Khombu lexicon

A - B - Bh - D - Dh - G - Gh - H - K - Kh - M - N - Ng - O - P - Ph - T - Th - U - Gx - Kx - Px - Tx

A

• a: one
• akh: [in order] to
• akh hopa: [in order] to learn
• akh otkha: at least
• aku: day
• ampo: famous
• am-px-aka: to speak
• angkhompu: reason
• angkhop: to signify, to mean
• a-tx-tu: n., deer
• a-gx-kham-tx-a: bread

B

• ba: none

Bh

• bha: all

D

• da: some

Dh

• dha: question marker (end of sentence)

G

• ga: a few

Gh

• gha: many

H

• ha: six
• haopa: school
• hopha: student
• huta-tx: fish
• Hutou: Futozi (nation)
• hutum: to swim

K

• ka: two
• kat-txa: to be
• ka-gx: to eat

Kh

• kha: seven
• khang: to require
• khapao: skill
• kha-tx: to hunt
• kho: to
• khopa: to learn
• khopu: to teach

M

• maku: morning
• mantan: to know
• mba: and
• mbanda: to come
• mogu: love (n.)
• mpondu: to see
• mponta: to visit

N

• na: five
• nam: adv., not
• nambuo: language
• nan puatha: world-wide
• nta-tx: bird
• ntombu: person
• ntum: to fly
• nop: to choose
• noph: choice

Ng

• nga: ten
• ngko: in

O

• o: that, relative pronoun
• -obu: possessive suffix
• ongu: sunjunctive particle (may)

P

• pa: three

Ph

• pha: nine
• phamku: adv., tonight
• phaku: tomorrow morning
• phu: next
• phuku: tomorrow

T

• ta: three
• tua: of
• tum: to run
• tu-px-ang: v. tr., give

Th

• tha: eight
• thamku: last night
• tha-nga-a: 81 (8-10-1)
• tho: last (as in "last night")
• thoku: yesterday
• thomaku: this morning
• thum: good, well
• thumbanda: welcome
• thu-px-ang: to give

U

• ubatunga: website
• ut: with

Kx

• kx: prn., 1P

Gx

• gx-amba: to farm
• gx-am-tx-a: grain

Px

• px-o: as

Tx

• tx: prn., 2P
• tx-ap: v. tr., understand