Cumulative vocabulary — English–Samala

This page lists the cumulative vocabulary for the first eight lessons by English translation.
There's an English entry for every meaning that's cited for a Samala word; for example, you'll find  itaq under both "hear" and "listen."
The Samala words are listed on the left to make tidier columns.
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ma / ha a — article with nouns hik affect; do something to al– agent: one who does or is yila all alqapa animal coyini another, other aqnp answer aktina approach, come pu arm, hand ya arrow ma / ha article with nouns esqen ask yxkt awake axmk bad, in poor condition wil be, exist muhuw beach xus bear (the animal) alitaxan bear up, take heart akay bed wic bird oyin black, dark tomol boat, canoe ax bow, weapon pilkuy bowl kot break nukum bring pepe brother, older icis brother, younger ayatulutul butterfly tomol canoe, boat qilik care for, take care of ayamumu caterpillar wot chief itn child, offspring ii child, young one tokoy circle, disc, hoop haxwi clothes kitwon come out, exit, emerge aktina come, approach axtakuy container (generic) xuxaw coyote ulam creek, stream woyo crooked, twisted mes cross, go across a crow mi cry, weep wn cut (with a knife) oyin dark, black ay daughter qsi day, sun aqan dead, die w deer elew descend, come/go down aqan die, be dead nuy dirt, grime, grunge nuyi dirty, grimy, tokoy disc, hoop, circle ukuy discard, throw away hik do; affect huu dog mitpn door elew down, to go; descend aqmil drink aqawan dry i– dual marker slow eagle tu ear, shell suwayan earring uwayani earrings, to have or wear — an eat (a meal) uw eat, consume cyw edge; kind, sort malawa eight anax elder, old man anaqan elder, old woman tap enter, go/come in ackaw error, to make wil exist, be kitwon exit, come/go out, emerge tx eye, face tx face, eye iskon family towi fast, to be or go fast koko father qap feather, leaf telmemen feel, touch eneq female, woman it find n fire k– first person: I (and we) alilimuw fish yitipakas five spey flower uwumu food l foot, leg tamay forget skumu four kny fox antk friend waqaq frog aqt full (after eating) no– future noni– future with negative: won't kuta get up, stand up nan go elew go down, descend tap go in, enter o / oho good nono grandfather, maternal popo grandfather, paternal nene grandmother, maternal mama grandmother, paternal uli grasp, hold cweq grass, plant, herb nuy grime, dirt, grunge nuyi grimy, dirty wy groove, slot, notch pu hand, arm ele have/wear a necklace s– he — third person: he/she/it cux headdress umaw healthy itaq hear, listen haku hello cweq herb, plant, grass uli hold, grasp tokoy hoop, circle, disc ap house tikali how much? how [is it?] mxxn hungry isy husband k– I — first person yuxpan ill, sick tap in, to go; enter samala "Samala" s– it — third person: he/she/it sinay keep, store, put away cyw kind, sort; edge w knife amn know tiik know, recognize aqlw language, word, speech qap leaf, feather l leg, foot otoyin lie, lie down itaq listen, hear tani– little, somewhat; please onokok lizard kuti look (at), watch, see uniyw look for, search nono lot, very, very much hy man, male

waha many, much, a lot taliki married (said of a man) at meet ackaw mistake, to make alum money away month, moon away moon, month tk mother waha much, many, a lot nono much, very much t name el necklace aqtikat need ini– negative; not ikmin new, young spa nine insil no — there isn't ini– not; negative marker wy notch, groove, slot kp now sxamin ocean itn offspring, child, young anax old man, elder anaqan old woman, elder pepe older borther/suster pepe older sibling pakas one al– one who does or is — agent coyini other, another kitwon out, to go; exit, emerge muhu "owl" –wa past tense with verbs aya path, trail ku people, person ku person / people qo pet qo pet, to have a pet cweq plant, herb, grass tani– please; a little, somewhat iy– plural marker –wun plural with nouns icumu point (at/to) sinay put away, store, keep takak quail, chicken he question marker; yes ma rabbit tuhuy rain ciwis rattle tiik recognize, know a person tasn red kuyuw right, right hand xp rock, stone alpat run ip say uniyw search, look for p– second person: you kuti see, watch, look (at) yitimasx seven cc sharp s– she — third person: he/she/it tu shell, ear awil shrine, sacred spot pepe sibling, older icis sibling, younger yuxpan sick, ill expe sing pepe sister, older icis sister, younger lkn sit yitikom six wy slot, notch, groove ipoy smile tow smoke towo smokey kune somebody; who? suku something; what? tani– somewhat, a little; please taka somewhere; where? wop son cyw sort, kind; edge iwon sound, make a sound iton sour axutiwil speak, talk aqlw speech, language, word nowon stand kuta stand up, get up pon stick, tree, wood xp stone, rock sinay store, put away, keep lukumel straight, go straight ulam stream, creek ukal strong qsi sun, day mowon sweet teleq tail axutiwil talk, speak iyaw ten kweki that, that one — initial form heki that, that one — non-initial ma / ha the — article with nouns insil there isn't; no i– they two — third person dual siy– they — third person plural aqniwil think (of) s– third person: he/she/it keni this, this one — initial form heni this, this one — non-initial form masx three ukuy throw away, discard elew tongue sa tooth telmemen touch, feel apan town, village aya trail, path pon tree, wood, stick woyo twisted, crooked ikom two i– two, dual marker an uncle (on fathers side) utanin understand nono very, very much, a lot apan village, town sili– wanting to uxmaniwon wash y wasp kuti watch, see, look (at) o water ki– we — first person dual kiy– we — first person plural ax weapon, bow mi weep, cry umaw well, healthy o wet al– what form suku what? something taka where? somewhere owow white kune who? somebody talik wife eneq woman, female noni– won't — future with negative pon wood, tree, stick aqlw word, speech, language he yes; yes/no question marker piy– you all — second person plural pi– you two — second person dual p– you — second person ii young one, child ikmin young, new icis younger brother/sister icis younger sibling

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