kâmv'iri Lexicon
Space: Directed Location: Flow-Relative

Up

c'a  D.  up (against the direction of gravitational flow; e.g., upstream; away from the door inside a room).   [caD]   [PIA ucca 'tall; lofty'   T. 1634 (+; v. Morgenstierne 1949: 230)]

c'aň  L˜.  up.   [caDň>]

c'ar-  L!.  upper; higher.   [caDra->]

c'are  L!.  up; high.   [ca-ra>e>]

c'ama  D+.  upwards.   [caDma>]

c'ua˜, also c'u˜  D+.  way up (a slope, etc.).   [caDua˜D]

c'uaň  L˜.  way up (a slope, etc.).   [ca-ua˜Dň>]

c'ua˜re  L!.  way up (a slope, etc.).   [ca-ua˜Dra>e>]

Down

n'i  D.  down (in the direction of gravitational flow; e.g., downstream; toward the door inside a house).   [niD]   [PIA n'i 'down; in'   following T. 7093 (+)]

n'iň  L˜.  down.   [niDň>]

n'ir-  L!.  lower.   [niDra->]

n'ire  L!.  down; low.   [ni-ra>e>]

n'ima  D+.  downwards.   [niDma>]

Reciprocal

n'inša  D2.  up and down (e.g., upstream and downstream).   [niDje>caD]


(Phonemic transcription updated 3 November 2007)