Time
⏳ Time & Space
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13 words for when and where we are.
| LEKA | Meaning | Story |
|---|---|---|
| ta | past marker | An old LEKA particle. Placed before a verb to mark it as past: me ta ama tu — "I loved you." A grammatical word, kept tiny so it disappears into speech. |
| su | future marker | The partner to ta — placed before a verb to mark it as future: me su ama tu — "I will love you." |
| ima | now / present | Japanese ima (now). The exact present moment. |
| hi | day | Japanese hi — also "sun" in the same word. In Japanese the day and the sun are the same thing because the sun is what marks the day. LEKA keeps that. |
| yoru | night | Japanese yoru (night). Soft, deep, the partner to hi. |
| ano | year | Spanish año, Italian anno. The ñ collapsed to plain n. |
| luna-ka | month | LEKA-internal: luna (moon) + -ka (place of). Literally "moon-place" — the time-space where one moon happens. The first word built entirely from LEKA roots using the suffix system. A milestone. |
| kala | time (general) | Sanskrit kāla — the philosophical word for time-as-such, time-as-flow. The big word for time. |
| aki | here | Spanish aquí, Italian qui. The closest "here" in Romance languages, softened. |
| ala | there | Spanish allá, Italian là. The partner to aki. |
| soto | outside | Japanese soto — the word for outside (literally and socially: people outside your group are soto). |
| uchi | inside / home | Japanese uchi — and beautifully, uchi in Japanese means inside, home, AND family all at once. The word fits LEKA perfectly: home is inside is family. |
| nasha | direction / way / path | Sanskrit nāśa / mārga (way, path). Used for both literal directions (north, south) and metaphorical ones (the way of life). |
How This Category Shapes the Language
- uchi carries three meanings — inside, home, family — and LEKA embraces all three. The word is the philosophy.
- luna-ka is the proof-of-concept for the suffix system. Before this word, -ka was just a theory; after this word, -ka was alive.
- kala (deep time) and ano / hi / yoru (practical time) coexist. LEKA can be philosophical or practical about time — your sentence chooses.
- We have no word for "minute" or "hour." Modern time-measurement is absent. Use before expanding — it'll come if we need it.
Status: #finalized