Jumieka/Level 1/Lesson 4

Languages of North America Jumieka A ieh aadiez adj. stubborn aal 1. adj. total, whole amount; adv. completely; 2. adj. even aataklaps n. crisis aatiek n. heartache abee interj. a taunt abeng n. Maroon cow-horn instrument afuu?/auufa? inter. whose is it? agud interj. serves you right ahuu? inter. who is it? ahush? inter. which is it? ai-an-ai pron. [~Eng. I and I] Rastafarian first person akwerd adj. awkward, clumsy anmigl n. palm ash adj. pungent, harsh askaadn prep. according to at 1. adj. hot; v. to heat; 2. v. to hurt, upset; 3. n. hat atup v. 1.to heat, reheat; 2. to hurt anew, inflame old injury awa? inter. what is it? awan pron. each B bii baba n. respectful term of address to man bada v. bother; badarieshan, n. hassle, inconvenience bafan adj. awkward, clumsy bagamout n., adj. all talk, no action bakra n. (white) overseer; adj. relating to supervisory or superior class bambai n. [~Eng. by and by] left-overs bangkra n. envelope-type basket banduulu 1. adj. illegal; 2. n. contraband, unfair dealing; 3. v. to swindle, to evade or circumvent regulations bangarang n. chaos, disorder baroz n. loan; gi a baroz to lend baps adv. suddenly beli 1. n. belly, pregnancy; 2. adj. pregnant benop adj. bent bie adv. only, solely bied 1. v. to bathe; 2.n. beard; biedop, adj. bearded biefies adj. bare-faced, blatant biev v. to behave bigop v. to greet, praise, commend biini adj. tiny bikaaz, kaaz, kaa conj. because bikl n. [~Eng. victuals] food bikomps v. to become bil n. 1. bill; 2. machete with hooked point; v. 1. to charge to account - See chos; 2. to cut bush or grass with machete bilangx v. to belong to, originate from biliib v. to believe blai n. easement, break, opportunity bodi n. penis bombo interj. [~Temne a-bombo vagina] expletive, sometimes used with -klaat or -huol bos n. bus; v. 1. to act or express forcibly bosop adj. broken braata n. gratuitous extra, as in baker's dozen braatopsi n. upbringing bragadaps adv. abruptly breda n. brother brejrin n. friend, associate bringl adj. agitated brok adj. 1. broken; 2. penniless; n. worn, broken or discarded person or object; v. to break bunununus adj. delightful bups n. sugar-daddy bupsi n. kept woman butu 1. adj. uncouth; 2. n. crass person Ch chii ("c" replaced by "k"; only used with "h" for "ch" sound) chaa v. to chew; chaa-chaa, v. to chew up; adj. chewed-up chaka-chaka adj. [~Shwi tsaka scatter, shattered] disordered, untidy chaklata n. dinner left-overs served for breakfast chichi n. termite; applied derogatively to gay men cho! interj. exclamation of impatience, disapproval chokop adj. crowded, cluttered chos v. extend credit chrang adj. strong chruu adv., prep. through; adj. true chuocho n. [~Brz. chuchu ] type of squash, Sechium edule known as christophene in the Eastern Caribbean, as chayote in Spanish countries chups n. kiss on the cheek D dii de v. to be in location, state; to exist dedlef n. inheritance dege adj. [~Ewe deka] single, sole diidi 1. n. faeces; 2. v. to defecate disepshos adj. deceitful dopi n. ghost doti 1. adj. [~Shwi dote soil, earth, clay] dirty, soiled; 2. n. ground du v. to please, satisfy duudu 1. n. faeces; 2. v. to defecate duufos n. fool dundus n. albino dwii v. to do E hii ebi adj. heavy ebn n. heaven ed n. head ei! interj. hey! el n. hell elaba adj. [~Am. Eng. helluva] superlative eng v. to hang; eng-pahn-niel, adj. ready-made; n. ready-made clothing F hef faaliitii v. to suffer for transgression. See also fene, tata faas adj. inquisitive; v. to interfere fala-fashin adj., n. imitative, copycat fasi adj. afflicted with sores; n. dermal infection, sore fene v. to suffer consequence, feel pain. See also faaliitii, tata fengki-fengki adj. weak, indecisive, insubstantial fiesi adj. rude, impertinent fiet n. 1. fate; 2. faith fiilop v. to handle, to grope fingl v. to fondle, finger flim n. film floxi adj. inferior, unsatisfactory frenop v. to befriend fufu n. [~Yoruba] mashed yam fululups n. nonsense, folly G jii gaa v. to go gaagan n. chief, supreme gobament n. government gofi v. to go for, plan, intend ginigag n. powerful leader gizaada n. [Puot. guisado] grated coconut pastry grabalishos adj. grasping, greedy guzu n. [~Kimbundu, nguzu, power, strength, force] magic, spell H iech haalzwie adv. always haatikal adj. top, leading hapachuniti n. opportunity huol whole, entire; n. hole; v. to hold huola adj. whole I hai iel v. to greet iejobl adj. mature, as in person ier n. year ies n. haste, hurry iez n. ear iibn adj., adv., v. even iibnin, iivlin n. evening iipa pron. many, much; uoliipa very many J jie janga n. [~Bakweri] crayfish jeri v. to taunt, jeer jesta v. to joke, make fun of jimskriichi n. underhand deal; v. to finagle jinal n. con-man, trickster jonjo n. fungus jraafut adj. lame jred 1. adj. of concern; 2. pertaining to Rastafarians; 3. n. Rastaman jresbak v. to reverse jresdong v. to shift position jriepop v. to accost juk n. [~Fula chuk] jab, stick; v. to jab, stick K kie kach n. prop, support, temporary accommodation; v. to prop, lean, support kaka interj. [Fr., Sp., caca, excrement] expletive kalaban n. bird trap, in the form of four-sided pyramid of twigs karuochiz n. [Am. Sp. corotos, playthings, tools, trash] belongings, junk kaskas n. argument, controversy kata n. [~Kikongo nkata] coil of cloth or banana leaf to carry burdens on the head kech v. 1. to catch; 2. to arrive kiangkro n. turkey vulture, applied in contempt to persons kin 1. v. to turn (out/over), expose; 2. n. skin klier adv. all the way; gaan klier, to succeed kliin-kliin adv. completely, totally kobich adj. greedy, miserly; kobichuol, n. depression at back of head where skull meets neck kombolo n. companion konk v. [~Mandinka] to rap on the head kot n. cut; v. 1. to cut; 2. to speak fluently kraa v. to scratch kraal n. enclosure, animal pen kraasiz n. [~Eng. crosses] problem, trouble kraps n. scrap (pl. krapsiz) kreng-kreng n. [~Fante kereng-kereng basket] basket hung over stove for drying, smoking meat krips adj. crisp krumuujin adj. mean-spirited ku v. look; ku de look there; ku ya look here kunumunu n. simpleton kuoko n. 1. [~Shwi kooko] edible aroid root; 2. bump on the head; 3. kuoko bred, flat, folded bread, buttered before baking L hel laba-laba adj. garrulous, indiscreet laiad adj. lying; n. liar lamps v. to fool, deceive langilaala adj., n. very tall person leginz n. [~French legumes, vegetables] bunch of seasonings, viz. escallion, thyme liin adj. inclined, not perpendicular lou v. to allow, permit M hem maaga adj. thin, emaciated maasa n. master, sir magij n. maggot, worm madi-madi adj. slightly mad, eccentric maki interj. [~Shwi makye] morning greeting ma(m) n. polite term of address to woman mampaala n. effeminate man manazebl adj. polite mashalaa n. martial law, sanctions masakraa n. massacre, rout masi n. mercy meke-meke adj. sloppy, messy mongx prep. among musmus n. mouse N hen naat n. 1. north; 2. nought, zero nenge-nenge v. to nag niam n. [~Shwi enyam yam] to eat niaamps n. useless, worthless person nof adj. many; n.large amount notn n. nothing nuoz n. nose; nuoznaat, n. nasal mucus, snot O uo okro n. [~Igbo okuro] okra hibiscus esculentus olo n. fabrication, deception ongl adj., adv. only ongri adj. hungry; ongribeli, n. greedy person orikumop n. parvenu outa-aada adj. impudent P pii paadna n. 1. partner, friend; 2. indigenous savings plan paan v. to grab, seize paki n. [~Shwi apakyi] calabash, gourd, bowl made from such palaava n. [~Puot. palavra word, speech] conversation; v. to converse paravencha adv. maybe, perhaps pasiero n. friend patu n. owl pempeni adj. plentiful perpos adj. deliberate, wilfull piiki-puoki adj. given to speaking Queen's English; n. affected speech piiniwali n. firefly pinchikuobi adj. stingy, parsimonious pitni n. [~Puot. pequeno small] child, young one poto-poto n. mud praaps adv. perhaps preke n. calamity prips n. tip, preview; prips aaf, v. to tip off, advise pum n. [~Shwi epim] vagina var. pumpum, pim pupalik n. somersault; kin pupalik, v. to somersault puos v. 1. (to get) stood up ; 2. to mail; n. post; puosn exp. supposing? what if? putus n. term of endearment applied to females puusi n. expletive, sometimes used with -klaat or -uol R haar raa interj. short form of raatid raas interj.[~Fula ras, buttocks] expletive, sometimes used with klaat or huol raatid interj. exclamation of surprise, pleasure; tu raatid for emphasis ramp v. to play; rampifai, adj. playful; rampin, n. play redai adj. envious, covetous rispans adj. responsible ron dong v. to argue insistently rondong n., adj. method of cooking with coconut milk, traditionally with pickled mackerel ruku-ruku adj. shaky, unsteady ruudnis n. coitus; v. to have sex S hes sa n. polite term of address to man saab v. to serve sabi v. [~Sp. saber] to know sadamait n. lesbian samfai n. swindle, swindler; v. to swindle, hoodwink sensobl adj. sensible setaan n. provocateur sidong v. to sit simuud adj. smooth sinting pron. something sipl adj. slippery sitieshan n. situation sitn pron. something sheda n. shadow skailaak v. to loaf, goof off smadi pron. someone, person sop v. to put up with, tolerate indignity stuoshos adj. showy, impressive sumail n., v. smile suoso adv. only, solely sus(u) n. gossip swiit v. to please, amuse; swiitop, v. to flatter, seduce; swiit-mout, v. to flatter; n. glib or persuasive tongue T tii taament v. to annoy taat n. 1. thought; 2. start; 3. tart, usually with plantain filling; v. to start tab v. to stab talawa adj. strong, sturdy tan v. to stay tanop v. to stand tantodi v. to settle down, be still tap n., v. stop tapanaaris adj. upper class; n. society person tata n.[~Ewe] father, grandfather; v. to suffer consequence, pay dearly. See also faaliitii, fene tatu n. shed, makeshift structure tegereg n. loud, abusive person tep n., v. step tong n. 1. tongue; 2. town, usually referring to Kingston twisop adj. twisted U yuu ud n. penis unu pron. 2nd person plural, collective "you" uoliip adj., n., pron. very many, plenty uona adj. own; n. owner V vii vailens n. violence vijan n. vision W doblyu wai! interj. expression of amusement or surprise wala-wala v. to wallow walef n. remainder wapn-bapn adj., n. poorly constructed, thrown together wara int. pron. why, for what wentaim adv. whenever wiini adj. small winji adj. undersized, shrunken wis n. vine woi! interj. expression of despair Y wai ya adv. here yaa adv. conclusive indicator, perhaps derived from you hear? or yes? yaad n. 1. home; 2. yard yaba n. earthenware pot yai n. eye yeri v. to hear, pay attention yunifaam n. uniform Z zed zumbi n. zombie zutupek n. monster