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If a man kills someone he must tell it
after he has done it. Otherwise the god will
have cursed him and the family (cien). Later
on, if he doesn't tell, when people begin dying
in the cieŋ, the word will be that surely some
is guilty of unconfessed murder. Then ŋak will
confess, but he won't say who he killed. They
will go to the guahn ŋuɔhtni (kuäär tuac)
and col the duer, by gathering cattle together
and cuac-ing them dɔɔr for anyone to take |
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If we don't listen to the words of God |
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Jesus |
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to become convinced as you listen to
a speaker and so to be won to his side. If
you want to pull something out of the
bottom of the stack or pile you usually
pull other things with it. That's wwhl. Or
when a tree is uprooted |
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a wa̲a̲ rɛy duëël car |
to go and search out something in particular.
It does not mean to look for nothing, it includes
both thinking and seeing (also to think), sorting out thoughts |
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bɛɛc |
envy |
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beŋ |
a strange acting person; psychologically
disturbed |
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Bi jɛ tiem lɛɛr |
You will realize some day how good
it was |
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Bi lɔcdɛ pu̲ɔ̲t (ŋa̲ny) |
If a person is found dying of hunger, do not
give him food because if you do: bi lɔcdɛ pu̲ɔ̲t or
bi lɔcdɛ na̲ny, so feed him little by little |
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Bi yiëë ɛ la̲r i |
Says Man Gahc meaning the knowledge one has
of lurking danger even before he sees it |
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biɛt |
to be quiet |
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bit, lam |
Martin Miric said: A man cannot "bit"
his brother - gat man, he can "lam" him. "Bit"
is the stronger word and cannot be anulled, but
"lam" can. Their meanings are much the same,
but their differences consist in the regulations
controlling their use on others |
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boohk - böök |
Among the Nuers a boohk is usually
someone who fights, robs, steals from the
Dindas |
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Buɔ̲m |
authority; out-smart clever thinking |
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buɔny |
to avoid an argument by "ducking" |
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buɔth |
to lead a blind person, or to lead someone
astray or to lead by force |
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cä rɔ luäk |
If a croc grabs my leg and I manage to free
myself from him and get free, in Nuer you don't
say "I saved myself" but rather "I helped myself" -
"cä rɔ luäk". One is saved (kän) by another other
than himself |
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cäätkɛ or paarkɛ |
twins |
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camɛ gɔalä |
He eats me "out of house and home".
The Pharisees who "eat widows' houses" |
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cɛ ɤä ŋu̲e̲n |
This is the declaration for revenge |
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cɛ ruacdä dhɔ̲ŋ piny |
It means he acted superiorly and ignored
or excluded my word. The Pharisees did this
to Jesus' commands and to the O.T. law, putting
their own in its place |
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cɛ yiëëdɛ rɔ ŋu̲ï̲th |
To breath the last breath, in death |
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ci jiɛ̈th lɔaac kɛ duäc ni̲h̲n |
weary from the journey |
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ci wi̲cdiɛn yi̲c̲ |
Cɔp said the people around Mundri
were "ci wi̲cdiɛn yi̲c̲" when they saw
how well the Sudanese workers could lay
stone in cement. They couldn't get over it |
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ciɛc |
to cut off with sword, grass cutter |
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ciehc |
to get on the wrong path, or to get off the
right path |
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ciɛhŋ (cieŋ) |
to live in, inhabit, wear |
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ciek mi Kap pi kɛɛ dhaar |
Kap doesn't show necessarily how
he was carrying it except that it does
eliminate carrying by his fingers either
on his head or shoulder |
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ci̲ɛ̲l |
to be broken off, split off, torn off |
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ciɛth |
sift grain |
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Cii la̲h̲ny la̲h̲ny |
(A woman said this to me during the time of
hunger) |
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cikɛ ŋɛ̈r kamnikiɛn |
a private discussion or conference to confer |
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cikɛ wee pa̲h̲w, cukɛ dual |
startled by a noise or light unexpectedly,
with fear and a reudiness to combat |
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ciöt |
call |
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cï̲t |
to be nicely clothed |
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cɔal |
to be called a name |
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'Cu rɔɔdu thiäm kɛ thiaahm |
This means to walk blindly bumping against
things with disastrous results. It becomes an idiom.
(thi̲a̲m - sneeze) |
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cuahth |
to soak or wipe something like a cloth in a
liquid of some sort |
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cuɛ naath jak kä cu̲ɔ̲hŋ |
stir up the people, i.e. straighten
their heads causing them to be altered
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cuɛl |
circumcise |
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cuɔhŋ |
stand |
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cuɔhp |
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cuɔl |
to be very dark or black |
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daaknɛ ro |
separate one from the other |
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dahknɛ piny |
separate and go different ways |
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da̲r |
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dhiac |
move it bit by bit, drive away in battle |
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dhiahy |
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dhiat |
have no trust, be dubious, discredit |
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dhiɛhm |
distill beer |
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dhɔhŋ piny |
neglect: giving your time to one thing or
thinking of others you should be doing |
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diɛɛr |
worry |
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diɛhth |
to cause to conceive, to parent children |
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dör ju̲r |
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doth |
blister |
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duähc |
beat |
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dual |
be afraid |
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duɛhr - duer |
make a mistake, sin |
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du̲ɛ̲hr |
make a mistake |
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duihr |
make a mistake (sin) |
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duɔɔth |
smile |
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duɔth |
leave something |
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duɔth |
to remain behind |
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ɛ Jih gaiŋ |
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ɛ juey mi lɔɔp puɔ̲nydɛ |
Man Gahc says this means a high fever |
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giɛɛhth (gieeth) |
to clean out a gourd, or a vessel, or
a place with the hand |
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giɛk piny |
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gik ɛ, giɛkɛ jɛ |
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(plural) gɔahny |
to accuse before a judge |
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gɔahr |
to inscribe, write something to someone |
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gɔahr |
"write", inscribe |
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gɔany |
accuse |
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gɔɔy lɔaac |
Man Gahc says that the characteristic
"gɔɔy lɔaac" does not mean the person has no
sin; it comes from giving. If you don't "dak"
people, when they ask for something and you
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Gɔy duëël gɔ̲rkä perkdɛ ta̲a̲dɛ min
cieŋ kɛ ŋieec kɛnɛ ciɛŋ dho̲li tin te thi̲n |
The standard of a school depends on the
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guaal |
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guahc |
to be at cross purposes, or anything
which occurs in cross purpose fashion even
hitting one's finger with a hammer |
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guä̲hl |
exchange |
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guahn lus̲s̲m |
can do it for his own self-gossiper or is
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guan |
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gua̲n kueeth |
someone who can stretch their food a long way;
who is fussy about himself or his things |
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gua̲n̲ mään ädiɛn |
time of their womanhood |
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guec |
look at |
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guɛɛhth - gueeth |
be bold: a woman who does not obey her husband |
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guëër |
touch in defilement, put hands on |
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guëër |
touch, disturb |
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guɛht |
out-run |
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guɛl |
looked at |
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gu̲ɛ̲l |
comes from the picture of black and white
beads inter-spaced on a string and means
someone of an off-color nature who is sitting
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guɛm |
poking around in people's affairs like one
pokes around in the grass for turtle eggs |
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guɛr and guër |
to put things in order, like a man who prepares
for a fight |
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guic |
look at |
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guihk |
to be still speaking, have more to say |
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guihl |
go and see a person |
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guɔhk |
command, decree |
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guɔhl |
bow the head |
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guok |
seal an agreement |
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guo̲m |
to press-down like the earth after the rain |
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guɔɔhr |
to follow something |
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guuc |
the large root of a tree; the father
in a family; the house or building |
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ji kɔaar |
Man Gahc says that people who are ji
kɔaar are people who follow a man (raan
liakä), their main objective being mi̲th.
If he is a gua̲n tiilä he will have no ji
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jiaŋ |
skin an animal |
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jiɛc |
to get oneself up with the refl. it refers to
a people who have gotten up and left their country
as in flight |
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jiɛɛn |
to depart |
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jɔ̲a̲k |
Man Gahc says jɔ̲a̲k is the name of a
departed spirit. When a person dies he ceases
to be raan and he becomes jɔ̲a̲k - jɔɔk. He
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juäl |
Man Gahc says that a person called Juäl
and Gaagua̲a̲r cannot stay in the house together
during a rain storm or the house will tear open.
So Gaarua̲a̲r has to leave. If both happen to be
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ju̲a̲n |
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Kää la riahk ni ji |
Man Gahc says this is the science of blaming
your accuser in order to avoid being detected of a
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kahn |
save |
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ka̲h̲n |
to take, take hold of, receive |
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kohc |
separate |
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ko̲hk ko̲hk |
he acts like a man should act, strong physically |
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kör |
to development a strong body |
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kuac |
dear field of dry grass |
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ku̲a̲l |
steal |
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ku̲a̲l |
steal |
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kuany |
pick up, select |
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kuɛɛhr |
to wrestle |
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kuɛɛn |
count, "marry" |
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kuɛhk |
to know a language well, or as a child who
understands a spanking and doesn't cry because
he's matured and "caught on" (used when speaking
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kuɛn |
count, "marry" |
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kuɛ̈n |
to hold something down so that it
can't revive, to master by overcoming |
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kuën |
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kuëŋ |
to place into |
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ku̲ɛ̲r |
gather sticks, grass |
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kuɛ̈r |
pick up fire wood, grass |
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kuër |
to knock down in a tussle |
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kuɛr piny |
throw down |
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kuɛt |
kick |
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kuët |
kick |
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kuɛth |
curse |
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kuɛ̈th |
to curse to someplace |
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kuëth |
curse |
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kuëth |
to curse |
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ku̲i̲h̲c |
not know |
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kuihny |
wrestling, (cantankerous) like a cow which
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ku̲i̲r |
wrestle |
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ku̲o̲k |
to force, compel |
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kuɔn |
refuse |
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kuo̲ny |
the year when too much rain spoils
the crops |
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ku̲o̲ny |
bury a person |
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Kuɔ̲ɔ̲c |
a person who dislikes his family and will
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kuoth a thi̲u̲ |
Nyaɤöth Ruɛɛ in speaking to me about
Dhuɔ̲rɛdiŋ and his false reports about her asked, How
is it that the old peole do not believe his evil, or
false reports, is it not due to the fact of 'Kuoth a
thi̲u̲,' which meant to use a conscience; their
conscience testifying to them that he is wrong, and
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la ŋɔ̲ɔ̲ŋä ni tiemdu |
I am wearying of thinking of you (missing
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lar; lahr |
to say; to say to someone |
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lɛŋ |
someone who talks in a way to cause the other
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liak |
praise, eulogize, recommend |
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lieec |
the speaker has seen it first |
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lip |
wait |
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lɔahŋɛ ro |
to take ones rest |
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lɔak raar |
drift away |
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loc |
to answer, return |
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looc |
to turn into, or return to |
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loor |
to meet a guest (seen or unseen); to meet
one carrying a burden, willingly to help; courtesy.
opposite of maɤ (mak) to meet the enemy; or to
renew a fight |
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luahk |
protect oneself |
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luähk |
help |
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luany |
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luär |
to submit |
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luär |
lost faith in budge |
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luär lɔ̲aac |
to lose heart, not wanting to go on
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luay |
rather, it means someone who keeps
coming and taking things - as it were "to borrow"
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luɛhk |
reprimand, exhort |
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luɛl |
change, exchange, redeem |
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luɛŋ |
to be poisoned |
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lu̲o̲c jɔk |
return back |
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lu̲ɔ̲hc |
to answer someone, something |
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luɔhk |
render an answer |
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luɔhny |
to free to |
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luɔhnyɛ |
to free |
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luɔhth |
to honor, respect, obey |
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luɔm |
This word includes within its meaning
both the betrayer and the one into whose
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luɔny |
release |
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luɔɔhc |
to return something or someone |
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maan |
to repair or to decorate a house |
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mahk |
to be determined to fight someone, either an
army or an individual, so you go either to fight
or to talk |
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mam |
Both for people and animals. Animals
when separated from mothers cry; so do children
when a parent has gone away. The point of this
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mi jääŋ guaahth |
to make light |
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mi jaŋ jaŋ |
something which reflects like glass. It is
not a bright reflection |
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mi ŋotɛ a 'Kenɛ thokdɛ ni Kuɛr piny |
(used in conversation or in arguing,
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miɛɛt |
to keep something under, to oppress
(like a board on top of grass) |
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mieeth ti camkɛ naath |
the eaters (pestilences) |
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muahth |
whisper |
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muam |
pop into the mouth |
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ŋa̲h̲c |
to know |
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ŋa̲hth |
believe, trust |
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ŋäth |
to trust in, believe |
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ŋëk toohlä |
the cutting of skin around a broken bone area |
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nhiaac |
squeeze |
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nhiaahny |
to be filled up |
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ŋiɛɛhc |
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niɛɛn |
sleep |
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niɛk |
take care, watch out, be careful |
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ŋɔaahŋ |
be tired of, or to have something finally happen |
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ŋuähc |
smell something |
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ŋuähny |
have a bad odor |
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nuat |
stuck in something |
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ŋuaw |
grieve to the end that death might ensue |
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ŋuɔhk |
cut in half |
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ŋuɔhl |
to spit on |
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ŋuɔk, ŋuɔhk |
to cut off |
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ŋu̲o̲k |
cut in half |
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nuɔɔr |
to disintegrate |
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nyä̲k |
Man Gahc says that if a wife tells the other wife
to cook her food better, a fight ensues. The woman then
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nyal cɔw |
a girl who never develops physically |
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nyiaath |
imitate |
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nyiëëny |
fight |
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nyiɛth |
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nyuak |
to feed together, hence a communion or
fellowship |
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nyuey |
chew |
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nyuey |
chew |
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nyuɔhth |
show, point out, appear (refl.), indicate |
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nyu̲ɔ̲n |
mix up, confuse |
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nyuɔɔhr |
sit |
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nyuoth |
to show, indicate, reveal |
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piɛhth |
plant |
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pin |
peer |
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Poth |
the knowing wherewith you know things
in your heart |
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puaak |
wash oneself |
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puaht |
to fasten to by something sharp |
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pual |
healthy, fit |
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puany |
praise |
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puk(ɤ) |
out of any container (not liquids, only solids |
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puɔhny |
to break kuän or like bread |
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puɔht |
overcome |
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puɔhth |
bless |
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puɔk |
wash a person |
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raacdɛ gulkɛ |
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raan kuɔth |
Man Gahc says a "raan kuɔth" indicates any
kind of character who does the incantations and
various rituals out in the village. It has no bearing
on the person's character. It does not mean he is
a "guahn cuŋni". A "guahn cuŋni" is only a person
who is a Christian. It means that the person has
not yielded to temptation to become angry when
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ɤäŋ |
Mislead someone |
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ɤar |
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rɛŋ |
someone who naively speaks or acts unwisely |
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riaw dɔɔr |
to be scattered |
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riɛɛhth |
to fall divided like hair, grass, people
dispersing suddenly |
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riɛk |
To bring trouble upon, or to be troubled |
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riihr |
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rɔ luɔc |
return to |
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ɤɔahm |
to tempt |
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rɔɔl |
fighting spear |
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ɤööŋ lɔaacdiɛn |
be empty, be open |
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ruac |
to speak, talk |
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ruɛɛhth |
drink milk, eat |
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ru̲ɛ̲hth |
drink milk, eat |
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te ji̲cdɛ lo̲k lo̲k |
to rumble or to rattle |
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Te lɔcdɛ nhial |
Man said that about Tunt Bithuɔ̲w
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Thapi ni naath |
Thahp is overdoing something and becoming
a nuisance. Or said of persons who claim to be
able to do something but fail continually, yet won't
admit it (to themselves or anyone else). Usually
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thiaahŋ |
be full |
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thiaaŋ |
to be full |
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thiahk |
near, close |
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thiäŋ |
fill |
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thiap |
touch, feel |
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thiehc |
ask |
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thiehc |
to ask |
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thihŋ |
bear a burden |
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Thilɛ ra mi bi nhiamdun rihw |
resist, or put a bar across your
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thiɔɔl |
to be disgusted, 'fed up' |
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thɔaar |
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thuɔhk |
to finish, bring to a conclusion |
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thuɔhk |
finish |
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tiehc |
to move up, to move oneself |
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(Singular) tiɛhŋ |
to shake something |
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(Plural) tɛ̈ɛ̈ŋ |
to shake something |
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tɔaahc |
lay a child down |
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tɔahw |
store, bury |
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tuɛr |
scrape an ulcer |
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tuɔhk raar |
kick out |
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tu̲ɔ̲hl |
something got worse (but the sentence must
be completed with how it got worse) |
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tu̲o̲k |
to begin something |
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tuɔɔk |
to begin |
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wiɛl däär |
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wuɔht |
conduct: he does not boast, his conduct with
girls; talks with girls; tidy dress; attitude towards
others is respectable |
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wuɔhth piny |
shedding or spilling of blood |
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yaacɛ rɔɔdɛ |
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yiahr |
damaged, ruined, messed up |
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yian |
tie up |
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yiath |
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yi̲a̲th |
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yiath piny |
to kneel down |
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yiec |
sweep |
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yiëc |
sweep |
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yiëëdä |
(Puɔhk said laät nite about Lul Cɔaaht
i dualɛ ɛlo̲ŋ yieeni. That he was afraid to
to the D.C. and tell him about the trips to
their place. So Mary's song: My spirit has
rejoiced in god my Savior. We trans. it
yiëëdä and I think that's right) |
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yiɛhn |
to herd |
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yiɛhŋ ɤä |
to tell over and over but the person doesn't catch on |
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yiehny |
put out a fire |
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yiɛn |
to imprison, tie |
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yiɛth |
to spear |
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yiny |
wipe |
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yi̲o̲p |
take care of |
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yɔaht piny |
to throw one down |
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yu̲a̲y, yuay |
to bless a person by touching the body - breast
or chest generally, in a stroking motion |
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yu̲ɔ̲hc |
drag |
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yuɔhth rɛc |
push or pull hard |
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yuo̲p |
preserve, take care of |
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yuɔr |
throw |
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yuɔt |
to do something on your own without telling
your husband |
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bähl |
omit, cross over |
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bahny piny |
leave behind, desert |
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bähr |
take something for someone to someone |
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bähr |
shoot |
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ba̲k |
split wood |
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bäŋ |
to be made simple, humble, straight forward person |
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bap |
include |
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bar |
to take something to someone for someone |
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bar |
to run away, to flee |
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bath |
lost (be) |
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bay |
not recognize |
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bɛ̲l |
blame |
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bïl |
taste |
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boor |
to laugh at |
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bu̲h̲p |
over turn face downwards |
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bum |
encourage, strengthen |
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Cä rɔ nya̲l. Cɛ ɤä nya̲l. |
to go so far on the path but never reach
your destination because you turn yourself off.
Someone urges you to enter into a case, then
leaves you high and dry when you're losing the
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caaht |
compare |
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caak |
To crouch down inside a bldg. for protection
against rain and cold. It thus can mean taking
a refuge in trouble in someone's house |
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cahk |
create |
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cak |
to create |
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cäk |
reproach by intentional misrepresentation |
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cal |
the image of father to son |
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ca̲m |
eat |
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car |
think |
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ca̲r |
arrange evenly, spread out sand |
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cɛ jɛ cim |
To kiss |
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cɛht |
to be like |
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cihm |
To hit (yɔht) or to have a bad diarrehea |
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cil |
take the outside off cornstalk |
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cɔ̲hm |
To desire 2 things when only one is
available, e.g. 2 men |
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cok |
pound the earth, into a hole to keep a pole steady,
establish |
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col |
to atone for |
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cɔl |
to call, name |
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com |
pleasing, persuade, encourage |
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coŋ |
bend arm, leg |
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cop |
reach, arrive |
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cɔr |
blind |
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cuhŋ |
straighten leg or arm; stand someone |
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cu̲n |
pull out |
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cunh rɛc |
enter |
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daahk |
distribute, divide in two |
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dääk |
to divide |
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da̲h̲k |
be divorced |
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dähk |
divorce |
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dak |
be insufficient (food) |
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däk |
to demolish, raze |
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dal |
to write on the ground |
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dɛc |
choke |
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dehny |
straighten the body |
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dɛk |
tie tightly so to stop circulation |
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dɛ̈m |
rain |
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dɛp |
start a fight |
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dhal |
baffle |
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dhihl |
endure with patience |
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dhim |
distill beer |
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dhɔt |
be skeptical |
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dihl |
to dare |
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di̲h̲r |
plaster a hut |
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dihw |
doubt |
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dil |
stop up a hole |
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dim |
to be useless due to old age |
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diŋ |
to tramp down, or pack like the wet floor of a house.
Or when a dry floor becomes wet from underneath |
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dohn |
sprout thru the ground |
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dohny |
the receding of water |
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dɔɔp |
start an argument |
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dɔ̲p |
start a fire |
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döt |
persevere, not give up |
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doth |
leave something |
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do̲th |
loosen pegs, sticks |
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duny |
tauning hides |
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gaahc |
be amazed |
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gäähn |
use sparingly |
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gäähŋ |
an object moved from side to side like a seesaw |
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gaal |
hinder |
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gääl |
to be hindered by something |
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gääy |
make amazed |
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gahk |
not big enough to hold something like a
couch being too short |
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ga̲h̲r |
give tribal marks |
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gähth |
scrape |
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gäl |
to hesitate |
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ga̲m |
deliver a child |
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gaŋ |
protect, garrison, keep in safe-keeping |
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gɛɛt |
fry |
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gɛhl |
guard fire from dying |
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gëk |
insist |
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gɛm |
oppose |
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gɛr |
paddle (a canoe, drive a car, fly a plane),
transfer a person from one place to another |
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gɛth |
clean |
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giht |
spear repeatedly |
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gil |
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gïl |
advise |
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gɔ̲h̲k |
comes from a bird which stretches out its
wings in strength so this means "show your strength -
be men" |
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gɔhl |
to avoid someone you don't want to see |
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go̲hm |
to be unshrunken |
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gohr |
to want |
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gɔhr |
write, inscribe |
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gɔ̲n |
hold with finger like a hook |
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gɔny |
accuse before a judge |
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goohl |
surround the door leaving no entrance |
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gɔ̲p |
snatch |
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guhth |
pick, pluck |
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gu̲r |
to close up a door with branches (to leave
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jahk |
to send |
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jahl |
to walk |
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jahl |
travel |
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jähl |
walk |
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jak |
cause |
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jäk |
send |
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jal |
clean spic and span |
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ja̲y |
deny |
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jɛhk (jek) |
to find |
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jiŋ |
skin an animal |
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jo̲c |
run out, chase away, cause to flee, (in war) chase
out to conquer and possess |
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jɔɔc |
to appear, be manifest |
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jɔɔŋ |
to be detained for some reason, also like gaal |
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ju̲l |
to make lukewarm |
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kään |
save, deliver, rescue |
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kac |
lie |
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ka̲hm |
to give as a gift to someone |
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kahp |
to lay hold on and hand over to someone |
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kän |
to save |
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kän |
save out of |
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kaŋ |
tease, make a fool of |
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käny raar |
come out of, spring out |
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kap |
lift burden onto woman's head (really to lift herself), to lift |
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käp |
to catch or hold |
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kä̲r |
to cut meat into long strips for drying |
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kath |
cut across in front of thereby hindering or interfering
on the path - between people |
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kɛɛhr |
awake, be awake |
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kɛ̲h̲r |
awaken |
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kɛ̲h̲t |
cock an ear to listen |
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kɛ̲k |
mark |
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kën |
call cattle |
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kɛt |
swim |
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kiht |
sing |
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kit |
sing |
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kï̲th |
sprinkle |
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kɔ̲hl |
to fan food to cool it, or to fan a person |
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kɔ̲hr |
to divide kuän with a spoon in a dish to let it
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kɔhth |
stumble |
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kɔk |
to buy |
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kɔ̲k |
comfort, quiet |
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kök |
sell |
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kɔ̲l |
dodge a spear or blow |
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kɔ̲l |
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kɔt |
climb |
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kɔt |
climb |
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kum |
to cover |
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laak |
the act of eating grass out in the pasture or field |
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lahŋ |
to pray, beseech, implore |
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lahr |
to speak or tell it to someone |
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la̲ht |
tell, speak, make a speech or prayer |
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la̲h̲t |
do, work |
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la̲h̲t |
to work, do, build |
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lahth |
to put |
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lahth |
to quake, quiver, shake |
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la̲k |
wash clothes |
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läŋ |
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lar |
speak |
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lar |
to say, speak, tell |
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lät |
to work |
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lëër |
melt |
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lëër |
to walk on a journey slowly with children, old people,
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lɛɛr |
to melt butter |
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lɛhk |
shut |
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lehny |
excel |
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lɛk |
confess sin: an old person about to die will
confess his sins esp. if he has committed incest -
both men and women |
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lɛl |
do |
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lɛp |
open |
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lɛ̈p |
open |
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lëp |
open to |
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lihŋ |
hear, listen |
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liht |
to brown meat |
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li̲h̲w |
die |
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lim |
beg |
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liŋ |
hear, listen |
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lip |
wait |
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lohk |
dislike |
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lohny jɔɔhr |
to flow |
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lok |
grumble |
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lɔk |
to be blown away |
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lo̲ny |
to unloosen, set free |
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lor |
go out to meet, offer a gift |
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lot |
have meaning, direction, make sense |
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luc |
murder |
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luhk |
explain, judge |
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maath |
drink |
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mac |
cheat |
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mar |
to guess, cast lots for |
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mat |
to mix, mingle, combine |
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math |
drink anything but milk |
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may |
go fishing |
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ma̲y |
go fishing |
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mɛɛk |
choose |
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mɛht |
taste |
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mɛk |
choose |
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mɛ̈k |
choose |
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mɛ̈ŋ |
revolve, turn in revolution |
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mɛ̈r |
prophecy |
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mɛt |
deceive |
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mihth |
eat |
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mol |
slake a fire |
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moc |
give |
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muht |
shave |
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ŋaahk |
return straying sheep |
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ŋaahr |
growl like a lion, cat or dog which is ready to fight |
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ŋäc |
know |
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ŋähc |
to milk |
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näk |
kill |
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naŋ |
take |
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ŋap |
to hang |
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ŋa̲r |
play |
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ŋat |
to slice (like slicing mangoes) |
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nay |
entwined |
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nɛhr |
to greet |
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ŋɛk |
blood-let, gash |
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nɛn |
to see |
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nën |
to see |
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nhɔk |
agree to or with, love |
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ŋi̲c |
recognize |
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ŋiihc |
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nohp |
to send a message for something or someone |
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ŋɔk |
vomit |
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ŋɔk |
vomit |
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nöŋ |
to take to a person |
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noohŋ |
to bring |
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nööŋ |
to bring |
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nöp |
to send a message for something or
someone |
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ŋot |
not yet, still |
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ŋun |
handed over, brought |
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nyir |
hate |
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nyɔ̲hr |
to barbecue meat |
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nyɔ̲k |
repeat |
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nyon |
mix up, confuse |
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nyon |
mix up, put into confusion |
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nyuur |
to sit down |
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paahr |
compare, the same |
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paar |
to mourn, cry |
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pahl piny |
forgive (when with "heart");
listen (when with "ears" |
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pahl ruëëc |
forget |
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paht |
to smack |
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pal |
carry on incantations, pray, grasp worship |
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päl |
sprout, bob up (like a croc, hippo,
or person in water) |
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pä̲l |
to desist, let go, cease |
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pär dɔɔr |
cry |
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pät |
to smack |
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pec |
enslave |
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pɛɛhk (peek) |
terminate, end, finish |
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pɛ̈ɛ̈n |
fall out of |
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pehc |
enslave |
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pɛ̲h̲k |
terminate |
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pën |
prohibit |
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pɛt |
kindle a fire |
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pihm |
hit with fighting bracelet or fist |
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piihr |
to run away from home, esp. a wife |
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piith |
to grow |
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pïk |
fill a pot or bin, adorn a baby |
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piny |
to sand the cracked walls of a house |
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pith |
plant |
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pöc |
ashamed |
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pohk |
to "dust" an object (esp. a cow or bull) with ashes |
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pohn |
to pluck, to pull off, to pull weeds |
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pɔ̲h̲t |
to run away from the law |
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po̲th |
bless |
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pu̲t |
to run away from home - from the law |
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rahc |
to clean up a baby's bowel movement |
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ɤaht |
To take upon oneself to talk to ... |
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ɤät |
To take upon oneself to talk |
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rɛhp |
increase |
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rɛk |
fence in, enclose |
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rɛk rɔ |
set apart as different |
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rɛ̈k |
to dip into a common dish |
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rëk |
To bring trouble upon |
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rɛt |
tear |
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rɛ̈t |
to tear, rip |
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rët |
unscrew |
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rihc |
stretch oneself |
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riht |
turn towards |
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riht |
turn around |
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rihw |
to put across 2 poles |
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riihŋ |
run toward |
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riil |
fill a house with people |
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riŋ |
run away |
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riny |
stretch out |
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rir |
To declare something with force - to
'put one's foot down' |
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rïr |
to cause one to be insane, out of his head |
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rith |
to wind something up with a cloth or string |
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ɤɔc |
to warm one's hands by a fire |
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ɤɔhl |
pound grain |
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ɤɔ̲h̲n |
test, try |
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rohŋ |
to be sufficient, satisfy |
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ɤohth |
migrate, move |
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ro̲k |
pay for illegitimate child |
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ɤɔk |
push |
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rom |
to meet with unexpectedly |
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rɔm |
keep (inwardly) |
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ɤɔɔhl |
pound grain |
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rot |
to cry |
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ɤɔt |
to clean off dried skin on a hide |
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ruht |
endure |
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tak |
to plait or braid |
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tany |
to make clean |
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täth |
to form from mud, hence to build with bricks |
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tɛ̈ɛ̈h |
hide |
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tɛɛth |
fall |
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tɛɛth with lɔc |
happy |
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tɛ̲h or tä̲ or te̲y |
exist, be, have |
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tɛ̲h̲k (tek) |
make alive, live by (with dative) |
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tɛht |
dig |
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tëk |
be alive |
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tɛ̲m |
cut |
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tɛŋ |
dust |
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tëŋ |
to dust on to |
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tɛr |
be at enmity, engage a war (used with kohr) |
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tɛt |
dig |
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tɛt |
to dig |
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thɛk |
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thɛm |
measure |
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thɛ̲r |
sharpen metal |
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thoht |
pull |
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thɔl |
something which causes failure in a person,
or causes a person to fail, e.g. a big tree and a little ax |
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thö̲p |
hand over |
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thöt dɔɔr |
pull |
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thu̲h̲k |
finish |
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thuuk |
to finish |
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til |
feel sorry for oneself |
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tim |
to remember, long for |
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tit |
remember, have knowledge |
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tɔhw |
keep safely |
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tok |
begin |
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tɔɔhc |
lie down |
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tuhk |
dismiss |
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wa̲h̲k (wa̲k) |
swelling of feet "because the blood runs down
to them" no wound |
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wahl |
stir up water |
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wa̲k |
yell with a loud voice - usually means trouble |
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waŋ |
burn |
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wɛ̈ɛ̈h |
go and get |
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wɛt |
beckon, scratch (as a chicken does) |
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wil |
turn something around on axis |
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woc |
to eradicate, take out of the way |
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wur |
like a lion |
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yaaw |
fade in color, in beauty |
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yak |
to blaspheme |
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yam |
to make oneself untrustworthy, hence despised |
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yɛl |
herd cows |
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yën |
tie up |
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yɔ̲h̲ŋ |
be drunk |
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yɔht |
strike with a club |
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yuth |
snatch out of something |
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