Amal/lexicon

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a

• ayam - which (of many)

b

• bagek - to tie; bind or fasten together
  • bagra - cord; string; rope

• bahek - to be smooth

• balek - to transmit or relay information

• bamak - to have length/height of

• banek - to plan

• banhek - to disappear; vanish

• basek - to decline; deteriorate

• bashek - to serve food

• batek - to be free; independent

• bet - house; home; dwelling
  • betek - dwell; reside

d

• da - ten; 10

• dubek - to be lazy

• duk - sauce; stew

• duma - weather; atmosphere

• dumak - to mix

• dunek - to examine; inspect

• dusek - to gamble; take a chance; take a risk

• dush - family; kin; tribe; clan

• duwek - to snore

• duyek - to be dishonest

e

• ebya - panther

• ena - where

h

• henwa - jar; pot; urn

i

• imta - when; what time

k

• kam - how much/many

• ketek - to write; spell
  • ketab - book

• kobek - to assist; help

• kodek - to lay claim (to something)

• kogek - to be fresh; new

• kohek - to be false; untrue

• kopek - to demand; require

• korek - to put down; lay aside

• kosek - to be closed; shut; turned off

• kowek - to choke

m

• ma - what (general interrogative particle)

• mada - why; what for

• man - who

• mawa - water

n

• napek - to hear; listen
  • napra - radio

• nen - nine; 9
  • nenda - ninety; 90

• ni - two; 2
  • dani - twelve; 12

o

• oba - grandfather; elder

• oma - grandmother

• ok - eight; 8

p

• pe'a - soup

• penek - to lie; fib

• pera - hour; 60 minutes

• pesek - to breed

• peshek - to prosper; be prosperous

• peyek - to be careful; be mindful

r

• ragek - to conduct; produce

• rahek - to believe

• ramek - to use the foot (as in kicking, or stomping)

• rapek - to dislike; not enjoy

• rasek - to be varied; various

• rashek - to be slimy; grotesque

s

• sad - hundred; 100

• seb - seven; 7

sh

• sheya - how; what manner

t

• togek - to count; to calculate; to compute

w

• walek - to govern; reign; rule
  • waloh - governor; regent

y

• ya - O!; Hey! (interjection)

Affixes

infixes

• -i- - past tense [PST]

• -u- - future tense [FUT]

• -r- - perfective aspect [PFV]

• -sh- - continuous aspect [CONT]

suffixes

• -ab - thing or substance resulting from action

• -(i)m - plural [PL]

• -lya - adverbial (verb > adverb) [ADV]

• -oh - one who does ~ [agentive]

• -ra - tool with which one does ~