English – Saramaccan

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table		táfa
taboo		tjína
·		tjína
tabu name for chicken		súsu (2)
tadpole		alónaago
tail		lábu (1)
take		téi (1)
talk		fan
·		papiá
tall		djangaa
·		héi (1)
·		lánga (2)
tan color		sukuáti (2)
tangerine		koosóo (1)
tank		báki (1)
tap someone (for attention)		kaábu (3)
tapioca		tapióka
tapir		bófo
·		gaán mbéti
tar		táa (4)
·		tála
tarantula		gaán adjáansi
tasteless		sö́sö (2)
tea		té (1)
teach		léi (2)
teacher		më́sítë
tear off		fë́n
tears		wáta (1)
·		wójówáta
tempt		lulú (3)
·		poobá
ten		téni
tent		peláwósu
term of address between men		mánu (2)
term of address to man		wómi
term of address (usually for brother-in-law or sister-in-law)		suwági (2)
termites		kopíkopi
test		poobá
testimony		kotóígi
·		kotóígi
than		léki
thanks		tangí (1)
that		táa (1)
thatch material		tási (2)
the area where people live		gandá (1)
the general public		lánti (2)
the street in Paramaribo known as Saramacca-straat, where Saramaccans buy most of their supplies and where they take a truck to the interior		Saamákásítááti (1)
themselves		désééi
there		alá
·		dë́ (1)
·		naandë́
thick		dégi
thief		fufúuma
·		ngátu
thigh		asákpáa
thin		fínu
·		lë́bë́ë́
·		makisá (1)
·		mángu
thing		soní (1)
think		më́ni (1)
think through		wégi (1)
third person emphatic pronoun		hën (2)
thirsty		dëë́wáta (1)
thirty		diíténi
this		dísi
thongs		deláila
thorns		maká (1)
thousand		dúsu
thread		maáun
·		maáun
three		dií
throat		tutú (2)
throne		kö́núbángi
throw		jaa
thumb		gaán fínga
·		mamáfínga
thunder		gaángádú bái
Thursday		gaánsaba
thus		sö́ (1)
tick		kaapátu
ticket		káita (1)
time		júu (4)
·		tén (1)
·		toón
time, a (very) long		té (2)
tin can		kán
tin cup		kán
tip		peesénti
·		peesénti
tired		wéi (1)
tired of, get		fuuféi
to	prep.	a (2)
to acquire		féndi (2)
to advance by natural mode of locomotion (walk, slither, ride, etc.)		wáka (1)
to aim at		maaká (2)
to amaze		bö́djëë (2)
to answer		píki (1)
to argue		fiá (1)
to ascend		subí (1)
to ask pardon		piimísi (2)
to baptize		dópu
to be		dë́ (2)
to be acquainted with someone		guwénti (2)
to be agreeable		kaí (2)
to be careful		kö́ni (1)
·		më́mbë (2)
·		më́ni (2)
to be exciting		sipán (3)
to be filled to bursting		sipán (1)
to be happy		piizíi (3)
·		wái (1)
to be jealous or covetous		haún (1)
to be lazy		lési (3)
to be mean		hógi (2)
to be necessary		dë́ (4)
to be protected against black magic		lépi (2)
to be reconciled		mindí (3)
to be ripe		lépi (1)
to be strained		sipán (2)
to be used to something		guwénti (1)
to be wilted		láu (2)
to bear fruit		paí (2)
to beat		fón (1)
to beat up		fón (1)
to become		kó (2)
to become lost		lási (2)
to begin		bigí
to betray		kö́nku (1)
to bind together		mindí (1)
to bite		nján (2)
to boil		bói (1)
to borrow		léni (2)
to boss		mása (2)
to bother		toóbi (2)
to break		boóko (1)
to bring together		míti (2)
to bruise an old sore		muungá (3)
to bury		béi
to buy		bái (3)
to call out		kái (1)
to carry		tjá (1)
to cement		simá
to chain		búi
to clamp		kaámpi
to clap hands		lálu (1)
to clean		limbá (2)
to climb		subí (1)
to cluster		bóndji
to cock (gun)		káki (1)
to come		kó (1)
to comfort		ganján (3)
to command		mandá (2)
to complain		guunján (1)
to compliment		gafá
to compose (a story or song)		mindí (4)
to consider		pakiséi
to cook		bói (1)
to corrode		nján (4)
to count		kondá (1)
to crow (i.e. rooster)		kandá (2)
to crowd		peetá (1)
to cry		këë́
to cut off from its stalk (e.g. maripa fruit)		tjaba (2)
to dance		bajá
style"}to dance sëkëti style		tjë́kë (1)
to deal out		paatí (4)
to decorate		bisí (2)
to defecate		kaká (1)
to degrade someone		kö́nku (2)
to delay		buujá
to desire		lö́sútu (2)
to dig		díki (1)
to disperse		paajá
to distress		fuká
to disturb greatly		séki (2)
to divide		paatí (2)
to divorce		túwë (2)
to do		dú
to double-cross		dimbolí (2)
to drift (i.e. water)		diípi (1)
to drill		bólu (1)
to dry		dëë́
to dry up (e.g. eggplant)		tjupá (2)
to eat		nján (1)
to elongate		lánga (3)
to embalm		kánfu (2)
to embrace		baasá
to endure		tjá (2)
to erect		hópo (2)
to establish		butá (1)
to estimate		léíki (1)
to examine		hulu (1)
to feel		fíi (1)
to fell (a tree)		fáa (1)
to ferment		diíngi (2)
to fight		féti
to file		líma (1)
to fill		fúu
to find		féndi (1)
to finish		kabá (2)
to fit		fíti
to follow		faáka (2)
to force		duwéngi
·		músu (2)
to frequent person or place		hulu (2)
to fry		jasá (1)
·		pánu (2)
to fuss at		búja
to gain		wíni (2)
to give a sharp pain		fingá (3)
to give an injection		sipóiti (2)
to give away too generously		saajá (1)
to give birth		paí (1)
to go		gó (1)
to go around		lóntu (1)
to go around something		lómbóto (1)
to go through (e.g. a village); to go across (e.g. river)		latjá (2)
to gossip		lëgëdë (1)
to grab		panján (2)
to graze in passing		tjaba (3)
to grind		mbíi (2)
to grow		nasí (1)
to grow or expand		göö́ (1)
to grunt		giintá
to guard		wákíti (1)
to guard (a house)		wátji (3)
to hand to someone		tëndë́ (2)
to hang		hë́ngi (1)
to hang (oneself)		hánga (1)
to happen		pasá (2)
to harvest		kóti (2)
to hate		buusé
to have a contest		fiá (2)
to have a good time		piizíi (2)
to have an unpleasant odor		láu (1)
to help		heépi
to hesitate		buujá
to hit (on purpose or accidentally)		náki (1)
to hold		hói
·		panján (1)
to hold tightly		peetá (2)
to hunt		hö́ndi
to hurt		háti (3)
to interrogate		fíni (1)
to iron		tiíki (1)
to itch		kaási
to join		namá (2)
to keep		hói
to kick		sikópu (1)
to kiss		bósi
to know		sábi (1)
to lack		makéi (3)
to laugh		láfu
to lead		tíi (2)
to leak		kulé (2)
to lean		hë́ngi (2)
to lean to one side		kándi (2)
to leave		disá (1)
to leave a smarting pain (e.g. alagisa jasa mi)		jasá (2)
to lend to someone		léni (1)
to lick		lëmbë́ (1)
to lie down		kándi (1)
to like or love		lóbi (1)
to live		líbi (2)
to load (e. g. cargo)		lái (1)
to lock		söö́tö
to long for		hángi (2)
to loosen		bösö (1)
·		lúsu (1)
to make		mbéi (1)
to make a design on		maaká (1)
to make firm in the ground		fingá (2)
to mark		maaká (1)
to mark with identifying mark		nö́bu (2)
to marry		töö́u
to massage		pusá (2)
to measure		maaká (3)
to meet		míti (1)
to mess up		fanjanfanjan (2)
to miss		mísi (1)
to mourn		këë́
to move over		pusá (1)
to offend		mísi (2)
to open		jabí (1)
to pass by		pasá (1)
to patch		lápu (2)
·		mindí (2)
to pay		paká
to peel		limbá (1)
to permit		bé
to perspire		suwá (1)
to pick out		píi (1)
to pierce		fulá (3)
·		súti (4)
to pinch		píndja (1)
to play an instrument or game		pëë́ (2)
to plead		bégi (1)
to pound		fón (1)
to pour		lái (2)
·		tutú (3)
to pour into container		kándi (3)
to praise		gafá
to press		zín
to pretend		ganján (1)
to prick		tjökö́ (2)
to promise		paamúsi
to purr		lonká (2)
to put		butá (1)
to read		lési (1)
to recede		diípi (2)
to reincarnate		nasí (2)
to remember		më́mbë (1)
to request		bégi (1)
to rest		lö́sútu (1)
to return		tooná (1)
to rip or rend.		fulá (2)
to roar		giintá
to rock or swing back and forth		doodó (1)
to row a canoe		púu (2)
to rub		lóbi (2)
to run		kulé (1)
to sand		bísi (1)
to say:		táa (3)
to scold		kósi
to scratch		húnjan (2)
·		kaábu (2)
·		kaási
to scratch up		sakatá (2)
to sell		séi (1)
to send		mandá (1)
to separate		paatí (3)
to sew		nái (1)
to sew, carve, or do handcraft		të́mbë (1)
to shake		séki (1)
to sharpen		líma (1)
to sharpen (knife)		maá (1)
to shave		limbá (3)
to shoot		súti (1)
to show		léi (1)
to side with		namá (2)
to sing		kandá (1)
to slacken		bösö (1)
to slander		kósi
to sleep		duumí (1)
to slide something to one side		pusá (2)
to slip		koogá
to smoke		sumúku (1)
to snore		lonká (1)
to soak in soapy water		sópu (2)
to solve (problem)		lúsu (3)
to sound out, e.g.:		píki (2)
to speak		fan
to speak sharply		gándji (2)
to spill		tómbi
to spin		toosá
to split		latjá (1)
to spoil		póndi (1)
to spray		sipóiti (3)
to spray from the mouth		fulá (1)
to spread		paajá
to spread a piece of news indiscriminately		saajá (2)
to spread (something) out		jabí (2)
to sprinkle for religious purposes		lëmbë́ (2)
to squash or step on		makisá (2)
to squeeze		zín
to stab		tjökö́ (3)
to stagger around		sangá (2)
to stain		mandjá
to stamp		sitámpu (1)
to stay		tán (2)
to steer		tíi (1)
to stop		disá (2)
to stop at a boat landing; to dock		tjökö́ (5)
to stretch		tëndë́ (1)
to suck		tjupá (1)
to surround		lómbóto (2)
to swear		sói (2)
to swell		sói (1)
to take a short cut		fulá (3)
to take in sexual intercourse		féndi (3)
·		téi (2)
to take offense.		máti (2)
to talk negatively about someone		guunján (2)
to tell		kondá (2)
to tell an untruth		lëgëdë (2)
to tell secretly		píndja (3)
to think		pakiséi
to throw		híti (1)
to throw away		túwë (1)
to tie		tái (1)
to till (e.g. a field)		tjaba (1)
to tilt		tómbi
to toss and turn		sakatá (1)
to touch		namá (1)
to treat a sickness		kulá (2)
to trick		ganján (2)
to trust in		fitoóu
to tuck in		fingá (1)
to twist		toosá
to twist cotton or sisal into thread		fási (2)
to understand		fusután
to uproot		hön (1)
to use sparingly		píndja (2)
to wait for		sipéi (2)
·		wákíti (2)
to wait for someone		wátji (1)
to want		kë́ (1)
·		tófu (3)
to warm up		kéndi (2)
to watch someone with the intention of catching him/her at something		wátji (2)
to wave		wái (2)
to win		wíni (1)
to wrap up		dimbolí (1)
to yawn		hóha
toad		djómboma
·		tö́dö
tobacco		tabáku
·		tjontjombá
today		tidé
toenail		húnjan (1)
together		makándi
tomato		tomáti
tomorrow		amanján
tongue		tö́ngö (1)
too much		pói (3)
tool		félu (2)
tooth		tánda (1)
toothpaste		adantífi
toss		bulí (1)
toucan		kujaké
train		talán
trap		aviti (1)
·		taápu (1)
tree		akpasa watjí
·		mömbë́ (1)
·		páu (1)
·		wándji
trellis		gölë́ti
trip		lë́isi
trouble		toóbi (1)
trousers		buúku (1)
·		buúku (1)
truck		wági
true		tuútuu
·		tuútuu
truly		tuú
·		tuú
trunk		kófu
·		toómpu
trust		fitoóu
try		poobá
Tuesday		féifídáka
turn		béndi
·		bulí (1)
turtle		gbegú
·		logoso
twelve		tuwálufu
twenty		túwénti
twin(s)		túlíngi
two		tú