Oro Mpaa glossary

|ago| n. "leaf"
|aine| n. "sky; weather"
|assoa| v.a. "witness, see happening; SWAP: there be, happen"
|cala / calaa| v.a. "serve, benefit, do a favor / for, for the benefit of", can act like a dative or benefactive preposition
|cele \ celema| v.s. "old, aged"
|crau \ craua| v.s. "sick, ill, diseased \ be sick, suffer from a disease"
|eig / eince| v.a. "fall; topple, trip; SWAP: fell, drop, take down"
|euas| n. "hawk, eagle"
|haro| n. "period of time, age, season"
|hau| conj. "and"
|hem / hema| v.a. "cause, make (... do ...); create; father"
|hoale / hoalea| v.a. "play, have fun, be careless"
|iaho| n. "rock"
|lese \ lesea| v.s. "cold, cool"
|me(m)-| pref. inverts the verb's parsing order from SVO to OVS, pseudo-passive
|mo / oua| v.a. "be, be a ... / being, as a ..." (attributive "be")
|mopua| n. "bear (the animal)"
|mpreu| conj. "but, however"
|neco| n. "whole, entirety"
|neu| n. 3rd person categorical "they all, the ...s in general"
|neusia| pron. 1st person categorical, "we all"
|noa \ noag| v.s. "identical, same \ be the ..., be identical with" (identitive "be")
|ntarre| n. "paw, talon, clawed extremity; barbed weapon"
|ntuepa / ntuepaa| v.a. "dig up, tap (resources), unpack, bring to light"
|om| pron. 3rd person plural
|ot \ oteh| v.s. "of, pertaining to \ belong to, be associated with"
|ouhat| n. "grave, tomb, monument"
|pat| n. "animal, creature"
|peie| n. "world, universe"
|polo| n. "sun"
|pposo| n. "tooth; beak"
|ppou / ppoua| v.a. "give, hand over; relinquish"
|reo / reua| v.a. "hide, keep secret; obscure, cover; SWAP: be hidden, invisible
|rooa / rooaa| v.a. "discuss, talk about, contemplate / about, concerning"
|saime| n. "flower, bloom"
|savau / savaua| v.a. "grow, raise, cultivate; SWAP: grow (on ..., in ...'s field)"
|seeva| n. "life"
|sono| n. "child, juvenile"
|te| pron. "this, this here"
|teme \ temea| v.s. "up high, on the top \ be above, be over..."
|tiap / tiappa| v.a. "hunt, prey upon"
|tonca| n. "food, nutrition, livelihood"
|troih / troihhe| v.a. "catch, seize, capture, claim"
|tteo| n. "plant, esp. low ones, undergrowth as opposed to trees"
|tuer| n. "time, point in time; time at which..., when"
|uane \ uaneh| v.s. "downstream; upcoming, future"
|uanai| n. "rivermouth, end, completion, goal, destination"
|uon / uonno| v.a. "put, place"
|vate / vatea| v.a. "dance"
|voe| n. "whip, scourge; judicial power"