Dictionary
Lexicon and word definitions
| Lemma | Gloss |
|---|---|
| afuwu• | bark |
| afịị• | tree |
| aji• | short |
| alit• | friend |
| ama• | leaf |
| amasaqhaorjii• | penis |
| anyaaqhi• | laugh |
| anyaqhor• | breath |
| anyuqhịị• | snake |
| apa• | back |
| aqh• | negative particle |
| aqhia• | name |
| aqhifi• | fire |
| aqhu• | swim |
| aqhịị• | two |
| aquor• | sharp |
| aravi• | ground, earth |
| arịị• | ten |
| asi• | green |
| asor• | moon |
| avịị• | see |
| awi• | child |
| ayat• | me, i |
| ayu• | feather |
| aɣa• | goods |
| aɣi• | rain |
| aɣor• | ice |
| badar• | leader, chief |
| balu• | animal |
| banwu• | belly |
| baqha• | tie |
| bava• | feel smooth; be smooth |
| bawa• | narrow |
| bida• | drink, take in, sip |
| bih• | dirty |
| biihani• | yes |
| bini• | sand |
| biqhu• | vomit |
| biviti• | liver |
| biwiqhiɣawa• | thumb |
| bizor• | six |
| bor• | with |
| borbor• | small |
| borzor• | seven |
| bu• | suck |
| buqhusiiɣu• | eighty |
| buɣifor• | five |
| bịịlịịqhi• | to be wet |
| bịịmii• | remain; to be left over |
| bịịqhor• | man |
| bịịqhorala• | husband |
| bịịqhịị• | sky |
| bịịquu• | dig |
| cama• | know |
| ci• | be; specifically for inanimate objects |
| cifor• | if |
| cor• | earth |
| dahua• | fire, volcano |
| dawa• | where |
| di• | stone |
| diji• | salt |
| diɣusulusahi• | twelve |
| diɣusulutu• | fourteen |
| diɣusumuqhu• | eleven |
| diɣusutisuti• | fifteen |
| diɣusuwura• | thirteen |
| du• | at |
| duliqha• | mouse |
| dusu• | red |
| dịịlador• | flow |
| fa• | grow |
| faadaufaada• | to cry |
| faanyaaqhi• | to be funny |
| faaqhorịịfaaqhor• | to fear |
| fanwaghor• | get dark; grow dark; have no lit vision due to absence of light, especially an environment |
| fasufu• | to grow old |
| fi• | walk |
| finwịị• | pepper, spice, flavour |
| fisi• | run |
| for• | take or follow a path or pattern or manner; from; through |
| forfịị• | from; through, based on; judging from |
| forzor• | near |
| funyi• | fish |
| fịịorfịị• | to be good in personality |
| gadaqh• | bed |
| gasi• | fall |
| gawah• | stick |
| gawahat• | sticks |
| ghor• | night |
| ghutu• | head |
| ghuzu• | build |
| gi• | not |
| gimiqh• | enemy |
| giri• | rub |
| gu• | or |
| guvanor• | water |
| gwivaɣor• | join in marriage; marry |
| gwuqua• | return; back to former |
| gịị• | hand |
| ha• | very; exaggerating the adjective |
| haji• | push |
| haqhi• | pull |
| has• | brain |
| havịị• | lie |
| hiliqhịị• | wind |
| hinaghi• | day |
| hinor• | to be younger than |
| hnyor• | market |
| hu• | she |
| hul• | see, watch |
| hịịɣala• | love |
| idi• | grass |
| ija• | arm |
| iji• | leg |
| in• | you (singular) |
| iqha• | hot |
| iqhuịịvu• | a false information; lie |
| itavuịị• | vagina |
| iti• | nine |
| itịị• | why |
| iɣu• | x10 |
| jah• | bite |
| jaja• | hunt |
| jiqhi• | right |
| jiqhiiɣu• | sixty |
| jiqhu• | how |
| jiraqh• | spear |
| jorwu• | bird |
| juvu• | flower |
| jịị• | yellow |
| lah• | eat |
| laqhat• | bug/insect |
| lavi• | blow |
| lilitiqhama• | pussy |
| liqha• | they |
| luli• | white |
| lusahiiɣu• | twenty |
| lutiɣu• | forty |
| lịị• | kneel; kneel down |
| lịịịịlịị• | to be swollen |
| m• | i |
| maha• | mother |
| mahij• | farm |
| majir• | face |
| maqhiy• | poo, (faeces) |
| mavul• | kill |
| mavut• | sacred |
| mawurulilawi• | like |
| mifịị• | cold |
| mifịịha• | to freeze |
| mita• | path |
| miwiqhisa• | live |
| mor• | me (only before a consonant) |
| mu• | lake |
| muha• | ear |
| muni• | many |
| muor• | wait around something or someone in order to protect; guard |
| muqhi• | who |
| muqhuqhuma• | uniform |
| musa• | water, river |
| muuh• | cow |
| mịịɣaisiamịịɣaisi• | to feel warm |
| mịịịị• | four |
| naja• | dry |
| najuhu• | seed |
| najuqh• | attack |
| najuɣiisi• | invade |
| naluqh• | land, territory |
| naqhaw• | wet |
| naya• | mud |
| niɣu• | black |
| normi• | sleep |
| nortịị• | full |
| nqha• | people |
| nqhor• | think |
| nqhorna• | river |
| nuniqhatit• | language |
| nusorwor• | after |
| nwaghor• | darkness |
| nwahior• | to be black (non-human) |
| nwịị• | hit |
| nwịịci• | thin |
| nyaaqhianyaaqhi• | to laugh |
| nyaya• | dust |
| nyazi• | rotten |
| nyinor• | to be older than |
| nyor• | stand |
| nịị• | in |
| orbor• | what |
| orfa• | blood |
| orfi• | mountain |
| orfipi• | foot |
| orfor• | root |
| orfịị• | good |
| orga• | eight |
| orha• | life |
| ormorajorqha• | planet |
| ornworor• | body |
| orpịị• | blue |
| orqhi• | new |
| oryavor• | scratch |
| orzunu• | nausea; cause a feeling to vomit |
| orŋorquor• | fight |
| pahor• | few |
| pai• | die |
| paluor• | eye |
| pamorpịịfi• | horn |
| papaqhor• | spit |
| por• | cloud |
| porba• | all |
| pornor• | heart |
| pornyor• | nose |
| porŋor• | neck |
| pịịorpịị• | to be blue in colour |
| pịịqhor• | big |
| pịịyiin• | dead |
| qhaduvamaqhi• | kidney |
| qhaha• | father |
| qhahab• | but |
| qhahaqhat• | lungs |
| qhaivata• | throw |
| qharar• | obsidian |
| qhasamaravuru• | hate |
| qhasun• | year |
| qhasuqh• | olive |
| qhatahu• | warm |
| qhatam• | freeze |
| qhatidaqhat• | human |
| qhatil• | funny |
| qhatit• | person |
| qhavi• | straight |
| qhawa• | we |
| qhaɣasahi• | danger; dangerous |
| qhi• | hour |
| qhiqh• | grain |
| qhiqhi• | because |
| qhiraqhamavut• | buttocks |
| qhiraqhasaqhisahamuh• | yesterday |
| qhiraqhawaɣa• | spine |
| qhisaqhisahamuh• | today |
| qhitarawanu• | dickhead |
| qhiɣiorqhiɣi• | to be red in clour |
| qhiɣu• | cook |
| qhu• | be (who, what, whose something or someone is); is; am; are |
| qhub• | rope |
| qhuorha• | to live |
| qhupayịịuqhupayịị• | to be narrow |
| qhuqhi• | left |
| qhuqhihianu• | throat |
| qhuvadahi• | pee (urine) |
| qhuvor• | wipe |
| qhuịịvuiqhuịịvu• | to tell a lie |
| qhịịqhor• | correct |
| quanor• | heavy |
| quazila• | to be dirty |
| quoraquor• | to be sharp |
| quịị• | hold |
| rivauriva• | to be round in shape |
| rivor• | dog |
| riɣisịị• | before |
| ror• | this |
| ru• | tooth |
| ruda• | ash |
| ruli• | stomach |
| rumrum• | louse |
| saa• | after(wards); therefore or then (resulting from something else) |
| sadiqhiɣu• | nineteen |
| sahaluliɣu• | seventy |
| sahaqhaɣawahat• | toes |
| sahiqhiɣawahat• | fingers |
| salumi• | float |
| sarah• | camp, settlement |
| savi• | crash; collide |
| sawiqh• | road |
| saɣifi• | other |
| si• | fast |
| sia• | mouth |
| siasi• | to be green |
| sor• | it |
| sorqhi• | smoke |
| sufu• | old |
| susahaqhan• | hidden, unknown |
| sịịmor• | swap |
| sịịmoraɣa• | trade |
| sịịqhi• | be able; be capable (have strength) may; might; be likely to happen |
| tahavaqhavan• | work |
| taqhi• | three |
| tih• | dull |
| tisutiiɣu• | fifty |
| tu• | come |
| tuqh• | only |
| ufaada• | cry |
| uqhịị• | breast |
| uriva• | round |
| uvorquu• | war |
| uyor• | long |
| uyịị• | forest |
| uziiva• | to taste flavour |
| vor• | do; make happen |
| vuịịwa• | tail |
| vịịvu• | woman |
| vịịvuala• | wife |
| waqha• | nail |
| waɣa• | bone |
| waɣamavut• | pelvis |
| waɣanaqhisitamavut• | boner (erect penis) |
| wi• | give |
| wor• | auxiliary part of a future verb; will(future) |
| worra• | of; which; one (pronoun) |
| worraaqhịị• | second |
| worraarịị• | tenth |
| worraiti• | ninth |
| worramịịịị• | fourth |
| worrataqhi• | third |
| worravizor• | sixth |
| worravorzor• | seventh |
| worravuɣifor• | fifth |
| worrayaɣu• | first |
| worsi• | here |
| worsorqhu• | hear |
| wu• | to fly; to levitate |
| wunu• | knee |
| wuornworor• | shower; bath; to wash your body |
| wuriɣu• | thirty |
| yaj• | chest |
| yavor• | to scratch |
| yayor• | to be wide |
| yaɣu• | one |
| yi• | egg |
| yiri• | squeeze |
| yiyi• | breathe |
| yorwu• | fly |
| yucịị• | far |
| yuforvunu• | drink |
| za• | usually attached to a verb or negator '-gị' to mean 'no longer' 'no more' 'any more' or 'not' to emphasize the first negator |
| zamor• | play |
| ziwịị• | turn |
| zor• | and |
| zorfa• | burn |
| zorpa• | split |
| zunu• | to vomit |
| zịị• | bad |
| zịịor• | sing |
| zịịqhu• | say |
| ŋi• | hear; taste; feel (skin); smell; sense something with four of the five sense organs |
| ŋor• | for |
| ŋorquororŋorquor• | to fight |
| ŋorquoruvorquu• | to fight a war |
| ŋorsorsịị• | hair |
| ŋudi• | thick |
| ŋusi• | cut |
| ŋịịqhi• | minute |
| ịịfaaqhor• | fear |
| ịịfi• | skin |
| ịịlor• | star |
| ịịqhi• | thing |
| ịịqhu• | cloth |
| ịịviazu• | worm |
| ịịziqhor• | non-human body |