| A | B | C | D | |
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1 | Word | Part of Speech | Definition and Usage | Origin |
2 | -(a)du | adv. | Negation clitic. Used after the conjugated verb. Also used after declined nouns | OT *dugu 'to lack' |
3 | -(V)gya | n. | Derivational suffix meaning 'place of' | OT *agza, same as agya 'home' |
4 | -(V)k | n.o. | Nominaliser for verbs, makes an o-stem noun from a verb | OT *-ko |
5 | -(V)lí | sf. | Causative suffix | OT *-lé |
6 | -(V)nek | n. | Derivational suffix on verbs meaning 'instance of X' | OT *næxæ 'to appear' |
7 | -(V)pek | n. | Derivational suffix on verbs meaning 'tool of X' | OT *pæka 'fix', same as peka 'help' |
8 | -(V)tl | sf. | Dative marker | OT *tlæ 'to give' |
9 | -(x)ám | n.o. | Agentive derivational suffix | OT *xámo 'to do something habitually' |
10 | -t | vi.o. | Non-productive passive suffix. Used in many derivations | OT *-to |
11 | á(h)- | pf. | Diminutive prefix for nouns | OT *áho 'speck' |
12 | ábotlak | n.o. | Nickname | Diminutive of dotlak 'name' |
13 | abwé | adv. | Here | OT *abwǽ |
14 | ádl | vi.o. | To be new | OT *ádlo |
15 | ádloku | Again, newly, recently, repeatedly | Adverb og ádl 'to be new' | |
16 | agya | n. | Home, place where one lives | OT *agza 'place' |
17 | an(i)- | pf. | Plural marker | OT *ane 'many' |
18 | apu | vt. | To create, to build, to assemble, to do | OT *apu |
19 | apya | vt. | To climb | OT *apya |
20 | áti | vi. | To be funny, humourous, weird | OT *áte 'to be obidient' |
21 | aufa | n. | Someone who is very skilled at construction, assembling, and generally at making stuff | Ocogian a úfino [ɐ ʊ́fm̥ɐ] “scientist, researcher”. |
22 | ba(s)- | pf. | Reflexive verb prefix | OT *basa 'body' |
23 | bágyas | vi.e. | To be old | OT *bágzasæ |
24 | bálwa | vt. | To trade, to sell, to exchange | Unknown origin |
25 | báxayi | n. | Mother, female parent. Often shortened to bá 'mom' as a nickname used by children | OT *báxaye |
26 | baxyepwi | vi. | To rise, to stand up | Reflexive of xyepwi |
27 | bayu | vi. | To dream, to have a dream | OT *bayu |
28 | bayune | n. | Dream, an instance of dreaming | bayu + -ne |
29 | bí- | pf. | Augmentative prefix for nouns | OT *bí 'boulder' |
30 | bíbáxayi | n. | Female chieftain, head of a tribe | Augmentative of báxayi 'mother' |
31 | bígáxayi | n. | Male chieftain, head of a tribe | Augmentative of gáxayi 'father' |
32 | bígegy | n. | Roof | Augmentative of negy 'hair' |
33 | bígu | n. | Seashell | OT *bégu |
34 | bíhim | vt.e. | To kill (unethically), to murder | OT *bíhemæ |
35 | bíliya | n. | Author | Augmentative of bíya |
36 | bími | n. | Manner, way, custom | OT *byime 'act, doing' |
37 | bísyégu | n. | World | Augmentative of syégu 'earth' |
38 | bíxo | adv. | Often, generally, a lot of the time | Contraction of bíxiho, locative of bíxi, augmentative of xi 'time' |
39 | bíya | n. | Animal, land mammal. Labial mutation: -liya | OT *bliya |
40 | bok | vt.o. | To add, to put together with | OT *boko |
41 | boki | n. | Sound, noice. Labial mutation: -loki | OT *bloke |
42 | bokotl | adv | Otherwise, also, in addition, among other things | Purposive of bok 'to add' |
43 | byel | n.o. | Partner, a person one spends their life with; lover | *byælo 'comrade'. Sameorigin as the comitative |
44 | da | n.e. | Road, path, way. Irregular: /-g-/ is inserted when suffixes or clitics are added: da-go- | OT *dagæ |
45 | dagyal | n.o. | Moon | OT *dagzalo |
46 | dák | n.o. | Arm and/or hand, the number 5 | OT *dáko |
47 | dégwa | vt. | To follow | OT *dǽgwa 'to follow' |
48 | dégwat | vi.o. | To lead. The patient is placed in the dative, e.g. géga ulatl dégwat 'the man leads his fishing crew' | OT *dǽgwato, passive of *dǽgwa 'to follow' |
49 | dláha | vi. | To wake up, to awaken | OT *gláha |
50 | dláhak | The awakening. Refers to the belief that the dreaming god eventually will wake up, resulting in the end of our existance | OT *gláhako, nominalisation of *gláha 'to awaken' | |
51 | dláhane | n. | An instance of waking up (from sleep) | dláha + -ne |
52 | dléya | n. | Head wear, piece of clothing to wear on your head; hat | OT *glǽya |
53 | dlíga | vi. | To be wise or knowledgable. (With the instrumental) To be experienced with something | OT *gléga |
54 | dligyá | vi. | To be great, to be good, to be positive | OT *glegzá |
55 | dlúhi | n. | Thing, stuff | OT *glúhi |
56 | dohe | n. | Tree. Mutation: -bohe | OT *dwohæ |
57 | dotl | n.o. | Human, person. Mutation: -botl | OT *dwoklo |
58 | dotlak | n.o. | Name | Contraction of dotl 'person' and umak 'saying' |
59 | dumá | vt. | To carry | OT *dumá |
60 | dúwu | n. | River, stream, flow of water | OT *dúwu |
61 | dzewu | adv | Exceeding, above. Used in comparative constructions | OT *dzæwu 'above' |
62 | ekyi | adv. | There | OT *æki 'there' |
63 | enwa | vt. | To know, to understand, to be aware (of something) | OT *ænwa |
64 | enwak | n.o. | Understanding, awareness | enwa + -k |
65 | eoku | n. | A type of cheese traded in the north | Ocogian éoku [ɛ́ɔʰqʷ] 'snacks' |
66 | esyu | vi. | To stand | OT *æsyu 'to stand' |
67 | étl | vi.o. | To taste well, to be of good taste, to be tasty | OT *ǽtlo |
68 | ga | conj. | And, also, but, so. Conjunction with wide usage | OT *ga |
69 | gán | n.o. | Stone, rock | OT *gáno |
70 | gáno | adv. | Still, not moving | Locative of gán 'stone' |
71 | gáwa | n. | Moment, a while | OT *gáwa |
72 | gáxayi | n. | Father, male parent. Often shortened to gá 'dad', as a nickname used by children | OT *gáxaye |
73 | géga | n. | Man, male human | OT *gǽga |
74 | gixo | n. | Egg | OT *gexo 'ball' |
75 | gunu | vi. | To beat, to pound. Most often used to describe the pounding of the heart, but sometimes used to describe the pounding of a hurting wound | OT *gunu |
76 | gyátsí | vt. | To gather up, to join, to unite, to assemble | OT *gyátsí |
77 | gyuxla | vi. | To be warm | OT *gzuxla 'to be warm' |
78 | há | adv. | Yesterday | OT *há 'yesterday' |
79 | háwa | vt. | To meet, to come by, to greet | OT *háwa 'to acknowledge' |
80 | hékyá | n. | Land, country | OT *hǽksá 'ground' |
81 | hila | n. | Fish. Synonymous with hima. Mutation: -yila. | OT *hyila |
82 | hima | n. | Fish; aquatic animal with gills that lack limbs. Synonym of hila | OT *hyima |
83 | holí | vt. | To save, to rescue; to ensure (something). Mutation: -wolí | OT *hwolé |
84 | huky | vi.o. | To sleep, to rest | OT *hukso 'to dream' |
85 | huky | n.o. | Sleep, rest | OT *hukso 'to dream' |
86 | hukyám | n.o. | The sleeper, the sleeping being. It is believed that all of existence is merely the dream of this god, and that once he awakens, existence will end | huky + -xám |
87 | huwo | n. | Cloud, that white stuff that floats in the sky | OT *huwo |
88 | ígal | vt.e. | To leave, to go out from, to come out of, to exit | OT *égalæ |
89 | ikuz | n.o. | Obligation, a must, something one is obliged to do. Used as a modal noun | OT *ekuzo 'duty' |
90 | iky | n.e. | Day | OT *ekyæ 'day' |
91 | ikyetl | adv. | Today | Dative of iky 'day' |
92 | ikyun | adv. | Tomorrow | OT *ekyæ unæ 'arriving day' |
93 | il | vt.e. | To take, to grab, to reach out and take | OT *ilæ, same origin as the accusative |
94 | illu | adv. | Then, after that, having done that, having said that | OT *ellu |
95 | ina | pron. | First person singular pronoun; I, me. See also sulu | OT *ina |
96 | ixat | n.e. | Top, hight, an elevation | OT *ixatæ 'hill' |
97 | ixwu | vi. | To walk | OT *exwu |
98 | kád | n.e. | Sun | OT *káde |
99 | kayi | n. | Nose | OT *kaye |
100 | ketsa | vi. | To be high, to be tall | OT *kætsa 'to be tall' |
101 | kolok | n.e. | Stick, branch, long wooden object | OT *kolokæ |
102 | ku | pron. | this, that. Dependent demonstrative pronoun used for both animate and inanimate objects | Of uncertain origin, but probably related to OT *ke |
103 | kuwá | vi. | To win, to succeed | OT *kuwá |
104 | kwám | pron. | This, that. Independent demonstrative pronoun used for animate objects | Contraction of ku xám 'this/that being' |
105 | kyaxe | v.t. | To wash, to rinse | OT *hyaxæ |
106 | kyéwetl | n.o. | Breath; air that is exhaled through the mouth | OT *hjǽwæklo |
107 | kyéwetl | vi.o. | To breathe | OT *hjǽwæklo |
108 | kyóti | vt. | To ponder (about something), to think about; to evaluate, to contemplate | OT *hyóte |
109 | kyúda | vt. | To kill ethically. A form of killing which has strict rules for how it is to be performed. Stands in contrast to bíhim, which is seen as unethical | OT *ksúda |
110 | kyupu | n. | Horse | CD *cupú, possibly Old Liqak |
111 | ládza | n. | Chin, jaw | OT *ládya 'chin' |
112 | legó | vt. | To wait | OT *lægó |
113 | leha | vt. | To shine, to emit light; to be bright | OT *læha |
114 | léwi | v.t. | To hit | OT *lǽwi |
115 | lígyak | n.e. | The lands of the east | Liqak Liqak 'Liqak' |
116 | lote | n. | Water that has spilled into the boat | CP lote 'water' |
117 | lwé | adv. | Soon, later | OT *lwǽ |
118 | lyík | n.e. | End, stop | lyéke 'end' |
119 | lyíkeku | adv. | Finally, eventually | Adverb of lyík 'end' |
120 | mádza | vt. | To place, to lay down or put up | |
121 | mádzat | vi.o. | To sit, to be located at | OT *mádyato 'to be sat, to be placed', passive of *mádya 'to place'. Replaced the old verb *howa, which is still visible in the locative suffix -ho |
122 | mahéwo | vt. | To examine, to falsify, to see whether something holds true | Of uncertain origin. Possibly a loan from Liqak |
123 | mamaxi | vi. | To visit regularly | OT iterative of *maxe 'to go' |
124 | máwa | vi. | To drown, to die at sea | CP mauwa 'to die' |
125 | maxi | vt. | To go, to travel (somewhere); to arrive, to visit | OT *maxe 'to come' |
126 | máz | n.e. | Feather. Polysemous meaning: someone who is easy to negotiate with | OT *mázæ |
127 | mibu | n. | Face, forehead, front | OT *medwu 'face' |
128 | mibuho | adv. | In front of, facing | Locative of mibu 'face' |
129 | mizzu | vi. | To be bad, to be evil, to be ill-intentioned | Unknown origin |
130 | mizzuk | n.o. | Bad thing, unpositiviy, evil, ill intent | mizzu + k |
131 | móyo | n. | A strain of grass | OT *móyo 'strand' |
132 | na | conj. | And. Doesn't mean much. Just connects main clauses together with no sense of 'in addition'. - Falch, reconstructed from texts | Old form of ga |
133 | náb | vt.o. | To defend, to look after. Mutation: -gáb | OT *ŋábo |
134 | nakwu | vt. | To think, to have the opinion that | OT *nakwu 'to count' |
135 | napú | n. | Mountain | OT *napú |
136 | nassu | pp. | Before, previous to | OT *napsu |
137 | nassu | adv. | Earlier, before, at a previous time | OT *napsu |
138 | Nat | Int. | Yes | Contraction of yánat 'it is real' |
139 | nawu | vt. | To open | |
140 | negekki | vi. | To write. Intransitive in its bare form. For use in transitive sentences, the reflexive form is used | OT *ŋæŋække, iterative of *ŋække |
141 | negy | n.o. | Hair (head). Mutation: -gegy | OT *ŋægyo |
142 | nekki | vi. | To make an etch | OT *ŋække |
143 | nódi | vi. | To be strong, to have great physical strength. Mutation: -gódi | OT *ŋóde |
144 | noxla | n. | Finger | OT *ŋoxla |
145 | núyu | vt. | To bind, to fasten (something). With the reflexive: to bind oneself (to someone); with the patient in the comitative; to marry | OT *ŋúyu |
146 | nyá | ptc. | What, who, which | OT *nyá |
147 | nyéwe | n. | Tribe, group of people; people, team | OT *nyǽwæ 'tribe' |
148 | o | ptc. | Interrogative particle. | OT *o |
149 | obá | vt. | To see, to watch, to look; to observe | OT *obá 'to see' |
150 | ódanyi | n. | A distance, a location far away, an unreachable distant or foreign land, unknown place | OT *ódanyi |
151 | ógi | n. | Night | OT *óŋe 'night' |
152 | ogu | vi.o. | To die; to sieze being alive | OT *ogu |
153 | ogyi | vi. | To be long; to be stretched out | OT *ogyi |
154 | okku | n. | Head | OT *okku |
155 | okyíli | n. | Old man, middle-aged man. Often used to describe men who are the oldest in their circles | OT *okséli 'turtle' |
156 | oz | ptc. | Archaic negation particle. Most common in the phrase yánat oz 'It is not true' | OT *ozo |
157 | págu | n. | Knife, tool used for cutting, typically made of flint | OT *págu |
158 | págu | vt. | To cut | OT *págu |
159 | pánu | n. | Singing, music, artistic expression of sound | OT *pánu |
160 | páts | vi.e. | To go, to flow | OT *pátsæ |
161 | peka | vt. | To help, to assist. (n.) Tool; object that’s used for doing some kind of work | OT *pæka, which also became the suffix -pe 'tool of X' |
162 | pele | n. | Dog | Possibly borrowed from an extinct Doan language |
163 | peta | n. | Bloke, bud, buddy, comrade | CP peta 'dog' |
164 | píku | n. | Crab | OT *píku 'to pinch' |
165 | ponu | vt. | To research, to investigate, to look into, to learn, to try to understand | OT *ponu 'to observe' |
166 | ponuk | n.o. | Learning, teaching, instruction | Nominalization of ponu 'to learn' |
167 | ponuxu | n. | That which has been investigated; knowledge, investigation | ponu + -xu |
168 | pówu | n. | Water | OT *póhwu |
169 | póxma | vt. | To mean, to be equivalent to, to translate to | OT *póxma |
170 | póxmaku | adv. | Meaning, essentially, equalling. Compare arabic ya3ni | Adverb of póxma |
171 | púka | vi. | To be quiet (used to describe people). Labial mutation: -lúka | OT *plúka |
172 | púmwa | vt. | To hear; to notice. Labial mutation: -lúmwa | OT *plúmwa |
173 | pyadzá | vi. | To be silent (used to describe situations, not people) | OT *pyadzá |
174 | pye | n. | Palm leaf. Traded with the Ókogy who use it for writing. Labial mutation: -le | OT *plæ |
175 | pyuga | n. | Ear | OT *pyuŋa 'ear' |
176 | pyuga | vt. | To hear | Zero-derived from the OT noun *pyuŋa 'ear' |
177 | sala | n. | Friend | OT *sala |
178 | sámma | n. | Bird | OT *sámma |
179 | sámmapu | v.i. | To be curious | Action verb from sámma 'bird' |
180 | saxu | n. | Brother, male sibling. Sibilant mutation: -ssaxu | OT *psaxu |
181 | sáya | vi. | To be blue | OT *sáya 'to be seasick' |
182 | sulu | pron. | First person respecful singular pronoun. Used by younger people talking to elders. See also ina | OT *sulu 'child, young one' |
183 | syégu | n. | Earth, soil | OT *syǽgu 'dirt' |
184 | tiha | adv. | Happily, gladly | OT *teha |
185 | tílegy | vi.e. | To be hungry, to want food | OT *télægyæ |
186 | tle | vt. | To give. Transitive, the indirect object takes the dative | |
187 | tlitsu | n. | Place, area; town, village | OT *kletyu 'place' |
188 | tlo | adv. | Now | OT *tlo |
189 | tlomi | n. | Leg and/or foot | OT *klome 'leg' |
190 | tlugwa | n. | Woman | OT *klugwa |
191 | tluhó | vt. | To love, to adore; to have great affiliation for | OT *kluhó |
192 | tólib | vi.o. | To act like someone, to imitate someone. Can be used with an object by placing it in the dative, e.g. wo hatl tólibomé 'he has started to imitate you' | OT *tólebo |
193 | tolyé | n. | Flower. Alveolar mutation: -polyé | OT *twolyǽ 'grass' |
194 | tótoa | n. | Fish bone, the bone of a fish | CP totoa 'bone' |
195 | Toz | Int. | No | Contraction of yánat oz 'it is not real' |
196 | tozzu | vt. | To find | OT *tobzu 'to catch' |
197 | ts(i)- | pf. | Collective prefix | OT *tiwa 'group, whole' |
198 | tságye | vi. | To taste well, to be delicious | OT *tyágyæhæ |
199 | tsébet | vi.o. | To perish, to dissapear, to vanish | OT *tyǽbæto 'to be forgotten', passive of *tyǽbæ 'to forget' |
200 | tsidotl | n.o. | Humanity, Mankind | Really the collective of dotl 'human' |
201 | tsila | vi. | To be cold | OT *tsipla |
202 | tsimáz | n.e. | Wing | Collective of máz 'feather' |
203 | tsimóyo | n. | Body hair. Also has the dated meaning of 'grass'. | Collective of móyo 'strain of grass' |
204 | tsixo | adv. | All of the time, always | Contraction of tsixiho, locative of tsixi, collective of xi 'time' |
205 | tsodu, tsixodu | adv. | Never | Contraction of tsixodu, negative of tsixo 'most of the time' |
206 | tuwa | n. | Shiny rock; a rock that light can pass through. Alveolar mutation: -puwa | OT *twuhwa |
207 | úl | vt.e. | To notice, to become aware of | OT *úlæ |
208 | ula | n. | A group of fishers that go fishing together, cf. nno. fiskarlag | CP ula 'tribe, groub' |
209 | ulu | vi. | To be green | OT *ulu 'to be green' |
210 | uluk | n.o. | Frog | OT *uluko, nominalization of ulu 'to be green' |
211 | uma | n. | Mouth, inside, interior. Also used to refer to human speech; talk, speech, language, communication | OT *uma |
212 | uma | vt. | To say, to mention, to talk about, to utter | OT *uma |
213 | umaho | pp. | Inside (of) | Locative of uma 'mouth' |
214 | umak | n.o. | Saying, word(s), sentence, phrase, expression | Nominalisation of uma 'mouth, speech' |
215 | wigí | vi. | To be heavy, to be difficult to handle | OT *wigé 'to be heavy' |
216 | wikyun | adv. | In a few days | Related to OT *ekyæ 'day' |
217 | wisan | n.e. | Peninsula, cape | Old Liqak wisan 'cape, nose' |
218 | wo | pron. | Third person singular pronoun; he, she, it. | OT *wo |
219 | woga, woka | conj. | Therefore, because (of this). | Instrumental of wo. The form woka is likely analogy with the causal converb suffix -ka |
220 | wohá | adv. | A few days ago | Related to OT *há 'yesterday' |
221 | xalá | vt. | To eat. | OT *xalá |
222 | xám | n.o. | Higher being; god. Now archaic; being, creature | OT *xámo 'being, creature' |
223 | xan | vi. | To peak up, look upwards, peak through | OT *xan |
224 | xandléya | Mushroom | Compound between xan and dléya, literally "hat that peaks up (from the earth)" | |
225 | xaswa | n. | Heart; soul. In the culture of the speakers it is believed that the soul resides in the heart. | OT *xaswa |
226 | xéfatlu | n. | One who hides something, who doesn’t tell the whole truth. | Ocogian ‘ývitu [ʔɘ́ftɬʷ] 'One who fits in' |
227 | xéku | n. | Wish, desire. Mostly used as a modal noun, the most common word for it being ozak, a nominalisation of oza “to want”. | OT *xǽku |
228 | xemau | n. | Cat or cat like animal. | CP emau 'cat' |
229 | xi | n. | Time, duration, period | OT *xe |
230 | xidága | vi. | To be similar, to be imitative | OT *edága |
231 | xiddzi | n. | Star, small light on the night sky | OT *xeddi |
232 | xmokó | n. | Child, kid, young human being | OT *xmokó |
233 | xmwéxsyágy | n.e. | A type of squeaky cheese used for protein. Similar to paneer and halloumi. | Ocogian [ⁿqæːcɕʼɐʔtɬ] of the same meaning |
234 | xnaga | vt. | To attempt, to try | OT *xnaga |
235 | xópi | n. | Fly, flying insect | OT *ópe |
236 | xósa | vt. | To hold, to grasp | OT *xósa 'to keep' |
237 | xot | vt.e. | To accompany, to be (close) to. Semantically weak verb. Used when the comitative or abessive act as predicate | OT *xotæ 'to follow' and *næme 'to accompany' |
238 | xú | vt. | To drink, to consume a liquid. | OT *xú |
239 | xugwa | n. | Ankle | OT *xugwa |
240 | xul | vi.o. | to be whole, to be complete | OT *xulo |
241 | xuloku | adv. | fully, entirelly, wholly | Adverb of xul 'to be whole' |
242 | xwehu | pron. | This, that. Independent demonstrative pronoun. Used for inanimate objects | OT *xwæhu |
243 | xwikya | vi. | To be hard, to be solid; to be unfair, to be brutal, to be strict | OT *xwiksa |
244 | xyepwi | vt. | To raise, to lift. | OT *xyæpwi |
245 | ya | n. | Small animal, lizard | Back-formation of bíya analysing bí- as the augmentative |
246 | yána | vt. | To remember, to come in mind. | OT *yána 'to know, understand' |
247 | yána | n. | Ability. Modal noun: can, be able to, may | Perhaps a zero-derivation of OT *yána 'to know' |
248 | yánat | vi.o. | To be real, to be true, to exist. | OT *yánato, passive of *yána 'to know' |
249 | yánatoku | adv. | Truly, actually, in truth, verily, in fact, in reality | Adverb of yánat 'to be real' |
250 | yéhi | n. | Fabric, cloth (from animals) | OT *yǽhe 'fur, pelt, coat' |
251 | zala | n. | Neck, nape; the part that connects the head to the rest of the body. Mutated form -zzala. | OT *bzala |
252 | zéd | n.o. | Danger, fright. Sibilant mutation: -zzéd | OT *bzǽdo |
253 | mínu | vi. | To be pretty, to be beautiful | OT *ménu |
254 | ponuxám | n.o. | Teacher, instructor | ponu 'teach' + -xám, agent suffix |
255 | xyepwixu | n. | Monument, pedestall, tall wooden structure | Resultative of xyepwi 'to raise' |
256 | zabu | vi. | To live, to exist, to be alive | OT *zabu 'to live' |
257 | atta | num. | One | OT *atta |
258 | aggal | vi.e. | To lie, to tell something which is untrue | OT *aggalæ |
259 | obáxu | n. | Observation | Resultative of obá 'to see' |
260 | ozak | n.o. | Desire, Wish | Nominalisation of oza 'to desire' |
261 | oza | vt. | To desire, to wish | OT *oza |
262 | láw | n.e. | Bush | OT láwæ |
263 | kená | vt. | To like, to enjoy |