proto-whatever
SOV modifiers after, head final
3 genders - male, female, inanimate

[verb tenses]	male	female	inanimate
past perfect	-bʲir	-bʲar	-bʲor
past simple	-pir	-par	-por
present perfect	-dʲir	-dʲar	-dʲor
present simple	-tir	-tar	-tor
future perfect	-gʲir	-gʲar	-gʲor
future simple	-kir	-kar	-kor

[aspect prefix]	male	female	inanimate
continuous (ω)	bʷ	dʷ 	gʷ
delimitative (s)r	l	j
inchoative (v)	a	e	o	(if not inchoative v = i)
cessative (v)	ai	ei	oi
habitual (κ)	p	t	k
perfective (κ)	b	d	g
(delimitative - "[verb] for a short time")
(inchoative - "to start [verb]")
(cessative - "to stop [verb]")
(perfective - action happened entirely (perfect - action happened entirely but with present relevance, or a present state resulting from a past situation.))

copula - verb: etsi
parataxis: no pronouns, declension not needed
ellipsis: add "krei" (also)
reflexive: -eol
reciprocal: -aot
passive: OSV
causative: dʲaer-
comparative/superlative: X (more)/(most)
coordination: X po(and) X (po X etc). if X&Y&Z and X&Y is more relevant group, X pou Y po Z ([[Fred] and [Bill]] and [Sam] came.)
interrogatives: pli (where), pro (when), et (what), art (why), egar (what kind of), esi (how), esdʲa(how many), elek (who)
negative: sar X
anaphora: substitute with pronoun

[case]		male	female	inanimate
locative	lei-	lai-	loi-
ablative	rie-	rae-	roe-
allative	sei-	sea-	soe-
benefactive	tri-	tra-	tro-
possessive	pii-	pia-	pio-
(ablative: movement from)
(allative: movement to)
(benefactive: do something for X)
nominative → possessive → locative → ablative → allative → benefactive

nominalisation: gʲoi-

[pronouns]	male	female	inanimate
1S		bʷel	bʷal	bʷol
2S		pel	pal	pol
3S		dʷej	dʷaj	dʷoj
1P		tij	taj	tej
2P		gʷis	gʷas	gʷes
3P		kis	kas	kes

[mood clitic before verb]	male	female	inanimate
subjunctive			siel	sial	siol
conditional			teir	tair	toir
imperative			piek	piak	piok
jussive				reid	raid	roid
(subjunctive: opinion)
(jussive: wish/hope/desire)

[articles]	male	female	inanimate
definate	-ei	-ai	-oi
indefinate	-ir	-ar	-or
partitive (some)sere	sara	soro

plural:	-i/-ki (after vowel)

jobʷa ‣ to breathe
jobbe ‣ pause for breath
ibre ‣ take a rest
itje ‣ to stop
sige ‣ to be on vacation
ropa ‣ to blow
dʲeb ‣ to whisper
sipre ‣ to speak
rodʷa ‣ wind
dʷoet ‣ air
egpa ‣ life
ikkar ‣ animate object
igeol ‣ person
ertar ‣ to think
ejgʷak ‣ intelligence
odika ‣ to feel
todsiret ‣ mood
tisar ‣ soul/ghost
dʲite ‣ magic
kribroi ‣ cave
kipo ‣ hole
gʲisi ‣ grave/tomb
gʷiro ‣ ditch
sibʷer ‣ furrow
oil ‣ liquid
jole ‣ water
kased ‣ river
gʷoret ‣ stream
gʲeter ‣ flow
kodʲis ‣ current
dʲeo ‣ wood
teor ‣ pole
karo ‣ beam
teror ‣ club
saloi ‣ staff/walking stick
tiker ‣ forest
dʲeko ‣ tree
dʷeoko ‣ plant
tarig ‣ grass
tigreo ‣ trunk
sille ‣ stump
si ‣ root
ksae ‣ smoke
kais ‣ steam
kseig ‣ fog/mist
se ‣ cloud
koe ‣ dust
bʷaej ‣ stone/rock
peie ‣ reef
aber ‣ hill
apero ‣ mountain
lapar ‣ top
abʷai ‣ cliff/precipice
bʲele ‣ jewel
pira ‣ to decorate
reak ‣ day
lek ‣ light
raka ‣ sun
seok ‣ world
arog ‣ time
dʲeok ‣ season
irak ‣ weather
tiros ‣ age
talois ‣ year
dʷekero ‣ "hour"
itora ‣ rain
gʷasre ‣ spring/well
kossar ‣ to drink
idar ‣ sap
aeke ‣ glue
aslor ‣ land
iser ‣ place
alek ‣ floor
asreo ‣ ground/soil
keseor ‣ mainland
koiterok ‣ country
kotrep ‣ native
kotser ‣ village
atoj ‣ clay
koter ‣ mud
pojte ‣ swamp
bʷare ‣ flour
solek ‣ bottom
dʷilek ‣ under
gʷarek ‣ low
eret ‣ below/down
atri ‣ in/inside
gʷlio ‣ chin
kilo ‣ jaw
ido ‣ cheek
age ‣ face
sagi ‣ eye
tare ‣ forehead
seje ‣ side
tadʲer ‣ surface
ali ‣ front
saki ‣ appearance
elie ‣ shape
irit ‣ expression
okto ‣ colour