Amal/lexicon

alha bet dal eyin gamla ha ita kapu lam mem nun pe qupa ra samka shin ta wa yad

a

• abak (bak) - n - number; digit; quantity; amount
• ahul (hul) - n - case [grammar]
• amal (mal) - n - word; lexeme; morpheme
• amek (ʔam) - v - love; adore

amiya (ʔam) - n - love; romance; adoration

• ashab (ʃab) - n - knowledge; understanding
• ashra (ʔaʃ) - v - wish for; desire; want

-ash - aff - desiderative mood [DES]

abh-ak bah hak adv on purpose, intentionally, willingly abh-ek bah v agree; consent; be willing a-gi giʔ n tool, instrument a-hul hul n grammatical case al-ek ʔal v take; buy; fetch aly-ek laj v explain, elaborate, elucidate, rationalize, justify a-mak mak n hand a-mul mul n man; male an-a / -an ʔan pro I; me [1sg] any-ek naj v be false; wrong; incorrect ap-a ʔap n front, area in front of (n) ar-a ʔar n time; moment; period arim-ek rim v greet, welcome, receive ary-a raj n eye; iris ary-ek raj v see; look; watch; witness; observe ashr-ek ʃar v roast; cook over open flame asp-a sap n regret; remorse asp-ek sap v regret; feel bad ~ aw-a ʔaw n way; manner; means aw-e-la ʔaw laʔ det by no means; not at all ay-ek ʔaj v have

b

• bakra (bak) - v - count; enumerate; number

bakim - n - numbers; amounts

bag-a bag n garden; lawn; yard bag-in bag n gardener; landscaper; farmer bag-ra bag v garden; do yard work; plant flowers bah-ek bah v intend; be about to b-ar-a buʔ ʔar det now; at this time bar-ek bar v rain bash-ra baʃ v be different; something else bas-ra bas v discuss, talk about, deliberate bat-ra bat v fear; dread bis-ek bis v trust; rely on; have faith in; be confident in biy-a bij n area next to; area beside bush-ra buʃ v look for

d

• da (daʔ) - num - ten; 10
• dahek (dah) - v - add; increase

daha - det - more

• dara (daʔ) - v - give; present; hand over; bestow
• debek (deb) - v - owe; ought to
• dehek (deh) - v - leave; allow; permit
• derek (der) - v - collect; gather; accumulate; pick; garner
• dinek (din) - v - rest; remain; keep; stay; be left over
• diyek (dij) - v - be normal; usual
• duyek (duj) - v - feel; be affected by; emote

duyim - n - emotions

da-hal-ek daʔ hal v enter da-hesh daʔ heʃ num ten thousand; 10,000 da-hil daʔ hil n / time October da-ni-hil daʔ niʔ hil n / time December da-wa daʔ waʔ num eleven; 11 da-wa-hil daʔ waʔ hil n / time November disa dis n angle

g

gan-ek gan v earn/win ga-ni gaʔ niʔ num twice gap-ra gap v forgive; pardon ga-wa gaʔ waʔ num once gel-ek gel v come [back]; arrive gew-a gew n through, across gir-ya gir n zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; fervency giy-at [yi-] gij ʔat n item of clothing giy-ek gij v wear; don gul-ek gul v laugh; smile gun-a gun n day; 24 hours gur-ek gur v seem, appear

e

• edek (ʔed) - v - do; make; cause

-ed - aff - causative [CAUS]

• egesh (geʃ) - n - night; darkness
• ehak (hak) - adv - actually; indeed; truly; in fact
• elat (lat) - n - area below, area under
• emek (ʔem) - v - ask; question; inquire

-em - aff - interrogative [Q]

• empek (mep) - v - start; begin
• emwa (ʔem + waʔ) - num - first; primary
• eneb (neb) - n - name; title
• enes (nes) - n - thumb; big toe
• eprek (per) - v - wait (for); hope
• eqesh (ʔeʃ) - n - house; building; apartment
• eqin (ʔin) - n - person; individual
• eren (ren) - n - hour; 60 minnutes
• esbu (seb) - n - week; seven days
• eta (ʔet) - num - eight; 8 (or pu (puʔ))
• etahil (ʔet + hil) - n - August
• eyem (jem) - n - food; sustenance
• eyen (jen) - adv - again, anew, afresh

h

ha haʔ num four; 4 hab-in hab ʔin n friend; companion hab-ra hab v like; enjoy had-a had n accident; unexpected had-ra had v err; make mistake ha-gun haʔ gun n / time Thursday hal-ek hal v walk; go; travel hamp-ek hamp v cure, heal hap-ra hap v celebrate, rejoice, exult, revel in ha-ra haʔ v be; exist (permanent) hat-a hat conj so that; in order to/that hay-a haj n spice; seasoning hay-ak haj adj spicy; flavorful hay-ek haj v spice; add flavor heg-ra heg v define, delineate hem-a hem conj both hesh-a heʃ num thousand; 1000 het-i het n tree; shrub hil-at hil n month; calendar month hil-ha hil haʔ n / time April hish-ra hiʃ v compare; liken hiw-a hiw det less; fewer hiw-ak hiw hak det less than… hiw-ek hiw v subtract; reduce huk-ra huk v raise; lift; heft; hoist; levitate; get up hul-i hul n condition; state; case hum / -um hum pro they [3pl] hum-ed-ek hum ʔed v heat; warm hum-ek hum v be warm; hot hunt-ek hunt v fill; stuff; pad; stock; cram; engorge

i

• iyim (jim) - n - area between

ibd-ek bid v waken; awaken; wake up i-bha bah n intention; will ibr-ek bir v forgive, pardon i-dish diʃ n area outside il / -u/a / -il ʔil pro she; he; it [3sg] i-la laʔ conj but; however ilik-ra lik v break; snap; tear up iny-ek nij v believe irh-a rih det every; each isb-a sib n room, chamber; ward (hospital) ish-a ʔiʃ det maybe; perhaps; possibly ish-a ʔiʃ n inside, interior (n) ish-ek ʔiʃ v drink; imbibe; quaff i-yib jib det again, anew, afresh i-yin jin det same

k

kab-ra kab v fit into; be suitable kad-ra kad v lead; direct; steer; manage; administer kag-ra kag v smell; sniff; perceive the smell of kal-ek kal v commence; begin; start; set off; proceed with kaly-ek kalj v empty; evacuate; flush; clear; wipe; erase kam-at kam ʔat n book; manuscript; album kamb-ek kamb v change; transform; amend; convert; replace kam-ek kam v write; form letters kam-iya kam ʔij n writing system; alphabet kam-mal-ek kam mal v describe kampal kap mal n dictionary [word container] kan-ek kan v read; study; learn kany-ek kanj v burn; sear; incinerate kap-e kap n cage, pen, coop; container ka-ra kaʔ v fall; fall down; tumble kar-ek kar v decide; resolve kas-a-ra kas v snow kaw-ek kaw v fight kay-ek kaj v be; exist (temporary) keb-ra keb v interest; be of interest to ked-ra ked v stay ker-ek ker v create ker-ek ker v want/love kesh keʃ det few; little kesh-a keʃ n person; individual ki kiʔ conj if; whether kid-ak kid n certainly; surely; definitely; assuredly kish kiʃ num five; 5 kishada kiʃ sad num five hundred; 500 kish-egun kiʃ gun n / time Friday kish-ehil kiʃ hil n / time May kish-ek kiʃ v open; open up; undo; unfasten kit-ra kit v be old; historic kud-ra kud v be able; to be capable; to be fit kup-a kup n dog; canine kur-ek kur v dry; wither; wilt; parch; desiccate kur-ra kur v run; hasten; gallop kush-e kuʃ n car; vehicle kush-ra kuʃ v run; flow kush-u kuʃ n bird; avian kus-ra kus v thank; show gratitude kut-ra kut v respond; answer; reply

l

lan-ek lan v work; labor; do task lash-ra laʃ v reach; arrive len-ek len v joke; jest liy-a lij n area above, area overhead (n) lub-ek lub v kiss; smooch lug-ra lug v achieve/manage to lum-ek lum v blame; disrepute; criticize lush-ra luʃ v measure

m

ma maʔ q / rel what [is]; [that] which ma-bak maʔ bak q how much/many ma-da maʔ daʔ q where mal-lak-im mal lak ʔim n Conjunctions man maʔ ʔin q who; whom man-ai maʔ ʔin ʔaj q whose; of who many-ek manj v request; ask for; demand m-ar-a maʔ ʔar q when mat-ra mat v kill; murder m-aw-a maʔ ʔaw q how mensh-ek menʃ v begin mir-ek mir v watch/look at mug-a mug n behind, area behind (n) mu-neb muʔ neb n pronoun mun-ek mun v close; lock; secure mur-ra mur v die; perish; pass away mush-ak muʃ det evidently; obviously; of course mushk-a muʃk n problem; difficulty; trouble mush-ra muʃ v lack; be without mut-ed-ek mut ʔed v to cheer (sb) up mut-ra mut v be happy; content

n

na naʔ n thing; object na-bag-i bag n farm; crops nah-ek nah v live; be alive na-het naʔ het n forest; woods naksh-ek nakʃ v to comb nal-i nal n weather; climate nan-eb-ek nan ʔeb v be made to grieve (passive) nan-ed-ek nan ʔed v cause to grieve (causative) nan-eg-ek nan ʔeg v feel pain in oneself; to grieve (reflexive) nan-ek nan v feel pain; hurt; ache nap-ra nap v hear; listen nat-ek nat v pronounce, articulate ne neʔ det no; not; negative; none [NEG] neb-ra neb v be called; named nel-ek nel v be true; real; factual nen nen num nine, 9 nen-ehil nen hil n / time September ne-niy-ek neʔ nij v refuse, reject, dismiss, deny, decline nesh-ra neʃ v must, should, need; require ni niʔ num two; 2 ni-da niʔ daʔ num twenty; 20 ni-gun niʔ gun n / time Tuesday ni-hil niʔ hil n / time February ni-mal-ek nij mal v spell a word niw-ed niw adj whiten niw-ek niw v be white; blank niy-ek nij v say; tell; speak; express nud-ra nud v be bored; suffer from boredom nuk / -uk nuk pro we; us [1pl] nul nul num zero; 0 nus-ra nus v to meet; to encounter; to come across

p

pa paʔ conj then; consequently; so pad-ra pad v prefer; favor pal-ek pal v be quiet; calm paw-ek paw v fly; flee; run away ped-ra ped v ask for pen-ek pen v think; ponder; consider pen-im pen n thoughts pil-a pil n elephant pun-ek pun v put; place; turn on puy-ek puj v cool; be cold

r

ram-ek ram v bathe; wash; clean ran-ek ran v drive (a vehicle) rash-a raʃ n right (side) (n) rud-ek rud v roll; roll over; trundle; tumble ruy-ek raj v dream; imagine

s

sad-a sad num hundred; 100 sad-esh sad heʃ num hundred thousand; 100,000 sak-ra sak v take out sal-ek sal v go out sar-ek sar v be quick; fast sat-ra sat v sell saw-ek saw v supply; furnish; provide say-ek saj v stand; stop; halt seb seb num seven; 7 seb-egun seb gun n / time Sunday seb-hil seb hil n / time July seg-ra seg v follow; trail; retrace; ensue sep-ra sep v accept ser-ek ser v sit; seat sesh-ek seʃ v choose; select; pick; elect; opt sesh-kam-i seʃ kam n phonemes; phones sey-ek sej v use; employ; apply sid-ek sid v consider sug-ek sug v present, introduce (person); publicize/publicise suh-ek suh v cool; chill; refrigerate sulh-a sulh n peace; tranquility; calm sush-ek suʃ v sin; harm; commit wrong

sh

• shabra (ʃab) - v - know; be aware (of) [a fact]; understand; comprehend

sha ʃaʔ num six; 6

sha-gun ʃaʔ gun n / time Saturday sha-hal-ek ʃaʔ hal v exit; depart; leave shah-ek ʃah v invite; co-opt sha-hil ʃaʔ hil n / time June shal-ek ʃal v study; learn shambal ʃab mal n grammar sham-pan-ya ʃam pan ja n champagne shan-ek ʃan v cost; be worth sh-ar-a ʃuʔ ʔar det then; at that time shar-yash ʃar jaʃ n steak; cooked meat shaw-ek ʃaw v stop; end; finish shay-ek ʃaj v cook; prepare food sheg-a ʃeg n brick; ingot; bar shel-ek ʃel v joke, jest, tease shen-a ʃen n woman; female shid-ak ʃid v seriously shid-ra ʃid v be serious; ernest shik-ra ʃik v hate; detest; resent; abhor shis-ek ʃis v draw, sketch, illustrate; design, plan (creatively) shish-a ʃiʃ n bottle; container shuk ʃuk det many; much shum/a ʃun maʔ q / rel why shun ʃun conj because; reason; cause shu-ra ʃuʔ v become; get; grow; turn shur-ek ʃur v clothe, dress (including wound); coat (with paint, etc.)

t

ta taʔ conj and; also; too tabák tabák n tobacco; cigarette tad-ek tad v taste; sample; try takra tak v sing; croon tam-ek tam v be good; complete; nice tent-ek tent v try ti / -ti / -e tiʔ pro you; thou [2sg] tiy-ek tij v live in, inhabit, reside in, dwell in tuk-ra tuk v touch/play tum / -ut / -i tum pro you (all) [2pl] tum-ek tum v attach, fasten, fix, clasp, latch tun-ar-a tun ʔar adv at all times tun-aw-i tun ʔaw det by all means; in every way tus-ra tus v jump; dance, prance; flicker (flame)

u

ud-e-ra ʔud v pay; compensate; remunerate; finance u-gum gum n sand u-gush guʃ n problem; difficulty; trouble u-hun hun num million; 1,000,000 u-lun lun num billion; 1,000,000,000 uly-ek luj v lie; be dishonest; tell untruth um-ek ʔum v hope; expect; anticipate; look for uner-ek ner v suggest, evince; remind, call to mind unt-ek nut v forget; overlook uny-ek nuj v play, gambol, frolic; fool, trifle, dabble ur-a ʔur n water; liquid ur-ash-ek ʔur ʔaʃ v be thirsy; thirst ur-ed-ek ʔur ʔed v wet; moisten urr-ek rur v repeat, echo, replay; keep, keep on (doing) ush ʔuʃ num three; 3 ush-egun ʔuʃ gun n / time Wednesday ush-ehil ʔuʃ hil n / time March u-tun tun det all; complete; whole u-yash jaʃ n flesh; meat uy-ek ʔuj v sleep; rest uy-isba ʔuj sib n bedroom, boudoir u-yush juʃ n left (side) (n) uyy-ek juj v remember; recall; recollect

w

wa waʔ num one; 1 wad-ra wad v promise, pledge, devote, commit wa-gun waʔ gun n / time Monday wa-hil waʔ hil n / time January wak-ra wak v cry; weep; bawl wam-a wam n child, offspring, son or daughter wamp-ek wamp v swim want-ek want v get up/raise wap-ra wap v agree with; consent; approve war-ek war v bring was-ek was v recommend way-ek waj v move; shift; budge web-ra web v shine; polish; burnish; gleam we-da weʔ daʔ n somewhere (n) wer-ek wer v permit; allow; let; authorize; grant; condone we-r-im weʔ ʔar adv at times wih-ek wih v hang; hang down; sag; droop

y

ya-hud hud n strawberry yal-ek jal v translate yar-ek jar v injure; wound; hurt yash-ra jaʃ v be wet; humid ye jeʔ conj or; either; whichever yeb-ra jeb v carry yeg-ai jeg ʔaj n in-law yeg-en jeg ʃen n wife yeg-ra jeg v marry; wed yeg-ul jeg mul n husband ye-la jeʔ laʔ conj neither; nor yem-ek jem v eat; dine; ingest; sup; consume yem-sib jem sib n dining room yen-ek jen v win (game) yesh-ra jeʃ v hold; possess; have yet-ra jet v please; satisfy yi-mak gij mak n glove; mitten yin-ek jin v be similar; resemble yud-ra jud v help, assist, aid, abet yush-ra juʃ v be numb; insensitive; apathetic