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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
  • heatvuna
  • 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