C - c
cacao
kakáo
cacique
hë́no
cake
góma
(1)
calabash
kaabási
·
kúja
camera
pötilë́ti
camp
kámpu
can
kán
candle
kánda
candy
kúku
·
kúku
·
sútísíi
cane
kokotí
cannon
kanú
canoe
palibóto
canvas
pelá
(1)
captain
kabiténi
capybara
kapiiwá
car
wági
card
káita
(2)
care for
lúku
(2)
·
seeká
(2)
careful
sáápi
·
sáápi
carefully
fíni
(2)
·
sáápísáápi
·
sáápísáápi
·
sápísápi
·
sápísápi
careless
fanjanfanjan
(1)
cargo
bagási
·
lái
(1)
carpenter
të́mbëma
case for something
dósu
cashew
kadjú
catch
kísi
(1)
caterpillar
lonká
(3)
celebrate
poólo
(2)
celebration
piizíi
(1)
cement
simá
cent
bësë́nsi
·
köpösë́nsi
·
së́nsi
centipede
ahalala
certain
sóifi
·
sö́ifi
chaff
koówa
·
koówa
chain
búi
·
kë́ti
·
kë́ti
chains
kë́ti
·
kë́ti
chair
bángi
·
sutúu
chalk
keéti
(2)
chameleon
agama
change
biá
(2)
·
tooká
(2)
change around
biá
(2)
charcoal
koofája
chatter
papiá
chatterbox
fanmá
cheek
bandjabúka
·
bandjajési
cheese
kási
(2)
chest
hátímíndi
·
kë́dë́
·
kë́dë́
chest bone
pápu
(1)
chicken
ganían
chicken craw
göögö́ö
(2)
chigger
gudugúdú bítju
·
síka
child
míi
(1)
childs cap
músu
(3)
chin
agba
Chinese
sinë́isi
chisel
bë́të
(3)
chocolate drink
sukuáti
(1)
Christmas
bëdáki
church
kéíki
(1)
cigarette
sigalë́ti
·
tabáku
circle
tjangaa
(1)
circle made from palm leaves or white clay for ritualistic purposes
tjangaa
(2)
citrus fruit
apeesína
clamp
kaámpi
clan
lö́
clean
limbo
(1)
clear
limbo
(1)
clever
kö́ni
(3)
cliff
benga
(1)
clock
olóísi
·
olóísi
close
tapá
(1)
close by
zúntu
close to
zúntu
close to death (downriver dialect)
suwáki
(2)
close to death (upriver dialect)
síki
(2)
cloth
dúku
·
gaán kóósu
·
koósu
(2)
clothes
koósu
(2)
clothes hanger
hánga
(2)
cloud
wö́lúku
club
feléniki
·
feléniki
coals
zonká
coat
djákíti
·
djákíti
cockroach
adabasíi
·
ahalakpákpa
cocoa
sukuáti
(1)
coconut
kökönö́tö
cocoon
tébíánkuli
coffee
kofí
coffin
kési
cohorts
paatë́i
coins
kpë́ngë́lë́ mö́ni
cold
kö́tö
(1)
collect
píi
(2)
color
wójo
(2)
color, to
pëndë́
(2)
colored
pëndë́
(1)
comb
pénti
(1)
comfort
kö́tö́háti
(1)
common response used to show that one is listening
sö́ö
(1)
compass
kompási
complaint
kaági
completely
búúú
conjunction used at beginning of clause to indicate another step in the narrative
hën
(1)
container
djógu
(2)
container for liquids
báki
(1)
contentment
kö́tö́háti
(1)
continually
kódó
·
kódó
·
nö́ö́mö
·
nö́ö́mö
contraction for know how:
sáanfa
(1)
contraction: for you (pl.)
fuúnu
(2)
conversation
óto
(1)
cooked rice
njanján
(2)
cookie
kúku
·
kúku
cooking oil
fátu
(2)
cooking pot
gansë́
(1)
copper
kö́pö
·
kö́pö
cork
kö́lúku
corn
kálu
corn stalk
kálu
corn tassels
jakajaka
(2)
corner
húku
(2)
·
tjö́ni
correct
búnu
·
búnu
·
léti
(2)
cotton
maáun
·
maáun
council
kuútu
country
kö́ndë
·
kö́ndë
courage
dégíháti
·
dégíháti
courtesy
maníni
cover
tampá
·
tampá
·
tapá
(2)
covetousness
haún
(2)
cow
káu
coward
fë́ë́ë́ma
cowbirds
hë́no
co-wife
kambósa
crab
agása / agásámëku
·
kaábu
(1)
cracker
busikútu
·
busikútu
cramp
katangá
crate
báki
(2)
crazy
laú
·
laúlau
creek
Gaángoón
·
kiíki
crocodile
gandí
·
káima
crooked
béndíbéndi
·
gandaa
·
köndö
·
töö́tö
(1)
cross, to
jö́kö
crowded (e.g. path)
fitjá
(1)
cup
kán
·
sikö́tííki
cupboard
kási
(1)
Curaçao
koosóo
(2)
curse
fuúku
(2)
·
helú
·
sibá
(1)
cut
kóti
(1)
cut off
kóti
(1)
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