Nolikan/Dictionary

Words in brackets are irregular plural forms

Everyday life

 * ahme - friend
 * apo - to carry
 * arģa - to sit
 * axcin - boy
 * axmu - a rough young man
 * binat - girl
 * bokra - goal
 * cara - speak
 * carag - language
 * colha - to run
 * cuļir - art, craft
 * daxco - to be ashamed
 * deco - to find
 * dexaco - to seek, search
 * dode - road, way
 * duro - to fear
 * elha - to learn
 * elham - teacher
 * elhad - pupil, student
 * haja - to think
 * heze - to hide
 * horļir - nightmare
 * iboka - to fantasize, think (something) up
 * ibokaļo - story, tale
 * korja - to want
 * jego - to hurt
 * jilja - to shudder
 * jolo - to live
 * jonilo - to die (of natural causes)
 * jotulo - to beget, conceive
 * juke - to hunt
 * jun (jonak) - woman
 * karazo - to kiss
 * kumre - to listen
 * ladwajim - best friend (used especially by girls; Ankawidano ladwajim &apos;a best friend of Ankawidan&apos;, was a honorific for particularly loyal soldiers)
 * line - to see
 * lodo - to can
 * ļir - dream
 * ļoka - to close
 * mahe - drink
 * mande - eat
 * mij (mek) - man, person
 * moke - to open
 * mulo - to work
 * muxcob - secret
 * muyga - to mumble
 * narja - boat
 * nawa - trap
 * ned - child
 * nerje - to smell
 * nuda - to wash
 * oxpa - to meet
 * pela - to hold
 * pexala - to desire
 * pirna - to have right, to be allowed (to do something)
 * roga - to die (of violent causes)
 * šarbe - to love
 * tiba - to lead
 * uxo - to cover
 * uxšal - headscarf (worn by married Nolikan women)
 * xirpe - to sleep
 * xiwab - paddle
 * waje - to forsake
 * wokob - word
 * yag - knife
 * yoca - to call
 * yoštan - name
 * zahla - to answer
 * zala - to sing
 * zaxca - to stand
 * zaxtuca - to build
 * zela - to go
 * ziwale - to play
 * ziwalhob - toy

The human body

 * korta - head
 * jiljaļo - brain
 * šal - hair
 * xor - eye
 * oxkin - ear
 * nox - nose
 * cusut - mouth
 * gi (giwak) - tooth
 * pilackar - chest
 * pilac - heart
 * raģma - breast
 * lati - arm
 * latikorta - elbow
 * janad - hand
 * janadnan - thumb
 * biška - belly
 * ģamaģ - navel (colloquially also: idiot)
 * eļga - rib
 * eļgaše - liver
 * biškawada - crotch
 * šaxko - posterior
 * mijhob - penis
 * junhob - vagina
 * me (mewak) - leg
 * goboļo - thigh
 * mekorta - knee
 * kašne - calf
 * suri - foot
 * zuģ - bone
 * raxta - muscle
 * wimajak - male pectoral muscles (lit. strong ones)
 * axkab - skin
 * likša - to cry
 * likšaļo - tear
 * zoka - to scratch

Colors

 * ari - white
 * cohun - yellow
 * hor - black
 * kelza - blue
 * mahnod - brown
 * miyan - dark
 * oxolza - green
 * yaraj - red

Qualities

 * aļag - wet
 * anka - pure
 * apad - crooked
 * bar - worthy
 * behar - dead
 * cetik - free
 * core - nice, sweet
 * datri - noble
 * dikšini - frivolous, hedonistic
 * din - wide
 * dohu - slow
 * durod - cowardly
 * gobod - fat
 * imraš - hard
 * jegwaš - cruel
 * karu - rich
 * kiša - fresh
 * kušub - insane
 * lemya - happy
 * mahiwaš - drunkard
 * mal - pleasant (in a sensual way)
 * malwaš - fun-loving
 * mandiwaš - glutton
 * milji - poor
 * mitwa - similar
 * mux - dirty
 * naha - thin, narrow
 * oļam - holy, sacred
 * otug - stupid
 * perdu - ugly
 * pod - big, great
 * pirļewaš - heroic
 * pitwa - eternal
 * ridawaš - joyous
 * ruz - evil
 * salo - naked
 * seģe - small
 * sul - sad
 * šil - beautiful
 * šub - fast
 * šuhad - heavy
 * tarik - good
 * toš - equal
 * wareh - moral, orderly
 * wimaj - strong
 * wokobanka - honest, sincere
 * xacer - straight
 * yas - young, new
 * yatwe - wise, intelligent

Places

 * acwir - city
 * ajat - land, region
 * aļakar - swamp
 * bormu - town
 * bur - settlement, village
 * dušti - hole
 * elhakar - school
 * hanwekar - garden
 * hudar - world (sc. the fourth planet of the 61 Virginis system)
 * mendu - house
 * nadwi - river
 * nirhob - roof
 * nudakar - bathroom
 * pad - sea, ocean
 * sangehob - chimney

Political and military terms

 * atilbam - ruler, king
 * bizide - to fight
 * bizidan - war
 * bizdihob - weapon
 * certar - shield
 * cuma - horde
 * cumani - barbarian, vandal
 * girbad - chieftain
 * hadi - enemy
 * mijwar - nation
 * oteb - tyrant
 * pirļe - heroic deed
 * podwid - lord
 * tiliba - to rule
 * ulixo - to defend
 * widan - country
 * wirac - massacre
 * xasib - peace
 * yagmu - sword

Religious and ethical terms

 * Esax - God
 * alajat - paradise
 * aribiļ - good spirit
 * das - mind
 * dikšimek - pagans (lit. people of frivolity)
 * horbiļ - demon
 * jimre - to worship
 * jimrikar - a place of worship in the Nurkhasibite religion
 * Kutas - Satan (often called horbiļne atilbam - the King of Demons)
 * nur - virtue
 * šoce - to bless
 * upaļo - soul
 * wahawitra - altar
 * waho - pagan deity
 * wahomen - pagan temple
 * warestan - order (as an everyday word, but also as the divine order of the Universe- also called Hejamwarestan, the Golden Order)
 * ziba - to believe
 * zibar - truth

Family

 * inam - daughter
 * mabu - grandmother
 * menor - father
 * nan (nanok) - mother
 * uled - son
 * yazar - grandfather
 * zaxo - to marry
 * zaxod - wife
 * zaxum - husband

Animals and plants

 * uškam - animal
 * alģiš - wolf
 * arzu - eagle
 * cab - fish
 * durhob - beast, monster
 * ģar - mouse
 * hagala - cow
 * hanwe - flower
 * hoz - mare
 * jiya - sheep
 * juked - game animal
 * kawax - boar
 * kim - ram
 * kimnar - flock
 * kojun - pig
 * munda - bull
 * muryo - cat
 * mutat - butterfly
 * nokri - hawk
 * oxol - grass
 * sabax - dog
 * sabjun - bitch
 * siģa - donkey
 * solha - corn, maize
 * šarnax - sharnakh (a race of mutants, looking like a cross between orcs and felines)
 * tehen - tiger
 * tolgo - tree
 * ubad - horse
 * weysi - sugar cane

Substances

 * ernu - soil
 * hejam - gold
 * kel - water
 * nepuļ - honey
 * sange - smoke
 * solkel - wine
 * šebet - air
 * uruš - fire
 * wed - bread
 * weysina - sugar
 * zaštu - salt

Directions

 * belan - north
 * oršib - east
 * ortah - west
 * ģala - south
 * nir - up
 * wada - down
 * pan - beyond
 * go - out
 * še - into, inside

Sky and weather

 * kiba - to rain
 * kibaļo - rain
 * kukel - flood
 * lonig - snow, ice
 * minu - star
 * muyal - cloud
 * nehad - sky
 * nilzo - hail
 * Paji - Big Moon
 * podšib - heat
 * Šib - sun (the Sun of the Nolikans is the star known to ancient Terrans as 61 Virginis)
 * Xiloļ - Small Moon
 * weš - shadow

Time

 * xaza - time
 * cida - day
 * jerga - twilight
 * kol - morning
 * koljerga - dawn
 * tah - evening
 * tahjerga - dusk
 * geļ - night
 * cerna - 9-day week (based on the phases of the Small Moon)
 * dezam - sowing time
 * emadu - harvest time
 * kibxaza - monsoon period