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Lilitika Dictionary
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The following dictionary entries are tagged linguistics:

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adzhrí a. Feminine.
ahekíurivíe il warzine n. Particle modifier; a preposition.
alivitu n. Sentence.
alúé (ighikhete) v. To omit words because they are obvious in context; linguistic ellipsis.
Añglika n. The English language.
aporafu n. Alien language.
aporaitekwía n. Diplomat; translator; polyglot.
baveshí dzhelu n. Metaphor.
deklítu n. Prefix.
depenthé v. To coin or use an abbreviation of several words by taking just the first syllable of each; a kind of acronym.
Dheñkettoio n. Tletkettioyos, the Tletkettoyic language.
Doitsika n. The German language.
dzhelé v. To mean or signify.
dzhelonveré v. To define a word.
dzhelu n. Meaning.
dzhrítu n. Adjective.
dzhru n. Noun.
edzhrí a. Neuter.
espai litraité v. To form or coin a word or phrase in a more compact form.
Frasika n. The French language.
grézhu n. Linguistic trope; any figure of speech that produces a non-literal meaning.
haití rezaru n. Passive voice.
Helleníka n. The Greek language, especially in the Attic or Koine dialect.
Hispanika n. The Spanish language.
Hogedepike n. Hogedepik, the Hogenemi language.
ighinení illerine n. Linguistics.
ighinení illeru n. Language; the product of organized thought.
illesúíé v. To use notional agreement ("the group were" instead of "the group was") with a noun.
iyé (2) v. To interpret [with ablative], especially involving translation of a live speaker.
kedosithiku n. Deliberate use of rough-sounding or unpleasant words to evoke discomfort; cacophony.
kekhíu n. Ending time.
khosithekwía n. Translator, especially one in diplomatic service.
Khúrafe n. The Khúsak language.
krídhídu n. Grapheme.
Kúanía n. Kuanid, the Telaian language.
Latína n. The Latin language.
lertshítsu n. Headword, minor topic, or sub-issue.
lítu n. Adjective or adverb.
livighu n. Idiom.
matekwía rafilis n. Translator or linguist.
Mefírafa n. The Rotomemi dialect.
mefíu n. Source.
mekhíu n. Destination.
melíu n. Location.
mísúíé v. To agree (in grammatical number and gender).
mohele n. Stress accent.
mohelerepé v. To place the stress accent in a word.
nabíthu n. Consonant.
natshíré v. To skip conjunctions; figuratively, to think quickly.
neptlítu n. Suffix.
odzhrí a. Masculine.
Palige n. The Peseni language, Paligú.
pefíu n. Starting time.
pensalivitu n. Clause.
penthé v. To coin or use a contraction of a word, typically by eliding the middle of a word.
pivitu n. Clause.
rafedte n. Morpheme.
rafetse n. Term (element of a sentence or equation).
raftekré v. To translate.
rafzímu n. Dialect.
Roshagila n. Roshagil, the language of the Hatel and Cossipai.
sañkúeneí a. Speaking in a diplomatic tone; aiming to strike a compromise.
sarafu n. Human language.
sarasithiku n. Deliberate use of smooth-sounding or pleasant words to set the listener at ease; euphony.
shenu n. Tense.
silzu n. Mood particle.
síthítu n. Phoneme.
sithkotopu n. Punctuation mark.
sithnotelmé v. To speak with an accent.
sodímaté v. To employ synizesis (merging adjacent vowels into a diphthong for metrical purposes.)
sodíthu n. Vowel.
spatu n. Mood.
súa n. Poem.
surhilosu n. Retronym.
survaní rezaru n. Active voice.
survotopé v. To refer to something directly before stating what it actually is; cataphora.
telíu n. Time of occurrence.
thelsithiku n. Deliberate re-use of a sound or group of sounds.
títrúé v. To spell.
títu n. Letter; especially one from the Lilitic alphabet.
tshapidzhé v. To break up a word or set phrase with an infix; tmesis.
tshíbré v. To use an unusual word order for circumstantial or dialectical reasons.
tshíkoto n. Grammar.
tshíltru n. Paragraph or list of words.
tshírafu n. Language; an agreed-upon set of rules and definitions for communicating.
tshíraneitu n. Grammar book.
tshíré v. To employ a conjunction; to add on another clause; to assemble a sentence; syndeton.
tshíroivu n. Conjunction.
tshítekhu n. Inflection.
tshítkolintu n. Grammar.
tshítopu n. Syntax.
tshitsebenu n. Sentence structure.
tshítselví a. Archaic.
tshítseneitu n. Dictionary.
tshítsiní rezaru n. Grammatical voice.
tshítsu n. Word.
tshlivítsu n. Phrase.
tshúdítu n. Adverb.
tshúdu n. Verb.
vekhrí kotopu n. Accent mark.

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