| m | forward | n | up | q | left |
| p | backward | t | down | c | right |
| b | pre- | d | out | g | about, around |
| ph | post- | th | in | ch | through |
| b’ | to | d’ | beside | g’ | against |
| p’ | from | t’ | between | c’ | for |
A Planet on Dentals
| nea= | sky (←up) | tea= | earth (←down) |
| dea= duea= dïea= düea= diea= | land (←out) continent land bridge peninsula island (land amid sea) | thea= thuea= thïea= thüea= thiea= | sea (←in) ocean sea strait bay, gulf lake (sea amid land) |
| d’ea= d’uea= d’iea= | mountain (←beside) plateau hill | t’ea= t’uea t’iea= | valley (←between) basin pit |
(English) land → island | (German) die See → der See
Location
| ml mr | (space) away before on the front of | pl pr | (space) away after on the back of |
| bl br | (time) before just before | phl phr | (time) after just after |
| b’l b’r | towards to | p’l p’r | away from from |
| nl nr | above, over on | tl tr | below, under beneath |
| dl dr | outside of on the surface of | thl thr | inside of beneath the surface of |
| d’l d’r | away beside to the side of | t’l t’r | away between just between |
| ql qr | away from the left of to the left of | cl cr | away from the right of to the right of |
| gl gr | ? | chl chr | ? |
| g’l g’r | ? | c’l c’r | ? |
Measure
| ma< ma= | long length | mä< | short |
| pa< | far | pä< | near |
| ba< | old | bä< | new |
| pha< | longtime | phä< | instant |
| na< na= | high height | nä< | low |
| ta< | deep, profound | tä< | shallow, superficial |
| da< | huge | dä< | tiny |
| tha< | big | thä< | small |
| qa< qa= | wide width | qä< | strait |
| ca< | broad | cä< | narrow |
| ga< | thick, fat | gä< | thin, slim |
| cha< | thick (of paper) | chä< | thin (of paper) |
Movement
| mal> s mal> | advance | pal> s pal> | retreat |
| mäl> | progress | päl> | retrogress |
| mam> | drag (by front) | pam> | haul? |
| map> | push (by back) | pap> | pull? |
| nal> s nal> | rise raise | tal> s tal> | fall make fall |
| näl> | ascend | täl> | descend |
| nan> | lift (by upside) | tan> | press |
| nat> | lift (by downside) | tat> | hang |