anya (f) n. a woman
astye pron. 3p. s. accusative
dava modal v. expressing progressive, iterative, or habitual
davot (m) n. a worker, a laborer
delye modal v. expressing irrealis aspect including
future, hypothetical, optative, conditional, and more
dimitet v. to walk, to go
dolv det. three
dod (m) n. death
eff pron. 1p. s. nominative
efim pron. 1p. s. genitive
ekaret v. to regard, to look at
ey copula
hesem pron. 3p. s. for locative, instrumental, or causative
(takes noun-style case marking)
-il suff. female verb agreement for verbs in -et
ilame (f) n. a house
kakeli adj. broken
kakral v. to fear
kardal v. to be able
kasal v. to reply
kitya adv. actually, in fact
kre interrogative why
laya interrogative where
leftet v. to help
lek adv. not
lhom (m) n. leg
lin prep. near, close to
lir conj. and (connects predicates or clauses)
lo pron. 2p. s. nominative
mi modal v. (with delye): expresses "should"
miset v. to want, to desire
myol pron. 2p. s. accusative
-ot suff. female verb agreement for verbs in -al
peltem (m) n. a road
polyeli adj. damaged, injured
ret prep. along
rhaym (m) n. husband
-s suff. female adjective agreement
salime (f) n. daughter
sanya adv. certainly, surely (asserting certainty in the
face of uncertainty)
sapleli adj. collapsed, crumpled, fallen down
sem pron. 3p. s. m. nominative
sil acts as relativizer (who) or nominalizer (that)
simil pron. 3p. s. f. genitive
sipelet v. to query
sodra det. that (deictic)
sof prep. beside, to the side of
sokret v. to need
syim pron. 3p. s. f. nominative
syin det. sing. definite article *or* the number one
tamyev adv. (comparative) "more"
tomet v. to say
tyem prep. in
tisanal v. to see
tise pron. 3p. s. dative
tiset v. to approach, to walk up to
tremilet v. to look after, to care for
-yik suff. male verb agreement for verbs in -al
-yok suff. male verb agreement for verbs in -et
yu-, uy- pref. indicating locative case
-yu, -u suff. indicating accusative case