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
• abas (bas) - n- discussion, deliberation
• abhek (bah) - v - agree; consent; be willing

abhak - adv - on purpose, intentionally, willingly

• agi (giʔ) - n - tool, instrument
• ahul (hul) - n - case [grammar]
• alek (ʔal) - v - take; buy; fetch
• alyek (laj) - v - explain, elaborate, elucidate, rationalize, justify
• amak (mak) - n - hand
• amal (mal) - n - word; lexeme; morpheme
• amek (ʔam) - v - love; adore

amiya - n - love; romance; adoration

• amul (mul) - n - man; male
• ana (ʔan) - pro - I; me [1s]
• anyek (nay) - v - be false; wrong; incorrect
• apa (ʔap) - n - front, area in front of
• ara (ʔar) - n - time; moment; period
• arya (raj) - n - eye; iris

aryek - v - see; look; watch; witness; observe

• aspa (sap) - n - regret; remorse

aspek - v - regret; feel bad ~

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

-ash - aff - desiderative mood [DES]

• ashrek (ʃar) - v - roast; cook over open flame
• awa (ʔaw) - n - way; manner; means

awela (ʔaw + laʔ) - det - by no means; not at all

• ayek (ʔaj) - v - have; possess; own

• ayyek (jaj) - v - spread; scatter; extend; sow; broadcast

b

• baga (bag) - n - garden; lawn; yard

bagin - n - gardener; landscaper; farmer

bagra - v - garden; do yard work; plant flowers

• bahek (bah) - v - intend; be about to
• bakra (bak) - v - count; enumerate; number

bakim - n - numbers; amounts

• bamye (bamj) - n - okra (Hibiscus esculentus); lady's fingers
• bara (buʔ + ʔar) - det - now; at this time
• barek (bar) - v - rain
• basra (bas) - v - discuss, talk about, deliberate
• bashra (baʃ) - v - be different; something else
• batra (bat) - v - fear; dread
• bisek (bis) - v - trust; rely on; have faith in; be confident in
• biya (bij) - n - area next to; area beside
• bushra (buʃ) - v - look for; search

d

• da (daʔ) - num - ten; 10

dehesh (daʔ + heʃ) - num - ten thousand; 10,000

dahil (daʔ + hil) - n - October

danihil (daʔ + niʔ + hil) - n - December

dawa (daʔ + waʔ) - num - eleven

dawahil (daʔ + waʔ + hil) - n - November

• dahalek (daʔ + hal) - v - enter; go into
• 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
• disi (dis) - n - angle; bend
• diyek (dij) - v - be normal; usual
• duyek (duj) - v - feel; be affected by; emote

duya - n - emotion; feeling

duyim - n - emotions

g

• ganek (gan) - v - earn; win; gain
• gani (gaʔ) + (niʔ) - v - twice; two times
• gapra (gap) - v - forgive; pardon

gapiya - n - forgiveness

• gawa (gaʔ) + (waʔ) - v - once; single
• gelek (gel) - v - come [back]; arrive
• girek (gir) - n - be excited; be enthusiastic

girha - adj - zealous; enthusiastic; fervent

girin - n - zealot; enthusiast

girya - n - zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; fervency

• giyek (gel) - v - wear; don

giyat [yi-] - n - item of clothing

• gulek (gul) - v - laugh; smile
• guna (gun) - n - day; 24 hours
• gurek (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

hagun - n - Thursday

• habra (hab) - v - like; enjoy

habak - adj - enjoyable; likeable

habin - n - friend; companion

habiya - n - enjoyment

• hadra (had) - v - err; make mistake

hada - n - accident; unexpected event

• halek (hal) - v - walk; go; travel

• hanek (han) - v - to congratulate; to celebrate

• hampek (hamp) - v - cure; heal
• hapra (hap) - v - celebrate, rejoice, exult, revel in
• hara (haʔ) - v - be; exist (permanent)

See verb chart: hara

• hata (hat) - conj - so that; in order to/that
• hayek (haj) - v - to spice; add flavor

haya - n - spice; seasoning; flavor

hayak - adj - spicy; flavorful

• hegra (heg) - v - define; delineate

hega - n - definition; meaning

• hema (hem) - conj - both [X and Y]
• hesha (heʃ) - num - thousand; 1000
• heti (het) - n - tree; shrub
• hilat (hil + ʔat) - n - (calendar) month
• hilha (hil + haʔ) - n - April
• hishra (hiʃ) - v - compare; liken
• hiwek (hiw) - v - subtract; reduce

hiwa - det - less; fewer

hiwak - det - less than

• hukra (huk) - v - raise; lift; heft; hoist; levitate; get up
• huli (hul) - n - condition; state; case
• hum (hum) - pro - they [3pl]
• humek (hum) - v - be warm; hot

humedek - v - to warm; heat

• huntek (hunt) - v - fill; stuff; pad; stock; cram; engorge

i

• iba (baʔ) - conj - only; just; simply; merely
• ibdek (bid) - v - waken; awaken; wake up
• ibha (bah) - n - intention; will
• ibrek (bir) - v - forgive, pardon
• idish (diʃ) - n - area outside
• ikir (kir) - n - tooth; ivory; dental
• il [-u/a] (ʔil) - pro - she; he; it [3sg]
• ila (laʔ) - conj - but; however
• ilikra (lik) - v - break; snap; tear up
• inyek (nij) - v - believe
• irha (rih) - det - every; each
• isba (sib) - n - room, chamber; ward (hospital)
• ishá (ʔiʃ) - det - maybe; perhaps; possibly
• ishra (ʔiʃ) - v - be inside, interior

isha (ʔiʃ) - n - inside, interior

• ishek (ʔiʃ) - v - drink; imbibe; quaff

eqish (ʔiʃ) - n - drink

• iyib (jib) - det - again, anew, afresh
• iyim (jim) - n - area between
• iyin (jib) - det - same

k

• kabra (kab) - v - fit into; be suitable
• kadra (kad) - v - lead; direct; steer; manage; administer

kadin - n - leader; manager

• kagra (kag) - v - smell; sniff; perceive the smell of

kagi - n - odor

• kalek (kal) - v - commence; begin; start; set off; proceed with
• kalyek (kalj) - v - empty; evacuate; flush; clear; wipe; erase
• kambek (kamb) - v - change; transform; amend; convert; replace
• kamek (kam) - v - write; form letters

kamat - n - book; manuscript; album

kamiya - n - writing system; alphabet

kammalek - v - describe

• kampal (kap + mal) - n - dictionary [word container]
• kanek (kam) - v - read; study; learn
• kape (kap) - n - package; basket; container
• kara (kaʔ) - v - fall; fall down; tumble

kahalu (kaʔ + hal) - n - stair; step

• karek (kar) - v - decide; resolve
• kasara (kas) - v - snow

kasu - n - snow

• kashra (kaʃ) - v - to salute; to greet; to meet; to welcome
• kawek (kaw) - v - to fight; fight; war; battle
• kayek (kaj) - v - be; exist (temporary)
• kebra (keb) - v - interest; be of interest to
• kedra (ked) - v - stay; remain; retain
• kerek (ker) - v - create; make
• kesh (keʃ) - det - few; little
• kesha (keʃ) - n - person; individual
• ki (kiʔ) - conj - if; whether
• kidra (kid) - v - be certain; sure

kidak - adv - certainly; surely; definitely; assuredly

kidedek - v - assure; reassure

• kish (kiʃ) - num - five; 5

kishada - num - five hundred; 500

kishegun - n - Friday

kishehil - n - May

• kishek (kiʃ) - v - open; open up; undo; unfasten
• kitra (kit) - v - be old; historic
• kudra (kud) - v - be able; to be capable; to be fit
• kupa (kup) - v - dog; canine

kumpari (kup + mar) - n - fox [red dog]

• kurek (kur) - v - dry; wither; wilt; parch; desiccate
• kurra (kur) - v - run; hasten; gallop
• kushe (kuʃ) - v - car; vehicle

kusham (kuʃ + ʔam) - n - truck; bus

• kushra (kuʃ) - v - run; flow
• kushu (kuʃ) - n - bird; avian
• kusra (kus) - v - thank; show gratitude
• kutra (kut) - v - respond; answer; reply

l

• lanek (lan) - v - work; labor; do task
• lashra (laʃ) - v - reach; arrive
• lenek (len) - v - joke; jest
• liya (len) - n - area above, overhead
• lubek (lub) - v - kiss; smooch
• lugra (lug) - v - achieve/manage to
• lumek (lum) - v - blame; disrepute; criticize
• lushra (luʃ) - v - measure; gauge; determine

m

• ma (maʔ) - q / rel - what [is]; [that] which
• mabak (maʔ + bak) - q - how much/many
• mada (maʔ + daʔ) - q - where
• mallak (mal + lak) - n - conjunction
• man (maʔ + ʔin) - q - who
• manai (maʔ + ʔin + ʔaj) - q - whose; of who
• manyek (maɲ) - v - request; ask for; demand
• mara (maʔ + ʔar) - q - when
• marra (mar) - v - be red; scarlet; bare; cinnabar
• matra (mat) - v - kill; murder
• mawa (maʔ + ʔaw) - q - how
• menshek (menʃ) - v - begin; initiate; inaugurate; start
• mirek (mir) - v - look at; watch; observe; look at
• muga (mug) - n - back; rear; behind
• muneb (muʔ + neb) - n - pronoun
• munek (mun) - v - close; stop up; shut; obstruct
• murra (mur) - v - die; perish; pass away
• mushka (muʃk) - n - problem; difficulty; trouble
• mushra (muʃ) - v - lack; be without

mushak (muʃ) - det - evidently; obviously; of course

• mutra (mut) - v - be happy; content

mutedek (mut + ʔed + ʔek) - v - to cheer (sb) up

• muyus (muʔ + jus) - n - metaphor

n

• na (naʔ) - n - thing; object
• nabagi (bag) - n - farm; crops
• nahek (nah) - v - live; be alive
• nahet (naʔ + het) - n - forest; woods
• nakshek (nakʃ) - v - comb; brush (over)
• nali (nal) - n - weather; climate
• nanek (nan) - v - feel pain; hurt; ache

nanebek - v - be made to grieve (passive)

nanedek - v - cause to grieve (causative)

nanegek - v - feel pain in oneself; to grieve (reflexive)

• napra (nap) - v - hear; listen
• natek (nat) - v - pronounce, articulate
• ne (neʔ) - det - no; not; negative; none [NEG]
• nebra (neb) - v - be called; named
• nelek (nel) - v - be true; real; factual
• nen (nen) - num - nine, 9

nenehil (nen + hil) - n - September

• neniyek (neʔ + nij) - n - refuse, reject, dismiss, deny, decline
• neshra (neʃ) - v - must, should, need; require

neshebla (niʔ + ʔeb + laʔ) - adj - unnecessary; unneeded

• ni (niʔ) - num - two; 2

nida (niʔ + daʔ) - num - twenty; 20

nigun (niʔ + gun) - n - Tuesday

nihil (niʔ + hil) - n - February

• nimalek (nij + mal) - v - spell a word
• niwek (niw) - v - be white; blank

niwed (niw + ʔed) - adv - whiten

• niyek (nij) - v - say; tell; speak; express

neniyek (neʔ + nij) - n - refuse, reject, dismiss, deny, decline

• nudra (nud) - v - be bored; suffer from boredom
• nuk (nuk) - pro - we; us [1pl]
• nul (nul) - num - zero; 0; nothing; null
• nusra (nud) - v - to meet; to encounter; to come across

p

• pa (paʔ) - conj - then; consequently; so
• padra (pad) - v - prefer; favor
• palek (pal) - v - be quiet; calm
• pawek (paw) - v - fly; flee; run away
• penek (pen) - v - think; ponder; consider

penim - n - thoughts; conderations

• pila (pil) - n - elephant
• punek (pun) - v - put; place; turn on
• purek (pur) - v - burn; blaze; ignite

pura - n - fire; heat

• puyek (puj) - v - cool; be cold

r

• ramek (ram) - v - bathe; wash; clean
• ranek (ran) - v - drive (a vehicle)
• rasha (raʃ) - n - right (side)
• rudek (rud) - v - roll; roll over; trundle; tumble
• ruyek (raj) - v - dream; imagine

s

• sada (sad) - num - hundred; 100

sadesh (sad + heʃ) - num - hundred thousand; 100,000

• sakra (sak) - v - take out; remove
• salek (sal) - v - go out; exit
• sarek (sar) - v - be quick; fast; rapid

sarak - adv - quickly; rapidly

• satra (sat) - v - sell
• sawek (saw) - v - supply; furnish; provide
• sayek (saj) - v - stand; stop; halt
• seb (seb) - num - seven; 7

sebegun - n - Sunday

sebhila - n - July

• segra (seg) - v - follow; trail; retrace; ensue
• sepra (sep) - v - accept
• serek (ser) - v - sit; seat
• seshek (seʃ) - v - choose; select; pick; elect; opt
• seshkami (seʃ + kam) - n - phonemes; phones
• seyek (sej) - v - use; employ; apply
• sidek (sid) - v - consider
• sugek (sug) - v - present, introduce (person); publicize
• suhek (suh) - v - cool; chill; refrigerate
• sulha (sulh) - n - peace; tranquility; calm
• sushek (suʃ) - v - sin; harm; commit wrong

sh

• sha (ʃaʔ) - num - six; 6

shagun - n - Saturday

shahil - n - June

• shabra (ʃab) - v - know; be aware (of) [a fact]; understand; comprehend
• shahalek (ʃaʔ + hal) - v - exit; depart; leave
• shahek (ʃah) - v - invite; co-opt
• shakra (ʃak) - v - build; to construct; construction; constructive
• shalek (ʃal) - v - study; learn
• shambal (ʃab + mal) - n - grammar

• shampanya - n - champagne
• shanek (ʃan) - v - cost; be worth
• shara (ʃuʔ + ʔar) - det - then; at that time
• sharyash (ʃar + jaʃ) - n - steak; cooked meat

• shitra (ʃit) - v - grind; mill; polish; sharpen

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 - n - tobacco; cigar(ette)
• tadek (tad) - v - taste; sample; try
• takra (tak) - v - sing; croon
• tamek (tam) - v - be good; complete; nice

tamamedek - (tam + ʔam + ʔed) - v - improve; to make better

• tawi (taw) - n - fowl; bird; avian

atwen - n - hen

• tekra (tek) - v - be alone; sole; unique
• ti (tiʔ) - pro - you; thou [2sg]
• tiyek (tij) - v - live in, inhabit, reside in, dwell in
• tukra (tuk) - v - touch/play
• tum (tum) - pro - you (all) [2pl]
• tumek (tum) - v - attach, fasten, fix, clasp, latch
• tun (tun) - det - all; complete; whole; each

tunara - (tun + ʔar) - adv - all times

tunawi - (tun + ʔaw) - det - by all means; in every way

• tusra (tus) - v - jump; dance, prance; flicker (flame)

u

• udera (ʔud) - v - pay; compensate; remunerate; finance
• ugum (gum) - n - sand
• ugush (guʃ) - n - problem; difficulty; trouble
• uhun (hun) - num - million; 1,000,000
• ulun (lun) - num - billion; 1,000,000,000
• ulyek (luj) - v - lie; be dishonest; tell untruth

ulya - n - lie; untruth; deceit

• umek (ʔum) - v - hope; expect; anticipate; look for
• umur (mur) - n - doom; death
• unerek (ner) - v - suggest, evince; remind, call to mind
• untek (nut) - v - forget; overlook
• unyek (nuj) - v - play, gambol, frolic; fool, trifle, dabble
• ura (ʔur) - n - water; liquid

urashek (ʔur + ʔaʃ) - v - be thirsy; thirst

uredek (ʔur + ʔed) - v - wet; moisten

• urrek (rur) - v - repeat, echo, replay; keep, keep on (doing)

urru (rur) - n - repercussion; reaction; echo; reverberation

• ush (ʔuʃ) - num - three; 3

ushegun - n - Wednesday

ushehil - n - March

• utun (tun) - det - all; complete; whole
• uyash (jaʃ) - n - flesh; meat
• uyek (ʔuj) - v - sleep; rest

uyisba (ʔuj + sib) - n - bedroom, boudoir

• uyush (juʃ) - n - left [side]
• uyyek (juj) - v - remember; recall; recollect

w

• wa (waʔ) - num - one; 1; single

wagun (waʔ + gun) - n - Monday

wahil (waʔ + hil) - n - January

• wadra (wad) - v - promise, pledge, devote, commit
• wakra (wak) - v - cry; weep; bawl
• wama (wam) - n - child, offspring, son or daughter

wamul (wam + mul) - n - son

wamen (wam + ʃen) - n - daughter

• wampek (wamp) - v - swim; wade; tread water
• wantek (want) - v - get-up; raise
• warek (war) - v - bring

wareba (war + ʔeb) - n - gift; donation

• wasek (was) - v - recommend; suggest
• wayek (waj) - v - move; shift; budge
• webra (web) - v - shine; polish; burnish; gleam
• weda (weʔ + daʔ) - det - somewhere; anywhere
• werek (wer) - v - permit; allow; let; authorize; grant; condone
• werim (weʔ + ʔar + ʔim) - det - at times; whenever
• wihek (wih) - v - hang; hang down; sag; droop

y

• yahud (hud) - n - strawberry
• yalek (jal) - v - translate; transcribe
• yarek (jar) - v - injure; wound; hurt
• yashra (jaʃ) - v - be wet; humid

• yawa (jaw) - n - nut; fruit with hard shell

• ye (jeʔ) - conj - or; either; whichever

yela (jeʔ + laʔ) - conj - neither; nor

• yebra (jeb) - v - carry; convey; transport; move
• yegra (jeg) - v - marry; wed

yegen - n - wife

yeginai - n - in-law

yegul - n - husband

• yemek (jem) - v - eat; dine; ingest; sup; consume

yemsib (jem + sib) - n - dining room

• yeshra (jeʃ) - v - hold; possess; have
• yetra (jet) - v - please; satisfy
• yimak (gij + mak) - n - glove; mitten
• yinek (jin) - v - be similar; resemble
• yudra (jud) - v - help, assist, aid, abet
• yusra (jus) - v - pass; go (by)

• yushra (juʃ) - v - be numb; insensitive; apathetic