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Entry |
Transcription |
English |
1 |
tʉmabi soaitʉ ʉnʉǃ |
You're no goodǃ (curse) |
2 |
pihna paa |
Coke, 7-Up, etc. |
3 |
nʉ muraiǃ |
Kiss meǃ |
4 |
naiʔbi |
pretty (of a woman) |
5 |
tuibitsi |
handsome (of a man) |
6 |
tʉmakupa |
tiger |
7 |
pʉhʉ kukweya |
lion |
8 |
oha sarii? |
Is that a dog? |
9 |
iha tʉboo? |
Is this a pencil? |
10 |
ʉnha teekwăhutuʔi |
Will you talk? |
11 |
teekwaruʔi ʉnʉ |
You're gonna talk. |
12 |
keenʉ u supanaʔitʉ |
I don't know. |
13 |
hina ʉnʉ haniiyu |
What are you doing? |
14 |
hina surha haniiyu |
What is he doing? |
15 |
hina urʉ waʔipʉ haniiyu |
What is the woman doing? |
16 |
hina ʉnʉ nikwai |
What do you want? |
17 |
hina ʉnʉ |
What do you want? |
18 |
hina ʉnʉ yaaka? |
What do you have in your hand? |
19 |
isa hakarʉ̆ |
Who is it? (on phone) |
20 |
haaka ʉnʉ punin |
Who(m) did you see? |
21 |
haaka ʉnʉ punika? |
Who are you looking at? |
22 |
ʉnha haaka punika? |
Who are you looking at? |
23 |
hakăse naiʔbi |
Where is Naibi? |
24 |
inakwʉ̆ u |
She's over here. |
25 |
onakwʉ̆ u |
She's over there. |
26 |
kahni kuupatʉ u |
She's in the house. |
27 |
hipe ʉnʉ miayu |
When will you go? |
28 |
miitsi |
in a while/soon |
29 |
pʉetsʉku |
tomorrow |
30 |
hipe ʉnʉ pitʉn |
When did you arrive? |
31 |
hakai ʉnʉ nʉʉsuka |
How do you feel? |
32 |
ʉnha hakai nʉʉsuka |
How do you feel? |
33 |
itʉtsa u puni |
He/she (this person) sees it. |
34 |
itʉkwʉ̆tsa u puni |
They (dual, these people) see it. |
35 |
itʉʉtsa u puni |
They (pl., these people) see it. |
36 |
orʉtsa u puni |
He/she (that person) sees it. |
37 |
orʉkwʉ̆tsa u puni |
They (dual, those people) see it. |
38 |
orʉʉtsa u puni |
They (pl., those people) see it. |
39 |
u puni ma |
He/she (anyone here) sees it. |
40 |
u puni marʉkwʉ̆ |
They (dual, any here) see it. |
41 |
u puni marʉʉ |
They (pl., any here) see it. |
42 |
nʉ tʉbiini |
Ask me a questionǃ |
43 |
ma ruawekʉ̆ |
Tell him/herǃ |