n}}
 
===Etymology 2===
Root: {{inh|sond|psnd|*k-n}}.
 
====Pronunciation====
{{IPA|/kɛ̃/|lang=sond}}
: {{rhymes|sond|ɛ̃}}
 
====Orthographic Form====
{{sond-orth|form=kn}}
 
====Determiner====
{{Sond-head-det|det=ken}}
 
# one (used for generic commands)
 
{{lexeme|Veda}}
{{phrasebook|veda|Basic}}
===Etymology===
From {{inh|veda|pved|*kʔjn}}.
 
====Pronunciation====
{{IPA|/ken/|lang=veda}}
: {{rhymes|veda|en}}


====Orthographic Form====
====Orthographic Form====
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# moon
# moon
=====Translations=====
{{tlist-moon}}
{{c|veda|Astronomy|Celestial bodies|Light sources|Swadesh list|Night|Moons}}


====Creation and Usage Notes====
====Creation and Usage Notes====
{{djpnotes|quote=This word's pictograph {{veda-orth-reg|form=k}} served as the source for the <i>k</i> glyph in the abjadic system.|date=December 20, 2019}}
{{djpnotes|quote=This word's pictograph {{veda-orth-reg|form=k}} served as the source for the <i>k</i> glyph in the abjadic system. Also, I can't help but feel it isn't a coincidence that this is the word for "moon", and the [[Castithan language|Castithan]] word for "moon" (by way of [[Indojisnen language|Indojisnen]] [by way of [[Kinuk'aaz language|Kinuk'aaz]]]) is ''[[dwoken]]''.
 
-''[[User:Djp|David J. Peterson]]'' 16:54, 20 December 2019 (PST)}}

Latest revision as of 05:50, 13 October 2024

Noalath

Etymology

From an invisible proto-language
The etymology of this word comes from an invisible proto-language. If you're confident you know the etymology, feel free to add it, but reader beware should the etymology be added by someone other than the creator of the language!

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /kɛn/

Rhymes: -ɛn

Noun

ken (nominative singular)

  1. chest, torso
Inflection
Indefinite Definite
Singular Plural Singular Plural
Nominative ken keny u hen u heny
Objective chen chenyik ü chen ü chenyik
Genitive gen gena an gen an gena
Vocative e hena e henyik

Sondiv

Etymology 1

Root: Proto-Sondiv *k-n.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /kɛ̃/

Rhymes: -ɛ̃

Orthographic Form

k=/n

Noun

-ken

  1. person
Inflection
Unpossessed Possessed Possessor Possessed Possessor
Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural Singular Plural
I-Case1 iken ikayan ikena ikayana yaken yakayan yakena yakayana
A-Case2 aken akayan akenu akayanu huken hukayan hukenu hukayanu
U-Case3 uken ukayan ukeni ukayani wiken wikayan wikeni wikayani
1Imperfect/subjunctive subject, gnomic/imperative/permissive direct object, or perfect indirect object.
2Perfect subject, imperfect/subjunctive direct object, or gnomic/imperative/permissive indirect object.
3Gnomic/permissive subject, perfect direct object, or imperfect/subjunctive indirect object.

Etymology 2

Root: Proto-Sondiv *k-n.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /kɛ̃/

Rhymes: -ɛ̃

Orthographic Form

kn

Determiner

-ken (i-case iken, a-case aken, u-case uken)

  1. one (used for generic commands)

Veda

Etymology

From Proto-Veda *kʔjn.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ken/

Rhymes: -en

Orthographic Form

ken

Noun

ken

  1. moon
Translations

Creation and Usage Notes

This word's pictograph k served as the source for the k glyph in the abjadic system. Also, I can't help but feel it isn't a coincidence that this is the word for "moon", and the Castithan word for "moon" (by way of Indojisnen [by way of Kinuk'aaz]) is dwoken.

-David J. Peterson 16:54, 20 December 2019 (PST)