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Vocabulary

How words are made: a kind part narrowed by a which part (KIND.WHICH). A single part is a word on its own. Any part can also be a relation, and numbers (COUNT and base-512 digits, such as COUNT.137 or COUNT.4.171 for 2219) are built in, so they are not listed. Status: preliminary, 55 words.

People and voices

Word Parts Meaning Note
+++
+.+
+++
SELF we the one drawing
+++
+..
+++
OTHER you the one reading
+++.+++
+...+..
+++.+++
OTHER.OTHER a third party "another you"
....+++
.+..+.+
....+++
ONE.SELF one of us an individual
....+++
.+..+..
....+++
ONE.OTHER one of you a human, to them
+...+++
++..+.+
+++.+++
VOICE.SELF our voice
+...+++
++..+..
+++.+++
VOICE.OTHER your voice

Sky

Word Parts Meaning Note
.+.
+++
.+.
STAR star
.+..+++
+++.+.+
.+..+++
STAR.SELF our star Ross 128
.+..+++
+++.+..
.+..+++
STAR.OTHER your star the Sun
.+..+.+
+++.+.+
.+..+.+
STAR.TIME pulsar a timing star
.+...+.
+++.+++
.+...+.
STAR.STAR galaxy star of stars
+.+.+..
.....+.
+.+...+
AIR.NOT space no air
+.+....
.+..+++
+.+....
LIGHT.PATH ray, signal light going
+.+.+++
.+..+++
+.+.+++
LIGHT.BODY transit, shadow light with a world in it

Worlds

Word Parts Meaning Note
+++
+++
+++
BODY world, matter
+++.+++
+++.+.+
+++.+++
BODY.SELF our world Ross 128 b
+++.+++
+++.+..
+++.+++
BODY.OTHER your world Earth
+++.+.+
+++....
+++.+.+
BODY.AIR air-world
+++.+++
+++....
+++.+++
BODY.WATER water-world
+++.+++
+++.+++
+++.+++
BODY.BODY rock, ground matter of matter
+++....
+++.+++
+++....
BODY.PATH orbit a world going

Their surface

Word Parts Meaning Note
+.+
.+.
+.+
LIGHT light
+.+.+..
.+...+.
+.+...+
LIGHT.NOT dark, the night side
....+.+
+++..+.
....+.+
PATH.LIGHT terminator the way between light and dark
+.+
...
+.+
AIR air
+.+....
....+++
+.+....
AIR.PATH wind air going
+.+.+++
.......
+.+.+++
AIR.WATER cloud watery air
+++
...
+++
WATER water
+++....
....+++
+++....
WATER.PATH river water going
+++.+++
....+++
+++.+++
WATER.BODY ice solid water
+++.+..
.....+.
+++...+
WATER.NOT dry land

Time

Word Parts Meaning Note
+.+
+.+
+.+
TIME time
+.+....
+.+.+..
+.+....
TIME.BEFORE the past, before
+.+....
+.+..+.
+.+....
TIME.ONE now
+.+....
+.+...+
+.+....
TIME.AFTER the future, after
+.+....
+.+.+++
+.+....
TIME.PATH always time going on
+.+.+..
+.+..+.
+.+...+
TIME.NOT never
+.+.+++
+.+.+++
+.+.+++
TIME.BODY year one orbit
+.+.+..
+.+.++.
+.+.+++
TIME.VOICE rhythm, beat
+.+.+.+
+.+.+.+
+.+.+.+
TIME.TIME an age time of times

Sound and talk

Word Parts Meaning Note
+..
++.
+++
VOICE sound, voice
+......
++..+++
+++....
VOICE.PATH message voice going
+...+..
++...+.
+++...+
VOICE.NOT silence
+...+..
++..++.
+++.+++
VOICE.VOICE conversation voice with voice
+......
++...+.
+++....
VOICE.ONE monologue one voice
+...+.+
++.....
+++.+.+
VOICE.AIR speech sound in air
+...+.+
++...+.
+++.+.+
VOICE.LIGHT radio sound carried by light
+...+++
++..+++
+++.+++
VOICE.BODY resonator, instrument a body that sounds
+....+.
++..+.+
+++..+.
VOICE.OPEN a question

Logic and number

Word Parts Meaning Note
...
.+.
...
ONE that alone in a node slot: the triplet before
.......
.+...+.
.......
ONE.ONE the same
....+..
.+...+.
......+
ONE.NOT different
.+.....
+.+....
.+..+++
OPEN.COUNT how many? "what number?"; answer with COUNT.n
.+.
+.+
.+.
OPEN what?