Waa-English dictionary
A dictionary of the Waa language.
A
a - by, from
ae - that (introduces relative clauses)
ai - island
aku to ask
apa - four
apo - top, head, cap, area on/above something
aro - arrow
ata - after, later than
B
bake - back, the far side of something
basu - bus
bau - to bow
bei - bay
bea - bear
beo - before
bii - bee
binu - bin, container
bita - to bite, to sting
bono - good, right
bonoera - good-sounding
bonoeya - good-looking, beautiful
bonorohi - bad, wrong, incorrect
boro - ball, sphere
borokora - planet
bou - bow (toll)
buku - book
bukuwedo - dictionary
buro - blue
burowitu - light blue
busu - bush, vetegation
buu - cage
D
danu - to dance
dei - day
Deiapa - Wednesday
Deiei - Sunday
Deikore - Tuesday
Deilima - Thursday
Deiroa - Monday
Deisesu - Friday
Deisewe - Saturday
deu - god, deity
dou - dough
E
e - and
ea - air
ei - one
ena - to exist
eo - or
era - ear
eya - eye
G
gegu - wing
goko - dark, black
guru - night
H
hako - falcon
hea - hair
heatinu - beard
heayoru - grass
hega - to hang (intr.)
hera - to hear
hesi - face, surface
hewe - sky, heaven
hika - fish
hoko - hawk
horo - to fall
huka - to catch
huso - house
husobuku - library
husoitu - restaurant
husokopa - shop, store
husominu - bar, drinking establishment
husosawa - museum
I
i - in, at, on, to
i apo - over, above
i puri - under, beneath, below
i roka - inside, into
ina - now, at this moment
iro - iron
iru - to love
isu - ice
itu - to eat
K
kaa - car
kae - can, to be able to
kamo - camel
kapo - cupboard, box
kapoisu - freezer
kapokuru - refrigerator
kapu - cup, mug
kebono - goodness
kedanu - dance (noun)
kee - to come, to arrive
keena - existence
kehera - rumour
keitu - food
keki - cake
kekipana - pancake
kekiiti - cookie
kekutu - piece, slice
keminu - drink (noun)
kemuo - movement
kesoga - song
kesoi - sound
ketisu - teaching, doctring
ketoko - language, speech
kia - it, she, he
kia naa - that one
kia nei - this one
kiaera - they
kire - fire
komu - comb, to comb
kou - to go
koroete - computer
korokutu - knife
koroope - key
kororita - pen, pencil
korotima - clock, watch, timepiece
ku - no, not
kuru - cold, cool
kutu - to cut, to chop
M
mae - can, may, to be able to
mako - shark
mane - man, male
manu - mountain
meko - dress
mene - man, human
manu - mountain
mine - minute
minu - to drink
muka - face, appearance, look
mura - first
N
naa - there, that (adnominal)
nahi - knife
nea - to be
nei - this, there (adnominal)
nosu - nose
nota - night
nuto - nut
O
oa - two
odu - old, parent
oka - people, crowd, tribe
oma - mother, aunt
ona - woman
osa - part, piece
ota - father
oya - eye
P
paena - to create
pahoro - to drop, to bring down
paiboa - village, settlement, town
pakena - to introduce, to present, to make known
pairera - school
paitu - to feed
paiwea - where
pamuo - to lead
pana - pan
parera - to teach
pasiu - to show
pasoi - to make something sound
pasu - to pass, past
patuu - to place, to put
payara - to chase
R
rane - land, soil, area, country
raneai - island
redi - already, finished, to have done
rene - to rent
rei - grey
reu - fox
reye - to govern, to lead
rita - to write, to draw
roa - two
roka - interior, enclosure, to enclose
rota - rat
roti - bread
roto - blood
ruku - to look, to watch, to study, to read
S
saku - shark
sawa - collection, museum
sawaai - archipelago
sawabuku - library
sawamanu - mountain range
selu - to sell
sewa - sleep
sima - while, when, at the same time as
siu - to see
soabuku - library
soga - to sing
soi - to sound
suku - to suck
T
taa - then
taa - star
tea - when
tei - now
tesi - station
tesibasu - bus station
tesiweiiro - railway station
tiadanu - dancer
tiaoka - human, person
tiapalera - teacher
tiarera - student, pupil
tiaruku - reader, student
tiasiu - audience, onlooker, viewer
tima - hour, time
tima naa - then
tima nei - now
tima wea - when
tisu - to teach
toko - to talk, to speak
tuu - to stand, to be located, to be placed
U
ui - to swim
uru - wool
W
waa - language, speech, culture (archaic)
wae - to want (to)
waka - boat, canoe, shop, vessel
wakaaka - ship
wakaakaea - airship
wakaea - airplane, airship
wakakora - spaceship
wakarane - car, wagon
wea - who, what, which, where
wedo - word
wei - way, path, road
weiiro - railway
weko - to work
wene - go go, to walk, to move, to travel
were - animal, being, creature
wero - world
weru - bird
werukire - airplane
wira - science, study, academy, theory
wirakora astronomy
wirarane - geography
wirawere - zoology
wirayoru - geology, earth science
woho - wolf
woo - world
woorane - civil war
woowero - world war
wota - water
wotahewe - rain
wotaoya - tear
wotariwa - river
wotawero - ocean
Y
yagu - young, child
yagumane - son, boy
yaguona - daughter, girl
yara - to run
ye yes (in response to a positive question), no (in response to a negative question)
yoru - earth, soil, Earth (planet)
yu - you (singular)
yuera - you (plural)
yuyu - last, final
