Nolikan/Dictionary

''Regular derivations and function words presented in the grammar are not included. Words in brackets are irregular plural forms. Citation form of verbs is 3rd person singular, present tense''

A

 * age - to can
 * acobim - prophet
 * acwir - city [ Yoketian acweyer 'city-state']
 * ahme - friend
 * ajat - land, region
 * alajat - paradise
 * alģiš - wolf
 * aļag - wet
 * aļagar - swamp
 * amuluc - sauce [Yoketian amu' luc 'thick juice']
 * anka - pure
 * anwis - younger brother/sister
 * apad - crooked
 * apo - to carry
 * arģa - to sit
 * ari - white
 * aribiļ - good spirit
 * arzu - eagle
 * ašyal - full
 * axcin - boy
 * axkab - skin
 * axmu - a rough young man

B

 * baģ - concave
 * baģan - valley
 * bar - precious
 * bardan - price
 * bekiz – chance
 * belan - north
 * biloģ - pink, purple
 * binat - girl
 * biška - belly
 * biškawada - crotch
 * biškayak (plural only) - intestines
 * bokra - to plan
 * bono - monkey [from a Southern Wilderness language; cf. Mategho bååno]
 * bormu - town
 * bot - old
 * bur - settlement, village

C

 * cab - fish
 * cabnar - shoal
 * cara - speak
 * carag - language
 * cerna - 9-day week (based on the phases of the Small Moon) [Yoketian]
 * certar - shield
 * cetik - free
 * cida - day
 * cinge - to threaten
 * cohun - yellow
 * cola - to run
 * colila - to flee
 * core - nice, sweet
 * cuļir - craft
 * cuma - horde
 * cumani - barbarian, vandal
 * cusut - mouth

D

 * das (dastak) - mind
 * dasti - sentient being
 * datno - birch (of Belanic origin, cf. Meljanese tatamo)
 * daxco - to be ashamed
 * deco - to find
 * dexaco - to seek, search
 * dezam - sowing time
 * dide - to be born
 * din - wide
 * dixki - frivolity
 * dixkimek - pagans (lit. people of frivolity)
 * dode - road, way
 * dohu - slow
 * durhob - beast, monster
 * duro - to fear
 * duruda - cowardly
 * durum - fearsome
 * dušti - hole

E

 * ec - high, tall
 * ecan - hill
 * eja - to become
 * elha - to learn
 * elhada - pupil, student
 * elhakar - school
 * elham - teacher
 * elxa, elcin - brow
 * eļga - rib
 * eļgaše - liver (metaphorically: reason)
 * emadu - harvest time
 * enxa - to wrap
 * enxahob - dress
 * ernu - soil
 * Esax - God
 * exba - to meet

G

 * geļ - night
 * gemut - money
 * gi (giwak) - tooth
 * gilbad - chieftain
 * gimļe - to wish
 * gindu - more
 * goc - fat
 * gocmu - thigh
 * gul - out

Ģ

 * ģala - south
 * ģamaģ - navel (colloquially also: idiot)
 * ģar - mouse
 * ģašpi - hardy, resistant
 * ģende - to fall
 * ģetan - property
 * ģita - star

H

 * hadan - face
 * hadi - enemy
 * hagala - cow
 * haglode - beef
 * haja - to think
 * hanwe - flower
 * hanwekar - garden
 * hejam - gold
 * heze - to hide
 * homak (plural only) - back
 * hor - black
 * horbiļ - demon
 * horļir - nightmare
 * hoz - mare
 * hud - all
 * hudar - world (sc. the fourth planet of the 61 Virginis system)
 * hum (homak) - back
 * hus - the upper limb as a whole
 * husob - sleeve

I

 * ib - place, spot
 * iboka - to fantasize, think (something) up
 * ibokaļ - story, tale
 * ikril - vain
 * iļo - close, near
 * imraša - hard
 * inam - daughter
 * ingaš - stomach
 * ipar - cold
 * iparhad - coat
 * isol - noble
 * isoldan - honor
 * išnan - oak
 * itra - stone
 * iwé - interjection to express awe or fear

J

 * jahar - death (generally as opposed to life)
 * jaharļub - immortal
 * jahre - to die
 * jahrida - dead
 * jahrisa - the moment of death
 * jahriwaš - mortal
 * janad - hand
 * janadnan - thumb
 * janaxkud - finger
 * jara – to take
 * jaspa - to understand
 * jaspadan – reason
 * jaxture - to kill
 * jego - to hurt
 * jegwaš - cruel
 * jerga - twilight
 * jilja - to shudder
 * jiljahob - brain (metaphorically: emotions)
 * jimra - to worship
 * jimrakar - a place of worship in the Nurkhasibite religion
 * jiya - sheep
 * jolo - to live
 * jonilo - to die of natural causes
 * jotulo - to beget, conceive
 * juke - to hunt
 * jukida - game animal
 * jun (jonak) - woman
 * junhob - vagina

K

 * karazo - to kiss
 * karše - to lie (body position)
 * karu - rich
 * karub - older brother/sister
 * kaspi - bed
 * kašne - calf
 * kawade - pork
 * kawax - boar
 * ked - sick, ill
 * kehud - only (used after a noun)
 * kel - water
 * kelza - blue
 * kene - to give
 * kib - front
 * kibxaza - monsoon period
 * kim - ram
 * kimnar - flock
 * kiša - fresh
 * kiyab - rain
 * kojun - pig
 * kol - morning
 * koljerga - dawn
 * koman - feast
 * korja - to want
 * korjadan - will
 * korta - head
 * kortamu - pumpkin
 * kud - stick
 * kujara – to steal
 * kujaram – thief
 * kukel - flood
 * kumaļ - wool
 * kumre - to hear
 * kumxale - to listen
 * kušub - insane
 * Kutas - Satan
 * kuwid - tyrant

L

 * la(ka)dwajim - best friend
 * laced - chicken
 * lacedade - chicken meat
 * lagwa - to swallow
 * lati (latiģak) - arm
 * latikorta - elbow
 * lemya - happy
 * likša - to cry
 * likšakel - tears
 * line - to see
 * lixane - to look
 * lodo - to must, have to
 * lonig - snow, ice
 * luz - beginning

Ļ

 * ļakned - singleton
 * ļaļub - worthless
 * ļir - dream
 * ļoka - to close
 * ļub - without
 * ļuke - to show

M

 * mabu - grandmother
 * macara - to ask (questions)
 * madunde - to feed
 * mahe - to drink
 * mahiwaš - drunkard
 * mahnuda - brown
 * mal - pleasant (in a sensual way)
 * malwaš - fun-loving
 * mama - baby
 * mande - to eat
 * mandiwaš - glutton
 * mašku - milk
 * matuse - to give water (to someone)
 * me (mewak) - leg
 * meha - benefit, "sake"
 * mehende - to fight
 * mekorta - knee
 * mendu - house
 * menor - father
 * mesgit - bat
 * mewihob - trousers
 * mij (mek) - man, person
 * (mi)job - penis
 * milji - poor
 * mištetan - number
 * mitwa - similar
 * mixnu - arrow
 * miyan - dark
 * mizwar - nation
 * moke - to open
 * mospa - to win
 * mospahob - spoils of war
 * mubin - obvious, easy to understand
 * mulo - to work
 * munda - bull
 * muryo - cat
 * mutat - butterfly
 * mux - dirty
 * muxcob - secret
 * muyal - cloud
 * muyga - to mumble

N

 * nadwi - river
 * naguš (naguštak) - rat
 * naha - thin, narrow
 * nan (nanok) - mother
 * naraj (narjak) - boat
 * nawa - trap
 * ned - child
 * nehad - sky
 * nepuļ - honey
 * nerje - to smell
 * nik - cheese
 * niljo - hail
 * nir - up
 * nirhob - roof
 * nis (nistak) - cold
 * nokri - hawk
 * nowiz - hungry
 * nox - nose
 * nuda - to wash
 * nudakar - bathroom
 * nur - virtue
 * nuxtal - distinctive headgear of Ankawidanian officials [Yoketian nuktał]
 * nuxtalmek (plural only) - administration, the bureaucratic class

O

 * ohro - to pull
 * ohruhob - wagon
 * oļam - holy, sacred
 * omuz - kidney
 * oršib - east
 * ortah - west
 * osturo - to drive
 * ošto - many
 * oteb - king, ruler [Yoketian ōthep]
 * otug - stupid
 * oxkin - ear
 * oxol - grass
 * oxolcin - lawn
 * oxolkar - pasture
 * oxolza - green

P

 * pad - sea, ocean [Yoketian pal]
 * pahri - different
 * Paji - Big Moon
 * pan - beyond
 * pela - to hold
 * perdu - ugly
 * pexala - to desire
 * pilac - heart (metaphorically: will)
 * pilackar - chest
 * piļpe - to dance
 * pipim - young of any domestic animal
 * pir - light
 * pire - to shine
 * pirna - to have right, to be allowed (to do something)
 * pirnadan - right (to something)
 * pirte - heroic deed
 * pirtewaš - hero
 * pitwa - eternal
 * pod - big, great
 * podšib - heat
 * podwid - lord
 * pol - to be possible
 * posin - foreign
 * pulhi (pulhiģak) - belt

R

 * raģma - breast
 * rahib - sword
 * raxta - muscle
 * rida - to rejoice
 * ridawaš - joyous
 * roga - to attack
 * ruz - evil

S

 * sabax - dog
 * sabaxno - to follow
 * sabjun - bitch
 * saģne - to feel
 * salo - naked
 * samat - lonely
 * sange - smoke
 * sangehob - chimney
 * samro - to push
 * sat - using
 * sati - useful
 * seģe - small
 * sehnixe - to destroy
 * sered (seredak) - door
 * siģa - donkey
 * solha - a kind of fruit
 * solkel - wine
 * soruj - sin
 * sorxa - to buy
 * sukri - foot
 * sukrikud - toe
 * sul - sad
 * sulpa - to know
 * sultupa - to enlighten
 * surwa - to wait; to read

Š

 * šal - hair
 * šarbe - to love
 * šarnax - sharnakh (a race of mutants, looking like a cross between humans,bears and felines)
 * šaxko - posterior
 * še - into, inside
 * šebet - air
 * Šib - sun
 * šil - beautiful
 * šilcuļir - art
 * šilhob - ornament
 * šoce - to bless
 * šolum (šolmak) - plane, plain
 * šub - fast
 * šube - to hurry
 * šuhad - heavy

T

 * tah - evening
 * tahjerga - dusk
 * takšem - tiger [cf. Mategho taiseŋ]
 * tar - with
 * tarik - good
 * taxwin - cousin
 * tiba - to lead
 * tibšo - to need
 * tilbidan - control, power
 * tiliba - to control, to rule
 * tolgawade - wood
 * tolok (tolkak) - tree
 * toš - equal

U

 * ubad - horse
 * uled - son
 * ulinixo - to surrender
 * ulinxum - defeatist
 * ulixo - to defend
 * upaļ - soul
 * urbi - famous
 * urib - iron
 * uruš - fire
 * uruškel - distilled alcohol
 * uškam - animal
 * uxo - to cover
 * uxtelax - clothing in general

W

 * wada - down
 * wadahus - forearm
 * wadakar - basement
 * wahawitra - altar
 * waho - pagan deity
 * wahomen - pagan temple
 * waje - to forsake
 * wardan - kind, type
 * wareh - moral, orderly
 * warestan - order
 * wed - bread
 * weš - shadow
 * weysi - sugar cane [Yoketian wēsi]
 * weysina - sugar [Yoketian wēsina]
 * widan - country
 * wimaj - strong
 * wimajak - male pectoral muscles (lit. strong ones)
 * wirac - massacre [Yoketian wirawca 'human sacrifice']
 * wokob - word
 * wokobanka - honest, sincere

X

 * xacer - straight
 * xanek - short
 * xasib - peace
 * xaza - time
 * Xiloļ - Small Moon
 * xirpe - to sleep
 * xiwab - paddle
 * xor - eye
 * xot - to make
 * xur - breath
 * xure - to breathe

Y

 * ya - interjection used to focus attention or form vocatives
 * yabna - to sell
 * yag - knife
 * yaheb - key
 * yaraj - red
 * yas - young, new
 * yatwe (yatweģak) - wise, intelligent
 * yazar - grandfather
 * yel - blood
 * yeldode - vein, artery
 * yoca - to call
 * yoštan - name
 * yumam - corn, maize
 * yuxta - far

Z

 * zahla - to answer
 * zala - to sing
 * zaštu - salt
 * zaxca - to stand
 * zaxo - to marry
 * zaxuda - wife
 * zaxtuca - to build
 * zaxum - husband
 * zeda - worm
 * zela - to go
 * ziba - to believe
 * zibar - truth
 * ziwale - to play
 * ziwalhob - toy
 * zoka - to scratch
 * zolika - to plow
 * zolikar - field
 * zuģ - bone