Tsrai Vocabulary
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Compounds are listed under the head (final) element.
Abbreviations:
- v.in. intransitive verb
- v.tr. transitive verb (indifferent to animacy)
- v.tr.an transitive verb, animate object
- v.tr.inan transitive verb, inanimate object
A A A A A
- adón
- n. book
- adré
- adj. bright, shining; v.in. (pl. adréwé) shine
- atsi
- -
- ayyó
- -
B B B B B
- ba
- v.tr. (pl. bawé) see
- bastra
- -
- bau
- n. house, home
- bëlla
- n. tree
- bés
- v.in. (pl. bësbés) dance; n. (pl. bésne) dance
- blas
- n. beer or other non-wine, non-distilled drink
- bontë
- -
- bórró
- -
- byori
- v.tr. (pl. bibyori) think, believe, have as an opinion
D D D D D
- dai
- demonst. this
- dalgoi
- v.in. (pl. dudalgoi) sit, be located (of any grouped mass or matter)
- deu
- v.intr. copular verb, to be
- di
- conj., that, introduces indirect discourse and object clauses
- dli
- n. word
- dó
- adj. good
- dayyó
- n. fire
- drikkë
- -
- dwé
- v.tr. understand, comprehend
- dyassi
- -
- dyaug
- v.tr. take, receive
Dz Dz Dz Dz Dz
- dzal
- v.tr. (pl. dzudzal) give; also acts as an indirect object preposition
- dzig
- v.in. (pl. dzidzig) be seated on the ground
- dzru
- -
- dzoi
- v.tr. (pl. migan) hear
- dzóg
- n. (pl. dzónne) hand
- dzwar
- v.tr. eat
- dzwai
- v.in (pl. dzidzwai) happen, occur
- dzyaug
- -
F F F F F
- fas
- v.in. (pl. fifas) stand, be standing
- feweli
- n. sky, heaven; weather
- fë
- phrase-final particle for fronted, focused constituents
- ful
- v.tr. throw
G G G G G
- gad
- n. (pl. órói) man
- gër
- v.in. (pl. gegër) lie, be in or maintain a horizontal position
- gol
- adj. large, big
- gól
- n. day
- gyau
- v.tr. ask, request, petition
H H H H H
- helbe
- -
- hó
- relative particle
- hurra
- v.in. (pl. hehurra) stand up, assume a standing position
K K K K K
- kan
- prep. with, together with (accompaniment, not instrument)
- kailé
- -
- kaus
- -
- kilda
- -
- kin/dt>
- pre-sentential question particle
- kló
- v.in. (pl. kukló) fall
- klog
- -
- kób
- v.intr. (pl. gibari) shout, yell
- kóis
- v.intr. (pl. këskóis) sleep
- krai
- -
- krëdzë
- -
- kritlé
- -
- kras
- -
- kwoi
- v.in. (pl. kikwoi) assume a seated position
- kyo
- prep. of, possession marker
L L L L L
- laim
- v.in. (pl. lalaim) assume a location (of a grouped mass)
- lau
- adj. true
- lë
- prn. proclitic subject I
- leug
- v.tr. speak, say, tell
- lewwar
- n. storm; v. usually feweli lewwar
- loi
- sentence final question particle
- lyag
- -
- lyaur
- -
- lyeu
- -
M M M M M
- mankri
- -
- marrë
- n. moon
- mën
- adv. marks the experiential perfect
- méu
- v.tr. hold, have
- moddai
- adv. very (degree)
- mor
- pron. self, reflexive pronoun for all persons
- myan
- v.tr. (pl. mimyan) be able, can; as adverb, capably or vó myan incapably, ineptly, often use where English uses "badly" for verbs of cognition, perception or intellectual ability
N N N N N
O O O O O
- óbri
- -
- ódzal
- -
- óid
- v.in. (pl. óidwé) be seated (not on the ground)
- omid
- v.tr. (pl. omidwé) know, of people, places, works of art
- ondi
- or
- v.tr. (pl. orwé) drink
- órai
- -
P P P P P
- pandró
- -
- parod
- -
- pé
- v.in. (pl. pipé) become
- péu
- -
- pod
- -
- pógan
- -
- pottsi
- -
- prul
- -
- pyar
- n. rain; v. to rain, usually in feweli pyar
R R R R R
- rabbë
- v.in. (pl. rërabbë) assume a horizontal position, lie down
- raddzi
- -
- rai
- v.in. (pl. rërai) go (to); as a preposition or verb chain element, to, towards
- rakli
- n. sun
- rom
- v. (pl. rarom) must, have to
- ru
- -
S S S S S
- sa
- a very frequent initial element of object noun compounds created from verbs
- sél
- v.in. (pl. susél) come (to)
- seu
- -
- sëlë
- out-of-sight demonstrative, this, that;
- sulka the independent pronoun form
- só
- n. (pl. sësó) star;
- só bés n. planet
- sodi
- n. (pl. kibare) mouse
- sordó
- v.tr. (pl. sesordó) read
- syur
- n. (pl. sisyur) person
T T T T T
- tagel
- -
- tas
- n. (pl. wanne) woman
- të
- -
- twas
- -
- tyar
- v. (tityar) live
- tyo
- -
Ts Ts Ts Ts Ts
- tsagi
- adj. foolish, ignorant
- tsal
- n. (pl. tsëtsal) cloud
- tsewwai
- -
- tséu
- v.tr. (pl. tsetséu) clean, wash
- tsëg
- v.in. (pl. tsëtsëg) lie supine
- tsig
- v.tr. (pl. tsitsig) know (facts, not people)
- tsis
- adj. small, tiny
- tsraya
- n. wind; v.in. in feweli tsraya it's windy
- tsrig
- -
- tswad
- -
- tswillé
- -
U U U U U
- ugri
- n. (flat) ground
V V V V V
- varag
- v. (pl. vëvarag) choose, select
- véu
- v.tr. (pl. vevéu) inspect; study
- vó
- adv. not
- vor
- n. night
W W W W W
- war
- demonst. that, those;
- warka independent pronoun form
- woi
- v. (pl. wewoi) want; as a post-verbal adverb willingly or vó woi unwillingly
Y Y Y Y Y
- yad
- n. thing
- yé
- as verb, use, make use of; as preposition, with, by means of
- yor
- adj. much, great; adv. greatly, very much
