Lexicon

The lexicon of the Novan language is mostly centered on a group of verbs, with a set of verbal derivators that allow the generation of new verbs from roots, aspect targeters, and a modifier marker to create modifiers (in Novan, adjectives and adverbs are one and the same).

Novan verbs end with either a nasal consonant or a vowel.

The part of the lexicon which is not composed of verbs contains a few core nouns (nouns that cannot be expressed from a root verb) and of course idioms.

Pronouns, role markers, and other functional words are separate from the core of the lexicon and will be described in the gramma-syntax.

Structure of a lexicon entry
In this wiki, lexicon entries will be composed of ... main parts.

The verb itself, written in Novan, and the corresponding romanization.

The standard English translation of the verb or a standard approximation if existing.

A definition of the verb and translated examples.

The kind of verb: either a generic action verb, a state verb, a process, a cognitive verb (opinion, feeling, ...), or a transfer verb.

The etymology, if the verb is derived from some other element in the lexicon or borrowed from another language.

Finally, and most importantly, the standard role aspects and optional translation of the aspect. The translations can be:
 * the nominalisation of the verb: a noun corresponding to how the element in the role is called in English;
 * the adverbialization of the verb;
 * the adjectivization of the verb.