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Lexicon – English to Seloi

  • syntax, grammar — taspan
  • a large white water bird — tuli
  • a tattoo; body paintings — vevelja
  • abandon; abdicate; neglect, ignore; flee cowardly — setai
  • abandonment — setainu
  • abase, lower, degrade, humiliate; speak down to, patronize — kotu
  • abasement — kotunu
  • abate, decline, stop growing — tasta
  • abatement — tastanu
  • abbreviate, shorten, condense; water down, make less potent — tosu
  • abbreviated — tosel
  • abbreviation — tosunu
  • abduct, carry off, steal, kidnap; usurp — mason
  • abduction — masnonu
  • aberrant, atypical, unusual; strange, foreign — tala
  • aberration, enigma, deviant — talapoi
  • abhor, detest, be repelled by — kotu
  • abide, tolerate; eat something which is unappetizing` — janoi
  • ability, power, force; talent, intuitive knowledge — kela
  • abject, dismal, wretched — snula
  • abjuration, disowning, renunciation; — koilinu
  • abjure, disown, renounce, forsake — koili
  • able-bodied, healthy, fit, well, strong; happy, content, sound — jolaja
  • able; powerful, potent; knowledgeable; willful — kovelel
  • abolish, wipe out, kill, eradicate — syto
  • abominable, repulsive, terrible, awful — kosyma
  • aboriginal, native, original — lasmam
  • abort, terminate, cancel, put at end to; reject — holu
  • abrade, roughen, chafe; embitter; make tougher — koitise
  • abrasion, roughness, scrape; bitterness; resilience — koitisenu
  • abreast, shoulder to shoulder, along side; intimately with, supporting — tyma
  • abrupt, sudden; shaking, shocking; violent — voismam
  • abruptly, suddenly — voismi
  • abruptness — voismanu
  • abscond, escape, flee; run from terror; seek refuge — tesula
  • absence, lack, nonexistence; deficiency; dearth; weak point — kainu
  • absent, gone, disappeared; desired — kainum
  • absolute, total, utter, supreme; indisputable, unconditional; fixed — stam
  • absolve, forgive, pardon; brush away; ignore — leta
  • absorb, take in, receive, accept — kola
  • absorption, acceptance, reception; allowance — kollanu
  • abstain, go without, desist, withdraw from — lape
  • abstract, visionary, theoretical; imaginary — kestem
  • absurd, meaningless, silly — katui
  • absurdity, meaninglessness, silliness — katel
  • abundance, plenty, profusion, wealth — lotel
  • abundant, profuse, wealthy, plenty, full — lota
  • abundantly, completely, fully, copiously; readily, willingly; happily — loti
  • abuse, cruelty, mistreatment; exploitation; neglect, apathy — tisnel
  • abusive, cruel, sadistic; neglectful, apathetic to a fault; cold — tisnai
  • abut, conjoin, be proximate to — tima
  • abutment, closeness, juxtaposition, proximity — timel
  • abysmal, terrible, dreadful, inducing fear or terror — kasta
  • abyss, void, great hole; place of terror — latasnu
  • academic, intellectual, scholarly — kolysna
  • accelerate, speed up; push, urge — lesto
  • accentuate, stress, emphasize, enhance; adorn, decorate — juta
  • access, entrance, admittance; allowance — hutasa
  • accessible, reachable; possible, feasible — hutasam
  • accession, succession, attainment, appointment — hutalas
  • accident, mistake, fluke — ketis
  • accidental — ketim
  • acclaim, praise, approve; worship — lalai
  • acclimate, adapt, adjust, familiarize; change, mutate; grow slowly — hilativi
  • acclivitous, sloping, declining; failing, faltering, weakening — lutjel
  • accolade, honor, tribute, award; ritualistic worshipping — lalel
  • accommodate, house, lodge; contain — sennoa
  • accompaniment, complement; companionship, camaraderie — molisel
  • accompany, go along with; support, encourage; complete, balance — molisa
  • accomplish, do, make; win, succeed; emerge in victory — ta
  • accomplishment, making; brainchild; achievement, success; victory — talasa
  • accord, agreement — tysnal
  • account for, explain — motaisu
  • account, report, description — holaisna
  • accretion, addition, growth, increase; rise to greatness — kovani
  • accrue, amass, build up, ensue — kova
  • accuracy, correctness, rightness; aptness; propriety — olatjasnel
  • accurate, correct; apt, proper — olatjasna
  • accusal, inculpation, imputation — jasnasa
  • accusation, blame; guilt — jasnel
  • accusative, blaming; didactic — jasnam
  • adoptive child — kolamoi
  • all — mul
  • alone, solitary, in peace, serene — lamamisam
  • amulet, charm, magic-bearing object — maivu
  • amusement, entertainment — luliel
  • ant — lisana
  • aphid — speta
  • arboriculture, farming, agriculture — lumasa
  • area beneath the eye — sju
  • area, region — sitija
  • arm — na
  • ash — kose
  • ash smudge — smyvi
  • assist, encourage, support; stand behind (literally) — sula
  • baby, infant — pala
  • badly, messily; nasty, gross — kasti
  • ban, prohibition — heljy
  • barrier, protective ward — sikoii
  • bear — loiso
  • beast of burden — heletuli
  • beautiful, fair; glowing, bright, radiant — homam
  • bed — laji
  • beetle — hamana
  • bird — lela
  • bird of prey — asalela
  • black — ko
  • blackness, darkness — kotana
  • blanket — veveni
  • blue — palu
  • blue-green, teal — nuljai
  • bouncy, energetic, bubbly — lulom
  • brain — take
  • bread — soika
  • breast — voima
  • brother — tulu
  • burning coal — mautet
  • butterfly — alatuiva
  • buttocks — oppu
  • call out — lailai
  • cannon — kuloto
  • cessation, halt, pause; period of silence — nasta
  • chicken — vota
  • child — moitji
  • chirp — kimit
  • civilization, cultivation, acculturation — sonavani
  • claim, assertion — letila
  • cleanness, purity, lavation — jistunu
  • clever, smart, cunning — povanu
  • clothing — vila
  • cloud; mass — tja
  • cold — kais
  • coldness — kaisti
  • compromise — tapjasa
  • conjure up, summon — noaeli
  • cosmetics — jutasi
  • cradle — meiki
  • crow, blackbird — lusna
  • crush — mivasa
  • cube — tusja
  • culpable, untrustworthy, morally corrupt — lasnei
  • cunning — viu
  • cute, pretty — nusu
  • cylinder — holima
  • darkness — muke
  • daughter — navus
  • dear, sweetheart — timoiti
  • death — telka
  • dew — timoi
  • die, perish (of non-violence means) — tevja
  • disc — viti
  • dream (v.) — snava
  • dye, paint, ink — semu
  • eagle — hailo
  • ear — jokka
  • earlobe — jokkanu
  • earring — jokkapai
  • earthworm — toji
  • easy — hata
  • empathize, understand, know — kolauja
  • energetic, full of life; powerful; forceful — kimma
  • energy, life — ki
  • entertainer — lulia
  • explode — kulo
  • far off, far away, distant; unattainable; aloof, detached (said of people) — latu
  • father — nupa
  • female superior or leader — smetja
  • fieldworker — tylaetja
  • finger — sniva
  • fingernail — kelui
  • fire — ai
  • flawless, perfect; masterful — ketiseva
  • fly — liso
  • fly — asitu
  • food — muis
  • fool, idiot; brainless (adj.) — takevoi
  • fragrance — lokoe
  • friend — kiusa
  • frog — lulo
  • frog tadpole — leinalulo
  • globe, ball — leta
  • golden — kola
  • government — kutaamije
  • grain — tylae
  • grasshopper — vosoi
  • great, significant, important, grand — mo
  • grey — vakulele
  • guardian, protector — hasmekoi
  • gum, starch — sjuki
  • gummy, sticky — sjukim
  • gunpowder — kulomi
  • hair of the head (collectively) — kommei
  • halt (n.); cease-fire — tastasa
  • hawk — majuna
  • head — pol
  • heart — paina
  • heat — vuna
  • home, abode, residence, house, lair — tapa
  • horse — hanas
  • husband — kosoi
  • idea, vision; theory — keste
  • incense — smylo
  • iridescent — mileve
  • jewel, trinket, bauble — pai
  • juice — muvuka
  • justify; make right — kula
  • knee — voluu
  • know, understand — hoi
  • ladybug — lili
  • lake — lojo
  • leg — tala
  • life — osa
  • light (n.) — naie
  • light green — elii
  • light, bright — naiem
  • like, as (used with nouns) — soty
  • like, as (used with verbs) — nam
  • little, small — tita
  • loud — letim
  • lover — aviua
  • lover (female) — spyma
  • lover (male) — kesa
  • magenta — kappa
  • maggot, fly larva — leinaliso
  • magic — hilie
  • malice — snona
  • marital — vansiim
  • mark, scratch, smudge — vi
  • mass, hoard, crowd, plethora — palanavo
  • medicine — kole
  • mind, spirit, consciousness — ulusa
  • moon — homa
  • mosquito — vosune
  • moth — kytel
  • mother — ema
  • mushroom — peleta
  • negotiation, truce — palasa
  • nipple — aipja
  • ocean, sea — helja
  • oddity, example of strangeness — katoi
  • offspring, young, progeny — leina
  • open, disclose; reveal; betray (v.) — hota
  • orange — kesmi
  • ox — jemo
  • pact — kosmu
  • passionate, full of feeling, fiery — lasel
  • piece, bit, part — nu
  • place, location; room — stalla
  • powder — miva
  • power, influence; reign — vesuteii
  • powerful, talented, knowledgeable — kelam
  • process — ponna
  • protection — hasmeke
  • question; mystery — hoiteva
  • race, course; racetrack — lossa
  • raven — povan
  • red — tevesme
  • rejection, denial, spurning; exile, banishment; scorn, shunning — vuilanu
  • render, make, cause to be — ljaaka
  • resolution, vow — tjiu
  • rock back and forth — stippa
  • rodent — myvi
  • roof shingle — sneta
  • rot, decay, degrade — sumji
  • rule, regulation, law; convention, custom — kutaa
  • sage — hoioi
  • same — tol
  • sane; lucid, sober — sona
  • sanity, lucidity, sobriety — sonanu
  • school — hoistalla
  • seed; root, origin; child; infant — keukoi
  • seer — toita
  • self-sacrifice — telkatjiu
  • shale, layered rock — pely
  • shard; piece, fragment — vettoi
  • shatter (trans.) — vetta
  • shorebird — kytai
  • silliness, absurdity, meaninglessness — katuitana
  • silver — lolje
  • silver (metal) — loljisa
  • sister — ilka
  • sit down (intrans.) — soi
  • skin — ljipa
  • sleep — huul
  • smell (v.) — luosa
  • smoke — smytja
  • smolder, burn slowly — smyponna
  • smother, cover — veve
  • snake — kulus
  • solitude; solitary meditation, solitary peace (n.) — lamamisja
  • son — tet
  • songbird — tusalela
  • specialist, expert — keloi
  • sphere — olu
  • spider — mina
  • spotted — poko
  • star — lulji
  • steal, abduct, run off with — masna
  • stomach — hohe
  • strong — hanam
  • struggle, suffer; push; kick — anakai
  • substantial; physical; solid, concrete — kesteva
  • sun — alai
  • sunniness; brightness — aliamel
  • sunny — aliam
  • technology — sottei
  • thigh — haisii
  • thrust forward toward something (n.) — timelasa
  • toad — masu
  • toad baby — leinamusanala
  • torch — vivaiti
  • touch (v. tr.) — toli
  • underground — omut
  • unfortunate — ketijim
  • uniform — tolvila
  • vacuum — kyite
  • vagina — maila
  • virgin — stesje
  • waist — katani
  • warm, comforting — tapammi
  • wasp — lutyno
  • waterfowl — tosin
  • weirdo, strange person — taloi
  • whistle — liulai
  • white — taspa
  • wife — vansii
  • yellow — mapji