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

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

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nanyipa [v2] handle, manipulate, wield, use (with<br />

one’s hands), operate (by hand). nanyipe [n]<br />

hand <strong>to</strong>ol, implement, instrument.<br />

napatla [v3] cover, conceal, block (s.th.) with one’s<br />

hands, put one’s hands over, put one’s hands in<br />

front of. <br />

napè [n] daughter (esp. the daughter of a woman).<br />

napeta [v2] grab, grasp, take hold of; pick up with<br />

one’s hands.<br />

napiha [v2] feel, reach (out), search (with one’s<br />

hands). <br />

nasa [v1] be strong. enasima [v2] strengthen,<br />

get/make stronger, fortify. nasampa [v2] exert<br />

oneself, use one’s strength; do (s.th.) by force.<br />

nasats [n] strength.<br />

nasehta [v3] hand on, pass on; hand over, turn<br />

(s.th.) over <strong>to</strong>; give out, dispense. <br />

nasimampe [n] handiwork, craft.<br />

naslola [v3] grab (in a bunch), take a handful.<br />

nasloilanen [n]<br />

bunch, handful, as much as one can grab in a<br />

single hand.<br />

nat [n] they, them; these (ones), those (ones) (3rd<br />

plural animate nominative pronoun and demonstrative).<br />

nata [v3] hand, pass, give (by hand); (p.t. food)<br />

serve; feed. nate [n] serving; feed.<br />

natafa [v3] show/demonstrate using gestures or<br />

pan<strong>to</strong>mime. natafats [n] pan<strong>to</strong>mime.<br />

natak [n] blow. natakme [n(inst)] forcefully, by<br />

hitting. natak ehtsanme [n] in one blow, with<br />

a single blow.<br />

natatana [v3] hand out/around, give out, dispense,<br />

distribute; circulate (by hand).<br />

nateka [v2] get, go and get, fetch, gather, collect<br />

(in/with one’s hands); pick up, take, grab; pick,<br />

choose, select, take up (i.e., identify s.th. as one’s<br />

choice by grabbing or picking it up); (p.t. plants)<br />

pick, harvest. nateke [n] pick, choice, selection;<br />

harvest.<br />

nateuna [v3] <strong>to</strong>uch with one’s hand(s), put/lay<br />

one’s hand(s) on; put down, set down (s.th. which<br />

one has been holding or carrying). <br />

natiausa [v2] drop, let go of (allowing <strong>to</strong> fall).<br />

natifa [v3] take off, remove (by hand); strip, peel;<br />

pick, pluck; harvest. natifampa<br />

[v2] gather, harvest, bring in (a crop).<br />

natilha [v2] be clumsy (with one’s hands); handle<br />

clumsily, fumble with, have difficulty manipulating.<br />

natiyisa [v2] lift (with one’s hands), pick up, hold<br />

up (in one’s hands).<br />

natliku [n] noxious or irritating substance, irritant.<br />

tiokin natliku [n] poison, <strong>to</strong>xin, venom, deadly<br />

substance.<br />

natlisa [v3] hand over, hand across; pass (e.g., food<br />

across a table); transfer, transmit (by hand).<br />

natluha [v3] press down (on), hold down, pin (with<br />

one’s hands/arms).<br />

natlula [v3] pound, hammer (with one’s fist), beat,<br />

throttle.<br />

natlynka [v2] push (against) with one’s hands.<br />

na<strong>to</strong>ka [v3] fix, repair, mend (esp. manually).<br />

na<strong>to</strong>ke [n] fix, repair; <strong>to</strong>ol (used <strong>to</strong> fix<br />

something).<br />

natui [n] pestle.<br />

natupa [v2] crawl on one’s hands and knees.<br />

naua [n] palm (of the hand); sole (of the foot); paw.<br />

nauatia [v2] gesture <strong>to</strong>wards, point <strong>to</strong>wards, indicate;<br />

hold out, offer; show, display. <br />

nauma [n] cougar, mountain lion, puma.<br />

nauot [n] cup, vessel (for drinking out of). tilas<br />

nauot [n] (drinking) glass.<br />

nauotla [v2] separate, take apart, disassemble (by<br />

hand).<br />

ne [n] he, him; she, her (3rd person animate nominative<br />

clitic).<br />

ne [p] (interrogative particle; contracts <strong>to</strong> -n after<br />

a vowel).<br />

nefi [n] fern (esp. western sword fern).<br />

nehka [v1] moult, shed skin/scales (used of reptiles).<br />

<br />

nehta [v2] move suddenly, move quickly, jump,<br />

jerk; be startled; startle, upset. <br />

neile [n] sheep, mountain goat.<br />

nek [n] scales; skin (of a fish, reptile, or amphibian).<br />

nelha [v3] forbid, prohibit, disallow; deny, say no.<br />

neilha [v1] be forbidden,<br />

prohibited, disallowed, taboo. neilhe [n]<br />

forbidden thing, taboo.<br />

nem [p] (speech act particle used <strong>to</strong> mark a sentence<br />

as expressing a suggestion).

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