English-Valware Dictionary

Pronunciation table

Latin	a	v	e	i	y	l	m	n	ń	o	r	s	t	u	w	f	h	ʻ
IPA	/a/	/β/	/e/	/i/	/j/	/l/	/m/	/n/	/ŋ/	/o/	/ɾ/	/s/	/t/	/u/	/w/	/ɸ/	/h/	/ʔ/

English-Valware Dictionary

A

• a, an, det. yuń.
• able, be, v. yeri.
• act, v. weńwa.
• adverb, wila nira.
• afraid, be, v. yota.
• all, det. owe.
• although, cnj. ńos.
• and, cnj. o(ʻ).
• animal, ʻaya.
• ant, niti.
• any, det. vun.
• apple, limo.
• arise (from bed), v. uńna.
• arrive, v. avi.
• as, cnj. yat.
• ash(es), laʻu.
• authority, muve.
• awaken, v. vasa.

B

• baby, fara.
• back, vawa.
• bad, adj. ʻino.
• banana, yafa.
• bark, risa.
• beach, fańwa.
• bee, onya.
• before, prep. fel.
• before, cnj. fel.
• begin, v. nura.
• behave, v. weńwa.
• basket, ʻewe.
• bath, hayuńu.
• bathe, v. yuńu.
• belly, ninfa.
• benefit, nehe.
• big, adj. laya.
• bird, vilo.
• bit, ova.
• bite, v. tańi.
• black, adj. ʻala.
• blood, yira.
• bloom, v. vuwi.
• blow, v. huvo.
• blue, adj. ńila.
• boat, tena.
• bolas, tihi.
• bone, rita.
• boy, tańwa.
• brave, adj. vati.
• breadfruit, ʻuru.
• breast, futu.
• breathe, v. wive.
• brew, v. vola.
• brother, sin ńohi.
• build, v. woma.
• burden, huse.
• burn, v. taru.
• buy, v. neri.

C

• cause, sewu.
• chest, futu.
• child, yanla.
• cliff, lufe.
• climb, v. viʻa.
• clothes, clothing, lofa.
• cloud, hila.
• coast, nafya.
• coconut, rufi.
• cold, adj. vihe.
• come, v. ʻawa.
• cone (tree), ʻova.
• cook, v. fońya.
• correct, adj. esi.
• count, v. seru.
• crocodile, mańwu.
• cut, v. towa.

D

• daughter, veli.
• day, savi.
• deed, hatola.
• deep, adj. vuha.
• describe, v. lamo.
  • description, lamota.
• desire, v. ńeti.
• determine, v. muta.
  • determiner, muta nira.
• die, v. nolu.
• dig, v. folu.
• dirt, nori.
  • dirty, adj. inori.
• dish, fańvi.
• distant, adj. rele.
• dive, v. luti.
• do, v. tola.
• drink, v. ara.
• dry, adj. ʻulu.
• dull, adj. lono.
• dust, huhu.

E

• each, det. tir.
• eagle, ńeve.
• ear, fańa.
• early, adj. lańi.
• earth, huni.
  • earthquake, huni lote.
• earth (soil), tuńte.
• eat, v. ya.
• effort, tosa.
• egg, heve.
• eight, yaro.
• empty, adj. wosi.
• evening, hole.
• every, det. sal.
• exchange, fide.
• eye, ańi.

F

• fall, v. tina.
• fall asleep, v. vońna.
• false, adj. ńive.
• family, inlu.
• far, adj. rele.
• fast, adj. tesa.
• fat, tońi.
• father, wana.
• favor, woha.
• fear, v. yota.
• feather, suri.
• female, adj. yim.
• few, det. ila.
• fight, v. vuva.
• find, v. nava.
• fire, rune.
• fish, sine.
• five, wuma.
• flame, rayi.
• float, v. weru.
• flow, v. leńi.
• flower, wuya.
• fly, v. wala.
• fog, tumu.
• follow, v. unsa.
• food, tane.
• foot, ńasi.
• forest, fulu.
• four, fińe.
• friend, eńyi.
• front, woro.
• fruit, heti.
• full, adj. wuri.

G

• gather, v. vańra.
• get, v. sańti.
• get up (from bed), v. uńwa.
• girl, neye.
• give, v. feli.
• go, v. ruma.
• good, adj. wawe.
• good (fresh), adj. wava.
• group, tuńwi.
• grass, voni.
• grasshopper, fańva.
• green, adj. vińi.
• grow, v. hata.
• gut(s), fiʻa.

H

• hand, rina.
• harvest, v. vańra.
• he, prn. s(a).
• head, levu.
• hear, v. rose.
• heart, yuru.
• heavy, adj. leńwe
• help, v. yuwa.
• here, adv. wato.
• high, adj. ʻari.
• hit, v. tono.
• hope, v. hońa.
• horn, suńo.
• hot, adj. tuna.
• house, yavi.
• how, intrg. adv. veńu.
• how, rel. adv. vewe.
• hunt, v. talu.
• hurry, v. mase.
• hurt, v. fori.
• husband, (tava) waʻa.

I

• I, prn. n(e).
• ice, vitu.
• if, cnj. wa.
• infrared, adj. isi.
• island, vali.
• it, prn. s(a).

J

• join, v. vońwa.
• just (recently), adv. falu.

K

• kill, v. tanfu.
• knee, turi.
• know (be certain), v. vańa.
• know (be acquainted), v. firu.

L

• lake, yana.
• late, adj. hino.
• laugh, v. live.
• leaf, hura.
• leave, v. hala.
• left, adj. sena.
• leg, vamo.
• less, adv. tan.
• lie down, v. reva.
• like, v. vuta.
• like, prep. yat.
• limb, ʻowu.
• limit, v. muta.
• lip, sufa.
• little, adj. vina.
• live (be alive), v. ʻava.
• live (dwell), v. neńo.
• liver, yińwi.
• lizard, noʻo.
• loincloth, wama.
• long, adj. woto.
• louse, ʻutu.
• love, v. hero.

M

• make, v. rahe.
• make (cause to be), v. sewu.
• male, adj. sin.
• man (adult male), waʻa.
• man (species), nuńwu.
• manner, wila.
• many, det. imi.
• marry, v. tava.
• may, v. fiva.
• meal, tane.
• meat, nańto.
• method, wila.
• middle, wema.
• modify, v. fato.
• month, ńeri.
• moon, seńe.
• more, det. fev.
• morning, yala.
• mother, wińa.
• mountain, wula.
• mouth, toye.

N

• nail, viru.
• name, suwi.
• narrow, adj. ansu.
• near, adj. ńafi.
• need, v. feso.
• new, adj. ńuye.
• night, yolu.
• noon, ʻari savi.
• not, adv. fa.
• nose, anu.
• now, adv. ńas.
• number, yasi.

O

• oath, hara.
• oblige, v. weva.
• ocean, yula.
• of (possession), prep. ye.
• old, adj. leti.
• one, wasi.
• or, cnj. u.
• orange, adj. ańta.
• other, det. ńol
• outside, file.
• oven, rafe.
• oyster, vivayi.

P

• papaya, seʻi.
• parent, sole.
• part, fale.
• party, neva.
• pear, silne.
• pearl, yińyu.
• people, foʻe.
• person, wayo.
• pit, suhla.
• place, v. yeta.
• place, wańa.
• plant, v. ńawu.
• play, v. tuya.
• precede, v. mona.
• prefer, v. maha.
• prepare, v. seti.
  • preparation, setita.
• pull, v. wońa.
• purpose, nuwi.
• push, v. fero.

Q

• quick, adj. tesa.
• quake, v. lote.

R

• raft, rano.
• rain, suya.
• red, adj. sona.
• relate, v. riwa.
• remain, v. yaʻa.
• replace, v. mala.
  • replacement, malata.
• return, v. soʻi.
• right (direction), adj. yatu.
• river, nayu.
• rock, ʻaʻa.
• room, wuńfu.
• root, hifa.
• rope, huńe.
• rose, yamni.
• rotten, v. roha.
• round, adj. yunlu.
• rub, v. nova.
• rule, tawa.
• run, v. huwu.

S

• salt, rońu.
• same, adj. vaya.
• sand, sara.
• sap, rińha.
• say, v. hova.
• sea, yula.
• scratch, v. latu.
• see, v. witi.
• seed, vene.
• serpent, nosa.
• seven, yutu.
• sew, v. viya.
• sharp, adj. taʻi.
• she, prn. s(a).
• shore, nafya.
• short, adj. tiva.
• sibling, ńohi.
• sick, adj. rala.
• sing, v. fińa.
• sink, v. vota.
• sister, yim ńohi.
• sit, v. ńoso.
• six, tuvi.
• skin, ʻiri.
• sky, veru.
• sleep, v. vońa.
• small, adj. vina.
• smell, v. somi.
• smoke, vahu.
• smooth, adj. rive.
• snake, nosa.
• snow, v. ńuha.
  • snow, hańuha.
• soil, tuńte.
• some, det. fam.
• speak, v. hova.
• spear, tofi.
• spit, v. wusa.
• split, v. hińwe.
• spring (season), wuńwo.
• squeeze, v. lani.
• stab, v. ńuvo.
• stand, v. ńiru.
• star, sotu.
• stay, v. yaʻa.
• steep, v. vola.
• stick, wete.
• stone, ʻaʻa.
• straight, adj. viwa.
• strong, adj. tayi.
• suck, v. tova.
• sun, savi.
• swell, v. hora.
• swim, v. ińwu.

T

• table, nasa.
• tail (land animal), lafu.
• tail (fish,shrimp, etc.), anli.
• talk, v. ware.
• tall, adj. ranfa.
• tell, v. hova.
• than, cnj. rav.
• thank, v. tańva.
• that, det. sat.
• that, prn. sata.
• the, det. (a)ń.
• there, adv. hińa.
• they, prn. sayi.
• thick (extent), adj. nowa.
• thick (viscous), adj. ravi.
• thin, adj. lahi.
• thing, nońo.
• think, v. nofo.
• this, det. hul.
• this, prn. hulu.
• three, silu.
• throw, v. seńwa.
• tide, inva.
• tie, v. fońwa.
• time (instance), nali.
• to, (indir. obj.), tu.
• tomorrow, unsa savi.
• tongue, liru.
• tooth, ńiso.
• touch, v. rata.
• tree, sawa.
• turn, v. tila.
• two, yili.

U

• usual, adj. vana.

V

• village, wiye.
• violet, adj. misu.
• vomit, v. sańi.

W

• walk, v. fura.
• want, v. ńeti.
• warm, adj. ʻuni.
• wash, v. woya.
• water, infi.
• we, prn. ne yi.
• weigh, v. heta.
  • weight, hetata.
• wet, adj. vuru.
• what, intrg. prn. yańu.
• what, rel. prn. yawe.
• when, intrg. adv. lińu.
• when, rel. adv. liwe.
• where, intrg. adv. heńu.
• where, rel. adv. hewe.
• which, intrg. prn. teńu.
• which, intrg. adj. teńu.
• which, rel. prn. tewe.
• white, adj. heli.
• who, intrg. prn. nińu.
• who, rel. prn. niwe.
• why, intrg. adv. rańu.
• why, rel. adv. rawe.
• wide, adj. rifi.
• wife, (tava) nuvo.
• wind, faya.
• wing, hito.
• wipe, v. ńusa.
• wish, v. ńeti.
• woman, nuvo.
• word, nira.
• world, wińya.
• worm, nawo.

Y

• year, mevi.
• yellow, adj. luvo.
• yesterday, adv. mona savi.
• you, prn. w(i) (sg.); wiyi (pl.).
• young, adj. yuha.