Kala/lexicon

See also: Kala word formation, Kala thematic lexicon, and Kala etymological lexicon

pa ta ka ma na nya sa ha tsa tla ua la ya a

pa

• pata - tile; brick
• pato - duck; male prostitute (slang)
• paka - be a fool; idiot
• pako - be fresh; new; young
• paku - beat with the fist; cudgel; hammer
• pakyo - storm; violent commotion
• pama - whip; lash; flog; thrash
• pami - invent; invention; concoct
• pamua - not enough; be insufficient; inadequate
• pamya - okra
• panto - tomato
• panka - capture; catch; seize
• pana - rain; rainy
• pani - vanilla; vanilla extract [fruit; tree; color]
• pano - cloth; woven material; textiles
• panu - pastry; steamed bun; cake
• panue - colon (large intestine)
• panya - rodent [rat; mouse]
• pasa - nausea; feel sick; disgust
• pasi - bronze; brass; copper alloy
• pasua - expand; inflate; swelling
• pasue - drain; divert water; run dry
• paha - be evil; fierce; vicious; ugly; coarse
• pahe - against; touching
• pahi - be compatible; conform; tolerate
• pahu - burst; crack; breach
• patsa - grate; shred [vegetable]
• patsi - breed livestock; herd
• patsu - penalize; punish
• patla - field; pasture; plain
• patle - act spoiled; throw tantrum
• patlo - broom; brush; sweep
• pala - can; may; possible; able to
• pale - sale; sell
• pali - be saved/spared from [something]
• palo - cane; staff; walking stick
• pa'a - be well-ordered; regular; organized
• pa'e - apart from; other than; except for
• pa'o - eight; 8
• pa'u - tree bark
• paue - be bland; tedious
• paye - beyond; exceeding; farther than
• peta - to map; to chart; to draft; cartographic
• peka - bat [animal]
• penka - impetus; impulse; be impulsive
• penku - conjunction; connective
• pena - go about; busy oneself; occupy onself
• penua - continent; island
• penya - grapple; scuffle; wrestle
• penyo - hot pepper; jalapeño; chili; paprika
• pesa - bolt of cloth
• pese - gland
• peso - meet; meeting
• peha - drill; penetrate; puncture
• pehu - admire; revere
• petsa - be delicate; soft; tender [inexperienced]
• petsi - basement; cellar
• petso - abdomen; belly; stomach
• petle - noise imitative of a fart; raspberry
• pela - cancel; cancellation
• pele - volcano; volcanic
• pelo - advance; improve; progress
• peua - admit defeat; concede
• peya - particle; piece of; dot; speck; spot; bit
• pita - be void; hollow; empty
• pite - manatee; walrus
• pito - navel; belly button
• pima - buttermilk
• pisa - savage act; outrage; atrocity
• pinto - to swallow it whole; to act without thinking
• pinka - biscuit; cookie; cracker
• pina - be clever; intelligent; wise
• pitsa - pancake; pizza
• pitsin - pidgin [language]
• pitsu - hall; museum
• pitle - discriminate; discrimination
• pila - crush; grind; pulverize
• pili - hyena
• piua - loquat [fruit; tree; color]
• piyo - bee; honeybee
• poti - goat; ram
• poto - image; picture; photograph
• poka - seal; pinniped
• poke - obscure; confuse; mix up; blur; mislead
• poko - bladder; urinate; urine
• poku - cost; fee; price; charge
• poma - apple [fruit; tree; color]
• ponto - cannon; gun; artillery [fire ~]
• pono - face powder
• posa - divorce
• poso - radical [glyph]
• posu - award; prize; reward
• potsa - blot; erase; wipe out
• potsu - lay siege to, besiege
• pola - shovel; spade; spatula [kitchen utensil]
• poli - force; violence
• polo - hops; seed cones
• poya - complain; grumble; grievance
• poye - ally with; form an alliance with
• pute - deficiency; deficit
• puti - mint; spearmint
• puka - be corrupt; decay; rot
• puki - pomegranate [fruit; tree]
• puku - attire; clothes; wear
• pukue - blowfish; puffer
• punta - betray; rebel; revolt
• punka - fruit; fruit tree
• puna - dirt; earth; land; soil; mud
• punu - minute [of time]
• punya - jab; poke; stab [fuck]
• pusa - adverb
• pusu - shake; shock; vibrate
• pusue - be superfluous or useless; superfluities
• puha - lung
• putsu - goblin; monster; phantom
• pula - cauldron; kettle; pot
• puaka - forehead; skull; temples
• puampo - misinterpret; misread; misunderstand
• puama - afternoon; dusk; evening [p.m.]
• puana - deity; spiritual; ghost
• puani - bank; beach; coast; shore
• puatli - calf [of the leg]
• pue - after; back; behind; rear
• pueto - be ready/willing to do sth
• puetsa - mantis; octopus
• pyaka - tiger
• pyano - piano
• pyasa - custom; convention; popular; common
• pyeta - egg; ovum; spawn
• pyete - be slimy [of rotten food]; viscous
• pyota - cube; block; be square
• pyoki - disease; ill; sick
• pyonka - be parallel; parallelogram
• pyona - be brittle; fragile; crisp; crunchy
• pyoho - flea; mite; tick
• pyotsi - tail or caudal fin or feathers
• pyola - to rotate; to revolve; to spin; to whirl
• pyolo - business; office
• pyo'o - multiply by itself; square

mpa

• mpa - many; much
• mpaka - border; boundary; frontier; line
• mpana - wide; broad; extensive; vast; width
• mpano - clamp; pincers; pliers; tongs
• mpasu - make do; manage; get by with
• mpaha - valuable; costly; expensive
• mpahe - integrate; synthesize
• mpatso - comfort; console; stroke; caress
• mpala - odd number
• mpale - turn over; flip over; overturn
• mpali - balloon; hot air balloon
• mpa'a - film; movie; cinema
• mpe - only; merely; just
• mpeka - frog; toad
• mpekue - off the beaten track [go ~]
• mpelo - buzzard
• mpiko - black eagle; condor; vulture
• mpina - sound nice; be euphonic
• mpila - ball [game]; sphere
• mpoka - squid; ink fish; cuttlefish
• mponi - ethnicity; folk; people
• mpoho - gift; a present; an offering
• mpuku - be complicated; complex; intricate
• mpuni - ostrich
• mputsa - cheese
• mpula - lamp; lantern; light
• mpuli - fluff; lint [feel nervous]

ta

• ta - you [2sg]
• tapa - lid; top; cover; canopy; roof; ceiling
• tapo - shoulder; upper arm
• tapu - be ample; buxom; shapely
• tapua - rectangle; be square-like
• tapya - to follow; to accompany
• tapyo - cassava [leaves]
• taka - to esteem; to respect; to honor
• take - scenery; scene; landscape; view
• taki - coat; jacket; robe
• takue - demand; to request; to coerce
• tama - be good; well; proper; fine; complete
• tame - be fried; pan-fry; sauté
• tami - fix; mend; patch; repair
• tamye - radar [antenna; detector; echo]
• tanti - truck
• tanka - eagle; falcon; hawk
• tanko - group; organization; team
• tana - fight; war; battle; combat
• tane - enjoy; benefit; have the use of
• tani - gully; ravine; valley
• tano - describe; depict; portray; description
• tanu - plate; dish; tray; shallow container
• tanya - damage; break; ruin; destroy
• tanye - carpet; mat; rug
• tasa - hunt; seek; look for
• tase - consulate; embassy; diplomacy
• tasi - be comical; funny; amusing
• taso - be firm; hard; stable and steady; level
• tasu - cushion; mat; pad
• tasua - expect; presume; think [sth is likely]
• taha - big; large; grand [aug]
• tahe - below; beneath; under
• tatsa - basin; wide-mouthed jar or pot
• tatse - preposition
• tatsi - to stand; to set up; to establish
• tatso - drift about; wander; roam
• tatsu - glyph; logogram
• tatli - collective plural [COL]; group; pack
• tala - to return; to come [back]; to arrive
• tale - pronounce; pronunciation; emit sound
• tali - church; shrine; temple
• talo - be patient; patience
• ta'o - two; 2; pair of; both
• taua - anticipate; expect; foresee
• taye - about [pertaining to; on the topic of]
• te - of [belonging to; = GEN]
• tepa - distinguish; identify; recognize
• tepe - conceal; cover; shield
• tepu - scales [of fish]
• tepye - beat; knead; pulse
• teka - cure; heal; treat
• teki - combative; enemy; hostile
• teko - bottle; pitcher; vase
• tekyo - dough; noodle; pasta
• teme - impress; make an impression
• temu - nurture; raise; foster; tend
• tenta - curtain; partition; screen
• tena - block; hinder; obstruct; thwart
• teni - diary; journal; log
• tenya - be elegant; in good taste; refined
• tesue - encourage; motivate; support
• teha - accomplish; achieve; finish; succeed
• tetsu - dates [fruit; tree; color]; jujube
• tetla - contribution; donation; offer
• tetlo - bring up a situation
• tela - cut up [into pieces]; shred; slice
• teli - ass; donkey; mule
• telo - circumstances; situation; state; condition
• te'e - kick; trample; tread on
• teue - reign [enthroned]
• teya - propose; request [PREC]; suggest
• teye - clause; phrase; sentence
• teyo - call on; find; look for [sb]
• tipa - align; fit; be suitable
• tipe - be counterfeit; fake; forge
• tipua - to decline; to drop; to fall
• tika - cane; rattan; vine
• tiko - clove [Eugenia aromatica]
• timpu - slop; swill; bilge
• tima - bleed; blood
• timu - east
• tinta - act; play role of ~
• tinto - extend; reach; stretch
• tina - bend; fold; twist
• tini - spiral; whirlpool
• tinua - be firm; resolute; strong
• tisi - bulk; volume
• tiha - to multiply (math.); multiplication; multi-
• tihe - be dense; crowded; viscous
• titsua - to swagger; walk with a wide stance
• tila - finger; indicate; toe
• tili - stain; sully; tarnish
• tilo - railway; track; train
• ti'a - grammatical aspect
• ti'u - fig [Ficus carica]
• tiya - bread; make bread
• tiye - medal prize; trophy
• to - manner; method; way
• topa - bed; couch; mattress
• tope - firearm; gun; rifle
• topi - ankle bone; ankle
• topo - door; entrance; gate
• topu - to jump; to bounce; to hop
• topue - undertow; be dragged down
• toka - tone; manner of speaking; mood
• toko - be devoted; fidelity; loyal; loyalty
• toku - settle [a dispute]; resolve; solve
• tokya - inspect; examine; look over
• tokyo - be brave; bold; courage
• toma - deplete; exhaust; use-up; run out
• tome - preserve; to maintain
• tomi - characteristic; distinctive feature; trait
• tomo - offer; supply; provide; furnish
• tomu - be frugal; thrifty; economical
• tomua - hire; rent; charter; lease out
• tonta - permafrost; tundra; layer of frozen soil
• tonke - enter without permission; trespass; invade
• tona - tuna
• tono - emote; emotion; feel
• tonua - allophone; allophony
• tonye - be automatic; voluntary
• tosa - waste; squander; dissipate; splurge
• toso - be clumsy
• tosu - fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic
• tohe - always [or routinely] cooperate or agree with
• tohi - broccoli; cauliflower
• toho - assert; claim; state
• tohu - bean; pea
• tohyo - choose; decide; select
• totso - eavesdrop; monitor [secretly]
• totsue - feeling after cracking one's back
• totla - be accurate; be exact; be precise
• tole - deck of playing cards
• tolo - entice; tempt; seduce; bait; allure
• to'o - pay; compensate
• toua - arbitrate; mediate
• toya - awareness; conscience; thinking

nta

• ntaku - sibling
• ntane - internet; network; web
• ntasa - equator; circle around any sphere
• ntasi - be excited; excite
• ntaha - ancestor; elder
• ntahi - child; offspring
• ntahue - sibling's child [nibbling]
• ntahya - grandchild
• ntalo - deliberate; consider
• nta'i - baby; infant
• ntaua - derogatory sense; negative connotation
• ntaue - cousin
• ntaya - married person; spouse
• ntaye - overgrown; unkempt [of hair]; matted
• ntayo - call sb away from a task/work
• ntela - interact; interplay; interrelated
• nte'o - million; 10^6
• ntimu - lemon
• ntopa - to break through; to make a breakthrough
• ntopi - cliche; stereotype; truism
• ntoka - button; fasten; knot
• ntolo - locket; medallion; pendant

ka

• ka - question marker
• kapa - be adequate; enough; suffice
• kape - usurp; overstep one's authority
• kapi - ugly; repulsive; not nice
• kapu - basket; box; bucket; container
• kapya - to receive; to accept; to collect
• kapye - card [small stiff paper]
• kapyo - gull; seagull
• kata - essence; nature; universe
• kate - calligraphy; handwriting; penmanship
• kati - be ancient; old; paleo-; classic
• kato - two story building
• kam - they; them [3pl]
• kampa - cheers!; a toast
• kampo - catch cold; [common] cold
• kama - city; town; village
• kame - be artless; innocent; naive
• kamu - dictionary; encyclopedia; lexicon
• kamue - general; senior commander; military leader
• kanta - generous; magnanimous
• kanka - corn; maize
• kanko - print; publish; publication; periodical
• kana - lead; leading; leadership; leader
• kane - dispel; refute; repudiate
• kani - sausage
• kano - my dear; my darling
• kanu - stringed instrument
• kanue - canvas [sail; paitning surface]
• kanyo - question; ask; raise a question
• kasa - bamboo; parasol; umbrella
• kase - announce; report; newspaper
• kasi - infection; infect; influence
• kasu - lend; loan; borrow
• kaha - paper; document; letter; page
• kaho - operculum; a covering flap [of skin]
• kahu - furniture
• kahue - mirage; shadow
• kahyo - porcelain; ceramic
• katsa - glass; windshield; window
• katse - subjunctive; assumptive
• katsi - dignity; sanctity; worth
• katso - meal; meal time
• katsu - modest; self-effacing; modest remarks
• katsua - slip; slide; slippery; polished
• katla - blemish; defect; flaw
• kala - language; talk; say; speak
• kale - legume
• kali - slant; slope; incline
• kalo - substitute for; replace; supersede
• ka'e - to; towards; at [moving toward]
• ka'o - seven; 7
• ka'u - to sit cross-legged
• kaua - coffee
• kaue - chin; jaw [look at sb]
• kaya - earth; planet; world
• kaye - around; encircling; surrounding
• kayo - lose; lost; loss; misplace
• ke - object particle [O]; compare [COMP] than
• keta - behave; conduct oneself
• kete - polarization; polarized
• keti - compose; construct by mental labor; think up
• keto - migrate; migration; mobile; portable
• kema - work; labor; task
• kemu - to experience; to undergo
• kenko - humble; humility; modesty
• kena - circle; be circular; spherical
• kesa - keep score; tally; calculate; compute
• kese - be obscene; coarse; vulgar
• keso - image; form; figure; visualization
• keha - body [human]; health; anatomy
• kehe - shark
• keho - alarm; alert; warning signal
• ketsa - doubt; suspicion [dubitative DUB]
• ketsu - unruly; rude
• ketsua - resolution; decision; statement of intent
• ketla - red
• ketle - chain; linked
• kele - shackles; fetters; manacle
• kelo - castrate; a castrate; neuter
• ke'e - so; such; to such a degree
• keua - abandon; discard; spurn; forsake
• keue - permanent; constant; fixed
• keya - gram [unit of mass]
• keye - course; class; lesson
• keyo - description; qualification; adjective
• ki - reflexive [REFL]; self [essence]
• kipa - gums; inner mouth
• kipe - to favor; favorite; darling
• kipo - aspire; hope; wish
• kita - north
• kiti - accelerate; expedite; speed-up
• kito - subsist; survive
• kimu - duty; responsibility; obligation
• kimyo - strange; odd; weird; unusual
• kinta - be rampant; run wild; spree
• kinte - invert; swapped; upside-down
• kinti - squirrel
• kinto - spanner; lever [on a machine]; wrench
• kina - mammal
• kinya - silver; coins
• kinyo - intervene; get involved
• kisa - tear; split; separate
• kisi - deny; disclaim; disavow
• kiso - base; foundation; root; radical [chemistry]
• kisua - root of plant
• kisue - soda water
• kiha - high; tall; above average; long
• kiho - as things allow; opportune moment
• kihu - weather; climate; atmosphere; situation
• kihua - clear; fine [weather]
• kihya - root; source; origin
• kihyo - business; trade; commerce
• kitsa - dark; darkly; darkness
• kitse - graffiti; scrawl; scribble
• kitsi - texture; grain (of wood)
• kitla - create; invent; make-up
• kila - obvious
• kili - giraffe
• ki'i - screech; shriek [of tanka]
• kiue - stink; odor; pungent aroma
• kiya - self-awareness; be self aware
• ko - agentive [AG]; individual; person
• kopa - fungi; mushroom
• kope - baste [cookery]; grease; oil
• kopi - bridge; crosspiece
• kopo - fermentation; yeast
• kopu - knock on a door; rap on something
• kota - details; particulars
• kote - divulge; leak out
• koti - beat a ~; drum; rhythm
• koto - drum beat; rhythm
• kompo - seaweed
• kompu - computer; programmable device
• koma - conceal; hide away [lurk]
• komi - allergic; allergy
• komo - barn; stall; stable; manger; shed
• komu - advertise; a commercial; advertisement
• konte - convey; distribute; send
• konto - flow [the movement of liquid]
• kona - dress; skirt
• kone - to awe; to intimidate
• koni - skunk
• kono - gray; stone; ash
• kosa - cut down; mow; eliminate; scythe; sickle
• kosi - be formal; be official; be ceremonial
• koso - assure; guarantee
• kohe - plateau; bluff; mesa
• koho - to float; to drift; to be buoyant
• kohu - fog; mist; vapor; steam
• kohya - to castrate; fig. to emasculate; neuter
• kotsa - spiteful person [male or female]..."bitch"
• kotse - factory; plant; workshop
• kotsi - evidence; proof; prove
• kotso - earthenware; ceramic
• kotsu - clavicle; collarbone
• kotlo - boiler; pan; pot
• koli - extremity; tag along; tail
• kolo - notch; groove; indentation; hole
• koua - republic
• koya - apologize; remorse; sorry
• koye - be deliberate; on purpose
• koyo - whose; of who
• kupa - die; death; [be] dead
• kupe - arthropod; tick
• kupi - nipple; teat [on baby's bottle]
• kupu - butterfly
• kupye - excessive; too many/much
• kuta - fence; wall
• kute - bite; sting [of insect]
• kuto - mathematics; mathematical; math
• kumpu - rational number [fraction of two integers]
• kuma - bear
• kume - cancel; repeal; undo
• kumu - include; inclusion
• kunta - army; military force
• kuna - excrete; expel; defecate; shit
• kunye - moon; lunar
• kusa - repetition; iteration; a layer
• kusu - push [away]; press; shove; squeeze
• kuha - to cook; to prepare food
• kuhi - to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist)
• kuhu - to object; to differ; to challenge; to protest
• kutsa - spoon; ladle
• kutsi - prawn; shrimp
• kutsu - flesh; meat
• kutsua - invite; invitation
• kutla - be lumpy; rock pile; uneven
• kula - to take up time; to spend time
• kule - keep; tower
• kuli - soul; spirit; vigor
• kua - everything; every; all
• kuate - double; twin [identical/fraternal]
• kuampo - egotistical; arrogant; brassy
• kuami - eel; water snake
• kuanta - lenient; spacious; wide
• kuanto - cherry [tree; wood]
• kuanka - irrigate; wash with water
• kuana - peach [fruit; tree; color]
• kuanu - bush; woody plant
• kuaha - study; science; -ology
• kuaho - be short; soon [duration]
• kuatse - opossum
• kuatla - reptile; snake
• kuali - drill; bore; dig into
• kue - like; similar to
• kuepa - escape; run away; flee
• kueta - spring [season]
• kuesi - absence; be absent
• kuetsa - cigarette
• kuetso - to stroll; to amble; to walk leisurely
• kuetsu - precious; valuable; rare
• kueli - rights; legal entitlement
• kuelo - gorge; strait; ravine; isthmus
• ku'u - cereal; grain
• kuya - green; foliage; verdant
• kuye - grab; catch; arrest; snatch; scratch
• kya - imperative [IMP] / co-hortative [HORT]
• kyapu - fleece; wool; woolen
• kyanki - refrain; abstain; avert
• kyaho - to practice; to train; to drill
• kyatlo - commander; officer in charge
• kyalo - gem; jewel; precious stone
• kyaua - be belligerent
• kye - indirect speech particle
• kyepe - diagonal; sharp turn; zigzag
• kyeha - to get along well; compatible
• kyehu - to have a moment of leisure; to take a break
• kyetsa - mustard; wasabi
• kyela - wreath; garland
• kye'o - hundred thousand ; 10^5
• kye'u - gills of fish
• kyo - hurry up! Quickly!
• kyopa - match; tool to start a fire
• kyopo - afraid; fear; frighten
• kyota - be crazy; deranged; insane; demented
• kyoma - barren place; desert
• kyomi - interest; interested; be interesting
• kyonko - flavoring; seasoning; spice
• kyono - comforting habit or ritual
• kyosa - sex; copulation; fornicate
• kyoso - compete; competition; match
• kyohi - to refuse; to decline; to reject
• kyohu - be drastic; extreme; aggressive
• kyotlo - coyote
• kyoli - spacing; distance; interval; length
• kyolo - fast; rapid; quick; velocity
• kyo'a - quiet; silence; soundless

nka

• nka - emphatic negative
• nkapa - alcohol; ale; beer
• nkapi - kiss; kiss
• nkata - agree; consent; approve
• nkampo - segment into equal pieces
• nkanu - short [in height and from end to edge]
• nkasa - measure; measurement
• nkahi - molluscs; crustaceans; echinoderms
• nkatso - spy; secret agent
• nkali - martial art; military skill
• nkalo - pronoun
• nka'e - in spite of; regardless of
• nke - negative [NEG]; no; not
• nkepa - charge [military term]; sudden attack
• nkeni - visit; be guest; patronize
• nkeli - cassia or cinnamon
• nkina - steep incline; water chute; sluice
• nkiha - to judge; to discriminate; to discern
• nkihua - be lengthy; be long [duration]
• nkitso - be stressed; be tense; be nervous
• nkila - blink; glance; appear in a flash
• nkilo - be bright; clear; resonant; distinct
• nkiye - vegetables
• nkopa - delusion; paranoia
• nkoma - to raise; to hoist; to rise
• nkoso - continue; proceed; progressive [PROG]
• nkoha - to shake (a part of one's body); to shrug (shoulders)
• nkolo - are [unit of area]
• nkoyo - lamb; sheep
• nkumu - burden; cumbersome; difficult
• nkusa - sneeze; act of sneezing

ma

• ma - and; also; too; as well
• mata - kill; murder
• mate - be distressed; grieved; uneasy
• mato - touch; contact; access
• maka - music; play ~; tune
• make - be idle; lazy; negligent; careless
• mako - absorb; assimilate; ingest
• maku - pillow; rest one's head
• mampu - duct; pipe; straw; tube
• manta - logic; principle
• mante - asparagus
• manti - facial tissue; napkin; paper towel
• manka - chill; cold; cool
• mana - force; power; strength
• mane - prohibit; forbid; ban
• mano - chicken; fowl; poultry
• manye - manage; handle; run; deal with
• manyo - size; height; stature
• masa - cervine; deer; elk
• mase - to dance; move to music; to flicker [flame]
• masi - door/window frame
• masu - countryside; areas outside the city
• masua - pipe [smoking utensil]
• masue - be nimble; agile; lithe; graceful
• maha - add; more
• mahe - around; approximate; close to
• matsa - nonsense; ridiculous talk; gibberish
• matse - blend; mix; various; stir; merge
• matsi - perception; perceive; perceptive
• matsu - victory; success; victorious; win
• matsua - be flavored; smell; hint of; taste
• matla - broth; casserole; soup
• matle - statue; sculpture; carve
• mala - bad; be unfavorable; unpleasant
• mali - fictitious; theoretical; virtual
• malo - brown
• ma'a - with [accompanied by / furnished with]
• ma'e - before; in front
• ma'o - four; 4
• ma'u - spicy hot [taste]; fig. biting [criticism]
• maua - flower; plant
• maue - as soon as; when
• maya - fluid; water; wet
• maye - between; among
• mayo - apparatus; device; equipment; tool [INSTR]
• meta - meter [unit of length]
• mete - be ambiguous; unclear; vague
• menka - cotton
• mesa - example; precedent; model; for instance
• meha - hit; slap; strike
• mehu - vacuum
• metse - cricket; grasshopper
• metla - flute; sound of wind; whistle
• mela - continue; endure; last
• meli - kowtow; prostrate; bow
• me'a - at the same time; simultaneous
• meya - refined language; poetic genre
• mi - few; small amount; handful
• mita - canine; dog
• mika - clippers; scissors; shears
• miku - garlic chives; leek
• minta - sample; specimen
• mina - south
• misa - highway; road; street
• misu - copper
• mitse - disappear; to vanish
• mitsu - to stare at; to fix attention on sth
• mitla - arrow; dart
• mitli - suit; tunic; tuxedo
• mila - word; language component; morpheme
• milo - bubble; foam; suds
• miya - core; pit; stone; dig out the center
• mo - location; place; where
• mota - recall; bring to mind; reminisce
• moto - remember; memory
• moka - flour; wheat; white-faced
• moko - lizard [reptile w/ legs]
• moku - to rest; to sleep
• monto - trunk; torso
• monka - expert; adept; experienced; a professional
• mona - safe; secure; safety; security
• mono - blonde; fair
• mosa - book; letter; scroll; record
• moha - far; distant; remote
• mohe - install; place; put
• mohi - to discredit; to smear sb's name; to bring shame upon
• motsa - banana
• motsi - bag; pouch; sack
• motso - undulation; wave; ripple [effect]; tide
• motsua - creepy; unnerving; disturbing
• motsue - violate s/o or s/th
• motla - trash; throw away
• motlo - engine; motor; machine
• mole - apricot [fruit; tree; color]
• moli - forest; trees
• molo - cod
• mo'a - explicit explanation; specify
• mo'i - soap
• moue - plastic; synthetic resin; plastic cement
• moya - mark; symbol; write; spell
• moyo - heart; mind; centre; core
• muta - back; spine; dorsal; vertebrae
• muti - fad; fashion
• muto - sexiness; sexy; sensual; voluptuous
• muka - facing; towards sb/st
• muku - knife; blade; weapon; arms
• munta - change; alter; transform; rearrange; revise
• muna - care; concern; important; worry
• mune - breast; chest; cleavage
• muni - itch; itchiness
• muno - table of contents
• munua - culture; civilization; cultural
• munye - be a problem; be a hassle; be difficult
• musa - vowel
• muha - monk; nun
• muhe - sadness; grief; be sad
• mutsa - society
• mutsi - urgent; emergency
• mutsu - friction; rubbing; chafing; fig. disharmony; conflict
• mutla - be absolute; unconditional
• mula - begin; initial; start
• muli - comfortable; at ease
• muapa - set apart for a particular use; appropriate
• muata - manners; be polite [ness]
• muaka - to dump; to pour; to empty out
• muana - ocean; sea
• muanya - opening made by parting; gap; hole
• muasa - season
• muasi - be parallel; of equal rank; simultaneous
• mu'e - rhombus
• muena - clams and crabs; seafood
• muetlo - sweat; perspiration
• muela - raspberry
• muele - direction; orientation
• mue'o - ten thousand; 10^4
• muya - cause; do; make [CAUS]
• mya - as ... as
• myana - variety; variation; vary
• myano - alliteration
• myasu - aim; alignment; target
• myatsua - point out mistakes or weak points for correction
• myali - symphony; orchestra
• mya'a - meow; cat noise
• mye - redo; resume
• myeto - show fear or surprise on face
• myeka - neck; throat; voice
• myena - extent; surface [area]
• myene - be dazed; stare blankly; distracted
• myokua - software [computer]
• myonta - allow; permit [PERM]

na

• na - I; me [1sg]
• napa - grape; raisin
• nape - be cooperative; cooperate; collaborate
• napo - turnip
• napu - treaty; agreement; promise; pact
• napya - wine
• nata - family member; relative
• nati - belief; myth; religion
• nato - straight [direction]
• naka - female; woman [fem]
• nako - to peck; tap; pick at
• nampa - blouse; shirt; vest
• nampu - fountain; spring
• nama - mature; grow; growth; ripen
• nanka - emphasizing disgust; [interj. of contempt]
• nasa - be born; give birth
• nase - arachnid; spider
• nasi - pear [fruit; tree; color]
• nasua - climax; orgasm; upsurge
• nasue - copy; duplicate; transcribe
• naha - creek; river; stream
• nahe - in [located inside of]; internal
• naho - grammar; order; rule
• natsa - draw; paint; drawing; painting
• natsi - poem; poetry; verse
• natsu - summer
• natsua - let go; release
• natla - put on airs; self-important; high and mighty
• natlo - plum; prune [fruit; tree; color]
• nala - illuminate; light; shine
• nale - fork; pitchfork; prong
• nalo - grin; laugh; smile
• na'am - we (but not you) [1pl.excl]
• na'o - one; 1
• naua - cord; string; rope; bind together; twist
• naye - during
• neka - make reprisals; retaliate; revenge
• neko - cat; feline
• neku - winter
• nekua - cupboard; pantry
• nema - knee; patella
• neme - take over; ~ duties; ~ responsibilities
• nesa - system; organization; form
• nehe - fingernail; toenail; scratch
• netsa - be advantageous; have advantages
• netsi - helix; screw; spiral
• neli - lethargic; listless; unenergetic; sluggish
• neua - advise; urge; try to persuade; exhort
• neya - ought to; suggest [SUG]
• nipa - stretch back while extending legs
• nipi - be curious; inquisitive
• nipo - compel; force
• nipue - be dull [not sharp]; blunt
• nita - exclaim; insert; interject
• nika - acerbity; be bitter; tart
• niko - experiment; examination; test
• niku - muscle; tendon
• nikya - swallow; take in
• nime - appoint; assign; designate
• ninka - television; to watch ~
• nisa - compare; contrast; ratio
• nisi - west
• niha - good; pleasant; regular / منيح
• nihi - glutton; greedy; piggish
• nila - blue
• niua - depot; garden; yard
• niya - goal; purpose; reason
• niye - undergarment; underwear
• niyo - be contained; content; substance
• no - adverbial; matter; object; thing [-ish; -ly; -ous]
• nopa - pull; stretch; draw sth out
• nopi - pile; stack; heap
• nota - lie; be in horizontal position; horizon
• noto - compassion; relent; sympathize; sympathy
• noka - beak; bill; mouth
• noki - vertical; erect; set upright; vertical stroke
• noko - continue unchanged; remain; stay behind
• nokye - agriculture
• noma - thing; matter; object; noun
• nomo - be fond of; like; prefer [things]
• nomya - act; action; activity; take action
• nosa - subject; theme; topic
• noho - chickpea; garbanzo; hummus
• nohya - bundle; pack; wrap
• notsa - ride horseback; mount; cavalry
• notli - hotel; inn; tavern
• nolo - be cursed; be jinxed [slang]
• noya - be content; happy; pleased
• nupa - trash; garbage; waste
• nuta - be tedious; convoluted; boring; pedantic
• nute - warn; to admonish; to advise against sth
• nuka - joke; banter; tease; mock
• nuku - detest; dislike; hate
• numu - style; standard; pattern
• nusu - steal; pilfer; snatch
• nutsu - unbelievable; incredible
• nula - lick; lap [up]
• nulo - smear; daub; apply
• nua - frequent; often; regular
• nuesi - flood; submerge; drown

nya

• nya - for [benefactive; BEN]; purpose of; by
• nyakua - by all means; by any means
• nyamu - mosquito; fly; gnat
• nyanku - whale
• nyana - algorithm; program [computer]; function
• nyasa - gratitude; thank [you]
• nyase - eyelashes
• nyahe - by means of; per; via
• nyahi - white; snow
• nyatsa - expose; reveal; lay bare; show
• nyalo - call; number; telephone
• nya'e - in order that; so that
• nya'o - five hundred; 500
• nyaue - outside of; exterior to
• nye - because of; due to
• nyepa - cloud
• nyete - open; start; turn on
• nyema - century
• nyemi - cape; headland; promontory; peninsula
• nyetsi - traditional; archetype; typical; classic
• nyetle - quote; to cite as evidence
• nyela - arrowhead
• nyeli - pink; rose
• nyelo - extra; remainder; surplus
• nye'o - hundred; 100
• nyopa - poor; impoverished
• nyota - thirst; be thirsty
• nyoto - write quickly; jot
• nyoki - dumpling; pot-sticker
• nyoma - rice
• nyome - beige; tan; khaki
• nyonka - choke [on]; choke up; suffocate; strangle
• nyotlo - nut; seed
• nyolo - ant; insect

sa

• sapa - boot; footwear; shoe
• sata - administer; govern; manage; control
• sati - sadism; sadistic
• sato - sense; perceive; be aware of; detect
• saka - gender; sex
• saku - deadlock; result in a stalemate; impasse
• sama - sun; star; solar; stellar
• samya - exhale; blow; puff
• sanka - delta [geography]
• sana - health; hygiene; welfare
• sane - cover; sheath; encase; overlap
• sani - wasp
• sanya - second [of time]
• saha - annals; history
• sahe - across; opposite; other side
• sahi - color; hue; shade
• saho - be drunk; intoxicated
• sahya - right; correct; proper
• satsa - weave; knit
• satse - brake [when driving]
• satsi - recruit; cast; enlist
• satsu - scrub; rub; scour
• sala - chamber; room; section
• sali - native; person from a particular place
• salo - press; push down; keep under [control]
• sa'o - nine; 9
• saua - damp[ness]; humid[ity]; moist[ness]; wet
• saya - soothe; be calm; relax
• saye - along; following [a line]
• sayo - calendar month
• sayoma - calendar; date
• sepa - injury; wound; hurt; wound; injure
• sepu - mill; grain mill; millstone
• seta - be flat; silk; smooth
• seto - olive
• seka - be dry; sharp; strict
• seko - scorpion
• sempo - abacus; plan; scheme
• sema - week [7 days]
• semye - explain; comment; annotate
• senta - mimic; satirize; mock; irony; sarcasm
• sento - leftovers [food]; salad
• senku - think poorly of someone
• sena - liter [unit of volume]
• senu - hair
• senyo - oval; ellipse; be elliptic
• setsi - sage
• sela - waterfall; cascade; heavy rain
• seua - care for; tend to
• seya - seal; sign; stamp
• seye - dowry; trousseau
• sipi - acne; pimple; zit; wart
• sipo - be fat; lard; grease
• sita - accompany; be with; to keep company
• sika - sip; smack one's lips; suck; savor
• siku - an unforeseen event; accident; misfortune
• sikue - pig; pork; swine
• sikyo - womb; placenta; uterus
• simpa - be anxious; neurosis; anxiety
• simpu - clam; mussel; oyster
• sima - to sit; to take a seat
• simya - spend; pay out; expense
• sinta - finacial credit
• sinka - lion
• sino - curl [hair]; crimp; roll up
• sitsa - heat; hot; warm
• sitsi - support; sustain; uphold
• sitla - lawn; meadow; sod; turf
• sila - arteries; veins; blood vessel
• sile - bell; sounding of a bell as a signal
• silo - tender; puerile; soft and immature
• si'i - crow; raven
• siua - nerve; bundle of neurons
• siue - herb; leaf
• siya - act without a plan; improvise [slang]
• siyo - use; employ; apply; to make use of
• so - kind; genus; type; category; sort; class
• sopa - balcony; patio; terrace
• sota - sow; scatter; spread; broadcast; disperse
• soto - speed; rate; velocity
• soka - introduce; introduction
• soki - muddy; mud
• soko - rescue; pluck from danger
• soku - font; typeface; typeset
• sokyo - helium
• some - be dyed; be stained; be tinted
• sonka - ode; eulogy; praise in writing
• sono - partridge
• sonu - outcome; result; conclusion; as a result
• sonya - dream; imagine
• sonyo - wrist
• soho - crop; harvest
• sohua - digest; digestion; digestive
• sotsi - dish; platter; specific food
• sotla - foot; heel
• sole - gelatin; jelly
• soli - badger; ferret
• solo - socks; stockings; tights
• so'o - that kind; type
• soya - to omit; to delete; to leave out
• soye - index; list
• soyo - be abstract; abstraction
• supa - prescription; recipe; formula; cookbook
• supye - butter; cream; extract
• suta - live; reside; dwell; inhabit; settle
• suka - acid; sour; vinegar
• suke - lane; alley
• suku - market; shop; store
• suma - window
• sumi - repress emotional expression
• sumu - puff; spout; spray; spurt
• sunta - trend; tendency
• sune - shin
• sunu - poison; narcotics; venom
• suha - mouth; taste; tongue
• sutse - to register; to enroll; log in
• sutsi - recommend; recommendation
• sutsu - muttering; whisper; mouthing words
• sula - melt; fuse; dissolve
• suli - tired; weary; strain; wear out
• suata - account; bill; debt
• suaki - hare; rabbit
• suama - sew; seam; mend
• suante - lime [fruit; tree; color]
• suani - be absent-minded; preoccupied; inattentive
• suala - be heavy
• suepa - blister; bleb [watery blister]
• sueho - surf; the sound of waves
• suetsa - marrow; quintessence; pith
• suele - water lily [pad]; lotus
• su'u - still; calm; quiet; not moving; static; stasis

ha

• ha - she; he [3sg]
• hapa - retain; preserve; reserve; reservations
• hapi - dove; pigeon
• hapu - consonant; the initial consonant
• hata - error; mistake
• hate - develop; to make full use of; evolve
• hati - gardens; park
• hato - breed; incubate; hatch
• haka - drawers; pants; trousers
• hake - peel; skin; flay; shuck; shell
• haki - true; real
• hako - you're welcome
• haku - vomit; regurgitate; throw up
• hakyo - college; school; university
• hama - protect; defend; safeguard; protection
• hamo - fish-hook
• hamu - ash; bit by bit
• hanku - be tough and durable; tenacious
• hana - emit; give off; send out [up; forth]
• hane - change sides in a war; politically; turncoat
• hani - extent; range; scope
• hanu - edition; version
• hanya - country; nation; state; national; region
• hasa - personal; private; secret
• hase - derive; derivative; derivation
• hasi - chopsticks; eating utensils
• haso - special; unique; distinguished
• hasu - conjecture; guess; supposition; assumption
• hasua - edge; brink; lip; margin; rim; boundary
• hatsa - luck; fate; fortune; chance
• hatsu - fever; temperature; pyrexia
• hala - informal greeting [on phone]
• halo - argue; debate; discuss; dispute; quibble
• ha'o - three; 3
• haua - believe; confidence; trust
• haue - carrot; radish
• haya - animal; beast
• haye - early; quick[ly]; sudden[ly]; abrupt
• heka - cliff; rock face
• heki - oregano [plant/flavor]
• heko - congratulate; congratulations
• heme - tremble; shiver; shake; vibrate
• hemya - stutter; stammer [speech impediment]
• henka - bias; prejudice
• hena - piece; part; fraction; strip; scrap
• henyo - resist; oppose; be opposite
• hela - comb [fine-toothed]
• he'u - munitions or ordnance factory; arsenal
• heua - air; oxygen; sky
• heya - need; necessity; require [NEC]
• hipa - infiltrate; sneak into
• hita - throw; cast; expel
• hika - to wait; to wait for
• hikya - be ancient; old
• hinti - turkey
• hina - here; this place [by me]
• hini - reed; rush
• hisa - to split; to divide equally; to share
• hisu - department; branch; section; division
• hitsua - just; morally fair; righteous
• hila - analyze; analysis
• hilo - plaza; public square
• hiyo - prolific; fertile; high yield; rich
• hope - blush; flushed; redden
• hopu - busy; despondent; hurried
• hoka - custard; pudding
• hoko - trench; moat
• homa - inform; notice; notify
• homu - platform; stage
• hono - harbor; port
• honu - turtle [sea]
• hosa - radiation; rays of radiation
• hoso - hold; keep; store
• hotso - roach; cockroach
• hola - cloth; towel; headscarf
• holo - dig; excavate; scoop out
• huta - bury; buried; interred
• hute - flush [out]; purge; rinse
• huku - courteously wait everyone sit before eating
• humpa - differentiate; distinguish; discriminate
• huma - be insubordinate; defy
• huna - be confused; be mixed up
• hunu - pollen
• husa - goose; swan
• husu - artichoke
• hutsi - gruel; oatmeal; porridge
• huli - moan; hum; mutter; mumble; murmur
• huata - shelf; stair
• huamyo - perverse; unreasonable; absurd; ridiculous
• huanu - illusion, fantasy, mirage
• huatso - midnight
• huatla - acorn; oak
• hue - at [in the same location as] [LOC]
• hueta - testicle
• huesa - company; firm; enterprise; corporation
• huetla - peanut
• hueli - startle; surprise; amaze; astonish
• hue'o - billion; 10^9
• hueya - be a slut; floozy; prostitute; prostitution
• hueye - an outing; a night out; a soirée
• huye - be deep; profound; abstruse
• hyanta - grandparent
• hyala - cucumber
• hyali - dairy; milk
• hya'o - weird; unusual
• hyepo - set; tune; calibrate; fix; adjust; modulate
• hyeka - sand; beach; finely ground rock
• hyeku - kidney
• hyesu - esophagus
• hyesua - beetle
• hyele - attract; entice; titillate
• hyota - juice
• hyoto - benefit; effectiveness; efficiency
• hyoka - attack; hit; strike
• hyoko - bulb; bulbous; bloated
• hyome - surface; top-side
• hyotso - elasticity; elastic force; spring

tsa

• tsapa - effort; trouble; endeavor; struggle
• tsata - council; committee; parliament
• tsati - hornet
• tsato - chaotic; messy; in disorder
• tsaka - house; residence; reside
• tsaki - chewing gum
• tsaku - idea; thought; conception
• tsama - pretend; feign; play a role
• tsame - accumulate; collect; gather
• tsami - pluck; pull off; pull out; unplug; extract
• tsamo - reef; coral reef; shoal rock
• tsanto - practice of meditation
• tsanka - tire; bored with; be fed up of; tired
• tsanko - ape; monkey; primate
• tsana - meditation; meditate
• tsane - pavilion; gazebo; roofed tent
• tsani - story; tale; tell ~
• tsanye - starter button; on switch
• tsasu - cursive writing
• tsaha - automobile; carriage; vehicle
• tsahe - for [in exchange for]
• tsatla - pop knuckles; crack bones
• tsatle - crane; egret; heron
• tsatli - pineapple
• tsala - dip; paste; sauce
• tsale - splinter; shard; slice; sliver
• tsali - crime; offense; fault
• tsalo - clear; transparent
• tsa'a - beaver
• tsa'e - across; through
• tsa'i [tsai] - tea [leaves; plant]
• tsa'o - six; 6
• tsaua - complexion; looks; appearance of one's face
• tsaue - so long as; provided that
• tsaya - damn [general invective]
• tsaye - since; until; up to; as far as
• tsepa - please
• tseka - pull; draw near; tug; tow; yank
• tseko - wood charcoal; coal; carbon
• tsekua - condense; solidify; coagulate; clot (of blood)
• tseme - drawer; tier; tray
• tsemu - jam; marmalade
• tsemua - candle; illuminate; wax
• tsenta - overdo it; overcook; exaggerate
• tsenka - orange [fruit; tree; color]
• tsenku - commonly used phrase; idiom; colloquial usage
• tsena - funeral; encoffin a corpse; carry to burial
• tsene - lightning; thunderbolt
• tseno - thigh; crotch
• tsesa - apron
• tsehue - pick teeth; toothpick
• tse'e - appear; seem
• tseua - longevity; ability to live long; long lived
• tseye - be exhilarated; be stimulated; be invigorated
• tseyo - loose; to loosen; to relax
• tsipa - ephemeral; not constant; temporary
• tsipe - basic; fundamental; main; elementary
• tsipue - late; delayed; slow
• tsiti - sparrow
• tsika - economy; economic
• tsiki - porcelain; china [made from ~]
• tsiko - furnace; oven; stove
• tsikua - avian; bird
• tsikue - habit; custom; usual practice; tradition
• tsikya - chirp or peep (onomatopoeia); birdsong
• tsimpa - to be lame; move with difficulty
• tsima - hour; o'clock; time
• tsimua - be vicious; fierce; ominous; inauspicious
• tsinti - stingray
• tsinka - be at a negative angle
• tsinku - mathematical analysis; calculus
• tsina - tame; domesticate; docile
• tsine - key; button [to strike]
• tsini - sugar; sugarcane
• tsinu - entice; arouse; provoke; erogenous
• tsise - unfamiliar at first ; an acquired taste
• tsisi - to embroider; embroidery
• tsisu - coefficient; factor; modulus; ratio
• tsihi - mercy; to empathize
• tsihyo - discharge of the eyes; rheum
• tsitla - adorn; festoon; garland; decorate
• tsitli - farm; ranch
• tsila - lip; outer mouth
• tsili - tailor; to make clothes
• tsilo - be naked; bare; uncovered; exposed
• tsi'a - paprika; pepper
• tsi'e - famine; shortage of food; starve
• tsi'u - transitive; transitivity
• tsiua - lake; pond; pool
• tsiue - elbow
• tsiya - freedom; liberty; independent
• tsiyo - corridor; aisle; hallway; passageway; piazza
• tsopa - pair; a mate; a couple; couple
• tsopo - prefer; preference
• tsopua - ulna (anatomy); bone of the forearm
• tsota - breed; reproduce; propagate
• tsoto - surrender; capitulate; give up
• tsoka - bump; collide with; strike
• tsoko - cacao; chocolate
• tsoku - be direct; immediate; straightforward
• tsompa - to worship; adoration
• tsoma - tobacco [plant; leaves]; smoke
• tsomo - stand or walk on tiptoe
• tsomye - smug; vain; shameless
• tsonta - teenager
• tsonka - public; common; open; fair
• tsonyo - alert; warn; police
• tsosa - chimney; fireplace
• tsosi - silk
• tsoho - data; information; resource
• tsola - fox
• tsoya - center; middle; mid-; half
• tsoye - to sit with feet hanging
• tsoyo - one of a pair [missing ~]
• tsupa - saliva; spit
• tsupu - mead [honey wine]
• tsuta - backward; reverse
• tsute - slip and fall; stagger; stumble
• tsuka - pride; hubris; arrogance
• tsuke - salt; pickle; to cure [meat]; marinade
• tsuki - next; order; sequence [ordinal]
• tsuku - rumpled feathers; bedraggled; wet and limp
• tsukua - tassel; ribbon; bow
• tsumpa - buy; purchase
• tsuma - metal
• tsume - mellow and rich; simple and kind; relaxed
• tsumi - guilt; sin; offense
• tsumu - be careful; cautious
• tsunti - attend; take part in; participate
• tsunka - bug; insect; worm
• tsunki - filter; strain; perforated screen
• tsunku - can; jar; pot; urn
• tsuna - join; connect; link up; communicate
• tsunya - penguin [any flightless bird]
• tsusu - focus; concentrate; be attentive
• tsuhi - leopard / jaguar
• tsuhu - candy; dessert; sweets
• tsula - celebration; party; social gathering
• tsule - wire; string; thread
• tsuli - currant; gooseberry
• tsua - almost; nearly; more or less
• tsuama - sandwich; wrap
• tsuasi - stock; share; capital raised by a company
• tsuala - prosper; be prosperous
• tsuali - thunder
• tsue - position; stance
• tsuemi - sideline; pastime; hobby
• tsuene - baboon
• tsu'u - cork; plug
• tsuya - be main; principal; major; primary
• tsuye - take note of; pay attention to
• tsuyo - armadillo

tla

• tla - it [4sg]
• tlapa - horn; wind instrument
• tlapo - siphon; seep
• tlati - clear-headed; sober
• tlato - recite rhythmically; chant; intone
• tlaka - male; man [masc]
• tlaku - enmesh; wrap around; web; net
• tlakua - cricket; slug; snail
• tlampi - distill; distillation
• tlama - anytime; sometime; whenever
• tlanka - level; grade; rank
• tlanke - oval; ellipse; ellipsoidal
• tlana - human; person
• tlani - curse; damn; epithet
• tlanyo - abuse; berate; mistreat
• tlasa - honey; nectar
• tlasi - cough [up]
• tlaso - skin deep; superficial; shallow
• tlaha - to leave; to depart
• tlahe - confluence; convergence
• tlahi - convenient; be easy; facilitate
• tlatsa - fire; flame; burn
• tlatso - be final; be last
• tla'a - likely; probable; presumable
• tlaya - marry; in-law; wed
• tlaye - according to; based on
• tlepa - teach; instruct; educate
• tleka - be mean; be petty; be cruel
• tleke - fan
• tleki - boast; brag; exaggerative; pompous
• tlempe - lymphatic fluid; lymph
• tlema - banner; flag; ensign
• tleme - disc; sheet; CD
• tlemo - caravan; trailer
• tlena - gradual; sluggish
• tleno - log; piece of wood; timber
• tlenyo - millennium
• tlehe - esteemed; honest; candid; sincere
• tletsa - column; cylinder; file
• tletso - prism; prismatic lens
• tletsu - lettuce
• tlela - bathe; clean; purify; wash
• tlelo - toy; plaything
• tle'o - thousand; 1000
• tlipa - ascot; cravat; necktie
• tlipi - tie; bind or fasten together; kidnap
• tlipu - suspended by hanging; hung
• tlipua - glide; soar
• tlika - clan; family; kin
• tliki - sulfur; brimstone [color and element]
• tlima - plough; plow; turn the soil; till
• tlinka - herring
• tlinku - clink of jewels; tinkling of gem-pendants
• tlina - to stop; to halt; to cease
• tline - aluminum (chemistry)
• tlise - axis; axle
• tlisua - bribe; bribery
• tlihya - beard; moustache
• tlitsi - reasoning; capacity of the human mind
• tlila - purple
• tliya - effect; efficacy; result
• tlopa - forget; neglect; overlook
• tlota - be in a correct attitude
• tlok - no one; nobody
• tloka - lie; tell an untruth
• tloke - rye [Secale cereale]
• tloko - syllable
• tloku - arch; arched
• tlokua - everybody; everyone
• tlompa - bomb; explosive
• tloma - feather; plumage; plume
• tlome - Romanize; Romanization
• tlomi - fascinate; strongly attract; obsess; captivate
• tlomya - crawl; creep; lie prostrate
• tlona - feed; fuel; nourish
• tlonya - citron; grapefruit [fruit; tree]
• tlonye - accommodate; flexible; pragmatic
• tlosa - almond [fruit; tree; color]
• tloso - annoy; bother; disturb; harass; irritate
• tloha - grass; straw; weeds
• tlohi - salmon; trout
• tlotsi - chives; onion; scallions
• tlotso - loot; plunder; rob
• tlotsua - corrode; erode; rust
• tlola - intersperse; place between; wedge
• tlo'e - tide of thought; Zeitgeist
• tlo'o - elephant
• tloua - dew
• tloya - discover; uncover; find

ua

• ua - or; either
• uapa - visit; call on; seek
• uapo - basin; sink
• uapya - insult; ridicule; disgrace
• uata - intestine; bowel; guts
• uati - verb
• uaka - ox; cow; bull
• uaki - boil; stew; simmer
• uakya - babble, speak incoherently; inane talk
• uampa - government; political; politics
• uampu - cone; awl; to bore
• uame - certain; fixed; sure
• uanta - confer; consult; hold a conference
• uanka - uncooked; untreated; raw
• uanki - confine; imprison; jail
• uanko - euphemism; euphemistic
• uanku - spectacles; eyeglasses; -ocular; -scope
• uana - there [by you]
• uani - alligator; crocodile
• uanyo - bay; gulf [body of water]
• uasa - skill; profession; trade; craft
• uase - harmonize; harmonious; harmony
• uasi - acquire; obtain; get; take
• uaso - drinking glass [cup]; jug; pot; vessel
• uahe - instead of; rather than
• uahi - be arbitrary; at will; at random
• uaho - feel absence; miss
• uahu - husky; burly; beefy; tall and strong
• uatsa - welcome; welcome
• uatse - to correlate with; to correspond to
• uatsi - fish
• uatsu - constitution; law; statute
• uatla - that (by you) [med]
• uatli - inferior; of lower quality
• uala - really; truly; indeed; real; be true
• uale - source material, raw material
• uali - chart; diagram; graph; scheme
• ualo - to bring; to fetch; to get
• ua'a - spinach
• ua'e - above; over / on
• uaya - ascend; rise; climb; go up; ascent
• uaye - from [moving out of or away from]
• ue - either X or Y
• uete - amuse; entertain; make sb laugh
• ueti - accuse; charge; indict
• ueka - weigh; weight; measure
• ueke - lentil
• ueko - barter; bargain
• uemi - barracks; castle; fortress
• uemye - be aloof; standoffish; unsociable
• uenta - parent's sibling
• uento - be prey; victim
• uenke [uek] - neither X nor Y
• uenku - spleen
• uene - ship; boat; vessel; canoe
• ueni - blame; criticize; condemn
• ueno - ink; typeface
• uenya - strain after something; make efforts
• uenyo - decade; era; period
• uese - louse
• ueso - bone
• ueha - desire; want; wish [VOL]
• uehyo - be available
• uetsa - balance up; offset; counterbalance
• uetse - toilet; outhouse; WC
• uetsi - dispirited downcast [idiom]; in low spirits
• uetla - an upright drum
• uetli - exponent [math.]; power
• uela - sail [boat]
• uele - abbreviate; contraction
• uelo - bicycle; bike
• ue'o - ten; 10
• ueyo - intend; intent; intention [VOL]

ya

• ya - vocative particle [VOC]
• yapa - an extra or unexpected gift or benefit
• yapo - build; erect; assemble
• yapu - be ashamed; disgrace; embarrassment
• yata - farewell; greet; hello
• yato - hand; palm
• yaka - appendage; leg; limb
• yake - pursue; chase
• yako - berry; strawberry
• yaku - to translate; to interpret
• yampa - be bored; fed up with sth; sick of sth
• yampo - mortar (bowl for grinding with pestle)
• yama - mountain; hill
• yamu - trapezium (geometry)
• yanka - positive; greater than zero; principle
• yanku - beg; implore; plead
• yana - yellow
• yani - definition; meaning; symbolism
• yano - avoid; shun; evade
• yanu - be depressed; dispirited; dejected; dismayed
• yasa - air; wind; [news, style]
• yasi - cosmetics; makeup
• yaso - prepare; get/be ready
• yasu - bison; buffalo
• yasue - cheap; inexpensive; low
• yaha - be scarce; barren
• yahe - of [containing the measured quantity]
• yatsa - bridle; halter; reins
• yatsi - bite; chew; tooth
• yatso - ferment; brew; make honey; liquor
• yatsua - sigh in regret or pity
• yatli - therefore; if X then Y
• yala - to walk; to go; to travel
• yale - door lock; key
• yali - excuse; forgive; pardon
• yalo - covet; envious; jealous
• ya'a - medicine; drug; cure
• ya'e - near; close to
• ya'o - five; 5
• yaua - reply; answer; return; respond; echo
• yeta - give; transfer; donate
• yete - extraneous; redundant; superfluous
• yeto - authority; authoritative; power
• yeka - to divide; to separate; partition
• yeke - collar; neckband; neckline
• yeku - circulate; distribute; circulation; distribution
• yekua - cabinet; closet; wardrobe
• yempa - table; desk; flat work surface
• yema - both X and Y
• yemua - there [over there]
• yente - aghast; consternation; horror
• yento - retire (from society, esp. from working)
• yena - coin; currency; money
• yeno - complete; fill; full
• yesa - still; calm; not moving; peace; tranquil
• yesu - art; fine arts; painting; literature
• yetsa - cry; tear; weep
• yetsi - chair; seat; stool
• yetso - boar [wild]
• yetsu - fact; actual; real
• yetla - that (over there) [dist]
• yetli - if it were not; if not X then Y >> X yatli Y
• yetlo - malnourished and sickly in appearance
• yela - fart; talk nonsense; rubbish! [euphemism]
• yele - pedestal; plinth; saddle
• yeli - summarize; generalize; generalization
• yelo - freeze; hail; ice
• ye'o - zero; 0
• yeua - taste; try; sample
• yopi - mail; post [office]
• yota - deduce; infer; derive; extrapolate
• yote - aid; assist; help
• yoti - game; play; sport
• yoto - in this way; so; thus
• yoka - deck; floor; story
• yoko - to swim; to wade
• yompe - specter; apparition
• yoma - day; daytime
• yome - be famous; fame
• yomi - bow; weapon used for shooting arrows
• yomo - right side
• yomu - read; study; count; recite
• yomua - dawn; daybreak; morning [a.m.]
• yonto - be fanatical
• yonka - lava; magma
• yoni - ethic; moral; virtue
• yono - drama; play; theater
• yoso - left side
• yoha - have; possess [POSS]; genitive [GEN]
• yoho - eyelid; flitter; blink
• yohua - night; nighttime
• yotsa - cheek; face
• yotso - midday; noon
• yotsu - grub; larva
• yotla - immerse; soak; steep; gradual
• yotli - gourd; melon; squash
• yola - rely on; depend on
• yole - zip; zipper
• yolo - armor; shell
• yo'i - rib; ribcage
• youa - be weak; feeble

a

• a - exist; be; yes
• apa - close; stop up; shut; obstruct
• apo - grasp firmly; make the most of
• apu - be subsidiary; auxiliary
• apua - sing; song
• apya - be clean; neat; pure; not dirty
• apyo - celery
• ata - be named; name [so called]
• ate - liver [organ]
• ati - be normal; ordinary; plain
• ato - that way [over there]
• aka - to drive; to move slightly; to shift
• akai - deep red
• aki - autumn; fall
• akya - wake up; awaken; be awake
• ampa - as soon as possible; with all speed
• ampi - mucus; snot
• ampu - nose; smell
• ama - time; moment; period
• ame - axe; hatchet
• ami - amylum; starch
• amo - transport; carry
• amya - be fond of; like; prefer [people]
• amye - be alone; lonely
• anta - breathe; suck in; absorb; inhale
• anti - suspenders; garters; strap; sling
• anto - oath; pledge; swear
• anka - pelvis; hip joint
• anko - cipher; encode
• anku - reciprocate; [in] return; reciprocal [RECP]
• ana - brain; head; mind
• anao - dwarf; pygmy; small person; midget
• ano - one more time; once again; repeat; iteration
• anu - ear; hear; listen
• anua - ask for quiet; request silence
• anya - eye; look; see
• anyo - year [365/366 days]
• asa - live; alive; living; life
• asi - salt
• aso - broil; grill; roast
• asua - hide; pelt; skin; fur; leather
• ahe - dolphin; porpoise
• ahi - diminutive [DIM]; few; small
• aho - chives; garlic; leak
• ahu - dam; weir; dike; embankment
• ahua - avocado [fruit; tree; color]
• ahya - potato; yam
• atsa - disc; rotate; wheel
• atsi - angle; bend; corner
• atsu - thick; chunky; solid; stocky
• atla - mean; average
• atle - salary; wage
• atli - future; future tense [FUT]
• atlo - fairness; justice; righteousness
• ala - wing
• ale - barley; oats; wheat
• alo - be cunning; be sly
• a'i - worm
• aoya - deep blue
• aya - be beautiful; be handsome; be pretty
• aye - past; past tense [PST]
• e - er; um; uh
• epye - scrape; scratch; play something (using a bow)
• ete - pen; pencil; writing brush
• eti - case; instance; occurrence
• eto - be shy; timid; bashful
• eka - affix: adhere; paste
• eke - object [in grammar]; patient [P]
• empa - to run; to flee
• empi - chalk; limestone; lye
• eme - verb tense
• emya - happen; occur; take place
• emyo - to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion
• enka - narrow; tight; thin
• enke - be simple; not complicated; easy
• enku - confidential; secret; hush-hush
• eno - be angry at; be displeased and annoyed
• enu - forecast; predict; estimate
• enua - get over sth; to cheer up
• enue - stubborn; obstinate
• enya - mirror; reflect; reflection
• ehe [me] - but; yet; however
• ehua - worsen; impair; make worse
• ehya - be complete; intact; whole
• etsa - extent; degree [temperature etc]
• etle - postpone; defer; stall; stave off
• ela - become; change into; turn into
• ele - relative clause marker
• elila - pink; rose
• elo - resign; quit
• eua - fin [of a fish]
• eya - maybe; perhaps
• ipa - be different; distinct; not same/alike
• ipu - dried meat; preserved fruit
• ipye - horn of animal
• ito - tree; wood
• ika - age; generation
• ikua - wolf down food; devour ravenously
• ikyo - to inspire; to incite
• impi - ginger [fruit; tree; color]
• ima - now; present; yet
• imya - dialect; slang; vernacular
• inta - even; so much so that
• inti - self-restraint; discipline
• inka - to be still; calm; quiet; not moving
• inko - macaw; parrot; puffin
• ina - eat; food; sustenance
• inu - beverage; drink; liquid
• inya - be hungry; hunger
• isu - peel; rind
• itsa - adore; affection; love
• itsu - to squeak; to chirp or peep
• itla - this (near me) [prox]
• itlo - equal; even; same
• ila - to sail; to fly; to navigate
• ile - hollow at the back of the knee
• ilo - cave; cavern
• iua - knead; massage; rub
• iye - if [but not] *irrealis
• o - venerated [honorific]
• opa - be dangerous; danger; peril; endanger
• opi - belt; sash; strap
• opua - end; finish; complete [PFV]
• opye - hug; embrace
• ota - father
• oto - sound; [make] noise; tone; phone[me]
• ok - none; nothing
• oka - bake; cook
• oko - honorific reference; "yes sir/ma'am"
• oku - owl
• oma - roar or howl; bellow of rage; yell; shout
• omi - provost; chancellor; deputy
• omo - consider; ponder; think
• omya - cut; carve; engrave; chisel
• omyo - way of looking at a thing; view; opinion
• onta - parent
• onto - tread on; trample; stamp
• onko - aloud; be loud
• ona - mother
• ono - delight
• onyo - learn; practice; study
• osa - know-how; savoir-faire
• oso - genitalia; groin
• oha - gape; yawn; open one's mouth
• ohi - to decrease; to reduce; to subtract
• ohua - luxurious; extravagant; wasteful
• ohya - drive; pilot; operate [a vehicle]
• ohyo - evaluate; assess; examine
• otsi - comply with; to abide by; obey
• otso - wolf; lupine
• otlo - falsely accuse; defame
• ola - gold
• ole - crust; husk; shell
• oli - apiece; each; every
• olo - patrol; make one's rounds
• oya - black
• oyo - bead; small round object; pearl
• u - double for redundant syllable
• upya - attempt; try [ATT]
• uta - deliver; hand in; hand over; submit
• ute - arm; armpit; forearm
• uko - be sumptuous; a luxury
• uku - amount; digit; number
• ukue - as many as; as much as
• umpa - hinge; pivot
• umpu - form; shape; dimension
• uma - equine; horse
• umo - unify; unite; integrate; unity; combine; join
• umua - ache; pain; sorrow; be sore
• umye - electric[al/ity]
• unta - camel
• unu - be callous; stone-faced; emotionless
• unua - address; direction for correspondence
• unya - comprehend; know; understand
• usa - stripe; streak; striation
• usu - even number
• uha - anus; buttock
• utsa - serve; service
• utse - exclude; ignore; leave out
• utsi - parsley
• utsu - outer space; empty; vacant; unoccupied
• utla - otter
• ula - any; indefinite; some~
• uli - filling material; stuffing; lining; filling