PES QASYAN aher panpa 1-a iher panpa 10-a
VOCABULARY for Lessons 1 – 10
This vocabulary omits numbers, common pronouns and most regularly formed adverbs. Unusual words or expressions explained in the lessons are also omitted. Be prudent when using this vocabulary: the English meanings given here are often only approximate equivalents and apply to the way the words are used in these lessons. If you are in doubt, you should check back through the lessons to see how particular words are used. Entries are by strict alphabetical order regardless of the headword. The figures following each entry refer to the lesson or lessons in which they first appear.
abrab, opportunity (7)
abueq, detail[s] (8)
adebi, adequate (9)
aher, to (8). of (9). Aher is used instead of inflexion before a foreign word, which is always unassimilated. When aher means “to”, it is followed by a verb indicating the end of something.
ai, in (8). Ai is not inflected before books, diaries, letters or films (ai avi mousyacyou, in my diary), but it is inflected (with -i if movement is toward the noun inflected or with -o if the action is stationary; i.e., when “inside” is meant).
aiban, food (2, 7)
aibanat, food[stuff] (7)
aiban desqou, dinner (7)
aibandi, eat (4)
aibavi, hard, diligent[ly] (3)
aibebdi, meet, see (5)
aibesdi, choose (8)
aicyodi, say, wish (10)
aicyo qaize, expression (7)
aimovatis, resident (10)
airebi, too, overly (4)
aireca, tiredness, fatigue (6)
aireci, tired (6)
aisya, ever (7)
aisya bes, before (7)
aisya rah, never (6)
aisyandi, explain (explain about) (8): mas aisyandi, explain (give a reason for)
aive, day (4, 6, 7)
aju (ajú), hello; goodbye (1)
ama, outside (5). out of (8)
anden yoyeu, front steps (8)
angas, window (5)
anlos, It’s uncertain (8)
annai, may, can (5)
arsyan, religion (10)
arsyanun, adherent (10)
asban, acceptance (2): asbanatti, receive (letter); asbandi, accept
asendi (asenda e), be (7)
assabri, small, little (5)
asyuca passor (passorqa), winter (4)
asyuni, a little (8). asyuni asyunu, little by little (9)
au 1, eye[s] (6: augara is often used as the plural)
au 2, on (8, 9)
audepatta, uma, sit down (6)
auva jabe, date (5)
bahuda, ask (6)
basyun, follower (10)
bayada, look (5, 6)
beidu, tooth, teeth (or beidugara, [set of] teeth) (6)
beiji, cat (4)
bemieudi, approach (7)
bepeqda, answer, reply (3)
beqa, all (14)
beqi, every (4)
bes, already (10)
besuggun, shame (9)
beyau, hair (6)
bihari, blue (6)
biran, music (10)
bon, firm, business (4)
boub esnuladi, das, accompany (6)
boubdi, attend (7)
bub, vacancy (5)
bubda, be vacant, empty (6)
buesnulis, guy (6)
buhai, at (3); pluralising particle (4, 9)
buma, father (4)
bus, too, also (3)
busai, and (3)
busas, sir (4)
butou, man (8)
cahi, round (7)
casari, new (6)
celin, beauty, good looks (6)
celini, beautiful (3)
cenga, chicken (10)
cer rah, not [yet] (6). Cer rah is used much more often in Taneraic than English, where “not yet” is often implied but not stated (Cer rah valaguaniardi nuni cyauvi balaq. I haven’t heard that album [yet].)
cyaur[gara], holiday (7)
cye, but (5 vocabulary)
cyurai, must (8)
daju, meal (10)
dajuzon, dining-room (7)
darpileib asma, street vendor (8)
darpileib respocya, secondhand dealer (8)
darraugan, manager (5)
darsede, sales assistant (4)
das, have (6, 8)
dentu (dentú), good (in greetings: 1)
desdiya aicyo, sign (5)
desgeji, bright, light (5)
desqes, morning (1)
desqou, evening (1)
desus, afternoon (1)
dibanda, be busy (4)
dibi, hot (5)
didi, buy (8)
dus, but (5)
duvonda, spend, pass (4)
e, about (3); ligative (4, 5, 7). and (4, 5). like (4, 5). as, (5, 7, 8). when (7)
e zoi, or so (4)
e zoi e, about (4)
eher, for, to (5, 8, 9, 10). on (7). When eher means “to”, it is followed by a verb indicating “in order to”.
emeb, clarity (6)
emebi, clear, obvious (6)
emou, permission (2)
emovu, excuse me (2)
epa, weather (6)
esdi, overcome (6)
esnula, friend (5)
esnulagara, friends (10)
esnulis, fellow, guy (5)
evon, then (1)
eyonda, confess, admit (9)
ga, where (9)
ga suda, stand up (10)
gadi, white colour (6)
gadiocyi, pale (7)
gan, there (3)
ganien, here (3)
garu, return home (2)
garuda, go (return) home (6)
garugayaron, train (3)
garupanpadi, practise (7)
gasta, with (4)
ge, how (4)
giniole, because (4, 10), for
gintan, certainty (5)
go, when (3, 5, 6)
goma, mother (4)
gon, then (6). Gon is used much more in Taneraic than “then” is in English, especially to indicate past tense, as with years. It is equivalent, with prepositional inflexion, to “in” (luno 2013-a gon, in 2013).
gonien, now (5)
gosas, miss, madam (4)
gotou, woman (6, 8)
goyesnulis, gal (6)
ha bus, even (9)
habdaisyirdi, describe (8)
hamo, drink (6)
hamoda, drink (4, 6)
hamoja, rug (3)
hamojabon, rug shop (4)
hasat, tea (10)
haunta, for, during (4), on (with dates)
he, oh (5). hey (8)
hebula syou, map (9)
hedera, distance (5)
hoje, yes (1)
hus, sleep (1)
i, or (9)
ibesya, in no time (5)
ibis, feeling[s] (6)
ibis asyila, opinion (17)
ibisda, feel (6)
ibousya betar, little finger (8)
iher, to (3, 6). Iher is used instead of inflexion before a foreign word, which is always unassimilated. When iher means “to”, it is followed by a verb indicating “toward” or “until”.
imasebovatta, return (4)
iyohat, month (4)
jabe, age (5)
jalan, delight (2)
jalanu, no, thank you (2)
jame, pluralising particle (8)
jaqi, each (4)
jebiocyi, dark, gloomy (5)
jebo aibanda, das, be hungry (7)
jia, jasmine (9)
jicyadi, give (8)
jitou, society (10)
jitovun, citizen (7)
la siyeb, whiskers (6)
lacyeq, reason (10)
lacyeqo –a, because of (10)
laguanatti, listen to (noise, siren, etc.); laguaniardi, listen to (music, radio, etc.) (10)
layi, grass (6)
lesegadi, help (4)
lesubdi, have (8)
li, suddenly (6)
lipalesubdi, steal (9)
liyi see li
lour, see (10)
lourdi, find (9, 10)
louzarda, uma, wash (6)
ma, parent[s] (4)
magara, parents (10)
mandibani, quiet (9)
mandibi, cold (5)
manga suda, sit down (10)
mansqouda, close (4)
mansuda, sit (8)
mara, first (3)
marnuis, a, one (8)
marsuli, a moment[‘s] (2)
mas, make; do (2). Mas is a free-standing prefix for causative verbs (oubeda, die > mas oubedi, kill).
mauda, apology (2)
mebusi, rather (6)
mehoje, of course (7)
mepa, in the middle of (6, 7)
mepadesqesato, this morning (7)
mepaiveto, today (3)
mepalunato, this year (7)
meyon, city (4)
mouda, stay (5)
moudaya aicyo, insult (8)
moudicyanda, intend (7). mean (8)
mouzon, house (3)
mubousisti, interesting (10)
muqastandi, look for (5)
musebouda, come from (9)
musebouqa, origin (9)
na, just now (2)
naipauranajon, university (7)
naipauranatten, university (7)
nar, money (9)
nasuda, be rich (4)
neivada, uma, shave (6)
nesto, fame (10)
neu, group. together (10)
neudi, join (10)
neviliratta, understand (1)
nevu, together, (10)
ni, question marker (1, 3). whether (6, 9)
noub, hand (6)
noussan, trousers (8)
nu, what (2, 4). who (6)
nu ga, where (7)
nu ge, how (4)
nu go, when (5)
nubdi, have (8)
nun, that (5). such (9)
nuni, that (4)
nunieni, this (3, 5)
nur, something (8)
nura, [of] something (6, 8)
nuri, any, some (4, 5). Nuri may be used where English uses the indefinite article.
nuyole, whom, which, that (7)
oge, later (7, 8)
oher, at, in (4, 8). Oher is used instead of inflexion before a foreign word, which is always unassimilated. When oher means “to”, it is followed by a verb indicating the “beginning” (incipient verbs).
os, before, in front of, opposite (6)
otuqada, drop in (8)
oubouda, know (10)
palout, ring (8)
pamevanda, leave (10)
pas, already (10)
pasaiveto, yesterday (7)
pasiyohato, last month (8)
pasnintato, last night (7)
pauranda, learn (3)
pe, except (4)
peila, place (5)
peilaqa, place (5)
pepeta, then (9)
peresot, the latter (8)
pesqia, lip[s] (6)
peta, if (9)
peva, more (10)
pevada, like (4)
pileibbon, shop (3)
pileibdi, sell (8)
piyoi, long (3)
poutatis, boarder (5)
pu, once, used to (6)
pua, grammatical case (9)
pula, fruit (4)
pula acyarma mirta, carrot (10)
pula ata, potato (10)
pula beden, apple (4)
pula sounosya, pea (10)
puno, truly (9)
pusdisainun, Aborigine, Aboriginal (n) (7)
qab, street (7)
qabda, go (10)
qaindi, see (7)
qaize, language (7)
qanbansya, smile (6)
qanbansyada, smile (6)
qehocya, sect, cult (10)
qehocyun, cult member (10)
qoisu, gem, jewel[s] (8)
qoisugara, jewellery (10)
quascye, but (5)
rah, no, not (1, 4)
raidi, make, do (9)
raula, job (3)
raulada, work (3)
raula ninta, shiftwork (10)
raulaqa, workplace (9)
remí, many, much (2, 4)
resda, be ready (7)
reso, mention (2.) name (4)
riqouda, take offence (8)
sabanda, happen (8)
sabri, big, large (5)
saqir, thing (4)
saqir ceva, pottery (9)
saqir qoisu, jewellery (9)
sara, coffee shrub (7)
sarat, coffee (4, 7, 19)
sas, Sir, Madam (3)
sasi, Mr, Mrs, Ms (3)
saut, name (3)
savada, speak (8)
savos, word has it (10)
sebouda, arrive, come in (3)
sebovatti, enter (10)
sedaub, call (7)
sedeu, bed (5)
sediada, be, become (4)
sediadi, be (8)
sedirdi, contain (10)
sejirda, begin (3)
selasdi, make, form (10)
seli, news (2, 5)
sendebbon, boarding-house (5)
serebiat, meeting for the first time (2)
serebiat/ta, –ti, meet for the first time (2)
seresot, the former (8)
sezoq, rain (8)
sirosya, strangeness (7)
sirosyis, stranger (6)
soucya, just (2)
soundi, blond (6)
sqeinmoutti, hide (9)
sqouda, open (4)
sqovat, opening (4)
sta, stayi (stayu after direct object) again (3)
stadentutta, welcome again (1)
starebiat/ta, –ti, meet again (1, 10)
stayi see sta
stoubovatti, recognise (7)
sunga qoisu, gemstone (8)
svai, would [like] (6)
syacya, pocket (8)
syau rah, no longer (6), not [any more]. Syau rah is used more often in Taneraic than English, where “no longer” is often implied.
syidi, know (7)
syirounzon, kitchen (5)
syouqa, earth (7)
tesovi, quiet (5)
tolisyi, kind (5)
tou, person (8)
tougara, people (10)
tovun, child (10)
trasi, very (1)
uma, reflexive (6). toward (7). to (7)
uslandi, order (10)
usya, time (7)
uza, future (1, 6, 7)
uzaiveto, tomorrow (5)
uzeut, remark (3)
uzeutti, notice (6)
uzois, pair, couple (10)
vacandi, own (3)
vas, be (3). there is/are (5). habituative (4)
vauda, be over, be finished (3)
vaudi, mas, finish (10)
vayole, be (2, 3)
vego, perhaps, maybe (7)
vegos, perhaps (9)
venda (veniarda), walk (7)
veqi, other, another (4)
veqomaqaizet, translation (3)
viqú, please (2)
virdi, wait for: await (2)
xaranda, ride (3)
xarandi, ride something: take (3)
xayar, well (2)
xayari, good (1, 4)
xayarsya, fine (2)
xirardi, wear (8)
ya, each other (10)
yascyi, yet, another, further (6)
ye, from (4, 9)
yenda, say (3)
yer, want (7)
yerda, want (7)
yevadi, save (9)
yeyu, stitch (9)
yoga, (inflected, yogo) soon (10)
yole, that (5, 6)
yorgadi, watch (6)
yorgatti, show (8)
yos, both, each other (10)
yoyole, namely (4, 16)
yu, although (9)
yun, nevertheless (9)
zaran, thought (6)
zaranda, think (6)
zoi, approximation (4)
zuab, brother, sister (8)