Glossary: Elasin to English
n.=noun; conj. =conjunction; vb.=verb; mod.=modifier (adjective/adverb)
A
aikuiti - mod. - cold, chilly
avu..(')i - conj. between noun phrases (see li)
avute - n. - everyone, all of the... (dulasor avute=all of the men)
B
D
dotavu - vb. - count (something)
dulaso - n. - man, adult male
du - n. - "dad"
duvo - n. - father
E
ebalko - n. - a pronomial affix or dative pronoun
F
falatisa - n. - child, young boy or girl
fathu - vb. - speaking, talking
faruthu - vb. [Ed. faruthu] - being possible/able, used for English "can"
fathatu - vb. - blow (used in connection with both persons and the wind)
G
H
hadaro - n. - east
hafni - mod. - empty, zero
hoshi - mod. - black, dark
huanu - vb. - listening, paying attention
I
iene - n. - past (as in "votelor palir ieneva" Many ages into the past... the traditional legend starting)
iulafo - n. - river (small), stream, creek
K
kapate - n. - tree
kathu - vb. - burn (intransitive): Kathwato kapate "The tree is burning."
kevu - vb. - hitting, striking (with the hand)
kiti - mod. - thin (used both in connection with bodies and liquids); carries the sense of "sickly."
kivashe - n. - stone (natural)
kuenu - vb. - sitting
kufe - n. - bone
kupo - n. - ashes
L
li - conj. between verb phrases (see avu...(')i)
M
maku - vb. - walking (toward a goal), traveling
malabe - n. - cloud
manalam - n. - name, fame, recognition
mar - n. - city
miyame - n. - plain (fertile flat land)
mole - n. - glue, adhesive (man-made)
mosuano - n. [Ed. mosawano]- brick (man-made), building stone
N
O
P
pali - mod. - many, �an indeterminate large number�
palo - n. - noun
paname - n. - house, permanent dwelling
panamu - vb. - settling, making one's home
pelu - vb. - writing, composing (a story or poem)
peluku - vb. - being desirable, wishing, used for English "want"
R
rumu - vb. - being permissible, used for English "may"
S
salithe - n. - animal
sathitu - vb. - building, constructing, erecting
shaso - n. - belly, paunch
sothe - n. - word
suri - mod. - big, large; also grandly, awe-inspiring
Sh
shemu - vb. - seeing, observing
T
Th
thedu - vb. - guarding, keeping safe
thoshi - mod. - few, "an indeterminate small number"
U
ua - n. - "mom"
ualato - n. - mother
uevaku - vb. - understanding, comprehending
uituku - vb. - finding successfully (when searching for something)
uivaro - n. - blood; also used figuratively: Mabwatath uivarom kiti. "He has thin blood" means "He is timid."
V
vasu - n. - speaking among a group, talking ("amongst ourselves/themselves")
vatasu - vb. - bite, nibble; also "to annoy someone by doing little things" (Hau vatasa le! "Don't bother me!")
vesoth - n. - language (written and spoken)
votelo - n. - age, epoch (lit. a period of 2,744 years)
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