Dictionary
Lexicon and word definitions
| Lemma | Gloss |
|---|---|
| e• | first |
| eingkem• | painter |
| ekukelu• | exactly |
| eme• | pinch |
| emo• | fluid |
| empi• | rationale |
| eniye• | visitor |
| enu• | festival |
| esi• | queen |
| etem• | vendor |
| eyem• | bubble |
| eyuyongi• | prisoner |
| he• | i |
| heli• | to say |
| hemo• | father |
| hen• | everybody |
| heno• | mother |
| heyo• | biology |
| hiheng• | beautiful |
| hikopi• | permission |
| himo• | risky |
| hini• | to hear |
| hining• | hint |
| hisompo• | government |
| hizhom• | platform |
| ho• | down |
| homim• | posture (bodily position) |
| hongi• | back |
| honu• | to breathe |
| hose• | chain; link |
| hosi• | to fear |
| hoyo• | sky |
| hu• | they |
| hukin• | garbage |
| hule• | wind (breeze) |
| hulo• | to blow (wind) |
| humi• | to live |
| humo• | fog |
| hune• | person |
| huni• | night |
| huome• | adapt |
| i• | the |
| ii• | colony |
| ilem• | port |
| ime• | fly |
| ing• | thou/you |
| ingem• | second (time) |
| ingewe• | erection |
| ingke• | key |
| ise• | roster |
| itu• | illusion |
| izhe• | turtle |
| keli• | foot |
| kemo• | liver |
| kemu• | stone |
| kemun• | biscuit |
| keng• | unit |
| keni• | tooth (front) |
| keno• | because |
| kenu• | bone |
| kesi• | to scratch (itch) |
| keti• | to cut |
| keyu• | vine |
| ki• | he |
| kili• | fossil |
| king• | three |
| kingepi• | closure |
| kipeng• | pyramid |
| kite• | priority |
| kiti• | sharp (knife) |
| kizhin• | jump; leap; skip |
| komi• | belly |
| komin• | guts |
| kongo• | mountain |
| kono• | to split |
| konu• | cannon |
| kotu• | postpone |
| kowe• | express |
| ku• | how |
| kui• | to turn (veer) |
| kumo• | head |
| kune• | ear |
| kungu• | menu |
| kuso• | export |
| le• | ye |
| lehi• | to laugh |
| leke• | huddle |
| lemi• | smooth |
| lengi• | reap |
| lenu• | to lie (on side) |
| lesuwi• | discharge |
| letu• | left (hand) |
| li• | thin (narrow) |
| limi• | narrow |
| lipo• | sleep; nap |
| liye• | clan |
| loki• | to walk |
| lome• | tattoo |
| longi• | tail |
| lozhi• | void |
| luki• | bite; chew |
| luko• | rope |
| luku• | to tie |
| lungko• | spoon |
| luni• | to sew |
| luwu• | long |
| me• | some |
| meki• | train |
| meli• | good |
| mene• | old |
| menge• | depend |
| mengi• | heart |
| mengu• | crawl |
| meni• | to see |
| mepi• | right (correct) |
| mepimon• | chime |
| metu• | to squeeze |
| meyo• | cloud |
| meyu• | flower |
| miko• | tilt |
| mili• | skin (of person) |
| milu• | laundry |
| min• | problem (difficulty) |
| mini• | small |
| mipe• | deep |
| miwe• | general; generic |
| mizhizhi• | stack |
| mo• | one |
| mohe• | tire |
| moli• | to smell (perceive odor) |
| mom• | start; beginning |
| mompi• | silk |
| mon• | to eat |
| moni• | to think |
| mope• | remind |
| moto• | big |
| mowe• | to float |
| mu• | feel (perceive; sense); feel (sense by touch) |
| muhu• | to vomit |
| muki• | ice |
| muko• | river |
| muli• | to swim |
| mulu• | black |
| mume• | sea (ocean) |
| mumo• | rotten (log) |
| mumu• | spray |
| mune• | wet |
| mungki• | throw; hurl; propel |
| mungko• | leaf; foliage |
| mungu• | to swell |
| muno• | lake |
| musu• | to flow |
| mutu• | dull (knife) |
| muyu• | to rain |
| ne• | not |
| neme• | name |
| nemi• | fish |
| nen• | job |
| nenengi• | window; view |
| nengu• | snake |
| nete• | cone |
| ni• | in |
| nikongku• | silence |
| nili• | few |
| nimo• | to die |
| nimu• | to sit |
| nin• | yellow; orange; brown |
| ningi• | to hold (in hand) |
| nipu• | sausage |
| nisem• | characteristic |
| niti• | hand |
| no• | if |
| noke• | guess |
| noko• | leg |
| noli• | road |
| nomingki• | prophet |
| non• | and |
| nonge• | galaxy |
| nu• | moon |
| nuku• | to drink |
| nume• | concentrate |
| nuni• | worm |
| nupi• | to suck |
| nuzhi• | sand |
| o• | two |
| oheng• | frighten |
| olo• | other |
| omeng• | academic |
| omi• | clarify |
| omo• | disease |
| ontuwiko• | psychology |
| opi• | crab |
| otu• | pick |
| oyom• | arm |
| ozhizho• | technological |
| pe• | seem; appear |
| peli• | to play |
| pemi• | dirty |
| pempimi• | ever |
| penu• | egg |
| pesi• | to wipe |
| petu• | meat (flesh) |
| peyumi• | archive |
| pihi• | tariff |
| pihu• | candidate |
| pine• | pandemic |
| pinu• | tradition; ritual |
| piti• | to hit |
| piting• | pollute |
| pomi• | souvenir |
| pompeng• | vagina |
| pomu• | thick |
| pope• | bounce |
| puhe• | smoke |
| puki• | to freeze |
| pun• | fire |
| pune• | to burn (intransitive) |
| punu• | snow |
| puso• | ashes |
| puzhetong• | shark |
| sei• | day (not night) |
| seke• | capsule |
| seki• | to rub |
| seli• | bird |
| selu• | wing |
| selun• | feather (large) |
| semo• | year |
| sen• | all |
| seno• | animal |
| senu• | star |
| seyo• | bud |
| sezho• | shudder |
| sike• | to count |
| siki• | louse |
| silu• | kitchen; cuisine |
| sim• | much |
| sime• | to know (facts) |
| simo• | blood |
| sinti• | neck |
| siyi• | new |
| sizheng• | virgin |
| sohe• | push; shove; grow; propel; shift |
| soi• | white |
| soki• | to fight |
| soli• | rank (military) |
| somu• | warm (weather) |
| sowi• | curse |
| su• | sun |
| suhi• | red |
| suku• | cold (weather) |
| suli• | earth (soil) |
| sulo• | salt |
| sumi• | dust |
| sung• | involve; entail |
| sungo• | to hunt (game) |
| suni• | hair |
| suno• | nose |
| sunu• | fat (substance) |
| sutu• | to stand |
| suwing• | front; facade |
| te• | at |
| teli• | straight |
| telu• | short |
| temi• | to give |
| temo• | mouth |
| tempo• | muffle |
| temu• | dry (substance) |
| ten• | here |
| teng• | list |
| tewi• | to pull |
| teyu• | near |
| ti• | this |
| tiho• | plantation |
| tikemi• | bulb (plant root) |
| tiki• | to stab (or stick) |
| timo• | to fall (drop) |
| tizhimo• | offspring |
| toke• | tree |
| tokem• | woods |
| tokon• | bark (of a tree) |
| toku• | stick (of wood) |
| tomu• | heavy |
| ton• | there |
| tongi• | dog |
| topi• | saturate |
| toyomi• | liberty |
| toyun• | alibi |
| tu• | that |
| tuhu• | to spit |
| tui• | borrow |
| tungu• | to dig |
| tuome• | choose |
| tupi• | ghost |
| u• | what |
| ukom• | heritage |
| ume• | compile |
| umelimupo• | frost |
| umo• | bring; fetch |
| une• | who |
| untu• | width |
| upipe• | spice |
| usume• | ship |
| we• | we |
| wekeng• | basil |
| weki• | with (accompanying) |
| welo• | far |
| wemi• | wallet |
| wemping• | tune |
| wen• | where |
| weni• | to sing |
| wesi• | to wash |
| weyi• | to fly |
| wiho• | assassinate |
| wimizhe• | ridicule |
| wimom• | rugged |
| winungko• | seek |
| wom• | female |
| wome• | lesbian |
| wopi• | bluff |
| yemo• | fruit |
| yenen• | aesthetic |
| yepu• | fragile |
| yewi• | warrant |
| yome• | husband |
| yomi• | demon |
| yomo• | man (male) |
| yon• | boy |
| yongo• | interrupt; interfere |
| yoni• | child (young) |
| yun• | then |
| yunim• | sail; navigate |
| yuwo• | rude |
| zhe• | before |
| zheme• | eye |
| zhesu• | trigger |
| zhime• | calm |
| zhimi• | clean |
| zhohi• | scarf |
| zholi• | array |
| zhu• | four |
| zhuli• | green |
| zhumo• | five |
| zhumu• | bad |
| zhun• | weak |