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

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

as material for carving or building); tree trunk,<br />

heavy branch. kapailhte lotsan [n] (piece of)<br />

driftwood.<br />

lotsuku [n] tree trunk.<br />

loua [v1] (see: lyua).<br />

loun [n] highland, upland, fell.<br />

luaki [n] coyote.<br />

luan [n] hair, head of hair; coat, fur (of an animal).<br />

hame luan [n] grey hair.<br />

luelia [v2] calm, relax, pacify, put (s.o.) at ease;<br />

care for, treat (a disease or condition). lueliaka [n] doc<strong>to</strong>r, healer; nurse.<br />

lueliats [n] care, treatment, therapy.<br />

luha [v1] be dim, pale, faint, weak; give off very<br />

little light (used of light sources, rather than objects<br />

reflecting light); (p.t. fire) be low, smolder.<br />

eluhima [v2] fade, grow dimmer, dwindle,<br />

weaken, die away, burn low. luhampa [v2] (p.t.<br />

translucent substances) be cloudy, hazy, dark,<br />

dense; let through very little light. <br />

luhits [n] ember(s).<br />

luhkoipa [v1] be well-known, old, familiar, known<br />

for a long time.<br />

luhme [n] old (one); elder.<br />

luhmehats [n] old age.<br />

luhtsa [v3] smell, detect the odour of. loihtsa [v1] smell, perceive the odour of;<br />

have a smell/odour. eloihtsa [v1] smell (of),<br />

have the smell/odour of.<br />

luiha [n] old woman (esp. after the onset of<br />

menopause), crone; wise woman.<br />

luihats [n] menopause. luihatsna [n(loc)] in<br />

menopause; during menopause.<br />

luka [v1] be very old, ancient.<br />

luku [n] louse.<br />

lul [n] place/space underneath, area below, area<br />

beneath. lulna [n(loc)] under, underneath, beneath.<br />

lulha [v1] be bad.<br />

luma [v1] (see: lima).<br />

lumakon [n] cellar, basement, underground room.<br />

kilumakon [n] vault, underground chamber or<br />

tank.<br />

lune [n] blue (thing).<br />

lunkam [n] spruce.<br />

lunta [v1] flee, escape, run away, get away.<br />

luom [n] (large) bell; (fig.) hour.<br />

luta [v2] bow, bend forward. tyn luta [v2] bow<br />

one’s head; nod (one’s head).<br />

lu<strong>to</strong> [n] liver.<br />

lyhma [v3] seal (e.g., with glue or wax), make a<br />

seal in; caulk. lyhme<br />

[n] seal; sealant, caulking agent.<br />

lyihpa [v1] be possible. lyihpe, lyihpats [n] possibility.<br />

lyihpiylaka [n] caterpillar.<br />

lyip [n] leaf. lhihe lyip [n] blade of grass. tsatsanen<br />

lyipmit [n] foliage, greenery.<br />

lynnu [n] yew tree.<br />

lyua [v2] wake up, awaken. loua [v1] be awake. louats [n]<br />

waking, wakefulness.<br />

ma [n] I (1st singular ergative clitic).<br />

mà [n] what, which; some, something; any, anything;<br />

certain (inanimate).<br />

mahki [n] demon, monster, malevolent spirit.<br />

mahta [v2] be mean, petty; be nasty, malicious,<br />

unkind; do (s.th.) out of malice; be merciless,<br />

act without compassion. mahtats [n] meanness,<br />

pettiness; malice, lack of compassion.<br />

mahtla [v3] taste, detect the taste of. maihtla [v1] taste, experience the<br />

taste of, be able <strong>to</strong> taste; have a taste. emaihtla [v1] taste (of), have the<br />

taste/flavour of.<br />

maka [n] (cooked) meat.<br />

mala [v3] create, invent, make up, come up with,<br />

coin (usu. spontaneously, through improvisation);<br />

discover, hit upon, arrive at; be inspired;<br />

inspire. malats [n] creativity, invention,<br />

inspiration; improvisation. male [n] creation,<br />

invention, coinage; discovery.<br />

malha [v1] be worthwhile, worth (doing).<br />

malioina [v1] be clear, obvious, self-evident.<br />

malka [n] wolf.<br />

malo [n] wall (esp. supporting wall of a house or<br />

other enclosed structure).<br />

man [n] I, me (1st singular nominative pronoun).<br />

manka [v3] fix (in place), fasten, attach, affix.<br />

mainka [v1] be fixed<br />

in place, be held in place; stay in place, stay put;<br />

be firm, stable, unmoving. mainkota [v2] keep<br />

in place, hold on<strong>to</strong>, restrain, prevent from moving.<br />

inie manka [v3] catch sight of, focus one’s<br />

gaze on; pay attention <strong>to</strong>. kistatl manka [v3]

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