English-Limli: N-Y

Table of Phonemes

POA	labial				dental			alveolar		palatal				glottal		nasal				vowels
IPA	/φ/	/β/	/w/		/l/	/t/		/s/		/k/	/j/	/ɣ/		/h/		/m/	/n/	/ŋ/		/ä/	/e/	/o/	/u/	/i/
Hangul	ㅍ	ㅂ	1		ㄹ	ㄷ		ㅅ		ㄱ	2	ㅋ		ㅎ		ㅁ	ㄴ	ㄲ/ㅇ		아	에	오	우	이
Latin	f	v	w		l	t		s		k	y	ǵ		h		m	n	ń		a	e	o	u	i

Notes:

• ¹ The compound vowels are used for <w>, e.g., ㅘ, wa.
• ² The iotified vowels are used for <y>, e.g., 요, yo.

English-Limli Dictionary

N

name, yunei. narrow, adj. yulu. near, adj. lele. need, vb. ńifai.

new, adj. seheo. night, wohu. no, det. liwa. noon, fau tihi.

north, adj. wilu. not, adv. ta. now, adv. miki. number, yato.

O

oblige, vb. ǵeme. obsidian, foyoi. occupied, adj. lońiyu. old, adj. liyu.

one, ivi. or, cnj. ǵiyi. origin, ǵolo. other, det. afiyu.

ought to, vb. ǵeme. outside, kiye. oven, eońo. owe, vb. hiuha.

P

parent, ńifoli. part, ńiyata. party, ǵihumi. past, ńoli. path, iwi.

pearl, ńeńu. permit, vb. foloi. persevere, vb. fońio. person, fio. pertain, vb.sifiio.

pick, vb. fiyewi. place, vb. ǵini. plant, vb. fuǵo. play, vb. ǵimu. please, vb. lei.

power, ńimi. prefer, vb. vutu. pull, vb. lao. purpose, lewemi. push, vb. rimi.

Q

quick, adj. fawa.

R

raft, ńeluyu. rafter, live. real, adj. ńiletu. receive, vb. fofeyo. red, adj. sawe. regard, vb. sifiio.

relate, vb. hita. remain, vb. yaka. replace, vb. wusu. request, vb. feme. respect, vb. sifiio. right (correct), adj. fuli.

right (direction), adj. yańi. rock, ǵifo. room, ǵefo. role, lotimi. rope, fiowi. rot, vb. ǵiti.

round, adj. wefili. rub, vb. ńuwu. rule, fowa. run, vb. eńi.

S

salt, ńivu. salt water, ńiwiki. same, adj. tufa. sand, hema. sap, liho kihu. say, vb. hita. scratch, vb. wilo. see, vb. lufi. self, suwe. seven, yufo. sew, vb. fou. sharp, adj. leu.

she, prn. vui. shelf, sifi. shell, ǵoǵo. short, adj. leta. should, vb. ǵeme. sick, adj. ńivilu. side, fiyi. similar, adj. wufa. sin, vb. viti. sing, vb. kiufi. sink, vb. feyo. sister, ufi.

sit, vb. ńoso. six, eme. sky, tinu. sleep, vb. ńea. small, adj. tuhu. smell, vb. hiti. smoke, oiyu. smooth, adj. tioni. soil, taǵe. solid, adj. fońiwe. some, det. afi. son, fińi.

soul, hoyima. sound, ewe. sour, adj. liki. speak, vb. iru. spear, leǵa. spit, vb. foyi. split, vb. ńiyia. squeeze, vb. wińu. stab, vb. ǵeli. stale, adj. ńiso. stand, vb. fu. star, safo.

stay, vb. yaka. stick, wilio. stone, ǵifo. straight, adj. ǵeteteu. strong, adj. ńitevu. suck, vb. vovo. sun, tihi. sup, vb. fumi. swell, vb. heyo. swift, adj. fawa. swim, vb. hio.

T

taboo, adj. fiǵo. talk, vb. wawe. tall, adj. fau. tell, vb. hita. than, cnj. ila. thank, vb. safiu. that, det. awa...ae. that, prn. awa. thatch, life.

the, det. ae (sg.); le (pl.). there, adv. wauwa. there is/are, vb. aya. these, det. ama...le; prn. amale. they, prn. yule. thick, adj. fewo. thin, adj. ani. thing, ńai. think, vb. muhu.

this, det. ama...ae; prn. ama. those, det. ama...le; prn. amale. three, feto. throw, vb. hetai. tide, fiu. tie, vb. milu. time (duration), lua. time (instance), ki. to, prep. (indir. obj.), a.

today, ama tihi ae. together, adv. fiyu. tomorrow, uatihi. too, adv. yelu. touch, vb. yehe. true, adj. ńiletu. turn, vb. fiyo. two, fovi.

U

usual, adj. vana.

V

village, lete. violet, adj. ǵemu. voice, tae. vomit, vb. woilu.

W

walk, vb. timli. want, vb. yuyu. warm, adj. ńayi. wash, vb. yeweu. water, kihu. we, prn. yile. web, folo.

weigh, soi. wet, adj. ǵoto. what, prn. iyi. when, adv. iyai. where, adv. yai. which, prn., adj. ayai. white, adj. fai.

who, prn. kiu. whole, adj. lifei. why, adv. lońo. wide, adj. yimu. wife, (ńita) sisu. wipe, vb. olou. wish, vb. yuyu.

woman, sisu. wood, wilili. word, hoǵo. world, samoi.

Y

year, filo. yellow, adj. lesiu. yesterday, fawitihi.

you, prn. hea (sg.); hele (pl.). young, adj. heǵue.

Note

• The prepositions are placed in a separate dictionary where they can be better defined.

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