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The Okuna Lexicon (Okuna to English) (version 2)

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30 CHAPTER 1. OKUNA-TO-ENGLISH DICTIONARY<br />

in a straight line.<br />

laite [n] yellow (thing).<br />

laitepai [n] yellow warbler.<br />

laka [v2] bark, bay, make a barking sound. lake,<br />

lakats [n] bark, barking.<br />

lakia [v2] go hunting; hunt (for). lakiaka [n] hunter. lakiakamit [n] hunting<br />

party. lakianen [n] game, quarry, prey.<br />

lakiats, lakie [n] hunt, hunting.<br />

lakuie [n] delight, enjoyment, thrill(s); enthrallment,<br />

heightened emotional engagement.<br />

lala [v2] <strong>to</strong>uch, feel, stroke, pet.<br />

lalia [v2] play, have fun. laliats, lalie [n] play,<br />

playing; fun, amusement.<br />

lalioma [v2] be playful.<br />

lama [n] (area) far away, distance. lamana<br />

[n(loc)] far away, at a distance.<br />

lampa [v3] go one after the other, go in order,<br />

process; move in formation; happen in order,<br />

happen in succession, occur in (a particular) sequence;<br />

put in order, sequence; take turns (at),<br />

do (s.th.) step by step; play (a game that requires<br />

taking turns); bring, take, transfer (from<br />

one person <strong>to</strong> another). lampats [n] order, sequence, succession;<br />

sequentiality; alternation, turn-taking.<br />

lampe [n] list, sequence, procession (of objects<br />

or events); line, queue, set of objects arranged<br />

in a line; game (played in turns). kutsumpe<br />

lampa [v2] go/happen in reverse order; reverse<br />

(the order of). pake lampa [v2] take alternating<br />

steps; alternate, take turns (at a game). solhe lampa [v2] play (a<br />

ball game). solhe lampe [n] ball game. uaste<br />

lampa [v2] fly in formation.<br />

lampesot [n] (step-by-step) directions, instructions;<br />

explanation of a procedure; recipe.<br />

lampin [n] (linear or temporal) order, sequence,<br />

succession, arrangement. mehke lampin [n] sequence<br />

of events. sliahte lampin [n] narrative.<br />

lamuhin [n] ballad, lay; narrative poem. <strong>to</strong>lamuhin<br />

[n] epic.<br />

lamuta [a] finally, at last, at the end.<br />

lan [n] line; mark, stroke. afime lan [n] parallel<br />

lines.<br />

lana [v1] be free, loose, unfettered, unconstrained.<br />

elanima [v2] loosen. lanta [v3] get free, escape;<br />

free, release, let loose. petats elanima<br />

[v2] loosen one’s grip on.<br />

lanta [v2] keep, maintain, preserve (e.g., food).<br />

lantsemoi [n] pattern (of lines), shape, figure.<br />

lantupa [v2] walk in single file; lead in single file.<br />

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lapu [n] crest; dorsal fin.<br />

las [p] only, merely, just, except (focus particle).<br />

lasta [v3] send, transmit. <br />

lastal [n] recipient, addressee (of a message).<br />

lastampa [v2] send out, distribute. laste [n]<br />

message, transmission; delivery.<br />

latla [v2] send away, dismiss, banish, expel.<br />

latuma [v2] shade, block the light, eclipse; cast a<br />

shadow.<br />

lau [n] way, path.<br />

laui [n] rabbit.<br />

laumasiò [n] homesickness.<br />

launia [v2] doze, be half-asleep.<br />

lautehian [n] track(s), rail(s) (for a train).<br />

le [c] but, yet; while, whereas.<br />

le [p] I guess, I suppose, perhaps (evidential particle<br />

used <strong>to</strong> express uncertainty). hiò le [p] yes,<br />

I think so. ntsune le [p] no, I don’t think so.<br />

lefa [v2] roll (over), roll around, move with a circular/rolling<br />

motion.<br />

lehina [v1] be little, small, minor; be trivial, unimportant,<br />

inconsequential.<br />

lehma [v1] be calm, peaceful. elehmima [v2] calm<br />

down, become calmer, relax; pacify, make more<br />

peaceful. lehmeta [v2] calm down, pacify, become/make<br />

calm.<br />

lehua [v1] be advisable; should, ought <strong>to</strong>.<br />

leike [n] treat; snack.<br />

leka [v1] be exhausted.<br />

lem [n] day, daylight hours (period from dawn<br />

<strong>to</strong> dusk). takuiste lem [n] the longest day of<br />

the year (day of the summer solstice). lemna<br />

[n(loc)] during the day, by day.<br />

lempek [n] type of stringed instrument.<br />

lena [v2] guess, suppose, reckon; imagine, speculate<br />

(about).<br />

letan [n] mat, covering made of woven material.<br />

letanin [n] coarsely woven material, matting.<br />

leu [n] tail (of a land mammal, amphibian, or reptile).<br />

leua [v1] be clear; be clean, pure, unsullied, unblemished,<br />

untarnished. leuta [v3] clear; (make)<br />

clean, purify.<br />

lhaha [v2] reach, stretch (out), extend, lengthen.<br />

lhahohta [v2] overreach, reach past. hulhpa lhaha [v2] cast a shadow.<br />

lotsan

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