Behru cesik/Vocabulary

Verbs (Higzë`ngo cèdzole)
lón: to be (at a place), there is/are

Verbs of motion (Málakango cèdzole)
''Note: infinitive is used for ease of translation. Behru has no infinitive)''

mála: to move

yùl: to walk

nèb: to run

kòt: to fly

còr: to cross over, to overcome

kát: to raise kádla: to float, rise

mùn: to lower

zén: to go, come

jl`to: to climb

dére: to carry, to hold

cák: to set down, to put down

shrán: to throw away, remove, ignore

yáp: to slide, become lost

hwègu: to leave behind

hngát: to put down, set down

ròp: to follow

wégi: to turn, revolve

tòk: to flip, invert

ksùra: to spin

tfèr: to knock over

cèl to fall

kyòn: to shake

rwát: to throw

bu bòsha: to stop

bu tsél: to start

dòn: to push

xém: to pull

(verbs in bold are intransitive by default, and have no transitive form. The it marker l is removed from all endings.)

Verbs that change the object (Zë`ngo mr´sla zhásalun higzë`ngo cèdzole)
hyép: to eat

zhása: to change

zòt: to break, split open

lwóm: to heat

dwén: to cool

dázo: to freeze

yòl: to melt

ját: to break apart

mák: to crush, destroy mágla: to collapse

shúk: to make

bòl: to confuse bòlla: to become confused, lost

sáro: to arrange, order, organize

jèr: to burn (to ashes), to set fire

kyát: to cook, singe, burn, toast

dwúbe: to boil, cook

hyék: to knot, tie, weave

dàr: to mess up, tangle, ruin

hrèp: to stretch

gòng: to squeeze

wóro: to mix together

xyùla: to clean, polish, wash

mòt: to wash, bathe

byék: to disturb, interrupt

ñép: to seperate, share

màr: to attach, add on

myùk: to make wet

hwèra: to dry

tsùk: to crumble, make into dust

byúdo: to glue, attach

céra: to grow stiff, stale, stagnate, age

màt: to calm down, become peaceful

Verbs that decribe feelings and perceptions(hmèngka bu cèdlun higzë`ngo cèdzole)
bu cét: to like

bu hmèn: to think, to feel, to beleive (that)

bu máya: to hope (for)

bu shún: to think (about)

gòt: to rule, control

bu yába: to name, label

bu shùm: to talk (about)

sám: to see (m verb,weak së´mva, it sámla, weak it së´va

kyòt: to hear

gék: to smell

vún: to taste

dóla: to feel (physically)

bu cán: to enjoy, partake in

bu ngùk: to hate, despise ngùgla: to be angry

bu hmádu: to sense, anticipate

bu gòru: to envy, long for

bu dàm: to love, adore

bu tép: to serve, work for

cál: to be happy, rejoice

Verbs describing a property
lyòr: to lengthen lyòr:long

cáne: to widen, free cánelu: wide

nìk: to shorten nìglu: short

fòt: to narrow, confine, choke, restrict fòdlu: narrow

myùra: to thicken, gain weight myùralu: thick, heavy, stout

hwóshu: to strain, exceed capacity hwóshalu: heavy

ghám: to drift, float ghámlu: light

méb: to shrink méblu: small

mása: to support, withstand másalu: strong

yáp: to wither away, grow fragile, become barren yáblu: weak, skinny

gòp: to grow, increase gòblu: large, massive

(bu) dázhu: to be passionate about, to blush dázhalu: red

(bu) zúfe: to grow pale, to be disinterested, apathetic about zúfelu: white, apathetic, bored

xùwe: to fluorish, grow, become lively, xùwelu: green, young

cát: to become sick, grow pale cádlu: blue, pale, sick

other verbs (rùnacèdlun higzòwe)
=nouns=

Kinship nouns
mother

father

daughter

son

brother

sister

husband

wife

aunt

uncle

cousin

grandfather

grandmother

cousin(male)

cousin(female)

neice

nephew

Animals and people
Shún: Person

yón: man  yó: male

vén: woman vé-: female

dòn: child dò-: little, young

múk: dog

cat: jwòja

ñàwa bird

gr`k: insect

fish: ghl`p

Plants
Tree

grass

shrub

bush

flower

leaf

stem,stalk

bud

root

Terms for geography
múgha: stream

myék: river

mòk: ocean, sea, large body of water

sép: pond, lake

Substances
water

air

fire tsúmik

flame: tsúp

earth

dust

metal

oil

meat

stone

ice

snow

cloth

juice

bòlo: pastry consisting of layers of crispy rice dough and fruit mixed with honey and cream.

Parts of the body
head

chest

arms

hands

legs

feet

belly

eyes

ears

nose

mouth

neck

fingers,toes

nail,claw

hair

bone

muscle

blood

guts

Phenomena, weather and the heavens
clouds

wind

fog

rain

storm

sun

moon

star

light

frost

Abstractions
color

thing

act

role

location

origin

destination