Lexicon and word definitions
| Lemma | Gloss |
|---|---|
| 'af | to believe |
| 'av | pyramid |
| 'i | feeling |
| 'ikʉ | careful |
| 'iðɔ | bear |
| 'oqʕoð• | to eat; consume; ingest |
| 'ovqo• | to sleep |
| 'ʉɹo• | spouse |
| a | against |
| afʉ | acquaintance |
| atak | village; suburb |
| aɔ | apple |
| aɽi | yesterday |
| aʙʉfqʉ | key |
| bakvʏ | to bow |
| bakɔ | turtle |
| bava | to fall (drop) |
| bikɔ | to thrust / to stab |
| bið | to reach |
| bom | boring |
| bona | throat |
| bonɔ• | neck |
| boqʏ• | to see |
| boɹa | smooth |
| bɔko | dog |
| bɔɹ | eye |
| bɔɾɔ• | round |
| bʉa | extinct |
| bʉg | to push |
| bʉl | egg |
| bʉm | to swell |
| bʉn | be born |
| bʉna | well (water source) |
| bʉɹ | coast |
| bʏ• | three |
| bʏla | to laugh |
| bʏɹo• | child |
| bʏʉ | to roll; rotate |
| fami | somewhere else; away |
| faqi | desert |
| fað | dull (knife) |
| fiaɹo | wheel |
| fiki | few |
| fikɔ | narrow |
| fɔmʉʕ | date |
| fɔʕ | to blow (wind) |
| fʉ | between |
| fʉl | to suck |
| fʏkvʏ• | to go |
| fʏkvʏ-ɹo• | traveler; goer |
| fʏm | to keep; control |
| fʏm | to hold |
| fʏm-qo• | hold in hand |
| fʏɹ | beforehand |
| gagam | to argue |
| gagam-qo• | controversy |
| gako• | plant |
| gava | leg |
| gavaq• | knee |
| gaʕi | to confirm |
| gaʕi-qo | decision/confirmation |
| gaʕi-qo-qʉm• | policy |
| gi'a | to marry |
| gifi | to scratch (itch) |
| gili | swallow |
| gið | to bite |
| giʔa-lɔ• | married |
| gov | foot |
| govʙʉɽak• | sock |
| gɔana• | confidence |
| gɔl | stone |
| gɔlqʉm• | rubble |
| gɔlɔ | thick |
| gɔm | heavy |
| gɔv | to fight |
| gɔv-qo• | conflict |
| gɔvɹo• | warrior |
| gɔð• | god |
| gɔʕi | to adopt |
| gʉm | to dig |
| gʉɔ | to qualify |
| gʉɾ | bone |
| gʏ | two |
| gʏ• | enemy |
| gʏl | tail |
| gʏtɔl• | ten; two hands |
| gʏðɔkʏɾ• | twelfth |
| gʏɹ | decision |
| iti | thunder |
| iɹa | trouble; problem |
| iɾ | to feel by touch |
| kafo | there |
| kafʏ• | here |
| kali | olden times |
| kaliq | old-days story |
| kalo | camp |
| kaqo | continent |
| kifi | ear |
| kimi | baggage |
| kiɾðo | legal |
| kofi | coffee |
| kɔl | stick (of wood) |
| kʉf | cold (weather) |
| kʉfo | to freeze |
| kʉl | life; living organism |
| kʉli• | to live |
| kʉm | kind; type |
| kʉmɹo | forest |
| kʉmʙik• | generic |
| kʉð | to scan |
| kʉɹa | borrow |
| kʏ• | second |
| kʏðɔl• | tenth |
| kʏðɔqʏɾ• | eleventh |
| kʏðɔvʏl• | thirteenth |
| kʏɹ | log |
| kʏɽɔto• | fourteenth |
| lami | rabbit |
| laɹavʏ | lucky |
| li' | paper; contract |
| ligʉ | green |
| lilak• | lilac |
| lio | still |
| liti | critical |
| lɔa | warm (weather) |
| lɔg | to play |
| lɔg-qo• | match (game); contest |
| lɔk | to tie |
| lɔkʉ | rope |
| lɔm | noise-sound |
| lɔq | day (not night) |
| lɔq mɔti• | tomorrow |
| lɔqa | morning |
| lɔti | always |
| lɔva | star collective |
| lɔvi | bird |
| lɔð | road |
| lɔðqit• | path |
| lʉ | and |
| lʉfo• | where |
| lʉg | look |
| lʉk• | what |
| lʉm• | who |
| lʉmav• | blend |
| lʉna | westward |
| lʉq | how many; how much |
| lʉqa• | how |
| lʉti• | when |
| lʉtiq | while; during |
| lʉv | west |
| lʉva | guts |
| lʉɹ | tongue |
| lʉɽ | why |
| lʏf | left (hand) |
| lʏfqað | left side |
| lʏg | open |
| lʏg-qo | opening |
| lʏgqaf• | window |
| lʏl• | thing |
| lʏlo | to sing |
| lʏlo-qo | song |
| lʏq | to give |
| lʏv | leftward |
| lʏɾ | gift; present |
| lʏʕiɹ | hut |
| mak• | do; make |
| maka | immediately |
| makvo | souvenir |
| mava | mouth |
| mavaq• | perhaps; might |
| mavað | to rub |
| mavɔɾqʏ | to curse |
| maɹa | exact; precise; definite |
| maɹao• | truly |
| maɹao-mi• | true |
| maɾqɔ | to hide |
| mi• | not |
| mifi | louse |
| mifʉqvi | to contaminate |
| milʉ | to inject |
| mio• | without |
| miɹʉ'af | mosquito |
| mɔa | able; capable; competent; ready |
| mɔamak• | authorize |
| mɔg• | move |
| mɔl | belly |
| mɔli | again more one |
| mɔm | time |
| mɔma | later |
| mɔq | dirty |
| mɔqa | later time |
| mɔqɽʉ• | sewage |
| mɔt | after this |
| mɔti• | already; then |
| mɔtilo | afterwards |
| mɔv• | again |
| mɔva | night |
| mɔvaq | tomorrow |
| mɔð | to fear |
| mɔða | scared; afraid |
| mɔɹɔ | short time |
| mɔɾ• | all things; everything |
| mʉfaf | to embark |
| mʉg | to squeeze |
| mʉga | earth (soil) |
| mʉgaɽʉ• | mud |
| mʉl | sand |
| mʉm | be silent? |
| mʉn• | mine; belonging to me |
| mʉq | rotten (log) |
| mʉqɔ• | deteriorate |
| mʉtʉm | tribute |
| mʉvo | dust |
| mʉʙʏ' | flood |
| mʏkvʉ | to swear (oath / truth) |
| mʏkvʉ-qo• | promise; oath |
| mʏl | straight |
| mʏq | black |
| mʏqam• | ten; half-body-count |
| mʏto | to reveal; expose |
| mʏva | fat (substance) |
| mʏɹ | heart |
| mʏɹo | to know (facts) |
| mʏɹo-qo• | knowledge |
| mʏɹo-ɾaqi• | meaning |
| na• | clause-level negator; with verbal -mi gives positive asserted reading |
| nami | bush; shrub |
| namiq | bushes |
| nɔi• | cry |
| nɔk | headlouse |
| nɔqo• | longing; yearning |
| nɔv | be absent; none |
| nʉ• | inside; in |
| nʉfi | spoon |
| nʉq | choice |
| o'iɾ | to quit |
| o'ʉ• | adult |
| olʏl | to bury |
| qaam | body |
| qaf | to throw |
| qafʏ | place |
| qag | hurt; pain |
| qag-qo• | pain |
| qagɔ• | bruise |
| qal | cliff |
| qalʏ | salt |
| qam• | twenty; body-count; score |
| qamlɔ• | breast |
| qamʏ• | masturbate (vulgar) |
| qamʙik• | ornament; accessory |
| qamʙʉɽak• | bra |
| qaq | hot |
| qava• | sky |
| qavaf | to hunt (game) |
| qavafʏ• | to rain |
| qavaɾagɔ• | rainbow |
| qavilo• | to shine; to glow |
| qavim• | fog |
| qavo | front of |
| qavol• | moon |
| qavolɔ | dawn |
| qavɔ• | sun |
| qavɹi• | star |
| qavɹi qʉm• | stars |
| qavɹi-ɹava | constellation; stars collectively |
| qavʉ• | cloud |
| qað• | side |
| qaɹi | garden |
| qifi | before |
| qikɔ• | skip |
| qilak | glass |
| qili | snake |
| qiliʕ• | ghost |
| qim | grow |
| qimi | fish |
| qimiqɔl• | whale |
| qiqo | down |
| qit | small |
| qiv | near |
| qivi | beginning; first part |
| qivo | ice |
| qivɔ | to split |
| qivɔl | open |
| qið | sharp (knife) |
| qiðɔɹ• | horn |
| qo-qav• | fool-person; moron; complete idiot |
| qobo | liver |
| qof-fi• | unlucky fool; pathetic idiot; jinxed dumbass |
| qof-kʏ• | klutz; little fool; you idiot |
| qolɔ | bowl |
| qovo• | return |
| qoðo | horse |
| qoʔ• | idiot! fool! dumbass! |
| qɑmɔ | stand upright |
| qɑv• | person; human |
| qɑvɾaqi• | persona |
| qɑɹa | toward |
| qɔf | truth |
| qɔl | big |
| qɔli | momentary |
| qɔlo• | more; increasingly |
| qɔlo qɔlo | very very |
| qɔlo-mak• | increase; expand; exacerbate |
| qɔlqɑv• | giant |
| qɔm | to sit |
| qɔma | mountain |
| qɔmna | standing near |
| qɔmʉ• | private relief (regular euphemism for masturbation) |
| qɔmʉ-qo• | private relief (formal euphemism for masturbation) |
| qɔmʏ• | strong; stronger |
| qɔna | eastward |
| qɔv | far |
| qɔvɔ | walnut |
| qɔɹ | part |
| qɹo | there is / exist? |
| qɾam• | twentieth |
| qʉg | valve |
| qʉm | all |
| qʉma• | full |
| qʉɾ | head |
| qʉɾʙʉɽak• | helmet |
| qʏ• | one |
| qʏf• | word |
| qʏflʏl• | icon |
| qʏflʏq• | answer |
| qʏfqʏ• | to speak; say |
| qʏfɾaqi• | motif |
| qʏg• | up; above |
| qʏvi | spider |
| qʏð | to count |
| qʏɾ• | first |
| qʏʕ | meat (flesh) |
| ta | to die |
| tafi | basket |
| tafɔl | table |
| ti | tea |
| tifa | to spit |
| tifaq | open state; opening |
| tifi | needle |
| tiq | tooth (front) |
| tiv | bark (dog) |
| tivɔ | knife |
| tivɔqið• | razor |
| tiɾqɔ | choir |
| tiʕi | to advance |
| tɔgam | to extend |
| tɔkʏɾ• | seventh |
| tɔl• | five |
| tɔla• | arm |
| tɔlkɔl• | rake; fork |
| tɔlqit• | finger |
| tɔlqið• | nail |
| tɔm | to stand |
| tɔq | to cut |
| tɔɔl | hand |
| tɔɽik | to yell |
| tɔɽik-qo• | noise; shouting |
| tʉk | for; for the purpose of |
| tʉkmak• | use |
| tʉvi | to sew |
| tʏq | short |
| va• | he / she |
| val | to need; require; lack |
| valmak• | enforce |
| vaqɔ | wide |
| vav | to slide |
| vaði | blood |
| vi | they |
| vilo | to fly |
| vina• | name |
| vina-qit• | nickname |
| vinɔ• | nose |
| viqvʏ | to boost |
| vo | in |
| vobɔɹ | cafe |
| vonɔ• | house; home; residence |
| vonɔqʉm• | tribe |
| voɾʏʔ• | market |
| voɾʏʔqit• | kiosk |
| vɔkvif | animal |
| vɔl | to turn (veer) |
| vɔl-qo• | reversal |
| vɔlo | return come back |
| vɔm• | happen |
| vɔq | before this |
| vɔqvi | lung |
| vɔt | to kill |
| vɔvqof | to deploy |
| vɔɾ | under; below |
| vɔɾo• | spouse |
| vʉl | east |
| vʉm | sayable word |
| vʉm-qo• | language |
| vʉɹ | feather (large) |
| vʉɹqɔ• | wing |
| vʏ | we |
| vʏkvʏ• | to come |
| vʏm | language |
| vʏtɔkʏɾ• | seventeenth |
| vʏðɔl• | fifteenth |
| vʏðɔqʏɾ• | sixteenth |
| vʏðɔvʏl• | eighteenth |
| vʏɽɔto• | nineteenth |
| ðafqivqið | to walk |
| ðak | bad |
| ðak-qo• | sin |
| ðaʕ | pea |
| ði• | proximal deictic frame; here; in speaker's sphere |
| ðia | silly |
| ðiqa | beer |
| ðo• | four |
| ðo-ðʏ• | idiot me; stupid me; what an idiot I am |
| ðomav | perimeter |
| ðoq• | thud; fool; clumsy; unlucky |
| ðɔ• | distal deictic frame; there; outside speaker's sphere |
| ðɔa | pretty |
| ðɔl• | fifth |
| ðɔqʏɾ• | sixth |
| ðɔvʏl• | eighth |
| ðɔðʉl | snow |
| ðʉ | at |
| ðʉl | devil |
| ðʏ• | I; me |
| ðʏk• | this |
| ðʏk mɔva• | tonight |
| ðʏl | that |
| ðʏvo | yellow |
| ɔqvaʕ | river; creek |
| ɔtʏ | cupboard |
| ɔɾʉ | shore |
| ɹak | be like; resemble |
| ɹama | yam |
| ɹamaq | lemon |
| ɹamaqɔ• | insect |
| ɹaq | back |
| ɹava• | tree |
| ɹavaf• | to want; desire |
| ɹavam• | woods |
| ɹavaq | right / correct / proper |
| ɹavaq-mak• | to correct (action) |
| ɹavaq-qo• | wisdom |
| ɹavi | grass |
| ɹaviq• | leaf |
| ɹavlɔ• | bark (of a tree) |
| ɹavo• | flower |
| ɹavoqaf• | garden |
| ɹavqʉ• | root |
| ɹavti• | seed |
| ɹavɔ• | fruit |
| ɹavɹo | grandparent |
| ɹifi• | sibling |
| ɹim | to think |
| ɹimɔ | moment |
| ɹivqʏm | to pick |
| ɹɔlɔk | homeland |
| ɹɔm | long |
| ɹɔmqað | both sides |
| ɹɔv | moss |
| ɹɔvi• | north |
| ɹɔɽqak | front; facade |
| ɹʉk | such |
| ɹʉmɔ | year |
| ɹʉð | because |
| ɹʉɾqo | to search; look up; explore |
| ɽa' | you all |
| ɽam | old |
| ɽava | many |
| ɽavaqɔ | skin (of person) |
| ɽiv• | parent |
| ɽiʕ | thin |
| ɽo• | fourth |
| ɽofqʏ | rookie |
| ɽoqʏ | to drink |
| ɽɔk | tenant |
| ɽɔto• | ninth |
| ɽʉ• | water |
| ɽʉfa | to wash |
| ɽʉgo | to float |
| ɽʉma• | lake |
| ɽʉmaq• | sea (ocean) |
| ɽʉmi | wet |
| ɽʉta | to wipe |
| ɽʉtɔm• | dam |
| ɽʉv | right (hand) |
| ɽʉva | to swim |
| ɽʉvqað | right side |
| ɽʉvʏ | to flow |
| ɽʉɽ | to ignore |
| ɾag | to pull |
| ɾagɔ | ring |
| ɾaqi• | about; concerning |
| ɾaʕif | treasure |
| ɾaʕifʏ• | rich |
| ɾaʕo• | to follow |
| ɾig | to order |
| ɾimʉ | receipt |
| ɾomaa | temporary |
| ɾɔf | to hear |
| ɾɔfmɔ• | deaf |
| ɾʉl | to frighten |
| ɾʉm | person |
| ɾʉn• | yours; belonging to you |
| ɾʉð• | you |
| ɾʏ' | to trade |
| ɾʏɹo | to attend |
| ʉg | to hit; strike; collide |
| ʉgɔ• | spank |
| ʉkɔ | pedestrian |
| ʉɹ | dry (substance) |
| ʏ | to serve |
| ʏ-qo• | work; labor |
| ʏgami | juice |
| ʏqɔ | nut |
| ʏvi | beetle |
| ʏʙal | wound; trauma |
| ʔiʔ | only |
| ʕaa | fatal |
| ʕaf | to burn (intransitive) |
| ʕafi | smoke |
| ʕafiq | wind (breeze) |
| ʕana• | axe |
| ʕav | red |
| ʕavqam• | fifteen; three-quarters-body-count |
| ʕavʏ | ash |
| ʕaðabo | sample |
| ʕaɹ | lie; be false |
| ʕifi | hair |
| ʕiɹɔ | angle; corner |
| ʕiɾiana• | characteristic |
| ʕo• | fire |
| ʕok | if |
| ʕokto | therefore; because of this |
| ʕol | to lie (on side) |
| ʕolʏ• | lay |
| ʕovi• | cook |
| ʕʉf | to breathe |
| ʕʉm | to vomit |
| ʕʉmo | worm |
| ʕʏm | to smell (perceive odor) |
| ʙata | priest |
| ʙav | good |
| ʙað | other |
| ʙi | white |
| ʙik | some |
| ʙina• | new |
| ʙiq | same |
| ʙɔgʏqa | fun |
| ʙʉ | with (accompanying) |
| ʙʉ-ʙav-na• | harmony |
| ʙʉbo• | friend |
| ʙʉn | follow |
| ʙʉð• | five |
| ʙʉɽak | dress; skirt |
| ʙʏʕa | nervous |