Lexicon and word definitions
| Lemma | Gloss |
|---|---|
| -ite | not, negative suffix |
| a• | and |
| ahilo | walk |
| ahã• | correct |
| ailõ | few |
| ajiti• | warm |
| apasú | vomit |
| apo | leg |
| atailã | there |
| ativĩa | squeeze |
| atuví | one |
| ató• | moon |
| cofó• | short |
| dapa• | sea |
| deu | belly |
| efoto• | worm |
| ejo• | you (plural) |
| ejó• | grass |
| ejũdé• | many |
| eke• | thing |
| elhã• | cloth |
| etovuvo• | path |
| etulo• | love |
| etuló• | star |
| eve• | cold |
| eveho• | to freeze |
| evuve• | non-human body |
| evó• | skin |
| evóbóbó• | actually; honestly; truthfully |
| evójójó• | fear |
| fekũ | wash |
| fetulí• | wet |
| feva | he |
| fevó• | dig |
| fi• | smoke |
| fo• | out |
| fo olhovuvé• | goodbye; greeting |
| fofo éje• | village |
| folhotovuvo• | father |
| fotovuvo• | mother |
| fovo• | smooth |
| fovú• | old |
| frót• | eight |
| fróvu• | seven |
| fí• | fast |
| fíójo• | mouth |
| fófó• | small |
| fójo ójo• | trade |
| fójolholho• | hunt |
| fójã• | other |
| fójójoó• | after(wards); therefore or then (resulting from something else) |
| fót• | six |
| fóvĩ• | five |
| fũ• | land |
| fũda• | husband |
| fũdo• | man |
| fũdéndé• | sky |
| fũdéí• | remain; to be left over |
| gai | leaf, dirt, ground, bush |
| gata• | you (singular) |
| gatinha | sun |
| gia | count |
| gió• | hand |
| gĩhõ• | country; nation; civilisation |
| i• | day |
| ie• | salt |
| ietovuvi• | left |
| ievi• | they |
| ievo• | eat |
| ievõho• | bite |
| ili | that |
| inhõ | at |
| io• | to be older than |
| iofo• | to scratch |
| ionuiõ• | root |
| iote• | far |
| iotovuvó• | rotten |
| iotovuvóvovu• | evil; evil soul/heart |
| iotulo• | where |
| iovo• | fly |
| iovovo• | drink |
| ite | no |
| itovu• | nine |
| itovuvovéjoó• | sorry |
| ivevó óvevó• | to be thirsty |
| ivovu• | person |
| ivĩó | nail |
| ió• | stand |
| iójofójo ójolhójofójo• | to speak in a language |
| iójolhó• | dust |
| iójolhójo• | sand |
| iójójójové ójolhójójójové• | to laugh |
| iólhó• | wide |
| iõ• | think |
| iõ itovuvovéjoó• | to regret; to apologize |
| iõ ovufó• | to assume |
| iõfo• | wipe |
| iõrifó• | round |
| je | with |
| je• | stone |
| jeferójo• | liver |
| jefi• | come |
| jelitivo• | flow |
| jio• | night |
| jo• | two |
| jo'fũ | 1. union of land,nations and kingdoms |
| jolhovuvo• | right |
| jomn• | yellow |
| jovi• | year |
| jovo• | bird |
| jovovu• | float |
| jovufo• | please |
| jovó | back |
| jõdé• | confederacy |
| jũdéndéndéjo• | road |
| keje• | neighbourhood |
| kuas• | she |
| lititovu• | blow |
| lititovu ójó• | breathe |
| mashó• | sleep |
| mia• | people |
| monte• | to be equal; fair |
| monteu• | equally |
| ndovo• | pronoun |
| ndéndé• | four |
| ndévofo• | how |
| ndó• | as; like |
| nhi• | cut |
| nho• | for |
| nho | s, multiplier |
| nhofote• | hair |
| nholhe• | thick |
| nhovo ovovo• | to fight a war |
| nhovo ónhovo• | to fight |
| nhéní• | minute |
| nhó• | hear; taste; feel (skin); smell; sense something with four of the five sense organs |
| nhó eve• | to feel cold |
| nhó fetulí• | to feel wet |
| nhó fovo• | feel smooth; be smooth |
| nhó fíójo• | taste |
| nhó otovuvo• | nausea; cause a feeling to vomit |
| nhó otovuvófo• | to taste flavour |
| nhó uolho• | smell |
| nhó uoto• | hear |
| nhó ékó• | to feel hot |
| noũe | tie |
| o• | to be younger than |
| ofetovuvo• | word |
| ofo• | see |
| ofója• | water |
| ofũdévo• | when |
| olha• | lake |
| olho• | mud |
| olhofo• | scratch |
| olhovuo• | planet |
| olhovuvolho• | hello; greeting |
| olhové• | snake |
| olhójo• | flower |
| omni | tooth |
| ono• | east |
| otovuvilhõ• | animal |
| otovuvo• | head |
| otovuvovo• | true; truth |
| otovuvó• | friend |
| otovuvófo• | tongue |
| otovuvóndé• | full |
| otulito• | push |
| otuéta• | it |
| ouelho | dry |
| ove• | tree |
| ovi• | child |
| ovo• | we |
| ovofo• | dull |
| ovolhe• | narrow |
| ovolhe ovolhe• | to be narrow |
| ovolho• | knee |
| ovolhó óvolhó• | to be hungry |
| ovovo• | war |
| ovovu• | body |
| ovuo• | river |
| ovuó• | new |
| ovuújotovuvo• | rub |
| ové• | capability |
| ovó• | okay |
| ovójolhovuvo• | cry |
| ovú• | egg |
| ovúvú• | bark |
| ragú | peace |
| rife• | before |
| rifo• | swim |
| rifó iõrifó• | to be round in shape |
| riõ• | this |
| riõriõ• | louse |
| roma | this |
| roteje | say, speak, talk |
| rovuo• | boat |
| rovuójo• | west |
| rótulũdé• | forget |
| róvo• | dog |
| te ové• | to be able |
| te ójové• | to be green |
| to• | earth |
| tovotulovovu• | holy; angelic |
| tovovovuovo• | suck |
| tovuionuó• | burn |
| tovuvive• | turn |
| tovuvivofitovuvo• | loanword |
| tovuvovo• | split |
| tovuvovélhójo• | rope |
| tovuvovévójo• | take; recieve |
| tovuvoó• | play |
| tovuvóndé• | bad |
| tovuvóndéo• | sing |
| tovété• | cook |
| tu• | daughter; female child |
| tule• | swell |
| tule etule• | to be swollen |
| tulójo• | fall |
| tulũdéfófó• | to mean; show |
| tuéndé otuéndé• | use |
| tuótó• | son; male child |
| tãbóva | cloud |
| tétovuvovée• | kill |
| tí• | be; specifically for inanimate objects |
| tí eó• | to be correct |
| tí fetulí• | to be wet |
| tí fovú• | to be old |
| tí fófó• | to be small |
| tí iólhó• | to be wide |
| tí nholhe• | to be thick |
| tí uolheí• | to be dead |
| tí uója• | to be heavy |
| tí uójotovuvovétulójo• | to be dirty |
| tí uójó• | to be dark |
| tí uólhõ• | to be black (non-human) |
| tí óvo• | to be good in quality or looks |
| tójo• | know |
| tójofe• | crash; collide |
| tójoó• | may; might; be likely to happen |
| tóvo• | if |
| ue• | hit |
| ue fí• | run |
| ue ove• | to be blue in colour |
| ue ójovó• | stab |
| ueo• | big |
| ueovo• | city |
| uetó• | thin |
| uieje• | hamlet; community |
| uiõ | do; make |
| ulhã• | life |
| ulotã | sit |
| uo• | fog |
| uo óvo• | to be good in personality |
| uofótovuvo• | sixth |
| uofótovuvó• | seventh |
| uolheí• | dead |
| uolhi• | fish |
| uolho• | nose |
| uolhóú• | first |
| uoti• | here |
| uoto• | ear |
| uotovuvo• | near |
| uotovuvoó• | tough |
| uotovuvójolha• | third |
| uotulójo• | eye |
| uovo• | return; back to former |
| uovotovuvó• | south |
| uovoóvo• | fifth |
| uovu• | heart |
| uovójo• | spit |
| uéitovuvové• | ninth |
| uívofó• | give |
| uó• | take or follow a path or pattern or manner; from; through |
| uó fovú• | to grow old |
| uó ovovu• | shower; bath; to wash your body |
| uó ójolhójójójové• | to be funny |
| uó ójovó• | to be sharp |
| uófo• | all |
| uója• | heavy |
| uójo uójó• | get dark; grow dark; have no lit vision due to absence of light, especially an environment |
| uójolhovuvo ovójolhovuvo• | to cry |
| uójotovuvovétulójo• | dirty |
| uójoũdéve• | horn |
| uójó• | darkness |
| uójójo• | tenth |
| uójójové• | second |
| uójójoó• | die |
| uójójó evójójó• | to fear |
| uójójótovuvójo• | white |
| uólhõ• | black |
| uóndéndé• | fourth |
| uóndévo• | tail |
| uóve• | from; through, based on; judging from |
| uóvevo• | nice |
| uóũdé• | pepper, spice, flavour |
| uõho• | neck |
| viot | hold |
| vitélho• | name |
| áko | arm |
| ákã | three |
| éje• | town |
| ékó• | hot |
| ésã• | me (only before a consonant), I |
| étaĩ | ash |
| étovó• | why |
| évín• | fire |
| ó• | be (who, what, whose something or someone is); is; am; are |
| ó ulhã• | to live |
| ó ó• | to be red in clour |
| ójiti ajiti• | to feel warm |
| ójo• | wait around something or someone in order to protect; guard |
| ójofó• | straight |
| ójolha• | rain |
| ójolho• | feather |
| ójolhójofójo• | language |
| ójolhójójo• | breath |
| ójolhójójójové• | laugh |
| ójove• | lie |
| ójovo• | North |
| ójové• | green |
| ójovó• | sharp |
| ójoó• | who |
| ójoófotovuvo• | throw |
| ójó• | snow |
| ójófóuõ• | seed |
| ójójo• | because |
| ójójofójójolhó• | penis |
| ójú | red |
| ólheo• | bone |
| ólhõ• | ice |
| ólititovu• | wind |
| óndéfo• | a false information; lie |
| óndéfo óndéfo• | to tell a lie |
| ónhovo• | fight |
| óto• | pull |
| ótovuvofóndé• | vagina |
| ótovuvójo• | 1. The feeling when you laugh so hard you cry |
| ótovuvójo ójoótovuvójo• | to laugh so hard you cry |
| óvevó• | thirst |
| óvití | hour |
| óvo• | good |
| óvolhó• | hunger |
| óví• | mountain |
| óvívi• | foot |
| óvójo• | blood |
| újo• | breast |
| úlho• | forest |
| úlhó• | long |
| útovuvó• | build |
| útovuvó eo• | sew |
| ũdévo• | woman |
| ũdévójotulo• | wife |
| ẽ• | in |