Lexicon – Tosi to English

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