English-Elasin Glossary


English-Elasin Glossary


A

adhesive - mole

attention, paying - huanu

B

boy - flatisa

brick (man-made) - mosuano

building - sathitu

C

can (vb.) - fruthu (lit. being possible, being able)

child - falatisa

city - mar

comprehending - uevaku

composing (a poem or story) - pelu

constructing - sathitu

creek - iulafo

D

dwelling - pame

E

east - hadaro

empty - hafni

epoch - votelo

F

few - thoshi

finding - uituku (successfully finding something after searching for it)

G

girl - falatisa

glue - mole

guarding - thedu

H

hitting (vb.) - kevu

house - pame

I

 

J

 

K

 

L

language (written and spoken) - vesoth

listening - huanu

M

man (adult male) - dulaso

many - pali

may - rumu (lit. being permissible)

mother - ualato

N

name - manalam

noun - palo

O

observing - shemu

P

plain - mi'iame (flat land)

Q

 

R

river (small) - iulafo

S

safe, keeping (something) - thedu

seeing - shemu

settling (making one's home somewhere) - pamu

sitting - kuenu

speaking - fathu

speaking (among a group) - vasu

stone - kivashe

stone (building) - mosuano (i.e. a stone shaped by people with which to build)

stream (n.) - yulafo

striking (with the hand) - kevu

T

traveling - maku

U

understanding - uevaku

V

 

W

walking (toward a goal) - maku

want (vb.) - peluku

word - sothe

writing (a story, poem, letter, etc.) - pelu

X

 

Y

 

Z

zero - hafni