Lexicon and word definitions
| Lemma | Gloss |
|---|---|
| alda• | Elder; Veteran sailor; Parent; Authority figure |
| alda-sola• | old north |
| aldai• | old |
| asa• | help; To help; To assist; To throw a line |
| asar• | star; Navigation point |
| asar-moro• | sea-star |
| asu• | also; Additionally |
| avar• | passage; A passage |
| avari• | to cross; To pass through |
| bela• | bell |
| boda• | board |
| boda-daka• | stone |
| boda-holi• | bone |
| boda-mako• | thick |
| boda-nar• | bark |
| bosa• | Boss |
| bosari• | to boss |
| bota• | brother; Brother (borrowed; cluster removed) |
| boto• | bottle |
| boya• | boy; Cabin boy |
| buta• | boot |
| daka• | south; South (derived from deep waters; the southern ocean) |
| daka-havi• | dig |
| daka-mako• | mountain |
| daka-roto• | worm |
| daka-sa• | earth |
| dar-mar• | blood |
| dar-selo• | red |
| deka• | ten; Ten (10) |
| dua• | two; Two (2) |
| dua-deka• | twenty; Twenty (20) |
| esa• | is; Am |
| eta• | eight; Eight (8) |
| eta-deka• | eighty; Eighty (80) |
| fata• | father |
| fira• | hot; Burning |
| firari• | to burn |
| fisa• | to fish |
| fiva• | five; Five (5) |
| fiva-deka• | fifty; Fifty (50) |
| fola• | fool |
| fora• | four; Four (4) |
| fora-deka• | forty; Forty (40) |
| gala• | galley |
| ha• | yes; Acknowledged (shouted) |
| hama• | hammock |
| hamo• | warehouse; Storage; house; Building |
| hara-lina• | monsoon; Severe seasonal storm |
| haro• | Storm; Gale; Dangerous weather; Danger; Imminent threat |
| haro-mi• | fear |
| haroma• | my mistake, apology |
| hasi• | to hurry |
| hata• | hat |
| hato• | fast; Swift (like a current); early; Swift |
| hato-mar• | rough |
| hato-rova• | tail |
| hava-si• | at |
| havi• | to haul; To pull; have; To have; To hold; Has |
| havi-ma• | hand |
| havi-mako• | squeeze |
| havi-rani• | rub |
| havi-rova• | arm |
| havi-sa• | hold |
| havi-ta• | give |
| helma• | rudder; Steering oar; Helm |
| helo• | wake |
| helo-thari• | wake-memory |
| hira• | hear; To hear |
| hira-nari• | ear |
| hoi• | hello; Hail; Ship-to-ship greeting |
| holi• | hull |
| holi-mana• | body |
| holi-ra• | back |
| huka• | hook |
| huka-mini• | nail |
| huka-noka• | scratch |
| ka• | what |
| kabi• | cabin |
| kan• | boat; Coastal craft; Skiff |
| kana• | can; To be able to; Capable |
| kapita• | captain; Master of the vessel |
| kara• | head |
| kava• | cove |
| kava-kara• | neck |
| kina• | child; Dependent |
| kina-nar• | seed |
| kina-sol• | egg |
| koki• | cook |
| koki-maka• | cook |
| komas• | chart; Map; Navigational record |
| kora• | Trade; Commerce; Exchange |
| kora-man• | merchant; Trader |
| kora-mi• | friend; 'Trade-me'; A trusted partner or ally |
| kora-selo• | thank you; 'Good trade'; Expression of gratitude |
| kora-sena• | translation; 'Trade-words' |
| korari• | to trade |
| kosa• | crew; The collective ship's company; family; The group one sails with |
| kosa-haro• | animal |
| kosa-kan• | dog |
| kosa-mi• | wife |
| kosa-tu• | husband |
| ku• | who |
| kuli• | gull |
| kuli-rova• | feather |
| kura• | Curse |
| kurari• | to curse |
| laka• | luck |
| laka-selo• | lucky |
| laka-ur• | unlucky |
| lasa• | last; Trailing |
| lefa• | left; Port side |
| lemo• | Marginal sea; The coastal waters before the deep drop-off |
| lemova• | excuse me |
| lesa• | less; Deducted |
| leva• | east; East (sunrise; trade winds) |
| lina• | rain; Squall |
| lina-mi• | cry |
| lina-taro• | mist |
| lita• | Lantern |
| lita-haro• | fire |
| lita-sari• | flower |
| lita-taro• | smoke |
| lita-ura• | ash |
| litao• | bright |
| litari• | to light |
| lito• | light; Empty; Unburdened; small; few; Insufficient |
| lo• | Or; Alternative |
| lo-hamo• | in |
| loka• | where |
| loki• | to lock |
| loma• | place |
| lota• | many; A large volume |
| lotari• | to sit |
| loto• | Anchor; Ground-tackle; 'The holder' |
| loto-esa• | stand |
| loto-mar• | float |
| loto-nar• | root |
| lotori• | to anchor |
| luma• | moon; Tide-puller |
| luma-roto• | round |
| luma-ti• | night; 'Moon-time' |
| ma• | and; Additive |
| maka• | do; To do; To make; Does |
| mako• | Heavy; Fully loaded; Big; Loaded |
| mako-avar• | wide |
| mako-mar• | swell |
| makori• | very, heavily |
| mana• | people; Crowds; Unaffiliated workers |
| mana-man• | person |
| mana-niro• | woman |
| mana-ro• | man |
| mar• | sea; The open sea; Broad water (generic); water; Ocean |
| mar-daka• | mud |
| mar-kina• | fish |
| mar-kora• | maritime law; 'The law of the sea' |
| mar-lo• | lake |
| mar-sari• | wet |
| mar-selo• | wash |
| mar-ti• | warm shallows; Reef waters |
| mar-ti-sa• | warm |
| mar-vask• | deep terror |
| marani• | to swim |
| mastar• | mainmast; Central pillar |
| mastar-selo• | straight |
| mata• | mother |
| mi• | me; I |
| mi-ni• | we; Us (Me-plural) |
| mi-sol• | heart |
| mini-kina• | baby; Infant; 'Small child' |
| misa• | mess |
| moka• | cargo; Goods; Freight |
| mora• | more; Additional |
| moro• | deep ocean; Unanchorable water |
| moro-sari• | grass |
| moro-selo• | black |
| musa• | muscle |
| musa-mako• | strong |
| muta• | Mutiny |
| mutari• | to mutiny |
| myr• | strait; A narrow strait; A pilot's route |
| myr-lito• | narrow |
| myr-man• | pilot; Local navigator |
| na-si• | here; 'At this' |
| na-ta• | there; 'At that' |
| na-ti• | now; 'At time'; Immediately |
| nali• | islander; One born to the sea |
| nama• | To eat; To consume rations |
| nama-hamo• | belly |
| nama-haro• | vomit |
| nama-lita• | liver |
| namar• | food |
| nar-rova• | leaf |
| nar-selo• | green |
| nara• | tree |
| nara-lota• | forest |
| nari• | eye |
| nav• | ship |
| nava• | to sail; To voyage; go; To go; To depart |
| nava-boda• | knee |
| nava-ma• | foot |
| nava-peli• | walk |
| nava-rova• | leg |
| neta• | net |
| nida• | need; To need; Required |
| nima• | name; Designation |
| nina• | nine; Nine (9) |
| nina-deka• | ninety; Ninety (90) |
| noka• | to strike |
| noka-kuli• | hunt |
| noka-sa• | hit |
| noka-vo• | throw |
| nokari• | to cut |
| noro• | nose |
| noro-rani• | smell |
| nova• | new; Fresh |
| oma• | all; Entirety |
| oni• | only; Just |
| pale• | shoal; Shoal water; Reef hazard; Waters that require a lookout |
| pani• | pants |
| pasa• | passage |
| peli• | shallow; Dangerous; near |
| peli-lo• | near |
| pika• | pike |
| pika-kara• | horn |
| pika-nama• | tooth |
| pika-nama-vi• | bite |
| pika-sa• | stab |
| pika-selo• | sharp |
| pika-sena• | split |
| pika-ura• | dull |
| pima• | first; Leading |
| pira• | Pirate |
| pirado• | stolen |
| porti• | harbor; Dock; Landing point; home; Base |
| porti-lina• | harbor-rain |
| porti-master• | harbor master; Keeper of the docks |
| pula• | to pull |
| pula-sa• | pull |
| pusa• | to push |
| pusa-sa• | push |
| ra-ka• | why; 'From what'; Reason |
| ra-ka-sa• | because |
| raita• | right; Starboard side |
| raka• | rack |
| ran-selo• | clear route |
| ran-ti• | safe route; A safe coastal route |
| ran-vask• | dangerous route |
| rani• | Route; A mapped or known course; Road; Path |
| rani-lasa• | long |
| rani-lito• | short |
| rani-mini• | path |
| ranika• | known |
| raniri• | to know |
| re-na• | again; 'Return-at'; Repeat |
| remi• | to row |
| renar• | current; A current; A 'river' in the sea |
| renar-sa• | flow |
| renar-ti• | river |
| rokuli• | bird |
| rokuli-ik• | fly |
| roto• | Rope |
| roto-haro• | snake |
| roto-mako• | rope |
| roto-sa• | tie |
| roto-selo• | smooth |
| rotori• | to tie |
| rova• | sail; Canvas; Wind-catcher |
| rova-man• | sailor; Deckhand |
| ruma• | drink |
| ruma-mini• | suck |
| sa• | he |
| sa-ni• | they; Them |
| sala• | Salt |
| sala-mar• | sand |
| sala-sari• | dirty |
| salari• | salty |
| sari• | shirt |
| sari-ik• | louse |
| sari-lito• | thin |
| sari-roto• | sew |
| sari-selo• | wipe |
| sari-selo-sa• | white |
| sato• | slow; Becalmed; late; Delayed |
| sava• | skin |
| sela-kara• | hair |
| selo• | Clear sky; Good visibility |
| selo-haro• | cloud |
| selo-lo• | sky |
| selo-maka• | play |
| selo-mako• | full |
| selo-mar• | goodbye; 'Clear sea'; Farewell |
| selo-mi• | live |
| selo-rani• | correct |
| selo-taka• | laugh |
| seloka• | clear, safe, good |
| seloma• | okay, agreed, good |
| sema• | same; Matching |
| sena• | Agreement; Contract; 'Bound words'; Word; Bound agreement |
| sena-hamo• | mouth |
| senari• | to agree |
| senta• | hundred; Hundred (100) |
| sera• | to sink; To lose a ship |
| sera-mi• | die |
| sera-ta• | kill |
| serari• | to fall |
| seva• | seven; Seven (7) |
| seva-deka• | seventy; Seventy (70) |
| shai• | sheltered channel; A sheltered channel; Inner sea; Safe harbor waters |
| shala• | to watch; To look out; To keep vigil; see; To see; To watch out for |
| shila• | silver; Coin; Standard trade currency |
| si• | this; This (near) |
| si-luma• | tonight; 'This moon' |
| si-sol• | today; 'This sun' |
| sipa• | sleep; To sleep; To rest |
| sira• | Song |
| sira-sa• | sing |
| sirari• | to sing |
| sisa• | Sister (borrowed) |
| sisa-deka• | sixty; Sixty (60) |
| sisara• | six |
| sol• | sun; Day-marker, day |
| sol-do• | evening; 'Sun-down'; Dusk |
| sol-ha• | afternoon; 'Sun-high'; Midday |
| sol-pa• | morning; 'Sun-up' |
| sol-rani• | year |
| sol-selo• | yellow |
| sola• | north |
| sola-holi• | breast |
| soma• | some; A portion |
| somi• | shanty |
| suva• | slack water; Tide-turn; Still harbor |
| suva-kora• | slack-water trade |
| suvari• | to turn |
| ta• | that; That (far) |
| ta-sema• | other |
| ta-sol• | yesterday; 'Past sun' |
| ta-ti• | then; 'Past time' |
| taka• | To say; To speak; To shout |
| taka-lina• | tongue |
| taka-sala• | spit |
| takama• | language |
| tara• | tar |
| taro• | fog; Sea-mist; Low visibility |
| taro-sala• | dust |
| tava• | tavern |
| teli• | count; Tally; Inventory |
| teli-sa• | count |
| tena• | to hold; To secure a line |
| teri• | mainlander; 'Dirt-walker' |
| ti• | when; Time |
| tia• | three; Three (3) |
| tia-deka• | thirty; Thirty (30) |
| tima• | think; To reckon; To calculate; To think |
| tu• | you |
| una• | one; One (1) |
| ur-kana• | cannot; Incapable |
| ur-rani• | unknown; Unmapped; 'Off the chart' |
| ur-selo• | bad; Dangerous; Rotten |
| ur-selo-mar• | rotten |
| ur-sema• | different; Changed |
| ur-sena• | lie |
| ur-senari• | to lie |
| ur-taka• | lie |
| ura• | No; Negated |
| ura-mar• | dry |
| ura-oma• | none; Empty |
| urano• | not |
| urdak-sena• | deep-water oath |
| va• | but; Contrast |
| val• | wind; Wind (general) |
| val-pusa• | blow |
| val-rani• | trade winds; Reliable seasonal winds |
| val-ruma• | breathe |
| vala• | to catch wind; To catch the wind; To make speed |
| vana• | want; To want; To desire |
| varo• | deep; Profound; far |
| varo-lo• | far |
| vask• | rough water; Unpredictable chop; Cold outer sea |
| vaska• | To struggle; To fight rough water |
| vaska-lina• | snow |
| vaska-mar• | freeze |
| vaska-mar• | ice |
| vaska-noka• | fight |
| vaskari• | cold |
| vato• | water barrel |
| ve-ka• | how; 'With what'; Method |
| ve-mi• | with |
| vela• | please; A request for a favor |
| velo• | tariff; Docking fee; Harbor tax |
| vena• | West (sunset; the outer coast) |
| venari• | to come |
| vo• | will; Future particle; Would |
| vo-ka• | if |
| vo-no• | maybe; 'Will-no'; Uncertain |
| vo-sol• | tomorrow; 'Future sun' |
| vola• | to shoot |