Kyawcenni vocabulary
Here's a list of all currently known words in the Kyawcenni language:
| Word | IPA | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| -(k)arh | (nominalization) -ity, -ness, -tion | ||
| -tem, -kem | un-, not | ||
| a(h) | but | ||
| abecdê | mistake (more severe than jem), incident | ||
| air | head | ||
| anašta | leaf | ||
| antworc | stone | ||
| arc | peace | ||
| ardem | count | ||
| ardenem | give | ||
| armawme | tie | ||
| ašêrng | hand | ||
| aswaiy | new, young | ||
| aulô | some | ||
| aung | /ɔŋ/ | I (formal, casual),
we (informal, casual, formal) |
Gen.: aung |
| awga | nose | ||
| ayxden | spiky, sharp, pointy | ||
| barč | green | ||
| barzew | point (sharp, geographical) | ||
| bas | bus | from English bus | |
| batwa | together | ||
| batway | join, combine, unite | from batwa = together | |
| batwaynu | union | from batwa = together | |
| bawka | round | ||
| bęč | walk | Past tense: bih | |
| bęma | stick | ||
| bęn | road, street | ||
| benzang | calculate | ||
| bijen | split | ||
| birn | fruit | ||
| biyom | flower | ||
| bôc | language | ||
| Bocwauna | Botswana | ||
| bôtica | forget | ||
| boyng | dull (as a knife) | ||
| breščem | stab | ||
| buh | house | ||
| buj | bad | ||
| bum | red | ||
| bwaršôw | thick | ||
| bwiwme | squeeze | ||
| byac | fight | ||
| byenčan | left | ||
| caidim | string | ||
| cam | self | ||
| candang | dog | ||
| cay | spruce | ||
| čehem | cut | ||
| čęjen | sea | ||
| cęlay | many | ||
| cen | /tsɛn/ | sand | |
| čes | short | ||
| cewem | suck | ||
| cihsôw | to remove meat from bones | originally “to shave, shorten” | |
| čikon | belly | ||
| cim | kill | ||
| čirs | what, something | ||
| čiwen | bake | ||
| čo | because | ||
| côkwe | move | ||
| crêto | sky | ||
| cun | river | ||
| cutau | monarch, quing, king, queen | ||
| cutaunyor | president | ||
| cuwj | fat | ||
| cyawcyaw | mess | ||
| dai | heart | ||
| dai | someone, somebody | ||
| dan | if | ||
| daukyiw | speak, talk | ||
| dêbih | lobster | ||
| denken | smell | ||
| derba | salt | ||
| dey | warm | ||
| didi | toy | ||
| dij | duo, couple, group of two | ||
| dôwhôwm | politics | ||
| dôy | how, somehow | ||
| Doyčlen | Germany | ||
| drez | border, edge | ||
| dwaste | cold | ||
| dyuwmow | vomit | ||
| ękwau | other | ||
| Elaunam | Aylongam | ||
| elę | gender | ||
| elę lêgum | agender | ||
| elę tečih | genderfluid | ||
| enjyaw | animal | ||
| er | /(ɛ)ɻ, ɚ/ | in, inside | |
| esdepa | smooth | ||
| eskawdač | wide | ||
| exo | broadcast, radio | from Mosici ‹esilnea› /ɛɕlnɛ/ v. To broadcast | |
| exo | broadcast | ||
| gah | here | ||
| garma | partner | ||
| gôwan | rice | ||
| gristô | territory | ||
| gristôtrais | colony | lit. ruled territory | |
| grôpe | spit | ||
| gyatô | correct | ||
| gyaun | live | ||
| haš | go to (away), leave | ||
| Hawčasya | Xarslasja | ||
| hę | /χɚ/ | I (masculine informal) | |
| heckem | threaten | ||
| hęn | /χɚn/ | you (singular masculine
informal) |
|
| hęska | heart | ||
| hęstauy | sheep (female) | ||
| hrunkem | fear | ||
| hucdyi | ash | ||
| Ingliš | English (language) | From English English | |
| jain | knee | ||
| jaitow | already, still | ||
| jêkaw | dry | ||
| jelehame | push | ||
| jem | mistake, error | ||
| jem aungne, jemaung | sorry (lit. my mistake) | aung can be replaced by any other 1st person pronoun. | |
| jêr | /dʒeːɻ/ | you (plural masculine informal) | |
| jęz | skin | ||
| ji | /dʒi/ | I (gender-neutral informal) | |
| jido | hair | ||
| jin | /dʒin/ | you (singular & plural
gender-neutral informal) |
|
| jing | child | ||
| jitan | day | ||
| ka | not (verb) | ||
| kah | sharp (as a knife) | ||
| kai | where, somewhere | ||
| kaim | battle, competition, contest | ||
| kaka | meat | ||
| kanôwc | unclear, unknown | ||
| kasci | circle, wheel, disc, plate | ||
| kasci mawlam | year | "big circle" | |
| kaw | drink | ||
| kax | dirty | ||
| kay | make, create | ||
| kę | man | ||
| kelwa | know | ||
| ken | sunrise, dawn, east | ||
| kenxe | dusk, west | ||
| kerc | few | ||
| kęta | fog | ||
| kih | ban | ||
| kiš | normal | ||
| kô | this, that, it | ||
| kô | and | ||
| komiš | forest | ||
| kongme | hit | ||
| kôpang | snake | ||
| koylê | nation, people | ||
| krašme | dig | ||
| krau | place | ||
| kudah | dead | ||
| kude | die | ||
| kukun | night | ||
| kulya | rain | ||
| kwascen | scratch | ||
| kwêm | black | ||
| kyaw | /kjaʊ̯/ | isle, island | |
| kyôtow | near | ||
| lacaw | understand | ||
| lan | back | ||
| lauh | see, look | ||
| lêgum | zero (alt.) | ||
| leš | fire | ||
| leščem | sew | ||
| Lika | Lika Kyawcenni (People from the Republic of Kyaw Cen) | from lika = turtle shell | |
| lika(-tekač) | (turtle) shell | ||
| lursem | eat | ||
| lways | egg | ||
| lying | everyone | ||
| mam | mother | ||
| mar | sheep (male) | ||
| maška | worm | ||
| mawlam | big, much | ||
| mayiwa, Mayiwa | gulf, Gulf of Kozdenen | ||
| mêwka | bless | ||
| mêz | who, someone | ||
| micsem | straight | ||
| moc | high | ||
| mokôk | bark (of a tree) | ||
| monju | bottom | ||
| monke | dense | ||
| mordę | lake | ||
| môriya | ocean, large sea | from Pyuwan mōrija | |
| muto | cave | ||
| mwačê | stay, stop (moving), halt | ||
| mwai | rub | ||
| naj | all | ||
| nakâ | there | ||
| nam | top, north | ||
| nas | hate | ||
| nay | at, in, into, toward (movement to sth) | ||
| naykai | where to | ||
| naza | eye | ||
| ne | /nɛ/ | he, she, they, it (singular) | |
| nelepen | elephant | ||
| nęxame | hold | ||
| nez | at | ||
| ni | /ni/ | they (plural) | |
| ni | laugh | ||
| nika | fish | ||
| nikaw | name | ||
| nogaume | bite | ||
| nyor | person | ||
| nyortrais | governor | nyor + trais "ruling person" | |
| ô | tree | ||
| odya | white | ||
| ôla | /ˈoːlə/ | you (singular casual and formal) | |
| ôlen | /ˈoːlɛn/ | you (plural casual and formal) | |
| ôlenni mêwka (Yitęnar) | hello, goodbye (bless you) | ||
| onašsaw | say | ||
| ordow | swim | ||
| owcum | army | ||
| ôwmwen | blow | ||
| pa | who, which (relative particle) | ||
| pahsan | right | ||
| palaw | tail | ||
| palyen | borrow, lend | ||
| pan | /pan/ | you (singular masculine casual) | |
| pane | /ˈpanɛ/ | you (plural masculine casual) | |
| papôr | owl | ||
| paš | good | ||
| paščaw | heavy | ||
| paskih | try | ||
| paycror | group | ||
| pe | for (to someone/thing's advantage) | +Dat | |
| pęč | horn | ||
| pęčyuwh | fingernail | ||
| pes | water | ||
| pesšem | freeze | ||
| pôtai | corner, point | ||
| pras | leg | ||
| pwarne | seed | ||
| pyutan | image, picture | ||
| pyutancam | reflection | ||
| qêx | star | ||
| qi | /cçi/ | I (very formal) | |
| qine | /ˈcçinɛ/ | we (very formal) | |
| quz | ear | ||
| qyan | mouth, tongue | ||
| qyonci | moon | ||
| qyondaw | wash | ||
| qyuys | full | ||
| rêcoyng | pepper (spice) | ||
| rem | parent | ||
| rês | pit, valley | ||
| sačlaw | wet | ||
| šadêws | blood | ||
| saiy | sit | ||
| šamele | smoke | ||
| san | /san/ | you (singular & plural
very formal) |
|
| šanê | wind | ||
| šar | bone | ||
| šaze | breast | ||
| sęč | woman | ||
| šęgoy | tooth | ||
| sekaiga | feather | ||
| šęn | louse | ||
| šęs | wing | ||
| šihayxden | bush | ||
| šihayxden | rose bush | ših + ayxden | |
| šing | land, country, state | ||
| šingdwainkoylê | republic | ||
| šingpalyen | mandate | ||
| šinkwau | Nether, hell | ||
| šipô | breathe | ||
| šôskem | send, deliver | ||
| sow | can, be able to | ||
| šôw | foot | ||
| sowšę | come (here), arrive, welcome (to) | +Acc | |
| sowšę | thank | I'm thanking (GEN-DAT) for (ACC). | |
| sôy | song, music | ||
| su | that, who, what (relative clause) | ||
| šum | when | ||
| šwa | word | ||
| šwalan | answer | ||
| syaipwo | back | ||
| ta | father | ||
| tac | liver | ||
| tačkow | far, far away | ||
| tantaw | paper | ||
| tantrais | law | tantal + trais | |
| taswo | mountain | ||
| taucigem | sing | ||
| tauš | black | ||
| taux | earth | ||
| taziya | root | ||
| tečih | drink, water, soup, fluid | ||
| tekač | turtle | ||
| tem | no (interjection) | ||
| temež | win | ||
| tengyau | organ | ||
| tengyawzeng | brain | ||
| tenzai | then | ||
| têr | yellow | ||
| tez | lie (as in bed) | ||
| tinra | when, sometime | ||
| to | with | ||
| trais | rule, lead over, administer, govern | ||
| tru | thin | ||
| tu | non-binary gender | ||
| tumwome | hunt | ||
| tuš | finally | ||
| twir | pass, isthmus, spit (landform), land between a coast and a mountain | ||
| twir bawka | atoll | twir + bawka "round isthmus" | |
| wayn | swell | ||
| wêc | milk | ||
| wêlowme | rub | ||
| werhowten | rotten | ||
| weyaw | cat | ||
| wiha | long | ||
| wing | snow | ||
| wir | grass | ||
| woclêw | frog | ||
| worhęne | throw | ||
| worka | neck | ||
| wuj | love (romantic) | ||
| wuj | love (romantic) | ||
| wumai | fly | ||
| wusa | sun | ||
| wuščyan | help | ||
| xancę | hamster | ||
| xandarme | wipe | ||
| xe | against | ||
| xeh | south | ||
| xidrau | turn (intransitive) | ||
| xin | bread | ||
| xiw | stand | ||
| xongwukame | pull | ||
| xyai | do, execute, yes | ||
| ya | (imperative particle) | e.g. mwačê ya! = stop!; Both versions are interchangeable, but “a” is usually used after consonants and “ya” after vowels | |
| yačaray | small | ||
| yanwu | flower | ||
| yarh | dust | ||
| yen | you (plural feminine informal
and casual) |
/jɛn/ | |
| yi | I (feminine informal and casual) | /(j)i/ | |
| yic | come | ||
| yičin | generation | ||
| yidêng | fall | ||
| yidon | why, for some reason | ||
| yidonarh | meaning, purpose, destiny | ||
| yikam | bird | ||
| yimar | bay, gulf | from Mosici imer | |
| yimepo | float | ||
| yimwow | collect | ||
| yin | /(j)in/ | you (singular feminine
informal and casual) |
|
| yines | burn | ||
| yinjau | play | ||
| yipa | sleep | ||
| yipre | boat | ||
| yiw | low | ||
| yoc | narrow | ||
| yon | free, autonomous | ||
| yuwh | finger | ||
| zadô | rope, thread, band | ||
| zaing | ice | ||
| zanja | cloud | ||
| zeng | think | ||
| zincya | dance | ||
| zos | station, stop, inn, platform | loaned *into* Kozramva as zosʉ | |
| zosyipre | harbor/harbour | zos + yipre "boat station" | |
| zun | old |