English-Valware Dictionary

Pronunciation table

	Codas					Initials										Compound vowels				Vowels
Latin	m	n	ń			t	k	s	f	v	h	r	l			w	y			i	e	a	o	u
IPA	/m/	/n/	/ŋ/			/t/	/k/	/s/	/φ/	/β/	/h/	/ɾ/	/l/			/w/	/j/			/i/	/e/	/a/	/o/	/u/

Note

• The prepositions are placed in a separate dictionary where they can be better defined.

English-Valware Dictionary

A

• a, an, det. yuń.
• able, be, v. yeri.
• act, v. weńwa.
• accept, v. suli.
  • acceptance, hasuli.
• adverb, wila nira.
• afraid, be, v. yota.
• all, det. owe.
• although, cnj. ńim.
• always, adv. wan.
• and, cnj. o(k).
• animal, kaya.
• ant, niti.
• any, det. vun.
• appear, v. efa.
• apple, limo.
• arise (from bed), v. uńna.
• arrive, v. avi.
• as, cnj. yin.
• ash(es), laku.
• authority, muve.
• awaken, v. vasa.

B

• baby, fara.
• back, vawa.
• bad, adj. kino.
• banana, yafa.
• bark, risa.
• beach, fańwa.
• beautiful, adj. yohi.
  • beauty, yohi ań.
• because, cnj. sewu.
  • because of, prep. sewu ve.
• bee, onya.
• before, prep. fel.
• before, cnj. fel.
• begin, v. nura.
• behave, v. weńwa.
• basket, kewe.
• bath, hayuńu.
• bathe, v. yuńu.
• belly, ninfa.
• benefit, nehe.
• big, adj. laya.
• bird, vilo.
• bit, ova.
• bite, v. tańi.
• black, adj. kala.
• blood, yira.
• bloom, v. vuwi.
• blow, v. huvo.
• blue, adj. ńila.
• boat, tena.
• body, tińo.
• bolas, tihi.
• bone, rita.
• born, v. wolo.
• boy, tańwa.
• brave, adj. vati.
• breadfruit, kuru.
• breakfast, yala tane.
• breast, futu.
• breathe, v. wive.
• brew, v. vola.
• brother, sin ńohi.
• build, v. woma.
• burden, huse.
• burn, v. taru.
• but, cnj. ńo.
• buy, v. neri.

C

• carry, v. tafa.
• cause, sewu.
• charge, funa.
  • be in charge of, v. funa asa.
• chest, futu.
• child, yanla.
• cliff, lufe.
• climb, v. vika.
• clothes, clothing, lofa.
• cloud, hila.
• coast, huto.
• coconut, rufi.
• cold, adj. vihe.
• come, v. kawa.
• cone (tree), kova.
• conscience, fuwi.
• cotton, fene.
• cook, v. fońya.
• correct, adj. esi.
• count, v. seru.
• create, v. ruwa.
• crocodile, mańwu.
• cut, v. towa.

D

• dance, v. koli.
  • dance, hakoli.
  • dancer, ońkoli.
• danger, wanwe.
• daughter, veli.
• day, savi.
• debt, talita.
• deed, hatola.
• deep, adj. vuha.
• describe, v. lamo.
  • description, lamota.
• desire, v. ńeti.
  • desire, ńetita.
• determine, v. muta.
  • determiner, muta nira.
• die, v. nolu.
• dig, v. folu.
• dignity, sańo.
• direction, lama.
• dirt, nori.
  • dirty, adj. inori.
• dish, fańvi.
• distant, adj. rele.
• dive, v. luti.
• do, v. tola.
• drink, v. ara.
• dry, adj. kulu.
• dull, adj. lono.
• dust, huhu.

E

• each, det. tin.
• eagle, ńeve.
• ear, fańa.
• early, adj. lańi.
• earth (people), fowe.
• earth (world), huni.
  • earthquake, huni lote.
• earth (soil), tuńte.
• eat, v. ya.
• effort, tosa.
• egg, heve.
• eight, yamo.
• emblem, mena.
• empty, adj. wosi.
• equal, adj. otu.
• evening, hole.
• every, det. sań.
• evil, adj. fasa.
  • evil, fasa ń.
• exchange, fite.
• eye, ańi.

F

• face, tańsi.
• 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.
• flood, resi.
• flow, v. leńi.
• flower, wuya.
• fly, v. wala.
• fog, tumu.
• follow, v. unsa.
• food, tane.
• foot, ńasi.
• forest, fulu.
• four, fińe.
• free, adj. rile.
• friend, eńyi.
• front, woro.
• fruit, heti.
• full, adj. wuri.
• function, lahu.

G

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

H

• hand, rina.
• happen, v. asa.
• harvest, v. vańra.
• have to, v. sońa .
• he, prn. s(a).
• head, levu.
• heal, v. tula.
  • health, tulata.
• hear, v. rose.
• heart, yuru.
• heaven, veta.
• heavy, adj. leńwe
• help, v. yuwa.
• here, adv. wato.
• high, adj. kari.
• hit, v. tono.
• holy, adj. fusa.
• hope, v. hońa.
• horn, suńo.
• horror, tasu.
• hot, adj. tuna.
• house, yavi.
• how, intrg. adv. veńu.
• how, rel. adv. vewe.
• hunt, v. talu.
• hurry, v. mase.
• hurt, v. fori.
• husband, (tava) waka.

I

• I, prn. n(e).
• ice, vitu.
• if, cnj. wa.
• infrared, adj. isi.
• island, vali.
• island people (species), nuńwu.
• 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.
• language, rota.
• last, v. uta.
• late, adj. hino.
• laugh, v. live.
• leaf, hura.
• leave, v. hala.
• left, adj. sena.
• leg, vamo.
• less, adv. tan.
• let, v. kena.
• lie down, v. reva.
• lightning, feńi.
• like, v. vuta.
• limb, kowu.
• limit, v. muta.
• lip, sufa.
• little, adj. vina.
• live (be alive), v. kava.
• live (dwell), v. neńo.
• liver, yińwi.
• lizard, noko.
• log, tofolo.
• loincloth, wama.
• long, adj. woto.
• louse, kutu.
• love, v. hero.

M

• make, v. rahe.
• make (cause to be), v. sewu.
• male, adj. sin.
• man (adult male), waka.
• man (species), nuńwu.
• manner, wila.
• many, det. imi.
• marry, v. tava.
• may, v. fiva.
• me, prn. n(e).
• meal, tane.
• meat, nańto.
• method, wila.
• middle, wema.
• modest, adj. sayi.
  • modesty, sayita.
• modify, v. fato.
• month, ńeri.
• moon, seńe.
• more, det. fen.
• morning, yala.
• mother, wińa.
• mountain, wula.
• mouth, toye.
• must, v. sońa .

N

• nail, viru.
• name, suwi.
• narrow, adj. ansu.
• near, adj. ńafi.
• need, v. feso.
• new, adj. ńuye.
• night, yolu.
• no, det. weń.
• noon, kari savi.
• not, adv. fa.
• nose, anu.
• now, adv. ńam.
• number, yasi.

O

• oath, hara.
• oblige, v. sońa.
• ocean, yula.
• old, adj. leti.
• one, wami.
• or, cnj. u.
• orange, adj. ańta.
• other, det. ńom.
• ought to, v. weva.
• outside, file.
• oven, rafe.
• owe, v. tali.
• oyster, vivayi.

P

• papaya, seki.
• parent, sole.
• part, fale.
• party, neva.
• pear, simne.
• pearl, yińyu.
• people, foke.
• person, wayo.
• pick, v. vutu.
• pit, suńla.
• place, v. yeta.
• place, wańa.
• plant, v. ńawu.
• play, v. tuya.
• please, v. sahe.
• poke, v. vutu.
• power, tayita.
• 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.
• rainbow, tońwi.
• raspberry, voro.
• reason, etu.
• receive, v. suli.
• red, adj. sona.
• relate, v. riwa.
• remain, v. yaka.
• replace, v. mala.
  • replacement, malata.
• request, v. luta.
  • request, v. lutata.
• return, v. soki.
• right, sati.
• right (direction), adj. yatu.
• river, nayu.
• road, tańye.†
• rock, kaka.
• role, lahu.
• 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, yufu.
• sew, v. viya.
• sharp, adj. taki.
• she, prn. s(a).
• shore, huto.
• short, adj. tiva.
• should, v. ta weva.
• sibling, ńohi.
• sick, adj. rala.
• sing, v. fińa.
  • singer, ońfińa.
• sink, v. vota.
• sister, yim ńohi.
• sit, v. ńoso.
• six, tuni.
• skin, kiri.
• sky, veru.
• sleep, v. vońa.
• small, adj. vina.
• smell, v. somi.
• smoke, vahu.
• smooth, adj. rive.
• snake, nosa.
• snow, ńuha.
  • snow, v. ńuha asa.
• soil, tuńte.
• some, det. fam.
• soul, lusa.
• soup, niya.
• 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. yaka.
• steep, v. vola.
• stick, wete.
• stone, kaka.
• storm, falo.
• straight, adj. viwa.
• strawberry, kesa.
• strong, adj. tayi.
  • strength, tayita.
• suck, v. tova.
• sun, savi.
• supper, hole tane.
• swell, v. hora.
• swim, v. ińwu.
• symbol, mena.

T

• table, nasa.
• tail (land animal), lafu.
• tail (fish,shrimp, etc.), anli.
• talk, v. ware.
• tall, adj. ranfa.
• tell, v. hova.
• than, cnj. ram.
• thank, v. tańva.
• that, det. sam.
• that, prn. sama.
• the, det. (a)ń.
• there, adv. hińa.
• there is/are, v. hana.
• they, prn. sa yi.
• thick (extent), adj. nowa.
• thick (viscous), adj. ravi.
• thin, adj. lahi.
• thing, nońo.
• think, v. nofo.
• this, det. hum.
• this, prn. humu.
• three, silu.
• throw, v. seńwa.
• tide, inva.
• tie, v. fońwa.
• time (duration), tose.
• time (instance), nali.
• to, (indir. obj.), tu.
• today, hum savi.
• together, adv. navi.
• tomorrow, unsa savi.
• tongue, liru.
• tooth, ńiso.
• touch, v. rata.
• tree, sawa.
• turn, v. tila.
• two, yini.

U

• umbrella, tuwa.
• usual, adj. vana.

V

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

W

• walk, v. fura.
• want, v. ńeti.
• warm, adj. kuni.
• 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.
• will, ńetita will.
• wind, faya.
• wing, hito.
• wipe, v. ńusa.
• wish, v. ńeti.
• without, prep. sun.
• woman, nuvo.
• word, nira.
• world, wińya.
• worm, nawo.

Y

• year, mevi.
• yellow, adj. luvo.
• yesterday, adv. mona savi.
• you (sg.), prn. v(i).
  • you (pl.), prn. vi yi.
• young, adj. yuha.