Lexicon – English to Tosi

  • a criminal liuk
  • a type of shrub giːv
  • ability leːt
  • accident, mistake, « oops! » miʃ
  • admirably aggressive, badass kilwa
  • admiration, respect; gratitude; love; emotional warmth am
  • adore, love dearly buːt
  • advise seːt
  • advisor setʃ
  • age, get older xilis (v. intr.)
  • air os
  • alcoholic drink made from local root (similar to whisky?) taːl
  • alive dʒin
  • anger on
  • angle sur
  • appreciate fari
  • argument fef
  • arm neːʃ
  • around tag
  • arrow leːl
  • arrow ɣis
  • art tʃuːma
  • autumn dilu
  • bad fiːŋ
  • balance xiːg
  • bar, shaft ʃut
  • bark of a tree tʃoːŋ
  • battle ruʃ
  • be alert; watch closely pix
  • be disgusted jeːx
  • be drunk; be in a daze; be drowsy; be confused; be lethargic dazan
  • be passionate, be full of conviction emjed
  • beat senseless (literally) raz
  • beat, abuse, injure; slander publicly; humiliate bat
  • beautiful, appealing loj
  • beckon jasul
  • beer dʒel
  • beer ʃon
  • belt nuk
  • bend um
  • best naɣuː
  • betrayal neki
  • big gun
  • big stick for beating people with ak
  • bind akruː
  • bird naː
  • birdsong liru
  • bitch, complain, gripe naʃ
  • black ror
  • blade mes
  • blade ɣiːl
  • bland gel
  • blank, washed out xadʒo
  • blight kux
  • blood sen
  • blow kuː
  • blue niʒ
  • blunt ef
  • board biːt
  • boat jaːs
  • book josek
  • boring dal
  • bowl ov
  • box vet
  • brag lek
  • brain niɣ
  • break ʃek
  • breast lema
  • bribe gazin
  • bright green ziːn
  • bring fedu
  • bundle votʃ
  • buy ʃil
  • canopy tiːv
  • caress, touch gently; sing softly lulaʃ
  • carpet iɣdoːl
  • carpet kad
  • cart ker
  • castle gerti
  • castrate; pick (fruit); pluck off; unarm tʃelesod
  • castrated male vempi
  • cat do
  • celebration dʒoːr
  • ceramic lap
  • chain melpa
  • chair fug
  • chamber, enclosed area, room ʃelu
  • change daɣ (v. intr.)
  • chest set
  • child tit
  • choke ʒox (v. tr.)
  • chomp down on, bite down gaːm
  • city xel
  • claim bol
  • clandestine, hidden, secretive tez
  • classification of governor or mayor, second to the teŋ idʒ
  • classification of governor or over-governor, second to the mizu teŋ
  • clay der
  • clean net
  • clear, transparent ʒiː
  • cleft, divide natʃ
  • close, near roː
  • coil nuːl
  • cold fel
  • cold feːŋ
  • come jex
  • comfort, empathize with naʃuʒ
  • comfort; peace aːme
  • communicate; relay fiːk
  • competent jer
  • complete koli
  • cone ejna
  • construct, build up leru
  • control dʒum
  • control, manipulation ʃaʃ
  • copulate loʃ
  • corner foːŋ
  • crack ʃik (v. intr.)
  • crack giret (n.)
  • creamy, smooth, slippery beːs
  • crease, line vitu
  • create reːt
  • creep, creepy person peːl
  • cross uːz (v. tr.)
  • cross dax
  • crossing of swords zadax
  • crown ziŋ
  • crown zoɣ
  • crush rutʃ
  • cry, moan joːt
  • crystal bel
  • cunning viːk
  • cup kuːn
  • cup pol
  • curl weːf
  • curve ɣes
  • custom, convention riː
  • cut someone ret
  • cute kiːb
  • cute little boy tʃenti
  • dance jaːl
  • dark uk
  • dash forward; flee danger; be shocked or surprised suddenly damiʃ
  • daughter sik
  • dead tʃod
  • death zuːr
  • debt rur
  • decapitate; take out out the brain natʃ
  • delay, postpone bik
  • delicate tʃel
  • descend ʒo
  • desired male koːkpa
  • die dev
  • dirt tʃor
  • disgrace zun
  • disgusting dʒax
  • dismiss leɣ
  • ditch jel
  • do, make tapi
  • dog mos
  • doubt xuːz
  • drag fis
  • dream luːl
  • drink tiː
  • drown sesur
  • drunk gek
  • drunk olu
  • dusty tuːl
  • earth mur
  • eat tuz
  • eat on inan
  • empress mizu
  • ending laːɣi
  • enemy mat
  • enforcer jug
  • entire woːl
  • envision, imagine fedru
  • envy, jealousy dʒes
  • esteem, admire; respect; place the hands on the shoulders of (s.o.) in an action of gratitude or admiration amil
  • estimate; count, reckon; work out the meaning to (s.t., often a mathematical or logical problem) dex
  • excrement, shit faːd
  • expect, anticipate, have predicted urwoːl
  • extinguish pof
  • eye ala
  • fail miŋ
  • fall, plummet tru
  • fall, slip down eden
  • family tree, lineage teʃ
  • fasten, close together sij
  • feather fusi
  • feces buːv
  • female cousin jur
  • female servant xeti
  • female slave ʒeni
  • fight tʃut
  • fight in combat; attempt to kill tan
  • fine, exquisite situ
  • finger nin
  • fire nar
  • fix, repair tuːke
  • flame ŋar
  • flaw netʃ
  • flea jit
  • floppy mof
  • flow mi
  • fly elo (v.)
  • fly fum (v.)
  • fly, little bug diːj
  • follow gar
  • food fida
  • food pet
  • foreign metna
  • foretell, see in foresight, predict; divine (the future) moskun
  • forget; wash leːj
  • formal meeting leldʒa
  • fortune, lot, fate, destiny dʒida
  • free lisa
  • freshwater spring ŋatil
  • fret, be worried, be nervous; flail the hands about in a worried manner ʃeʃen
  • friend was
  • froth gex
  • fruit
  • gamble; count on, have faith in kedʒ (v.)
  • garden ʒoːv
  • gathering of leaders, council, congress, meeting roːb
  • gazeʒuʒ (v.)
  • gentle riːm
  • gentle, slow koːm
  • gift masuk
  • girl xer
  • give xis
  • go viː
  • go back and forth libat
  • goddess, deity loːltʃu
  • gold; sentry tel
  • ‘good luck!’ maːs
  • grab rim
  • grain si
  • grain-based food naŋ
  • grand nil
  • great, grand tʃuŋ
  • greet kan
  • grey ev
  • grind oʒi
  • group, collection tef
  • grudge ag
  • hair tes
  • hand ʃer
  • hang seg
  • hang tede
  • hang xitoː (v. intr.)
  • happy, contented fuː
  • harmony eŋul
  • hat ziːr
  • hate mowi
  • hatred vel
  • head gen
  • heart pex
  • heavy dʒoː
  • heiress doːl
  • here nan
  • hero jux
  • hit tentu
  • hit wom
  • hole buːɣ
  • holy deːv
  • hook
  • hoop juŋ
  • horny dʒil
  • house, family naːs
  • humiliate dʒop
  • hurry feːs (v. intr.)
  • hurry, rush; be swift; be competent alakad
  • impale peʒ
  • inch along, creep ʒum
  • indignant or rebelious child xuːk
  • ink xaɣ
  • intention, ambition, goal, desire naːx
  • island siv
  • jaw dep
  • jewel aʒif
  • jewel ruːl
  • job tof
  • join fiːt
  • joke ada
  • jovial miːman
  • joy, elation meː
  • judge, rule juː
  • jump tix
  • key iːp
  • kill ritually fet
  • kill, slaughter bas
  • kind of knife dar
  • knee naːk
  • know ges
  • knowledge rek
  • lake uba
  • land na
  • last rites oser
  • lauded, great
  • laugh matʃ
  • lawn nedʒi
  • lay out, plan; array eskek
  • lead weight did
  • leader keded
  • leaf ŋiw
  • leg lan
  • lend diː
  • lie down, recline; relax, go into remission; become limp ned
  • life kiː
  • light fim
  • little bird tuk
  • lock iːli
  • long for, yearn for jin
  • look six
  • lose (a battle, argument, etc.) tʃuv
  • love (romantic) nilur
  • lover nilutʃ
  • loyalist with power mevxi
  • lukewarm temu
  • lush, drunkard sape
  • make beautiful mal
  • make dry; suck the life essence from (s.t.), deplete; make thirsty aris
  • make wet, drown, dip in water pod
  • male cousin ʒe
  • male sevant nadi
  • malice jiːz
  • man siːn
  • manufacture, fabricate udof
  • marker zeb
  • mate, consort kuj (n.)
  • maternal grandmother er
  • measure of water ɣuŋ
  • metal diŋ
  • milk of an animal goɣ
  • mirror num
  • mix okiːr
  • moist, damp oːp
  • moon feːk
  • morbid ʃadʒ
  • mother maː
  • mourn laːm
  • mourning, grief lun
  • mouse mip
  • mouth neːpla
  • move bim (v. tr.)
  • muck, mud mit
  • music gexa
  • nasty. gross, disgusting luːl
  • nectar, juice ad
  • new mother nuv
  • noble lady rexne
  • non-purebred female vaː
  • nourish, feed des
  • nursemaid kakiː
  • nursemaid vadu
  • oblivion woːz
  • oil unti
  • older sister nas
  • origin guːt
  • painful asteŋ
  • pale los
  • partner, associate kin
  • pass down to, bestow upon, give linod
  • password xaː
  • payment fem
  • pearl lil
  • peel, strip away kerid
  • pepper pif
  • perform, carry out, go ahead and do (s.t.) korod
  • person zun
  • pick gawel (n.)
  • pierce rix
  • place don
  • plan, project; military campaign poʒ
  • plant jor
  • platoon seza
  • please, satisfy misa
  • pleasing ŋistul
  • pleasing, pretty, appealing jiːs
  • plump oki
  • pole lux
  • pot roːg
  • pour uːl
  • pouring rainstorm kuli
  • pretty vetu
  • previous ez
  • promise, pact dʒuŋ
  • protect guv
  • pull gal
  • punch down, knock out nox
  • push away, reject jeːk
  • quarrel, verbal fight fuːn
  • queen, empress, female ruler fex
  • question puva
  • raise the eyebrow tʃi
  • rally, bring together, muster up, strengthen lut
  • recognize someone else’s surrender, « pull one’s punches » pom
  • red fuɣ
  • reflection mev
  • reject, throw away, denounce; disown; abandon mari
  • reroute trak
  • revolve puweːl
  • right to challenge another female for the possession of a given male (based on the name of a noble woman who first demanded this rite) fira sena fim
  • ritual dʒiːnta
  • river ruː
  • road dʒiɣ
  • road troŋ
  • roll wew
  • rough, scratchy reta
  • run rem
  • rush of water fuʒ
  • sack, pilage reːke
  • sad lep
  • sail paːroŋ (v.)
  • sand dez
  • scare luːma
  • scheme, plot cunningly; spy on with bad intentions mambed
  • schism tʃev
  • scold, chastise; mark as undesirable or incorrect; stigmatize tʃixen
  • scold, reprimand, punish dʒek
  • sea ter
  • seal kap
  • sear, burn, char pas
  • see ur
  • seed tʃux
  • serious niːv
  • sex (the activity) mij
  • sexually abstinate prot
  • sexually appealing mijil
  • shape suːr
  • shield lel
  • shoot vate
  • sick gax
  • sister (of a male) ʃala
  • sit down mor
  • sit down poːna
  • skin pil
  • sky riːj
  • slide iːval (v.)
  • smart dʒeːn
  • smell eːj (v.)
  • smoke niːs
  • smooth viːz
  • sneeze fiw
  • sniff leʃ
  • snow lej
  • snowflake tiːl
  • soldier teːŋ
  • solid; grounded pred
  • son, boy miːni
  • son, male child vaz
  • sound wir
  • space, air, atmosphere wetʃ
  • sphere parof
  • spike; flame viŋ
  • spin tʃuki (v. tr.)
  • spirit eːd
  • springtime fes
  • spy, watch unseen; perceive intuitively in a subtle or private way (fig.) gir
  • stab kava
  • stab nuŋo
  • stake kred
  • stand up, rise vedi
  • star suːwa
  • stasis goːlna
  • statue goːɣol
  • steal ʒok
  • stick ut
  • sticky gakwa
  • sting, burn, bite xot
  • stomp; rage violently; punish; be wrathful naːʃ
  • straight fit
  • strangle wiːn
  • stream poːl
  • strike tetʃ
  • string instrumental (played by stretching a wire across a threshold) sim
  • strive, try, attempt poːv
  • stuff, pack tʃiːt
  • stupid kut
  • stupid, dumb oːs
  • stupid, slow lol
  • style lijil (n.)
  • summer nesia
  • sun nak
  • sweet wiv
  • sword za
  • syrup siːb
  • tactic sug
  • take won
  • take ɣik
  • tall laːr
  • tart in flavor jem
  • temple itar
  • thief wedi
  • thin, skinny wal
  • thing that flies fuma
  • third daughter kiv
  • throat ax
  • throw ŋab
  • throw, pitch das
  • thumb xeː
  • thunder goŋ
  • tie up bun
  • tight ɣinti
  • tip jiːb
  • tip wiŋ
  • to inch along, go slowly and/or carefully piled
  • touch mil
  • trample nax
  • trap met (v.)
  • trashy, slutty buːrak
  • tree win
  • trial vil
  • trick; strategy gin
  • trouble xix
  • truce, peace treaty kris
  • try ar
  • try sev
  • tuber tet
  • tumbleweed liːol
  • twilight mon
  • type of blade res
  • type of knife, dagger xat
  • type of tree kalpun
  • unconscious jed
  • uncover, find ŋos
  • under ket
  • value, love, admire, respect te
  • ventilate dus
  • victory fiv
  • vomit; heave reka
  • wait on, serve, tend to, do the bidding of (s.o.) ixe
  • walk ʃof
  • wall lo
  • wall voːl
  • wander wiːl
  • want teri
  • war kaːvi
  • warm fuːl
  • warm xur
  • warn geːd
  • warning loːr
  • water luj
  • waver, be about to fall poter
  • wedge ŋef
  • weep oːr
  • wet nuj
  • wheel pel
  • white, pale leːda
  • wine voʃ
  • wing nov
  • winter raːl
  • wire fad
  • wither nef
  • woman mel
  • world van
  • worthy kes
  • wrath, rage taran
  • write koːn
  • write viv
  • yellow dek
  • young child, toddler ʃu
  • younger sister nis