awen

meaning

stay, remain, wait, pause; protect, keep safe; continue; (preverb) continue to

semantic space · lipamanka

awen resists change. awen is the essence of inertia boiled down into one word. if an object is doing something and continues doing that thing, that continuation is awen. if an object is doing nothing, and continues doing nothing, that continuation is also awen. awen is a preverb and changes the meaning from "does the thing" to "continues to do the thing," or "still does the thing."

awen is also used by many speakers to mean "maintain." This is very close to the idea of protection, so you'll see awen used for that as well in many situations as a transitive verb, but some ideas of "protection" are better described with "selo."

ku translations

await¹⁰⁰ stay¹⁰⁰ wait¹⁰⁰ preserve⁹⁰ remain⁸⁴ sustain⁸³ retain⁷⁹ defend⁷⁶ endure⁷⁵ continued⁷⁴ continue⁷³ secure⁷² continuing⁷¹ save⁷⁰ protect⁶⁷ keep⁶¹ still⁶⁰ reserve⁵⁸ protection⁵⁶ remaining⁵⁶ continuous⁵⁵ stability⁵⁵ maintain⁵⁴ safe⁵³ security⁵⁰ stable⁵⁰ constant⁴⁵ protective⁴⁵ defence⁴⁴ left (remaining)⁴² defensive⁴⁰ maintenance⁴⁰ rescue⁴⁰ stand³⁷ standing³⁶ steady³⁵ custody³³ pause³³ safely³¹ guard³⁰ reservation³⁰ saving³⁰ suspend²⁹ hang²⁷ hesitate²⁷ ongoing²⁷ safety²⁷ conservation²⁵ delay²⁵