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