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