Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Dennis Paul Himes PAAPAITIT SEEZZITOYIT NOUNS a man (male sapient) Afa (given name) ainu/aina/ainit god(dess) asa male asit asit asit asu female asit aufxa fisherman Aufxatee (family) aadotit boat, ship bafu/bafa/bafit demon baujee (a disease) bezee time bezit period of time bezmaambit epoch beznoit year beznomit day (sunrise to sunrise) binseesit book Bintu (given name) bintit container Bleeno Bleeno (Island) blit rope blitxixit net Blo (island in Inono) da protector dazba monk Dabo Dabo (Bay) dada boy dadit child dadneena brother (of same mother) dadu girl Damabu (given name) daptolu/a reader dawalzuxa office (alderman, more or less) daadota captain (of a ship) dodvaaltit chair-like pair of bars doddimo ruler of an island dojna great lord; duke domineeddiima governor domubezalu mate domubwaina one who has mated with a wainu Dona (title for head of the DDyauwee) dotala emperor dotaledda royal heir apparent dotit empire (as government or institution) doto empire (as territory) Doya (title for heir apparent of the DDyauwee) doxa head of household; lord ddipit ddipit (deerlike animal) ddiimimo hill ddiimo island DDiimudo DDiimudo (Island) DDiino DDiino (City) DDiilo DDiilo (Mountain) DDiizzo DDiizzo (Mountains) ddleelit (specific kind of nut) ddlit nut DDyauwee (family name) ddo mountain Ela (given name) elee light elowee darkness Enisso Enisso (Island) enit cliff epee death exa father Eza (given name) ezavit shoulder ezit shoulders EEta (given name) eetit hand eexaabaadapit lock eetit hand bar EExa (given name) eexait piece of metal eexee metal fa cloud feebonee life feeddo East feemeeno South Feemeeno Feemeeno (Bay and Peninsula) feenomit day (sunrise to sunrise) feenomsifit holiday feenomo North feumo West fiblit string fiblitxixit web Fo Fo (Island) Fpilto (town in Seepofmo) Fpaamo Fpaamo (city in Seezzito on Pateexo Bay) Imumo a bay in DDiimudo it animal itpait itpait (a bovine animal) jait shell Jaivo Jaivo (point on Enisso) Jau (given name) Jaamee Jaamit (family) jomit head laidjomit brain lait viscera lapeezzaanit measure (1664.64 feet = .315273 miles = 24 zzaabliit) lattit foot Laasa (given name) laasivee disease, sickness laasivit (a specific) disease, sickness Leela (given name) malu/mala kind person Maama middle moon Meema near moon meenoit center Meenoit Umutoyit The Center of the World milattit toe mineeddiimo province misifit money bar missit twig Misseetaino Misseetaino (central peak of Uno) misseetit finger misseexee money misspit scratch mowo sill, threshold mubezit heat (sexual state) Na (given name) Naadado Naadad (Island) naasmit grain of naasemiit naasenopit large variety of naasmit Naaxapo Naaxapo (city - ancient home of the Siinee) naaxit (a kind of fish) nait piece of food, meal nee food Neetta Neetta (name) neettiivit conclusion neettpit dream noit noit (bovine animal) nomima moon Nomemu Nomemu (given name) nomu sun nopit egg Nu (given name) nnait (a piece of) clothing omee reality onee lightning onit flash of lightning Pa Pa (given name) Pafo Pafo (River) pait (a specific) rock, stone patee water Pateexo Pateexo (Bay) patlaasifee medicine Patmo Patmo (City) patsesso bridge Patsesifit Bridge Day patujee a fruit drink paamee dirt paapait word paapaitee speech, language paapaitit (a specific) language paapee sound paapit (a specific) sound paatee rock (the substance) pee substance, solidity peepo river pipo star po place Podado Podado (Island) pofo sky Poino a Poino (sacred place) Polpinoit Polpinoit (a god) polpo path, trail, way poneeddlo academy Ponomo Ponomo (Island Group) Popipu (given name) popu, popa friend Poto Poto (Island) Pottapo Pottapo (Region) povbait back povit face Pozino Pozino (central DDiimudo) sait earridge saamissit ear see air seeddo (species of tree, which grows on Enisso) Seepofmo Seepofmo (Region and Lake) Seepomo Seepomo (Academy) Seezzito Seezzito (Region) semaatee ice semee snow Semo Semo (Island) Semu Semu (given name) sisee the past sit mouse-like animal Siinee Siinit (family) so tree sozzait sozzait (elephantine animal) Speesa Speesa (devil equivalent) su woman (female sapient) suyeu second mother of royal family ssamee hair, fur ssamit single hair SSamo SSamo (Island) ssessee rain SSildifo ssildifo flower SSildifu SSildifu SSildifulee the royal family ssildifulu member of royal family ssilit picked flower ssilo flower sspentit contest, fight sspentufee the spear game sspentufit a specific spear game ssttino (species of tree, which grows on Poto) ssttiino a grove of ssttino trees sstto wall ssttofo door ssttoyo corner tifit flame Tifa Tifa tit thing to plant ttapxa priest ttazba manager, high level servant ttait peal of thunder ttee thunder ttepit piece, bit tto insectoid creature ufit weapon ufonit spear umimeettait kiss umo ocean Umufo Umufo (Lake) umumo bay Umuto Umuto (planet) Uno Uno (crater bay) uttee shit uvit eye uvla hunter vaaltit buttocks vazee fantasy Vbelo Vbelo (city on Enisso) vit bird Vyo Vyo (Pass) wadaadit family wainu focal mother of a family (especially of royal family) Waizunee the Waizunee religion walasspentit round robin walbato lake, pond Walbatno Walbatno (Lake) Walbatnu Walbatnu (name) walneenfeenomit month walneenit flock, herd, group of similar things walzo forest walzuxo city wau mother wayit pair wo hole woit gap wolo shadow wosstto window xaddo inn (for poorer travelers) xamino room (of a building) xaminotteetto bathroom xapo house Xaumumo Xaumumo (Region) Xaulbato Xaulbato (City) Xaapo Xaapo (Region and Lake) xee fire (the substance) xijzzait whale like fish xilee (quality of) desire, hope xilit wish, (specific) desire, (specific) hope xixit fish xu (a specific) fire Xusu Xusu (name) Yeepo Yeepo (City) yumana male human yumanit human yumanu female human zbee order zbeena secretary zbeenit chest (of body) zbeltee poison Zdoro Zdoro (City) zinit leaf zinitmaddyo ceiling Zinzbeltu (legendary hiker) zinzbelto (plant similar to poison ivy) Zvano Island in Ponomo zwalu sister zwentit burr zzaablit measure (69.36 feet = 12 zzaadadiit) zzaadadit measure (69.36 inches = 5.78 feet = 24 zzaatiit) zzaatit measure (2.89 inches) zzeezzit cup, bowl PRONOUNS be I (intimate) beu, beba, bo, bit, bee interrogative pronoun pobo where? bezbit when? bo I (ordinary) lu, la, lo, lit, lee someone, something lulu relative pronoun (first part clause case, second relative clause case -- final consonants in first part are voiced) nnii you VERBS (positive root, negative root; If neg. root is missing, it's the pos. root followed by "b".) af, ab be quiet; be calm baadabju be safe dad be young; be new daddap, daddab beget dap, dab kill, destroy dapto harvest, read diimee be there (that) do control doja sell domubez, domub mate dot, dodb hold, have dotfee, dopfeeb use dozu, dobub be busy, be occupied em love, admire ep, eb die ex be old fee move, go feebon, feebomb live feemee, feem come feesttap, feebdab give feewayeesa be married (with the comitative) fi be small fpee sleep ino be important, be central izzvemu be nubile iizz, iivvb be hot laasif, laasivb be healthy ma be (the same as) (irregular) maddii be high mal be friendly, be kind maam be complete, be whole mee be here, but not within reach (this) mim be little mimee be here, within reach (this) mimeej touch, be in contact with minee be part of mubez, mub be in heat naaf, naabab be happy neemiss, neemizzb be thin neenee be similar to neett, needdb think neettepo, neettebob be certain (in subj., think likely) neettpee dream nnep, nneb be (a specific) o be true om, ob exist paamee be brown pofmim be blue/purple pu throw semttap, semttab snow sif, sivb be good sii to command so be dead stant, stanb be broken stolt, stolb defeat, conquer sttap, sttab aid ssama be white ssess, ssezzb rain ssiss scratch sspemudo win a competition for the right to mate sspemubez, sspemubeb compete for the right to mate sspent, sspenb fight, compete with taat, taadb be cold teja buy tee be all tit, tib be usual, be typical ttabaastant, ttabaastanb mend, heal ttabta raise (crops), rear (children), write ttadad be pregnant ttap, ttab make, construct ttapaap, ttabaab speak, talk ttapte be useful uju be red/orange umimee kiss unom be yellow uzda be green uzee be black uzzam be gray uzzddap, uzzddab see ve fly vississ itch wayeesa marry (with the comitative) yai be in pain yol be tall zu be many, be much zun, zumb differ, be different, be other zzaa be big INTERJECTIONS baa no ee danger, fear, surprise mo yes NOMINAL PREFIXES (first form before consonant, then form before vowel) ava av half of be beb ? (with subjunctive) e em and empe emp but ni nin or (inclusive) sifte sift valuable, expensive ti tit common, typical wai way pair of wala wal group of VERBAL PREFIXES (first form before consonant, then form before vowel) ("(s)" = strengthening) be beb ? e em and empe emp but ee eey surprisingly, however (for neg.: not even) fee feef continue iivii iiv finish izzi izz be able to ju j begin m ma (reflexive) nee neen the same (as something else) ni nin or (inclusive) va vav if ve vev cause to happen ya y(s) more (than something else) ttaba ttab more (than itself under other conditions) NOMINAL SUFFIXES (between root and case ending) aazz large if small isf honored isis former edd future ovb replacement, backup, sustitute ow lack VERBAL-TO-NOMINAL SUFFIXES (vowel root, consonant root) tee ee verbingness, to verb lu alu one who verbs ju aju one who is verbed tit it instance of verbing ttait ait the act of verbing vit ivit the cause of verbing NOMINAL-TO-VERBAL SUFFIXES nee to act like ttap, ttab make (noun) NUMBERS (all verbs, i.e. be one, be two, etc.) CARDINALS: in, imb one yee two daad, daab three eetu four eezzaa five ssilu six eem seven eedee eight daabon, daabomb nine yeezzaa ten walmim eleven walzu twelve walzaa thirteen yeem fourteen misseemaamim fifteen misseemaam sixteen laasizu seventeen neettu eighteen mizzu nineteen naazu twenty daadeem twenty-one daadeemzaa twenty-two maamzumim twenty-three maamzu twenty-four maamzu emin twenty-five maamzu eyee twenty-six maamzu edaad twenty-seven maamzu emeetu twenty-eight maamzuyee forty-eight maamzuyee emin forty-nine maamzudaad seventy-two maamzuweetu ninety-six maamzuweetu emeetu one hundred maambon, maambomb five hundred seventy-six (24^2) ORDINALS: cardinals prefixed by sii- (e.g. siidaad third, siissilu sixth) except: siin, siimb first zyee second seetu fourth seezzaa fifth seem seventh seedee eighth zyeezzaa tenth zyeem fourteeth