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table n. tafaa
table, dining n. tee2 (2)
tablecloth n. tafaa duku
tablet (medicine) n. peliki
taboo n. kina (1)
· · teefu
taboo day kina dei
taboo man n. kinaman
tack n. kopoo sipikii
tackle, fishing n. uku1 (2)
tadpole todo dyaki
· n. todobee
tag for polite marker func. baa2
tail n. tee1
tail, pig's n. agu tee
take vt. teke (1)
take a break teke boo
take a detour fufuu pasi
take a long time bakabaka
take a shortcut vt. bolo1 (2)
take a trip vi. koi1
take back a curse puu fiyo fiyo
· puu fiyo fiyo
take bitter medicine diingi bita
take care of vt. luku (3)
· · solugu
take care of a pregnant woman luku bee gi uman
take custody vt. sooto (2)
take cuts vt. bolo1 (1)
take into custody vt. oli1 (4)
take medicine vt. deesi (2)
· · diingi (2)
take offense vi. mandii
take outside puu a doo
take place vi. pasa2
take rest vi. boo2
take the lead teke ede
take to one's heels bai diya futu
take woman's virginity du wan uman ogii
tale, folk- n. Anainsi toli
talebearer n. gongosaman
talebearing n. gongosa (2)
talk vt. taki1 (1)
talk about somebody kai wan sama (ogii) nen
talk, worthless soso taki
talking taki toli
tall, be vi. hei1 (1)
tree"}tamarind fruit or tree n. tamalen
tanager bird, Silver-beaked n. tyentyen
tangerine (fruit) n. ponpon
tangle with kisi toobi
Tapanahony River basin n. Tapamawoni
tapir, South American n. bofoo
tar n. taa2
tarantula sp. n. akaabobi
· · busi anainsi
taro n. dasini
· · su
taro leaf n. dasini uwii
taro leaves, inedible n. agaw taya
· · pon taya
taro plant n. sineisi taya
· · taya2
· · sineisi taya
taro plant, leaves of the n. taya uwii
taro soup n. dasini baafun
· · taya baafun
tarpon fish n. taapun
task n. wooko (2)
taste vi. tesi (1)
tasty, be vi. switi (1)
tattle vt. konkuu (1)
tattling n. konkuu (2)
taunt meke sani gi sama
tax n. lantimoni
tea n. te3
· · faya wataa
teach vt. leli1 (1)
· · soi (2)
teacher n. leliman
teacher, female n. sikoo misi
· · yefolow
teaching n. leli1 (4)
tears n. wataa ain
tease vi. teligi
· vt. deleigi
· · toobi (2)
teenage girl's loincloth n. kwei
teenager, be a pregnant teke pangi
· idiom. teke pangi
teeth, by the skin of his a fika wan pikin sani fu Gadu
teeth, golden caps for n. gowtu tifi
teeth, grind kaw tifi
· kaw tifi
teeth, gum of tifi meti
· n. gingibi
teeth of animated being n. tifi (1)
prong of an inanimate object"}teeth or prong of an inanimate object n. tifi (2)
teeth, skin of his a fika wan pikin sani fu Gadu
· a fika wan pikin sani fu Gadu
Tegu lizard n. sapakaa
lizard, Common"}teiid or lizard, Common n. buka
lizard, common"}teiid or lizard, common n. lagadisa
telephone konkuu tetei
· n. telefon
· vt. beli2
telephone, use a naki konkuu tetei
· naki konkuu tetei
tell vt. taigi
tell a proverb koti nongo
· koti odoo
tell stories gi toli
temperature, high adj. ati3 (1)
tempered, hot- nyan faya
· nái nyan
temporal connector func. ne1
· prep. ne2
temporary position, assume oli bangi gi wan sama
· oli bangi gi wan sama
temptation, fall into fadon a ini sonu
ten num. tin
ten thousand num. tin dunsu
tender safu ati
tenderize by cooking vi. safu (2)
tenderize by soaking vt. safu (3)
tendon, Achilles n. baka futu tetei
· · baka futu tetei
tennis shoe n. pata
tens n. tenti1
tense marker, future aux. v. o
tent n. tenti2
termite n. udulosu
termite nest n. akantaasi
test by tasting vi. tesi (1)
test by trial vt. tesi (2)
testicles n. koko2 (2)
· · siton (taka)
testicles, enlarged n. adudu
· · manungu
testify vt. kotoigi (1)
texture, be hard in vi. taanga (3)
thank you! A bigi, baa!
thankful, be sabi kiyoo
thanks n. daa
· · tangi
thanks (very much) n. gaantangi (1)
that adj. di fu
· conj. taki2
· pn. dati
· · de2
that, after adv. bakadati
that, all of adv. aladati
that, before adv. fosidati
that, in conj. bika (2)
that is conj. sobun
that is why fu dati ede
thatch n. tasi2
the art. a2
The Netherlands n. Bakaa Kondee
theater, movie n. kino
their pn. den1 (3)
them pn. den1 (2)
themselves pn. denseefi
then func. da2
· · ne1
· prep. ne2
there adv. anda
· · ape
therefore adv. dati meke
There's nothing I can do about it! Mi ná abi en koni!
these pn. de2
· · ya1 (2)
they pn. den1 (1)
thick, be vi. deki (2)
thick, not adj. doin2
thief n. fufuuman
thigh, human n. boma futu
thin adj. doin2
· · mangii
thin, be vi. deni
· · paata1 (1)
thin soup n. pepee wataa
thing n. sani (1)
think vi. denki (1)
· vt. pakisei (1)
think about vt. kenisi
thinking n. denki (3)
· · fusutan (2)
· · membee (2)
· · pakisei (2)
third person plural pronoun pn. den1 (2)
third person singular pronoun pn. a1
thirteen num. tin na dii
thirty num. diitenti
this pn. disi
· · ya1 (2)
plastic"}thong, rubber or plastic n. dalaila
thongs n. selepa
thorn n. agwago
· · maka
thorn plant n. agwago
tree"}thorns of the awaa tree n. awaa maka
though conj. winsi1
thought n. membee (2)
· · pakisei (2)
thousand num. dunsu
thousand, nine num. neigin dunsu
thousand, ten num. tin dunsu
thread n. katun
threatening rain alen baaka
three num. dii2
three months after giving birth n. meke osu
three toed sloth faya a baka
thresh rice vt. masi alisi
threshold of a doorway n. goonsei
throat n. golingo
· · tooto1 (1)
throne, royal n. kownu sutuu
through prep. doo1 (3)
through and through adj. te doo
throw vt. fiingi
· · iti
throw away vt. towe (1)
throw up vt. balaki (1)
thumb n. doin1 (2)
· · gaanto (1)
thunder tapu bali
· n. dondoo
· vi. goompu
Thursday n. fodewooko
Thursday, female born on n. Yaba
Thursday, male born on n. Yaw
tick n. kupali
· · sika
ticket n. kaita
ticket, book travel vt. buku1 (2)
ticket, travel n. kaita moni
tide, ebb n. faa wataa
tide, high n. fuudu
tidy vt. seeka1 (1)
tidy, be vi. kiin (2)
tidy, ideophone describing ideo. fele fele
tie n. dasi
· vt. banti (1)
tie a knot vt. koko3 (2)
tie together vt. miti1 (3)
tie up vt. bui (1)
· · tei
tightly extended adj. simpan (1)
timber n. udu
time adj. bakaten
· n. ten (1)
· · yuu1 (2)
-time n. ten (2)
time, another n. taa dei
time, earlier adj. fositen
· n. fesiten
time, for the second adv. tumalisi
time frame n. pisiten
time, in good adv. biten
time, indicate ahead of vt. pingi (2)
time, last n. kiiboi toon
time, later adj. bakaten
time, next n. taa dei
time of, at the prep. anga2 (3)
time of uproar n. buuyaten
time, on adv. oputeiti
time, other n. taa dei
time period n. momenti
· · ten (2)
time, take a long bakabaka
time, take a long time vi. daai (4)
time that, from the adv. (fu) di
time?, what adj. lati1 (2)
times n. boo3
· · leisi2 (1)
· · pasi2
· · toon2 (1)
· prep. leisi2 (2)
· · toon2 (2)
timid, be ná abi (deki) ati
tin can n. beenki2 (3)
tiny adj. pikintoin
· · totii
tip n. mofu (4)
tip over vt. kandi (1)
tipping vi. kandi (3)
tired, be vi. weli1 (1)
tired of something vt. fuufeli
to conj. fu1 (1)
· prep. gi2
· · na2 (2)
toad n. todo
toad, steal like a fufuu enke todo
tobacco n. tabaka
tobacco smoking n. pipa2 (2)
tobacco, snort ali tabaka (a nosu)
today n. tide
toe (animate) n. finga (1)
toe, big n. doin1 (1)
· · gaanto (2)
toed sloth, two- n. sikapu soo
toenail n. nangaa (1)
together paa paa
· adv. makandii (1)
toilet, outside n. kaka osu
· · wensei (2)
tolerate vt. fudaagi (2)
tomato n. tomati
tomato sauce, sardine in n. tomati saadin
tomb n. geebi olo
tomorrow n. tamaa (1)
tomorrow, day after n. taa tamaa
tongue n. tongo (1)
tongue, mother mama bee tongo
· mama bee tongo
tongue, push with vt. tutu3 (1)
tongue, slip of the tongue misi mofu
too adv. seefi3 (1)
· · tu2
too late, come naki baka wataa
too much adv. tumisi
tool n. wooko sani
tool, ax-like n. puulu2
tool, file a vt. saapu (1)
top of prep. tapu1 (3)
top of a tree n. udu ede
top of an object n. ede1 (3)
top of, on prep. mindii (3)
top of the water n. tapu wataa
torch n. fambo
torment vt. pina1 (3)
torture vt. pen1 (2)
toucan sp. n. kuyake
· · mbaki
touch vt. mana
· · meli
· · oli1 (1)
touch a sensitive sore vt. masi1 (2)
tough, be vi. taanga (3)
tow vt. tow
towel, bath n. wasi duku
towel, dish- n. peeti duku
tower n. tolen
town of Moengo n. Mongo1
town of St. Laurent, French n. Soolan (1)
toy n. pee sani
tractor n. teekitolu
trap n. kaapana
trap backfires, one's baka wan sama anga en eigi fatu
trap for game, set a gun vt. sete goni
trap, set a game vt. sete (3)
trap, wire fish- n. nasi2
trash n. doti (2)
trash heap n. dyiko
travel vi. koi1
· · pasa1 (1)
· · waka (2)
travel, night n. neti waka
travel ticket n. kaita moni
travel ticket, book vt. buku1 (2)
traveler n. wakaman
traverse vi. koti (4)
treacherous, be doti wan sama
treat vt. wooko (4)
treat (medicinally) vt. deesi (3)
tree n. bon1
· · udu
tree, bark of a n. udu buba
· · sikin (3)
tree, bottom of a n. udu gogo
· · udu lasi
tree branch n. taka
tree, calabash n. kaabasi (1)
tree, cashew n. kasun
knot"}tree node or knot n. udu koko
tree, silk-cotton n. kankantii
roots"}tree stump and roots n. tombo
tree, tamarind fruit n. tamalen
tree, top of a n. udu ede
tree-dwelling animals tapu meti
tremble vi. beifi
· · dansi (2)
trial n. banowtu (2)
· · tesi (3)
trial, test by vt. tesi (2)
tribulation n. banowtu (2)
trick koli wan sama kisi
· vt. dyote
· · politiki
trickster I doti boi!
· I doti boi!
Trio Amerindian n. Tiiyo
trip poti futu a pasi gi sama
· n. waka (3)
trip, take a vi. koi1
tripod for cooking n. dii futu
trommel n. toombo2
Tropical rattlesnake n. saka sineki
tropical wood sp. n. kwali2
trouble between two parties kisi toobi
· meke toobi
trouble. He's in A takuu gi en.
trouble, (make) vi. toko (1)
troublemaker n. toobiman
trough n. baki
truck n. toloki
truck, garbage n. doti wagi
truck, pickup n. opo baka wagi
true adv. tuu (1)
truly adv. tuutuu
trumpeter bird n. akami
truncheon n. balata (3)
· · kwemi
trunk, metal n. toombo1
trust vt. fitoow
truth n. tuu (3)
try vi. puubei
· vt. keli
T-shirt n. bosooko
tub, clothes n. beki
tub for clothes n. beki
· · besini
tuber, cassava n. kasaba tiki
Tuesday n. tudewooko
Tuesday, female born on n. Abeni1
Tuesday, male born on n. Kwamina
Tufted capuchin monkey n. kesikesi
tumult n. buuya (2)
tunnel n. meti olo
turkey n. kaakun
Turkey vulture n. adyankoo
· · nyamasu
turkey vulture n. tingi foo
turn a deaf ear to towe a dofu se (yesi) gi wan sama
· towe a dofu se (yesi) gi wan sama
turn around vi. daai (1)
turn into vi. toon1
turn off vt. kii (2)
turn on vt. leti1
turtle n. koo2
· · sekeepatu
turtle, common swamp n. wataa koo
turtle pen n. koo pen
Green"}turtle, Sea or Green n. kaape
turtle shell n. koo buba
twelve num. tin na tu
· · twalufu
twelve o'clock n. twalufu yuu
twenty num. tutenti
· · twenti
twin n. toolengi
twist hair into ringlets vt. koolu
two num. tu1
two sides n. tuse
two-toed sloth n. sikapu soo
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