Difference between revisions of "Talk:L E P"
Na'rìghawnu (talk | contribs) |
|||
(8 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
So, do we just bring in the words we'd like to see, or how do we decide what to include? Should we just add the lemmas for now in case others disagree, or make complete entries? [[User:Roger|Roger]] 02:49, 6 March 2010 (UTC) | So, do we just bring in the words we'd like to see, or how do we decide what to include? Should we just add the lemmas for now in case others disagree, or make complete entries? [[User:Roger|Roger]] 02:49, 6 March 2010 (UTC) | ||
− | == | + | ==Roger working list== |
+ | I'm starting to collect basic words from multilingual (European) dictionaries (& things they remind me of) because I think we may overlook a lot of useful but unremarkable basic everyday words. These are not from the forum. Please compact/hide this if there is an appropriate template on this wiki. | ||
− | + | to call one's banshee (hey, Kobon has a single verb used for all sound w the exception of calling a pig, which is a special verb) | |
+ | |||
+ | belt, girdle | ||
+ | |||
+ | hum, buzz | ||
+ | |||
+ | to wound, damage | ||
+ | |||
+ | a wound, ulcer | ||
+ | |||
+ | kindling, firewood | ||
+ | |||
+ | tinder, firestick, firedrill, etc. | ||
+ | |||
+ | veil, to veil, to hide, conceal | ||
+ | |||
+ | vomit, nausea | ||
+ | |||
+ | piss | ||
+ | |||
+ | shit | ||
+ | |||
+ | sweat? | ||
+ | |||
+ | roll up | ||
+ | |||
+ | turn around | ||
+ | |||
+ | wind, twist, braid | ||
+ | |||
+ | willingly (G. gern) | ||
+ | |||
+ | voice | ||
+ | |||
+ | visit | ||
+ | |||
+ | grass | ||
+ | |||
+ | to wipe | ||
+ | |||
+ | virtue, honor | ||
+ | |||
+ | vitriol, hate | ||
+ | |||
+ | whip | ||
+ | |||
+ | berry | ||
+ | |||
+ | dried berries/raisins? | ||
+ | |||
+ | alcohol/intoxicant? | ||
+ | |||
+ | awake, vigilant, aware | ||
+ | |||
+ | rank (social) | ||
+ | |||
+ | row, series, line | ||
+ | |||
+ | column | ||
+ | |||
+ | meat = muscle flesh | ||
+ | |||
+ | meat = substance | ||
+ | |||
+ | sap | ||
+ | |||
+ | blood | ||
+ | |||
+ | bladder | ||
+ | |||
+ | blister | ||
+ | |||
+ | canteen, water bladder | ||
+ | |||
+ | bet, wager | ||
+ | |||
+ | wart, mole | ||
+ | |||
+ | vertical, horizontal | ||
+ | |||
+ | inclusive, exclusive (in counting) | ||
+ | |||
+ | spine, vertebra | ||
+ | |||
+ | spine, thorn | ||
+ | |||
+ | crown of head | ||
+ | |||
+ | nape of neck | ||
+ | |||
+ | throat | ||
+ | |||
+ | entryway, vestibule | ||
+ | |||
+ | dizziness, vertigo | ||
+ | |||
+ | verse, poetry, prose, story | ||
+ | |||
+ | rod, switch | ||
+ | |||
+ | compose (song, poem) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ventilate (passive, an open room), to fan (active) | ||
+ | |||
+ | to dry (s.t. gotten wet) | ||
+ | |||
+ | to dry (after a swim) | ||
+ | |||
+ | to dry (meat, fruit, etc.) | ||
+ | |||
+ | moss (ground, trees), lichen (rocks, trees), mold, algae | ||
+ | |||
+ | seaweed, sea/lake grass (underwater pasture) | ||
+ | |||
+ | conquer, defeat | ||
+ | |||
+ | avenge, vengeance | ||
+ | |||
+ | buy, sell, barter, exchange, negotiate | ||
+ | |||
+ | yoke, harness, pole carried on shoulders w buckets or baskets at each end | ||
+ | |||
+ | bucket (water basket) | ||
+ | |||
+ | fade, wilt | ||
+ | |||
+ | waken, arouse | ||
+ | |||
+ | woe! alas! oy ve! | ||
+ | |||
+ | wad, ~cotton used to fill in or pad s.t. | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{lep|n=opposite, facing, on the other side, on the other bank/shore | ||
+ | |priority= | ||
+ | |ex1= | ||
+ | |ex2= | ||
+ | |comments= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | grow (of plants), "vegetate" | ||
+ | |||
+ | bear fruit, go to seed | ||
+ | |||
+ | vast, wide open | ||
+ | |||
+ | enclosed, hidden, in-forest | ||
+ | |||
+ | vassal, slave, servant | ||
+ | |||
+ | nurse (take care of sick, elderly) | ||
+ | |||
+ | vain, frivolous | ||
+ | |||
+ | vain, conceited | ||
+ | |||
+ | in vain, useless | ||
+ | |||
+ | needless | ||
+ | |||
+ | serious (not joking) | ||
+ | |||
+ | serious (grave, deadly, important) | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{lep|n=fat, oil, grease | ||
+ | |priority= | ||
+ | |ex1= | ||
+ | |ex2= | ||
+ | |comments= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |||
+ | needle | ||
+ | |||
+ | to sew, stitch | ||
+ | |||
+ | rope (if diff. from thread) | ||
+ | |||
+ | sinew | ||
+ | |||
+ | tendon | ||
+ | |||
+ | cheek | ||
+ | |||
+ | wander | ||
+ | |||
+ | wagon, sled, s.t. (w/o wheels?) pulled behind person or horse | ||
+ | |||
+ | usurp | ||
+ | |||
+ | use up, wear out, finish off | ||
+ | |||
+ | abuse, over use, take advantage of | ||
+ | |||
+ | take advantage of = seize opportunity | ||
+ | |||
+ | useful, handy | ||
+ | |||
+ | noxious (gas) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Fr. nuisible, opp. of 'useful' | ||
+ | |||
+ | womb | ||
+ | |||
+ | grave | ||
+ | |||
+ | common = universal | ||
+ | |||
+ | common = frequent | ||
+ | |||
+ | common = banal, mediocre, vulgar | ||
+ | |||
+ | rare | ||
+ | |||
+ | refined | ||
+ | |||
+ | unique | ||
+ | |||
+ | claw, nail | ||
+ | |||
+ | umbilicus | ||
+ | |||
+ | whole = intact | ||
+ | |||
+ | whole = all | ||
+ | |||
+ | cough, sneeze, hiccup? | ||
+ | |||
+ | tear (from weeping) | ||
+ | |||
+ | to tear, rip, shred | ||
+ | |||
+ | cup, drinking vessel | ||
+ | |||
+ | eating utensils | ||
+ | |||
+ | tumult, chaos, melee | ||
+ | |||
+ | berserk | ||
+ | |||
+ | fury | ||
+ | |||
+ | tuft | ||
+ | |||
+ | immediate(ly) | ||
+ | |||
+ | cloth | ||
+ | |||
+ | walk/run of person, trot/gallop of horse, flutter/soar | ||
+ | |||
+ | cheat, deceive? | ||
+ | |||
+ | too much (as opposed to 'very much') | ||
+ | |||
+ | to knit vs. to weave | ||
+ | |||
+ | treasure, precious | ||
+ | |||
+ | drag, trail | ||
+ | |||
+ | to train (exercise, learn, & master, of person or beast) | ||
+ | |||
+ | to train a plant (get it to grow as you want) | ||
+ | |||
+ | to exorcise (possession) ? | ||
+ | |||
+ | tremble (w fear, w cold) | ||
+ | |||
+ | a club | ||
+ | |||
+ | trachea/wind pipe | ||
+ | |||
+ | characteristic s.t. of a face etc.: that thing which distinguishes one from another, which makes a person's face memorable | ||
+ | |||
+ | trait (of a plant, animal, etc.), notable characteristic | ||
+ | |||
+ | join up, fall in with | ||
+ | |||
+ | hit a target | ||
+ | |||
+ | beam | ||
+ | |||
+ | through air vs. through water vs. through forest vs. through the plains vs. bore through wood vs. arrow through a body | ||
+ | |||
+ | hole which you can see through vs. pit/cavity which you cannot | ||
+ | |||
+ | knapsack, day pack | ||
+ | |||
+ | clip, trim, sheer | ||
+ | |||
+ | tolerate, put up with (annoyance, idiot, bad behavior) | ||
+ | |||
+ | tolerate = deal with well (illness, poison, climate) | ||
+ | |||
+ | title (tsahik, etc.) | ||
+ | |||
+ | clank, jingle | ||
+ | |||
+ | click, creek | ||
+ | |||
+ | chink = hole in armor | ||
+ | |||
+ | tickle | ||
+ | |||
+ | itch | ||
+ | |||
+ | desire, hunger, thirst | ||
+ | |||
+ | tired = fatigued | ||
+ | |||
+ | tired = sleepy (= desire for sleep?) | ||
+ | |||
+ | such a (kind of: that kind of, no kind of, what kind of) | ||
+ | |||
+ | thesis, point, moral, lesson | ||
+ | |||
+ | shell, peel, bark, integument, skin | ||
+ | |||
+ | testimony, witness | ||
+ | |||
+ | fear, terror | ||
+ | |||
+ | isthmus (neck of land?), island, peninsula, cape, cove, bay | ||
+ | |||
+ | to bury | ||
+ | |||
+ | to tempt | ||
+ | |||
+ | detain | ||
+ | |||
+ | hold up, make s.o. late | ||
+ | |||
+ | intrude, invite oneself | ||
+ | |||
+ | bewitch, hex, curse | ||
+ | |||
+ | cure, bless | ||
+ | |||
+ | tedious | ||
+ | |||
+ | provoke, taunt | ||
+ | |||
+ | make fun of, laugh at | ||
+ | |||
+ | laugh with, banter | ||
+ | |||
+ | to fit, be appropriate, suitable | ||
+ | |||
+ | tally (keeping track, count) | ||
+ | |||
+ | toss, throw | ||
+ | |||
+ | swing (a club), swipe | ||
+ | |||
+ | swing (from the trees) | ||
+ | |||
+ | to match-make, arrange a marriage | ||
+ | |||
+ | matchmaker | ||
+ | |||
+ | pour (liquid vs. solid) | ||
+ | |||
+ | to suspect | ||
+ | |||
+ | be surprised (good vs bad way = infix?); to surprise, startle, scare | ||
+ | |||
+ | lame, deaf, mute, blind | ||
+ | |||
+ | surface (of water, top of forest, of cliff) | ||
+ | |||
+ | suppose, infer, conclude | ||
+ | |||
+ | soup, stew | ||
+ | |||
+ | furrow, crevasse, crack | ||
+ | |||
+ | debt, owe, reciprocate, pay back | ||
+ | |||
+ | gratitude | ||
+ | |||
+ | juice | ||
+ | |||
+ | succeed, fail | ||
+ | |||
+ | to suck, siphon | ||
+ | |||
+ | melt, evaporate, dissolve | ||
+ | |||
+ | sudden, unexpected | ||
+ | |||
+ | sudden, fast | ||
+ | |||
+ | step, stair, ladder | ||
+ | |||
+ | to paint (a face, body for war/initiation, a wall, picture) | ||
+ | |||
+ | paint, pigments | ||
+ | |||
+ | study, learn, student | ||
+ | |||
+ | imitate, mimic | ||
+ | |||
+ | stripe, streak, band | ||
+ | |||
+ | to bend | ||
+ | |||
+ | to straighten | ||
+ | |||
+ | to stretch | ||
+ | |||
+ | to strain | ||
+ | |||
+ | bizarre | ||
+ | |||
+ | to squint, to strain the eyes, ears to perceive | ||
+ | |||
+ | a block, log, doorstop | ||
+ | |||
+ | a broom? rake? | ||
+ | |||
+ | a style (of a particular artist, orator, tribe) | ||
+ | |||
+ | a rattle | ||
+ | |||
+ | to lie prone, supine, on the side, to stretch out, extend | ||
+ | |||
+ | to cover (obj = the land, a body, a wall) | ||
+ | |||
+ | to stretch & yawn | ||
+ | |||
+ | to stretch s.t. flexible | ||
+ | |||
+ | to steal (thief) | ||
+ | |||
+ | to sneak, steal up on, stalk | ||
+ | |||
+ | a pole | ||
+ | |||
+ | flag, banner, tribal ID | ||
+ | |||
+ | to spit | ||
+ | |||
+ | to eject mucus ("spit" w the nose) | ||
+ | |||
+ | booger | ||
+ | |||
+ | "sleep" (eye booger) | ||
+ | |||
+ | to spy on, observe while unobserved | ||
+ | |||
+ | to spin thread | ||
+ | |||
+ | to spin (v.i.) | ||
+ | |||
+ | head of grain, ear of corn, spike of flowers or fruit | ||
+ | |||
+ | spice (for food) | ||
+ | |||
+ | salt | ||
+ | |||
+ | mirror? (= looking-REFL glass) | ||
+ | |||
+ | spend (ammunition, reserves, good will, debt owed to one by others one has done favors for) | ||
+ | |||
+ | a favour (altruistic act vs. a kindness or aid to be repaid) | ||
+ | |||
+ | convenient, a convenience | ||
+ | |||
+ | kind, good hearted | ||
+ | |||
+ | be thrifty, sparing | ||
+ | |||
+ | be selfish, greedy | ||
+ | |||
+ | a species or kind | ||
+ | |||
+ | a room in a house | ||
+ | |||
+ | room = sufficient space | ||
+ | |||
+ | wild = not tame, not bonded (animal) | ||
+ | |||
+ | wild = crazy, exuberant, unpredictable | ||
+ | |||
+ | fate, change, luck, destiny | ||
+ | |||
+ | to serve, be of use, be useful | ||
+ | |||
+ | to absorb, soak up, blot | ||
+ | |||
+ | to sip | ||
+ | |||
+ | to sigh over, long for | ||
+ | |||
+ | to miss, be nostalgic | ||
+ | |||
+ | to sound (emit a sound) | ||
+ | |||
+ | to loosen | ||
+ | |||
+ | to tighten | ||
+ | |||
+ | threshold, limit | ||
+ | |||
+ | capacity | ||
+ | |||
+ | sober vs. drunk/intoxicated (w alcohol, power, lust, revenge, love) | ||
+ | |||
+ | to smear, daub | ||
+ | |||
+ | to poison an arrow | ||
+ | |||
+ | a key (metaphorical sense: the thing or clue which unravels a problem, or the element needed to accomplish a task) | ||
+ | |||
+ | a problem | ||
+ | |||
+ | a solution | ||
+ | |||
+ | a duty, task | ||
+ | |||
+ | slime | ||
+ | |||
+ | a scale (on an animal's body) | ||
+ | |||
+ | a scourge | ||
+ | |||
+ | wood-working tools: chisel, hammer, knife, drill, plane, etc. to make bows, looms, etc. | ||
+ | |||
+ | to carve, to sculpt | ||
+ | |||
+ | to shake (vt) | ||
+ | |||
+ | to scrape a surface | ||
+ | |||
+ | vial, box, case (for the tsahik to hold her herbs, a hunter for his arrow poison, etc.) | ||
+ | |||
+ | a scab (on a wound) | ||
+ | |||
+ | a scar (from a wound; != as tribal marking?) | ||
+ | |||
+ | to stand guard, watch | ||
+ | |||
+ | sincere | ||
+ | |||
+ | simple, complicated; easy, difficult | ||
+ | |||
+ | a signal | ||
+ | |||
+ | a metaphor | ||
+ | |||
+ | to seal | ||
+ | |||
+ | to besiege | ||
+ | |||
+ | a token, mark, sign, symbol | ||
+ | |||
+ | to hiss (animal, in warning) | ||
+ | |||
+ | to whiz, swoosh (arrow flying by) | ||
+ | |||
+ | to joke | ||
+ | |||
+ | to humor s.o. | ||
+ | |||
+ | to play a practical joke | ||
+ | |||
+ | to dissect, cut up a carcass | ||
+ | |||
+ | to carry a carcass home (across the shoulders, on a pole) | ||
+ | |||
+ | fat, grease, oil | ||
+ | |||
+ | to save (rescue) | ||
+ | |||
+ | to save (keep, put aside) | ||
+ | |||
+ | foam, bubbles, lather | ||
+ | |||
+ | to sate | ||
+ | |||
+ | to saturate | ||
+ | |||
+ | to neglect, ignore | ||
+ | |||
+ | to be ignorant of | ||
+ | |||
+ | to esteem, respect | ||
+ | |||
+ | to load (a pa'li) | ||
+ | |||
+ | to charge (animal, in war: already have?) | ||
+ | |||
+ | to trample (titanothere) | ||
+ | |||
+ | healthy, ill | ||
+ | |||
+ | wise, foolish | ||
+ | |||
+ | to greet, show respect | ||
+ | |||
+ | subtle | ||
+ | |||
+ | crafty, cunning, sly | ||
+ | |||
+ | sebum | ||
+ | |||
+ | eyelash | ||
+ | |||
+ | eyelid | ||
+ | |||
+ | pupil | ||
+ | |||
+ | iris | ||
+ | |||
+ | fist | ||
+ | |||
+ | flat of hand | ||
+ | |||
+ | knuckle | ||
+ | |||
+ | salt water, fresh water, hot water (3 words in Jap.) | ||
+ | |||
+ | brackish | ||
+ | |||
+ | nectar | ||
+ | |||
+ | lick | ||
+ | |||
+ | lap up nectar w the tongue like a pa'li | ||
+ | |||
+ | trick, ruse | ||
+ | |||
+ | rust? | ||
+ | |||
+ | a cold, flu | ||
+ | |||
+ | to roll, a roll, a cylinder | ||
+ | |||
+ | burp | ||
+ | |||
+ | ruins, wreck | ||
+ | |||
+ | puzzle, enigma | ||
+ | |||
+ | ribbon & other ornament | ||
+ | |||
+ | troop (group of warriors: any hierarchy?) | ||
+ | |||
+ | snore? | ||
+ | |||
+ | roast, baste, bake, cook in fire, BBQ, fry, boil, parch | ||
+ | |||
+ | circle/hoop/ring, square/trapezoid, delta/triangle, hexagon (a universal shape in e.g. honeycomb) | ||
+ | |||
+ | sphere/ball, cube/box, pyramid | ||
+ | |||
+ | break: depending on object? rip, tear, shred, crack, snap in two, crush, shatter, squish, pop | ||
+ | |||
+ | reverence | ||
+ | |||
+ | risk | ||
+ | |||
+ | reproach | ||
+ | |||
+ | strap | ||
+ | |||
+ | lasso | ||
+ | |||
+ | means, remedy, an expedient | ||
+ | |||
+ | rhyme, meter | ||
+ | |||
+ | be related to (blood, social) | ||
+ | |||
+ | to concern, be related to (semantically) | ||
+ | |||
+ | stiff, rigid | ||
+ | |||
+ | flexible, soft | ||
+ | |||
+ | refuse | ||
+ | |||
+ | laugh | ||
+ | |||
+ | mock | ||
+ | |||
+ | refuse; renounce; resign | ||
+ | |||
+ | resin, glue | ||
+ | |||
+ | a reserve, stock | ||
+ | |||
+ | reserve, emotional distance | ||
+ | |||
+ | to imagine, fancy, have fantasy | ||
+ | |||
+ | net (fishing, trapping) | ||
+ | |||
+ | turn over, upset, spill | ||
+ | |||
+ | rampart, barrier, defensive wall | ||
+ | |||
+ | natural barrier | ||
+ | |||
+ | straight, direct vs. oblique (literal vs. in speech) | ||
+ | |||
+ | recruit, get to come on board | ||
+ | |||
+ | principle, rule, convention | ||
+ | |||
+ | territory, lands of a clan? | ||
+ | |||
+ | entertain, regale | ||
+ | |||
+ | to rule, govern, administer | ||
+ | |||
+ | to subject so. or st. to a condition or rule | ||
+ | |||
+ | to digest (food vs. idea) | ||
+ | |||
+ | get used to, habituate | ||
+ | |||
+ | mutual | ||
+ | |||
+ | to enchant, convince w charisma | ||
+ | |||
+ | to enchant, bewitch | ||
+ | |||
+ | hoarse (of voice) | ||
+ | |||
+ | file, rasp | ||
+ | |||
+ | border, extremity, limit, edge, rim (--> bank, shore) | ||
+ | |||
+ | rotten, putrid, rancid | ||
+ | |||
+ | to crawl (baby vs. reptile) | ||
+ | |||
+ | to squirm, slither | ||
+ | |||
+ | authority | ||
+ | |||
+ | to refine, improve | ||
+ | |||
+ | palliate (make a problem go away w/o actually solving it) | ||
+ | |||
+ | stick one's head in the sand (ignore a problem) | ||
+ | |||
+ | root vs. tuber vs. bulb | ||
+ | |||
+ | wheel? | ||
+ | |||
+ | concession | ||
+ | |||
+ | rob, pillage | ||
+ | |||
+ | rape, assault | ||
+ | |||
+ | pure | ||
+ | |||
+ | doll | ||
+ | |||
+ | point, dot | ||
+ | |||
+ | punish | ||
+ | |||
+ | reward | ||
+ | |||
+ | pumice or other abrasive | ||
+ | |||
+ | dust, powder | ||
+ | |||
+ | public, private (if the Na'vi have any privacy) | ||
+ | |||
+ | demonstrate, prove | ||
+ | |||
+ | proverb | ||
+ | |||
+ | prosper | ||
+ | |||
+ | provide for | ||
+ | |||
+ | suggest, propose | ||
+ | |||
+ | delay | ||
+ | |||
+ | prophet (if there is such a thing) | ||
+ | |||
+ | to be possessed (to "prophesize" in the OT, by loa in vodun, etc.) | ||
+ | |||
+ | job, specialty, occupation, art | ||
+ | |||
+ | produce | ||
+ | |||
+ | privilege | ||
+ | |||
+ | to present s.t. | ||
+ | |||
+ | to preside over, manage | ||
+ | |||
+ | to pretend, claim | ||
+ | |||
+ | to pretend, mimic | ||
+ | |||
+ | pretext, excuse, justification | ||
+ | |||
+ | prize, gains | ||
+ | |||
+ | pray | ||
+ | |||
+ | to attribute to | ||
+ | |||
+ | precise, exact | ||
+ | |||
+ | particular, fussy | ||
+ | |||
+ | particularly, over all | ||
+ | |||
+ | to be in the right (morally, not factually) | ||
+ | |||
+ | practice, train | ||
+ | |||
+ | primordial, ancestral | ||
+ | |||
+ | power, might | ||
+ | |||
+ | cooking pot, cauldron | ||
+ | |||
+ | require, demand | ||
+ | |||
+ | pocket | ||
+ | |||
+ | portion, share | ||
+ | |||
+ | bridge | ||
+ | |||
+ | connection | ||
+ | |||
+ | axis, pole | ||
+ | |||
+ | to polish | ||
+ | |||
+ | luxury | ||
+ | |||
+ | hardship | ||
+ | |||
+ | to mourn (period of mourning? wake?) | ||
+ | |||
+ | shelf | ||
+ | |||
+ | fulfill, accomplish | ||
+ | |||
+ | to braid, pleat | ||
+ | |||
+ | to clap, splash (noise) | ||
+ | |||
+ | flat | ||
+ | |||
+ | plans | ||
+ | |||
+ | organized | ||
+ | |||
+ | heart-burn, food d n agree w u | ||
+ | |||
+ | pioneer, advance guard, plant on fresh lava flow | ||
+ | |||
+ | pinch | ||
+ | |||
+ | weight; to weigh (est. weight for throwing est.) | ||
+ | |||
+ | long, measure length (working tools) | ||
+ | |||
+ | volume, measure capacity (cooking) | ||
+ | |||
+ | be petulant, pout, be spoiled | ||
+ | |||
+ | plague, epidemic | ||
+ | |||
+ | persist, persevere, survive | ||
+ | |||
+ | persecute, pick on | ||
+ | |||
+ | stoop | ||
+ | |||
+ | allow, permit, permission | ||
+ | |||
+ | betray | ||
+ | |||
+ | perfect | ||
+ | |||
+ | perish, be lost | ||
+ | |||
+ | kill vs. murder | ||
+ | |||
+ | to lose | ||
+ | |||
+ | loose, taught (of rope), tight fitting (of belt) | ||
+ | |||
+ | to mediate, interpose (~ by means of) | ||
+ | |||
+ | regret | ||
+ | |||
+ | penetrate | ||
+ | |||
+ | hang, be suspended | ||
+ | |||
+ | pool of water, basin | ||
+ | |||
+ | depend on, rely on | ||
+ | |||
+ | landscape, surroundings, environment | ||
+ | |||
+ | pause (stop before continuing) | ||
+ | |||
+ | plastering, paving, flooring, spackle, etc. | ||
+ | |||
+ | patrol, guard | ||
+ | |||
+ | ground floor vs. first story? or ground floor = first story? (the former makes more sense to me, probly need to decide) | ||
+ | |||
+ | take s.t. step by step, bit by bit, stage by stage | ||
+ | |||
+ | memorize, know by heart | ||
+ | |||
+ | parasite | ||
+ | |||
+ | paralyze | ||
+ | |||
+ | numb | ||
+ | |||
+ | to hurt (burn, ache, sharp pain) | ||
+ | |||
+ | a pair | ||
+ | |||
+ | staple (bread, rice, pate, pasta, taters, etc.) | ||
+ | |||
+ | garnish | ||
+ | |||
+ | twinkle, flash, wink, blink | ||
+ | |||
+ | eyelid, wink | ||
+ | |||
+ | feel w fingers | ||
+ | |||
+ | stake (in fence, etc.) | ||
+ | |||
+ | pack, put away, store, load (animal) | ||
+ | |||
+ | straw (dried animal feed) | ||
+ | |||
+ | an invalid | ||
+ | |||
+ | ordinary, common, unremarkable | ||
+ | |||
+ | opportune, at the right moment | ||
+ | |||
+ | convenient | ||
+ | |||
+ | to mean, signify, have the meaning of (words != sign != symbol?) | ||
+ | |||
+ | to mean to say | ||
+ | |||
+ | to have the opinion that (!= to think that) | ||
+ | |||
+ | to believe | ||
+ | |||
+ | to command, order | ||
+ | |||
+ | to arrange, put in order | ||
+ | |||
+ | oracle (if such exist) | ||
+ | |||
+ | shadow | ||
+ | |||
+ | shade | ||
+ | |||
+ | to offer | ||
+ | |||
+ | to sacrifice | ||
+ | |||
+ | to offend | ||
+ | |||
+ | to stink, to smell good (vi) | ||
+ | |||
+ | to sniff, smell (vt) | ||
+ | |||
+ | obstruction | ||
+ | |||
+ | obstinate, stubborn | ||
+ | |||
+ | to observe | ||
+ | |||
+ | to waffle, vacillate |
Latest revision as of 02:18, 9 March 2010
So, do we just bring in the words we'd like to see, or how do we decide what to include? Should we just add the lemmas for now in case others disagree, or make complete entries? Roger 02:49, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
Roger working list
I'm starting to collect basic words from multilingual (European) dictionaries (& things they remind me of) because I think we may overlook a lot of useful but unremarkable basic everyday words. These are not from the forum. Please compact/hide this if there is an appropriate template on this wiki.
to call one's banshee (hey, Kobon has a single verb used for all sound w the exception of calling a pig, which is a special verb)
belt, girdle
hum, buzz
to wound, damage
a wound, ulcer
kindling, firewood
tinder, firestick, firedrill, etc.
veil, to veil, to hide, conceal
vomit, nausea
piss
shit
sweat?
roll up
turn around
wind, twist, braid
willingly (G. gern)
voice
visit
grass
to wipe
virtue, honor
vitriol, hate
whip
berry
dried berries/raisins?
alcohol/intoxicant?
awake, vigilant, aware
rank (social)
row, series, line
column
meat = muscle flesh
meat = substance
sap
blood
bladder
blister
canteen, water bladder
bet, wager
wart, mole
vertical, horizontal
inclusive, exclusive (in counting)
spine, vertebra
spine, thorn
crown of head
nape of neck
throat
entryway, vestibule
dizziness, vertigo
verse, poetry, prose, story
rod, switch
compose (song, poem)
ventilate (passive, an open room), to fan (active)
to dry (s.t. gotten wet)
to dry (after a swim)
to dry (meat, fruit, etc.)
moss (ground, trees), lichen (rocks, trees), mold, algae
seaweed, sea/lake grass (underwater pasture)
conquer, defeat
avenge, vengeance
buy, sell, barter, exchange, negotiate
yoke, harness, pole carried on shoulders w buckets or baskets at each end
bucket (water basket)
fade, wilt
waken, arouse
woe! alas! oy ve!
wad, ~cotton used to fill in or pad s.t.
opposite, facing, on the other side, on the other bank/shore ()
grow (of plants), "vegetate"
bear fruit, go to seed
vast, wide open
enclosed, hidden, in-forest
vassal, slave, servant
nurse (take care of sick, elderly)
vain, frivolous
vain, conceited
in vain, useless
needless
serious (not joking)
serious (grave, deadly, important)
fat, oil, grease ()
needle
to sew, stitch
rope (if diff. from thread)
sinew
tendon
cheek
wander
wagon, sled, s.t. (w/o wheels?) pulled behind person or horse
usurp
use up, wear out, finish off
abuse, over use, take advantage of
take advantage of = seize opportunity
useful, handy
noxious (gas)
Fr. nuisible, opp. of 'useful'
womb
grave
common = universal
common = frequent
common = banal, mediocre, vulgar
rare
refined
unique
claw, nail
umbilicus
whole = intact
whole = all
cough, sneeze, hiccup?
tear (from weeping)
to tear, rip, shred
cup, drinking vessel
eating utensils
tumult, chaos, melee
berserk
fury
tuft
immediate(ly)
cloth
walk/run of person, trot/gallop of horse, flutter/soar
cheat, deceive?
too much (as opposed to 'very much')
to knit vs. to weave
treasure, precious
drag, trail
to train (exercise, learn, & master, of person or beast)
to train a plant (get it to grow as you want)
to exorcise (possession) ?
tremble (w fear, w cold)
a club
trachea/wind pipe
characteristic s.t. of a face etc.: that thing which distinguishes one from another, which makes a person's face memorable
trait (of a plant, animal, etc.), notable characteristic
join up, fall in with
hit a target
beam
through air vs. through water vs. through forest vs. through the plains vs. bore through wood vs. arrow through a body
hole which you can see through vs. pit/cavity which you cannot
knapsack, day pack
clip, trim, sheer
tolerate, put up with (annoyance, idiot, bad behavior)
tolerate = deal with well (illness, poison, climate)
title (tsahik, etc.)
clank, jingle
click, creek
chink = hole in armor
tickle
itch
desire, hunger, thirst
tired = fatigued
tired = sleepy (= desire for sleep?)
such a (kind of: that kind of, no kind of, what kind of)
thesis, point, moral, lesson
shell, peel, bark, integument, skin
testimony, witness
fear, terror
isthmus (neck of land?), island, peninsula, cape, cove, bay
to bury
to tempt
detain
hold up, make s.o. late
intrude, invite oneself
bewitch, hex, curse
cure, bless
tedious
provoke, taunt
make fun of, laugh at
laugh with, banter
to fit, be appropriate, suitable
tally (keeping track, count)
toss, throw
swing (a club), swipe
swing (from the trees)
to match-make, arrange a marriage
matchmaker
pour (liquid vs. solid)
to suspect
be surprised (good vs bad way = infix?); to surprise, startle, scare
lame, deaf, mute, blind
surface (of water, top of forest, of cliff)
suppose, infer, conclude
soup, stew
furrow, crevasse, crack
debt, owe, reciprocate, pay back
gratitude
juice
succeed, fail
to suck, siphon
melt, evaporate, dissolve
sudden, unexpected
sudden, fast
step, stair, ladder
to paint (a face, body for war/initiation, a wall, picture)
paint, pigments
study, learn, student
imitate, mimic
stripe, streak, band
to bend
to straighten
to stretch
to strain
bizarre
to squint, to strain the eyes, ears to perceive
a block, log, doorstop
a broom? rake?
a style (of a particular artist, orator, tribe)
a rattle
to lie prone, supine, on the side, to stretch out, extend
to cover (obj = the land, a body, a wall)
to stretch & yawn
to stretch s.t. flexible
to steal (thief)
to sneak, steal up on, stalk
a pole
flag, banner, tribal ID
to spit
to eject mucus ("spit" w the nose)
booger
"sleep" (eye booger)
to spy on, observe while unobserved
to spin thread
to spin (v.i.)
head of grain, ear of corn, spike of flowers or fruit
spice (for food)
salt
mirror? (= looking-REFL glass)
spend (ammunition, reserves, good will, debt owed to one by others one has done favors for)
a favour (altruistic act vs. a kindness or aid to be repaid)
convenient, a convenience
kind, good hearted
be thrifty, sparing
be selfish, greedy
a species or kind
a room in a house
room = sufficient space
wild = not tame, not bonded (animal)
wild = crazy, exuberant, unpredictable
fate, change, luck, destiny
to serve, be of use, be useful
to absorb, soak up, blot
to sip
to sigh over, long for
to miss, be nostalgic
to sound (emit a sound)
to loosen
to tighten
threshold, limit
capacity
sober vs. drunk/intoxicated (w alcohol, power, lust, revenge, love)
to smear, daub
to poison an arrow
a key (metaphorical sense: the thing or clue which unravels a problem, or the element needed to accomplish a task)
a problem
a solution
a duty, task
slime
a scale (on an animal's body)
a scourge
wood-working tools: chisel, hammer, knife, drill, plane, etc. to make bows, looms, etc.
to carve, to sculpt
to shake (vt)
to scrape a surface
vial, box, case (for the tsahik to hold her herbs, a hunter for his arrow poison, etc.)
a scab (on a wound)
a scar (from a wound; != as tribal marking?)
to stand guard, watch
sincere
simple, complicated; easy, difficult
a signal
a metaphor
to seal
to besiege
a token, mark, sign, symbol
to hiss (animal, in warning)
to whiz, swoosh (arrow flying by)
to joke
to humor s.o.
to play a practical joke
to dissect, cut up a carcass
to carry a carcass home (across the shoulders, on a pole)
fat, grease, oil
to save (rescue)
to save (keep, put aside)
foam, bubbles, lather
to sate
to saturate
to neglect, ignore
to be ignorant of
to esteem, respect
to load (a pa'li)
to charge (animal, in war: already have?)
to trample (titanothere)
healthy, ill
wise, foolish
to greet, show respect
subtle
crafty, cunning, sly
sebum
eyelash
eyelid
pupil
iris
fist
flat of hand
knuckle
salt water, fresh water, hot water (3 words in Jap.)
brackish
nectar
lick
lap up nectar w the tongue like a pa'li
trick, ruse
rust?
a cold, flu
to roll, a roll, a cylinder
burp
ruins, wreck
puzzle, enigma
ribbon & other ornament
troop (group of warriors: any hierarchy?)
snore?
roast, baste, bake, cook in fire, BBQ, fry, boil, parch
circle/hoop/ring, square/trapezoid, delta/triangle, hexagon (a universal shape in e.g. honeycomb)
sphere/ball, cube/box, pyramid
break: depending on object? rip, tear, shred, crack, snap in two, crush, shatter, squish, pop
reverence
risk
reproach
strap
lasso
means, remedy, an expedient
rhyme, meter
be related to (blood, social)
to concern, be related to (semantically)
stiff, rigid
flexible, soft
refuse
laugh
mock
refuse; renounce; resign
resin, glue
a reserve, stock
reserve, emotional distance
to imagine, fancy, have fantasy
net (fishing, trapping)
turn over, upset, spill
rampart, barrier, defensive wall
natural barrier
straight, direct vs. oblique (literal vs. in speech)
recruit, get to come on board
principle, rule, convention
territory, lands of a clan?
entertain, regale
to rule, govern, administer
to subject so. or st. to a condition or rule
to digest (food vs. idea)
get used to, habituate
mutual
to enchant, convince w charisma
to enchant, bewitch
hoarse (of voice)
file, rasp
border, extremity, limit, edge, rim (--> bank, shore)
rotten, putrid, rancid
to crawl (baby vs. reptile)
to squirm, slither
authority
to refine, improve
palliate (make a problem go away w/o actually solving it)
stick one's head in the sand (ignore a problem)
root vs. tuber vs. bulb
wheel?
concession
rob, pillage
rape, assault
pure
doll
point, dot
punish
reward
pumice or other abrasive
dust, powder
public, private (if the Na'vi have any privacy)
demonstrate, prove
proverb
prosper
provide for
suggest, propose
delay
prophet (if there is such a thing)
to be possessed (to "prophesize" in the OT, by loa in vodun, etc.)
job, specialty, occupation, art
produce
privilege
to present s.t.
to preside over, manage
to pretend, claim
to pretend, mimic
pretext, excuse, justification
prize, gains
pray
to attribute to
precise, exact
particular, fussy
particularly, over all
to be in the right (morally, not factually)
practice, train
primordial, ancestral
power, might
cooking pot, cauldron
require, demand
portion, share
bridge
connection
axis, pole
to polish
luxury
hardship
to mourn (period of mourning? wake?)
shelf
fulfill, accomplish
to braid, pleat
to clap, splash (noise)
flat
plans
organized
heart-burn, food d n agree w u
pioneer, advance guard, plant on fresh lava flow
pinch
weight; to weigh (est. weight for throwing est.)
long, measure length (working tools)
volume, measure capacity (cooking)
be petulant, pout, be spoiled
plague, epidemic
persist, persevere, survive
persecute, pick on
stoop
allow, permit, permission
betray
perfect
perish, be lost
kill vs. murder
to lose
loose, taught (of rope), tight fitting (of belt)
to mediate, interpose (~ by means of)
regret
penetrate
hang, be suspended
pool of water, basin
depend on, rely on
landscape, surroundings, environment
pause (stop before continuing)
plastering, paving, flooring, spackle, etc.
patrol, guard
ground floor vs. first story? or ground floor = first story? (the former makes more sense to me, probly need to decide)
take s.t. step by step, bit by bit, stage by stage
memorize, know by heart
parasite
paralyze
numb
to hurt (burn, ache, sharp pain)
a pair
staple (bread, rice, pate, pasta, taters, etc.)
garnish
twinkle, flash, wink, blink
eyelid, wink
feel w fingers
stake (in fence, etc.)
pack, put away, store, load (animal)
straw (dried animal feed)
an invalid
ordinary, common, unremarkable
opportune, at the right moment
convenient
to mean, signify, have the meaning of (words != sign != symbol?)
to mean to say
to have the opinion that (!= to think that)
to believe
to command, order
to arrange, put in order
oracle (if such exist)
shadow
shade
to offer
to sacrifice
to offend
to stink, to smell good (vi)
to sniff, smell (vt)
obstruction
obstinate, stubborn
to observe
to waffle, vacillate