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The Lexicon This is the established lexicon. All words should be added here. NB: I have edited the spelling to reflect the voicing of th to dh and f to v – this only occurs intervocallically, or in consonant clusters next to a voiceless sibilant. Also, due to excel issues, the glottal stop, initially, is spelled with a ʔ. á part. the definite article, the hypothetical determiner a’iaí part. mirative particle abé n. east adaní mv. want (desire) adhi n. bronze agthún v. to row aíu part. topic marker akíco n. algae álina adj. weak all pp. across án pp. on top anaún v. to bind ántwún v. to smile as part. now (post-positive) ásh pp. for (purpose) áshdhgllhïnár n. unworked tin ore áti num. five, 5 áü adj. far aún v. to call, to be called aünga n. mouth ava n. tongue avér n. elbow avérgorr n. the inside of the elbow avéruro n. the outside of the elbow aves n. spelt ávo n. town ávowí n. village batosh n. pot báwash n. spout be pp. with (instrumental) beern adj. thick behna n. the foot or base of a wave belá adj. green belába adj. sly bellshteún v. to wear bellshtewóún v. to wear out belob adj. hungry béntálli n. shroud (coverlet) bewún v. to have bho n. plain bia n. age bíkurrún v. to freeze bíll n. salmon bing n. youth (person) bingi n. youth (state) biú adj. dry bíwí n. mother bllhana n. fishing net blómïn adj. long blot n. eel bnin n. wheat bó conj., part. but boáún v. to greet, intermingle, meet, begin bolandún v. to gather (physical things) boll n. corpse bollshún v. to digest boná adj. deep bonúça n. non-toothed cetacean, whale bóshop n. squall bóshopaké n. gale bóshuf n. bowl, cup bóshung n. tempest bóshúngdá adj. tempestuous bóúkti part. ending marker bóún v. to pull bóyee n. weir brashún v. to dread bréna n. sky brendún v. to write brond n. oar brrí n. wind brrídho n. wind (sea) brrído n. wind (night) brrínos n. wind (land) brrun n. tree brrunéna n. forest brrunetá n. sliver brrunóro n. wood brúdho n. cloud brún v. to stand brúwosh n. summer (standing time) búáún v. to read bull n. sword bullháún v. to drink búnún v. to hit burro n. cold byórk n. anchor cha part. than cha prep. about, concerning chedún v. to climb chiénaún v. to hold chio part. right chípún v. to swallow chist n. snot chunkún v. to split chúntún v. to dive down da part. imperative marker dadún v. to break daha n. action daïsún v. to cheer up someone dáktún v. to best dalúna n. mortar dámuçún v. to tie dán mv. should (probability) dáoún v. to be dargár n. storm dárrhí n. older sister dásh adj. same dáu pn. that thing (mesiodistal) daún v. to act, do deen n. leg deéún v. to fck* delaún v. to mount den adv. only, alone dengingk n. knee déntún v. to accomplish dín pn. he, she dintá n. neck dínta pn. they diún v. to know doa n. night dodhéna n. world dollá adj. good dolleva n. speech doloró n. ear dond n. war dóp n. egg dórdhuon n. worked eardh, made eardh (not worked as in a field) dóría n. the quality of work, of concentratedness, effort, contemplative action dórllevóda n. constructed language dórún v. to work over, to consiously change dosh n. liver dosh n. breaker (wave) doshgorr n. wave trough doshkon n. wave wall, the mid-section of a wave doshop n. a whitecap, the breaker on a wave dost n. year doün adj. long drogún v. to fight dron n. enemy dú suffix thing (=dú) dú n. thing dú n. thing dúda n. things dúi pn. this thing dúí pn. that thing (mesioproximal) dukúni n. head dull n. beard dun n. beer duóaún v. to fall duóyá n. sunset dupeé n. urine dupeéshunk n. chamber pot duwosh n. fall, autumn ébllefa n. messenger éboún v. to announce ee part. superlative and comparative particle eé n. fly eéaún v. to shrug eén adv. yet eenti n. fingernail eenún v. to finger, touch eérwa n. hunger éhio n. whine éhoún v. to whine eïll n. phallus ékek n. cave éll adv. once again, frequently ellásto adj. red éllaún v. to cruise emillún v. to blunt enar n. glass eüwún v. to pine fá pn. that (abstract) fái part. then, conditional apodosis marker fálo n. oak fát pn. those (abstract) fáu part. if, conditional protasis marker fedl n. stepping stone fen n. dock fén part. as, like this fï coord. or (complete, recurring) fiáth n. dog fidhârún v. to weather fidhô adj. weathered fidhún v. to think fíko adj. fierce fisún v. to ripen fith n. weather fo pp. in, inside frá n. shroud (line) frótún v. to say fudhún v. to climb fuó pn. this (abstract) fuókú n. today fürt n. kancha, manor house fuwehún v. to blow fwód pn. these (abstract) gá adj. straight gádot adj. wicked gaí part. tell me (initial) garn n. skin gash n. body geï adj., coord. better (comparative) gekin n. cormorant gerún n. dye gill n. table gin adj. worst (superlative pejorative) gïnún v. to squeeze gírún v. to stretch gllockún v. to vomit glówún v. to listen (ditransitive) go n. toil gô part. eh? (final) gô part. interrogative marker goanún n. to gaze god n. foot, root goína n. feast goínaún v. to feast góllist n. question gon n. brick góré n. city gorr n. acute angle, inside go'ún v. to ask goy mv. able (ability) grán n. shoulder grángorr n. armpit gránuro n. the outside of the shoulder gú part. back gum conj., part. then güm num. four, 4 guna mv. shall (definititiveness) gúnineé n. song bird gúno adj. some (a specific), such gúrún v. to fear hánica n. spoon hanún v. to work harr n. thin fog, sea mist, light rain hasdho n. lake hast n. bread hastïn adj. wide héash n. fuel hechún v. to chop héchún v. to turn, worry heé conj. if heék n. smith héhawna n. rabbit hék pn. it (inanimate things) hëng part. uh! particle for disgust (post-positive, final) héveth n. marsh hew n. blanket hewnaún v. to reach híç adj. mute hiéra n. grass híhún v. to climb híkti adv. thoroughly híni n. place hio part. yes, of course (post-postive) hír adv. yet hiún v. to look hllach intj. damn hllachún v. to swear, give word hllólve n. seal hni n. smell hnuwún v. to help hoï coord. or (incomplete) hóni adj. common hóra conj. because horún v. to find hórún v. to hear hrakarr adj. severe hron n. door hu n. brain hú num. ten huçó mv. try (attemptive) húf adj. heavy hulión adj. hale, hearty hún adj. silent hunhewún v. to breathe húop n. thought hurr n. horse hurr n. throat hweï mv. will (future) í part. nomilizing clitic, stative existential verb ia adj. whole, entire iç v. wheel içún v. to steer ícúwún v. to begin íko n. turtle íllún v. to pretend ímai n. dress ínaún v. to recall íniç pp. with (in addition) ísí adj. high ísícún v. to rise ísíson n. revenent, zombie ísíyá n. noon ïskún v. to stay, remain íswosh n. spring (rising time) ithonún v. to mail, send something iún v. to happen, occur i'ún v. to trim ivan n. dream ivanún v. to dream íyá n. light kall n. salt (collective noun) kallin adj. white kanta n. shell karn adj. red kárrllún v. to sit karrt n. mast karrt n. mode, way karrún v. to answer kash n. pole kéal n. mussel kee adj. pale kéllún v. to share ken n. name khellún v. to return ki part. also kí’a num. eight, 8 kiçhhún v. to cause pain kichiçún v. to scratch kikúkikú n. sea urchin kíll n. pond killk n. lock kíola n. flower kíp n. wool kirá adj. new kirk n. boat kírpi n. lichen kíth n. sand kíyaí n. gull kla part. then, afterwards (post-positive) kllirk adj. fishing (boat) kllos adj. sad koló n. helmet kon n. wall kópa pn. there korg n. right (directional) korí n. wrist krá n. alcohol krollía adj. rusty, stale, stiff, unused krrho n. feather ku n. day kucignársún v. to mascerate kullaleún v. to yell kúmini n. anchovie kúna n. tower kungí n. ring küní n. wife künoé n. husband kúnu part. please, consider it (=kúnu) kúp mv. stop (abbortive) kuplún v. to stop kúripa n. louse kwá pn. here kyu part. genitive marker lakés n. dinghy lameéngún v. to smell lamon n. building lekúaún v. to pass lelandún v. to gather (mostly abstract things) lellún v. to lick li pp. to, towards liá n. seed líaválo n. acorn liáwa n. fruit lip n. window-gap lláckún v. to bet llakash n. fishing pole llallár n. fisher llama n. llama llamí n. fish llamiáh n. freshwater fish llamíko n. fish (singular) llamún v. to catch fish llár n. man llárri n. humanity, men Llárriésh n. the language llef n. word llénaún v. to live, exist llevóda n. language llevódaún v. to speak at length llevódawel n. syntax llevwel n. narrative llhar n. bladder-wrack seaweed llí adj. sweet llié n. weed llíe n. raspberry, hickey llillún v. to commune llíollún v. to pour llíst n. false stone, basalt, volcanic rock llistún v. to hunt lliw n. snow llollún v. to bore, tire loaún v. to portion out, mete lon n. blood lóna n. sail, wing lonén n. wetland lopaní n. oyster, female genitalia (pejorative) lost n. land (possesion) lukiún v. to perch machún v. to bite madhe n. belly mawon n. moss mawún v. to bear meents n. fat meéún v. to soften menéshún v. to huddle méth pn. you méthta pn. you (plural) míç n. hut micé n. cairn mích n. hair míéçún v. to lie (down) miónún v. to tan míwosh n. winter (poetic form) mo pp. down moan adj. safe moánóth adv. safely mol num. seven mollin adj. black món n. lord morag n. army, militia mu n. shit mú part. bye muánor n. kelp muc pp. out of, away from mucíkana n. sea otter mucsyonéf n. skate (fish) mucún v. to wipe múlún v. to suck mung n. mushroom muningá n. hook murrn n. old man murrún v. to mutter muténún v. to eat mutíkanánák n. stone used to break open clams mutíkanef n. detritus, nutrients mutlopaníánák n. oyster shucker, cock na pp. over nabínún v. to sound náeelún v. to send nahí adv. again naï n. grain nak part. by (instrumental) nakngí n. barnacle nalla adj. kind náo n. roof naraíún v. to sleep nato adj. strong nátorún v. to bake naü n. west náún v. to keep néa n. wood nee adj. any needú pn. anything neéng n. gloaming néfa conj. instead nga'á n. sheep ngachi adj. hard ngádho n. pelagic open Ngádhol n. Lord Ngáth n. god ngela adj. short ngéo n. future ngi adj. small ngicrü n. lamb ngíena part. optative particle (final) ngíenún v. to wish ngill n. child, minnow ngilvu n. son ngingvu n. daughter ngi'ún v. to cut ngo adj. all ngosh n. nose ngoull adj. fine ngowng n. thunder ngúci adj. thin ngud n. rope ngúd adj. sound ngúdho n. river ngul adj. dull ngullí n. woman ngullún v. to swallow nguní n. deer ní n. south nï pp. at níçhhún v. to forget niekún v. to fit, be right níen n. warmth ník n. point niná n. guinea pig ninaún v. to lull nis n. tall níyo n. ill-will nllónún v. to ponder nóab n. wine noénaún v. to live, abide noh adj. dead nolu n. back nolwosh n. past nom adj. full nómyá adj. lustrous nongá n. soul nos n. chin nót n. puss noún v. to nap nú n. broth nuçhfinún v. to scatter nuçhllára adj. scattered nuná’o adj. pleasant, endearing nurshún v. to toss nuyún v. to push ó conj. and ô part. generic marker óa n. eye óá adj. near oákún v. to make óangi n. eyelet óaún v. to see odhoyá n. coal (mineral) odhún v. to come ófi part. because of this, for this reason (entailment) oho part. resultive apodosis marker oï adj. couple (dual) ók part. deductive epistemic mood marker ókyaw n. gannet óll pp. in, among óloún v. to founder óna n. bird ónda n. mountain ong n. guts ong adj. slow onio pp. around óniún v. to stare ónniún v. to sew ork n. canoe otáns part. hypothetical marker óún v. to end ovaún v. to plan pa part. as padl adj. correct páe n. cliff páeán n. top of a cliff, plateau pánún v. to farm parr n. mooring pát n. mouse páu pn. that person (mesiodistal) peéwún v. to seek péniaún v. to walk upon pepún v. to matter, count peshilún v. to confuse petl n. corn petl n. snail pichîrún v. tell pikshún v. to sweep piltún v. to stab pínadhún v. to sleep pínaún v. to play pípún v. to kiss pistou n. hill piú n. finger píwhún v. to split plyená n. doll pneún v. speech pó pn. this (for indirect speech) póanún v. to move póçhhún v. to rage pói pn. this person póí pn. that person (mesioproximal) poïn n. mud polb n. mussel poll n. corn pollínún v. to count póllli n. sargasso seaweed porg n. stone outcrop in the sea póro n. meat poroún v. to weild póu n. groin prongaún v. to pray prosh adj. sick prosícotún v. to carve, shine prúna adj. round pshellt n. dock pü n. floor pücï n. gap pumún v. to rub radún v. to work, use ram num. one, 1 rárr pp. through raún v. to carry reelán conj. instead reeshïn adj. big reínún v. to wake rekún v. to grab rew conj. maybe rhídaún v. to betray rhun n. grave rí n. smoke ribún v. to clothe riç n. food rím n. pelt, hide ro part. no (ro+) ró conj. so that (purpose) ro- fix negative verbal prefix (ro+) ró part. genitive marker rohô part. nor rol adj. bad roliáwa adj. rotten rolurr n. sore romó num. three, 3 ron adj. dark roüc n. limpet rounú adv. no longer (temporal_ rrá adj. glad rráï n. joy rrhiónún v. to sail, fly rrhískats n. heaven, sky rrhíún v. to imitate, to make something like another rrí part. so, "hwaet" rrím n. skin rrïú n. animal rroa adj blind rrodu n. nothing rrogoy adj. impossible rrohü adj. mindless rrollar n. beast rrosh v. wash rroshll n. stew rrü n. larch ruçeé n. tired (mentally) rum part. yes rún pn. he, she (4th person) rúnil n. ancestor rúnódan n. people rúono n. barrow ruwéna n. moon saeí adj. pretty sdhi n. shrimp seélla n. beauty sek n. knife selaún v. to excuse selláún v. to lie (word) sén mv. must (necessity) seráw n. hillock serr n. beach serr part. please serrún v. to please serth n. grass sha part. nevertheless (initial) shánoh n. dead (metaphorical), changed sheér n. toe shï adv. soon shíçisa n. snake shíçú n. cheek, crest of a wave, ridge shíçúlluch n. cheek bone shiéna n. sun shieshún v. to rise shíeyá n. sunrise shigeé adj. happy, in high spirits shíkún v. to draw (out) shing adj. fast shing n. horn shísam n. worm shlleen n. battle shllek n. ashes sho n. heart shóf adv. never shoh adj. other shorr n. chill shost n. destruction shostún v. to destroy shoünún v. to swell shouvún v. to wrap shug n. bark shunk n. pot shunkún v. to throw shúwa n. bench shwee n. fin sïdní n. pubic hair sillún v. to run siné n. pylon skats n. home skeell n. road, path skimpá n. elder skónu n. bowl, plate skop n. bread sleéshún v. to hoist slla adj. each sllo n. wake, trail (after) sllodhún v. to follow sllós n. rag sló pp. while (=sló) smee adj. smooth, depressed sngeé adj. wild sní adj. bright son n. corpse sóng n. nape soronu n. tar sorr n. harbor sóshu n. cod spaío adj. tall spüún v. to seep stenár n. rose bush, mistress stón adj. wondrous stüé n. cheek suç n. leaf, hand suha n. pebble súmún v. to settle sweéún v. to bloom tádaï adj. many tag pp. against tagósh n. counter-current ta'i num. six tára n. memory tardún v. to kill tarhúi pp. outside tarúda n. killer whale taü part. well, so (initial) taüngk n. shit tee part. until, to the time teén n. hearth teengkún v. to contemplate at the expense of other activities, to daydream teí n. piss tétipún v. to ornament téún v. to blink tharkí n. whore tharkún v. to die thátuçaún v. to dive into thelá n. yawl théond n. blood, sap thicík n. rain thïm n. breast thó conj. the reason thó’naún v. to float thobún v. to dig thodhún v. to pour thog adj. doughty thoïn n. family thon n. real stone, granite thor n. north thowún v. to dwell upon, think over thrást n. winter (suppletive form) thuanéna n. sea, ocean thullár n. mermen thungi n. dust thunka mv. must (obligation) thuón n. soil thuonéna n. earth, land thurr n. friend thust adj. dirty thuwóa pn. that person (distal) thuwóá pn. that thing (distal) tían n. shore ticá n. tooth tíee n. line tik adj. sharp tir n. crutch tïr coord. or (complete, once) tireún v. to pluck tïs n., adj. yellow tllínáún v. to sing tllínina n. lullaby tluch n. bone, branch, stick tluchgorr n. crotch of a tree, body tluchuro n. fork, derivation tóngila n. tine tór n. braid torósh n. current toün n. spear trín n. port trü n. ram trüngull n. ewe tsyoné n. squid tuá n. island tuá suffix toward (=tuá) tuá suffix reflexive (=tuá) tuáwí n. islet túisún v. rest túla num. two, 2 túmeth adv. together tún pn. I, me tunrrhí n. older brother túnta pn. we, us tuntíbe n. brother tuntún v. to walk tunva pn. mine tunvá mv. may (potentiality) tunyánti n. comet túrikún v. to repair tuvría n. bush tyellínú n. weird, strange ú part. the indefinite article üç pp. for (instrumental) ucoï mv. dare (dare) uçta n. wrist ücún v. to set údho n. water údhon n. ice údhosh n. storm údhoún v. to swim üdhü adj. wet uglla n. bear uhoüún v. to wind ukánún v. to give úkti adj. final úkti í n. finality úktiún v. to finish úlúnin adj. lean, skinny ünt n. elbow unuóï adj. long (temporal) uóvak n. shark uroka n. obtuse angle, outside urr n. muscle urrt n. bowl, vessel urrúmí n. ache üskún v. to go uso adj. old útrí n. fox úyop n. week wá adj. listless wa’içdhéntún v. to eye greedily wábá n. father wáf adj. best (superlative) wáhin n. doldrums wan n. female genitalia waréanaún v. to flow wás part. that is, viz. wash n. reed wasíkán n. white pine tree wátunt n. uncle weïnún v. to build wel n. road, path, fate wélandíún v. to gather sustenance wéldhon n. ship weldhua n. whale-road, path of life, sea road well adj. handsome wén n. left (directional) wéna n. bride wericíki n. silver birch tree wichún v. to sell wídheó n. menstruation wó pp. over wók n. oats wosh n. time wuliún v. to thatch wullhierawa n. thatch wüpástïçún v. to flee wúrún v. to weave wusbún v. to sink yádhon n. gold yáícú n. morning yák n. glint yana adj., coord. worse (comparative pejorative) yánti n. star yantilskaún v. to bring home yantilún v. to bring yá'o n. ashes, coals yáop n. flame yáopún v. to flame yarowún v. to chat yáü n. fire yaún v. to swim yáún v. to burn yáyas n. lightning yela n. marriage yelaún v. to marry yen n. marsh yená adj. warm yenún v. to understand yepeéshtoún v. to coil yésh adj. few yéshdaï adj. some yéw n. thick fog yi part. oh! yó conj. although yoi num. nine, 9 yoná n. bay yów part. imprecative marker (post-positive) yowúll n. face yúçna n. pillar yukún v. to grow yuy conj. enough that, so that I was able ʔah adj. fresh ʔaháún v. to laugh ʔicí adj. narrow ʔun adv. down ʔünskún v. to descend

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