Glossary
Greetings |
Modifiers | Verbs | Nouns
| Phrases
English | Old Tongue | Usage notes |
yes | ke | |
no | nya | |
good | gan | (affirmation) |
farewell | ubete (nizeda) |
blessed (the day was) |
greeting | ubete (tachio) |
blessed (happy, wondrous) (I am) |
thank you | agra (tachio) |
thankful (I am) |
sorry | winachio |
I have done wrong |
English | Old Tongue | Usage notes |
you | ye | <objective> |
he/she/it | ki | <objective> |
me | wata | <objective> |
what | naka | naka ne — anything |
when | nazha | nazha — anytime |
where | daka | daka ne — anywhere |
who | dara | dara ne — any one |
English | Old Tongue | Usage notes |
okay | se gan | (weak) |
but | ke gan | ("yes-good") |
but, well | ke se | |
agreed | gan tade | |
<surprise> | awa | |
<qualifier> | se | |
<intensifier> | nn | |
<question> | jo | |
<objectifier> | o | denotes object |
<objectifier> | ni | "toward" |
<possessive> | na | "of" |
with; | mon | |
and | to | |
up | oze | |
English | Old Tongue | Usage notes |
to answer | antide | |
to be | tadi | also "to do" |
to back off/away | nahade | |
to carry | acopóde | |
to come | kide | |
to do | shide | |
to fight | sende | <physical> |
to know | yoside | |
to go | ide | |
to hunt/seek | jende | does not imply violence |
to live rightly | olebemon ide | "go with the forest" |
a little | choto | |
to return | jocode | |
to sing | jande | "to live" |
to stop | made | |
to say | dide | |
to understand | samede | |
to wait | manide | |
to wake | aconde | |
to walk | ikuzde | |
to give | agede | |
to love | samude | |
English | Old Tongue | Usage notes |
beloved | shero | |
death | modreta | |
earthworm | hyisen | |
feces | klite | (swear) |
forest | olebe | |
help | osane | |
hunt | jendo | < |
mountain | chemanre | |
rabbit | jonake | (the animal) |
sea, ocean | rioná | |
war hunt | sezhendo | |
English | Old Tongue | Usage notes |
old | yuki | |
half | han | |
dead | modre | |
strong | vajaku | |
English | Old Tongue | Usage notes |
bad luck | tezya megan |
(bad future) |
look there | yave ko | |
what is done next | benyote fa | |
heave | yo-si-ho | a working chant |