Piktok to English Dictionary
Arranged by Lotep* Number

Latest Revision Dec. 9, 2003

*See main page for description of lotep numbers and how to use them.

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00201 [n] fire
[v] burn. patient subject as in "The book burned". Use "make" modifier for "John burned the book."
00402 [n] road, highway, street, boulevard
00411 Punctuation mark: Open quotation.
00411 Punctuation mark: Close quotation.
00411 [n] storm, thunderstorm
00411 [v] to pray, also to beg or beseach, but usually used in a religious context. The meaning of this glyph was discovered by Peter Bleackley on the Brown University Constructed Languages List.
00411 [n] priest, cleric. The meaning of this glyph was discovered by Peter Bleackley on the Brown University Constructed Languages List.
00411 [n] book
00411 [v] enter, move into.
00603 [conj] on, upon
00621 Punctuation mark: period or full stop.
00621 [v] take, accept. Used only in the sense of accepting something given voluntarily, or something which is freely available. Never used when something is taken by force or stealth.
00621 [v] To win. [n] victory. The meaning of this glyph was discovered by "makeenan" on the Brown University Constructed Languages List.
00621 [n] king, emperor, monarch, hereditary or non-elected ruler.
01301 [v] talk, chat.
01502 [v] walk, stroll
01511 [n] man, male human.  Not to be used in the sense of mankind (q.v.). In fantasy or other fictional contexts can also be used to indicate male members of any sentient race such as Dwarves, Klingons, etc.
02602 [v] make, [vm] changes the verb to make the subject the agent of the action rather than patient that experiences the action. E.g. "I made my book become lost" as opposed to "I lost my book."  The difference is sometimes subtle.
10211 [v] tie, bind
[n] knot
10211 [v] lose (fall into a hole or well). Principle argument is normally the patient who experiences the loss. Can be modified by "make" turning argument into the agent of loss.
10412 [exclamation] Hey! Hello! Yo! The meaning of this glyph was discovered by Greg Johnston on the Brown University Constructed Languages List.
10421 [v] to lie, or speak deceptively. The meaning of this glyph was discovered by Jonathan Lipps on the Brown University Constructed Languages List.
10421 [v] preach, orate, speak (as in giving a speech, not in casual or informal speech.)
[n] speech, sermon, oration.
10622 [v] run, jog
11101 [n] game, as in table-top game or parlor game as opposed to sporting event.
11521 [n] woman, female human. In fantasy or other fictional contexts can also be used to indicate female members of any sentient race such as Dwarves, Klingons, etc.
11704 [v] see. Used where the subject experiences seeing. For "look" use the "make" verb modifier, i.e. "make see" = "look".
E.g. "I make see John" = "I look at John."
14401 [v] to plug up or stopper [n] a plug, stopper, or cork. The meaning of this glyph was discovered by Garth Wallace on the Brown University Constructed Languages List.
20221 [conj] with.
21321 belong+me, of+mine,
"that belongs to me"
21321 [pn] I, me
22631 [n] school. [v] to teach, instruct. The meaning of this glyph was discovered by Greg Johnston on the Brown University Constructed Languages List.
34001 [n] clown, jester. Also the joker in a deck of playing cards.