some grammar changes

pages/laantas/nouns.md

@@ -370,40 +370,47 @@ stem ends in a consonant or vowel, so they are only listed for `{!nú}`.
 ## Non-locative uses
 
 - Subessive is used for:
-    * 'in the opinion of': `{Kaku manifnut ai.}` That's pleasant to me/I like that.
+    - 'in the opinion of':
+      `{!Kaku manifnut ai.}`\
+      That's pleasant to me/I like that.
 - Superessive is used for:
-    - 'about': `{Suba jaisi fína.}` I dreamt about you.
+    - 'about'\
+      `{!Suba jaisi fína.}`\
+      I had a dream about you.
 
 
 ## Position words
 
-The position suffixes give rise to the following words based on a root `{fan}`:
+The position suffixes give rise to the following words based on some roots
+`{!fan}`, `{!gis}`, and `{!pul}`, which no longer exist as separate words:
 
 :::figure
-- `{fansaƶ}`: surface
+- `{!fanaƶ}`: surface
-- `{fanliƶ}`: interior
+- `{!falliƶ}`: interior
-- `{fanduƶ}`: front
+- `{!gissuƶ}`: front
-- `{fangiƶ}`: back
+- `{!giksiƶ}`: back
-- `{fannuaƶ}`: company
+- `{!pulluaƶ}`: company
-- `{fambaƶ}`: top
+- `{!gisbaƶ}`: top
-- `{fankuƶ}`: bottom
+- `{!giskuƶ}`: bottom
-- `{fammiƶ}`: vicinity
+- `{!pummiƶ}`: vicinity
 :::
 
 
 # Adjectivals
 
 Most words considered as adjectives in other languages are in fact
-grammatically nouns in Lántas; words such as `{sabu}` can be translated as 'the
+grammatically nouns in Lántas; words such as `{!sabu}` can be translated as
-colour black'. When one noun modifies another attributively, the [genitive
+'the colour black'. When one noun modifies another attributively, the [genitive
-case](#corecases) suffix `{-(a)t}` is used. Additional adjectives after the
+case](#corecases) suffix `{-t}` is used. In the case of multiple adjectives,
-first additionally take a special conjunctive suffix `{-as}`, similar to the
+all other than the last have a modified form of the comitative suffix,
-comitative case. Adjectives, like other noun modifiers, precede the head noun
+`{–kat}`. Adjectives, like other noun modifiers, precede the head noun.
-in most cases. However, they can follow it if they indicate a property
-considered inherent to the objects in question.
 
 Genitive forms can be used as adverbs with the suffix `{-tta}`; the conjunctive
-variant is `{-ttás}`.
+variant is `{-ttás}`. Adverbs appear immediately before the verb if they are
+short. Long adverbial phrases, as well as context-setting adverbs such as time
+words, are usually placed before the rest of the sentence. Longer adverb
+phrases at the start of a sentence are often separated from the rest by
+a comma.
 
 :::glosses
 - sabut ƶasi
@@ -413,16 +420,16 @@ variant is `{-ttás}`.
 
 ---
 
-- líbisat ƶasi
+- líbit ƶasi
-- líbis-at  ƶasi
+- líbi(s)-t  ƶasi
 - happy-GEN dog
 - a happy dog
 
 ---
 
-- sabut líbistas ƶasi
+- sabut líbiskat ƶasi
-- sabu-t    líbis-t-as     ƶasi
+- sabu-kat     líbi(s)-t ƶasi
-- black-GEN happy-GEN-CONJ dog
+- black-ADJCOM happy-GEN dog
 - a happy black dog
 
 ---

pages/laantas/phono.md

@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ In places I have forgotten to update, `/θ/` might be written `{þ}` or `{ð}`.
 
 # Syllable structure
 
-The allowed shape of a syllable is *CV*(*C*) where *V* is any vowel and *C* any
+The allowed shape of a syllable is usually *CV*(*C*), where *V* is any vowel
-consonant, as long as all clusters take one of the following forms:
+and *C* any consonant. Clusters take one of the following forms:
 
 - *KC*, where *K* can be any of `/m n l r θ s ʃ t/` _(coda consonants)_;
 - *FN*, where *F* can be `/f θ s ʃ x/` _(fricatives)_ and
@@ -100,16 +100,11 @@ consonant, as long as all clusters take one of the following forms:
 - `/pj bj lj rj/`;
 - geminate consonants.
 
-Aside from these, a word can also start with a vowel. At the end of a word, the
+The exceptions to the normal pattern are that a vowel or syllabic consonant can
-consonants from *K* are allowed. A syllabic consonant cannot be next
+also occur at the start of a word, or after another syllabic consonant (but not
-to the non-syllabic form of the same consonant---for example, the sequences
+a proper vowel). At the end of a word, the consonants from *K* are allowed.
-`/ll̩/` and `/l̩l/` are not possible. Two distinct syllabic consonants can be next
+A syllabic consonant cannot be next to the non-syllabic form of the same
-to each other, however, even without a non-syllabic consonant in between.
+consonant---for example, the sequences `/ll̩/` and `/l̩l/` are not possible.
-
-Sometimes an inflectional ending can cause an invalid sequence of syllabic and
-non-syllabic consonant. In this case, the sequence is replaced with `{a}` plus a
-long form of the consonant: `{suaƶł}` 'speaker'---`{suaƶalla}` 'from a
-speaker'.
 
 
 # Stress
@@ -119,14 +114,3 @@ long vowels, _or_ the only one is in the final syllable of a multi-syllabic
 word, then the stress is on the first syllable. For the purposes of deciding
 stress placement, neither diphthongs nor syllabic consonants are counted as
 long.
-
-
-# Epenthesis
-
-Some affixes begin with a consonant. Occasionally, this will cause an illegal
-consonant cluster. In this case a vowel will be inserted. The vowel depends on
-the affix being added, so it is given at the same time as the affix itself. If
-multiple affixes are added, only the extra vowels necessary to make the word
-legal are inserted, going left to right: as further affixes are stacked, they
-might surface and vanish again. See, for instance, the examples given for
-[adjectival genitives](nouns.html#adjectivals).

pages/laantas/words.yaml

@@ -1178,6 +1178,7 @@ tílju:
     d:
       - glow
       - shine (of the sun)
+      - smile
 
 waračča:
   p: wa.ˈɾat.tʃa