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

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

a good memory><br />

nioksot [n] answer, response, reply, re<strong>to</strong>rt.<br />

niokta [v3] return, go/come back; put back,<br />

take/bring back, return, replace; redo, do again,<br />

do over; resume, begin again, take up again.<br />

nioikta [v1] be back, returned. laste<br />

niokta [v3] send back, return; resend, send<br />

again. ois niokta [v3] replace, put (s.th.) back<br />

in its place. tiause niokta [v3] fall back down.<br />

nioktunka [v2] react, respond, acknowledge. nioktunke [n] reaction, response.<br />

niolh [n] land, country, region, terri<strong>to</strong>ry.<br />

nisa [v2] arise, come up (for consideration or discussion),<br />

come <strong>to</strong> one’s attention; bring up, consider;<br />

think about, give attention <strong>to</strong>, give thought<br />

<strong>to</strong>; talk about, discuss, go over. <br />

neise, neisanen [n] <strong>to</strong>pic, subject (brought up<br />

for consideration or discussion).<br />

nitlka [v3] sting, inject with venom. nitlke [n] sting, stinger.<br />

niuka [v2] grunt, snort. niuke, niukats [n] grunt,<br />

grunting sound, snort.<br />

nket [n] each, every, each of them, they each; each<br />

of the (animate). hen nket [n] both, both of<br />

them, they both, the two of them each (animate).<br />

nketu [n] crab.<br />

nkilha [v3] leave, depart, go away, disappear; remove,<br />

put away; get rid of, dispose of, dispense<br />

with. nkulha [v1] be<br />

gone, absent, away. nkulhota [v2] stay away,<br />

avoid; keep away. hete nkilha [v3] take away,<br />

carry away, remove. iante nkilha [v3] jump<br />

away, jump aside. kiompe nkilha [v3] run<br />

away, flee, disappear quickly. kutsumpe nkilha<br />

[v3] back away. solhe nkilha [v3] throw away,<br />

<strong>to</strong>ss away/aside, discard. tlynke nkilha [v3]<br />

push away, push aside; (fig.) reject. kulampiou<br />

nkulha [v1] be out of sight, beyond the range of<br />

one’s vision. ulampiou nkulha [v1] be out of<br />

earshot.<br />

nkima [n] (clitic cluster: third person animate<br />

nominative + first person inclusive ergative).<br />

nkime [n] (clitic cluster: third person animate nominative<br />

+ first person inclusive irrealis dative).<br />

nkimo [n] (clitic cluster: third person animate nominative<br />

+ first person inclusive realis dative).<br />

nko [n] (clitic cluster: third person animate nominative<br />

+ second person ergative).<br />

nkue [n] (clitic cluster: third person animate nominative<br />

+ second person irrealis dative).<br />

nkulha [v1] (see: nkilha).<br />

nkulhona [v1] be missed; miss, feel the loss or absence<br />

of. <br />

nkuo [n] (clitic cluster: third person animate nominative<br />

+ second person realis dative).<br />

nkuta [v3] club, bludgeon, hit, beat (with a<br />

heavy blunt instrument). <br />

no [n] <strong>to</strong> him, <strong>to</strong> her (3rd person realis dative clitic).<br />

nohtsune [n] earlobe.<br />

nohtuma [v1] be deaf, hard of hearing. enohtumima<br />

[v2] lose (some of) one’s hearing. nohtunta<br />

[v2] deafen, make deaf; become deaf.<br />

nohtumu [n] deafness, trouble hearing, inability <strong>to</strong><br />

hear (well). nohtumu koin [n] deaf person.<br />

noksu [n] sturgeon.<br />

nol [n] ear.<br />

nolal [n] (pair of) ears.<br />

nole [n] respect, esteem, admiration.<br />

nolhina [n] earring.<br />

nolho [n] muscle.<br />

nolna [v1] be respected, admired, esteemed; respect,<br />

admire, hold in esteem. <br />

noni [n] quail.<br />

nonta [v3] learn (completely), grasp; master, become<br />

skilled, become proficient. nointa [v1]<br />

be learned, skilled, proficient; be an expert, be a<br />

master (of). nointanen<br />

[n] master, expert, learned person; teacher,<br />

scholar. nointats [n] skill, proficiency, expertise.<br />

nointe [n] (acquired) skill, learning; lore, accumulated<br />

knowledge. nontahpa [v3] study, train<br />

in, seek <strong>to</strong> master. nontats [n] mastery, training.<br />

ntahò [n] misery; despair, hopelessness, lack of<br />

courage or resolve.<br />

ntasiku [n] oyster.<br />

ntielà [n] dolphin, porpoise.<br />

ntsa [n] (clitic cluster: third person animate nominative<br />

+ first person exclusive ergative).<br />

ntsamà [n] nothing, none.<br />

ntsamalh [n] no time, no point. ntsamalhna<br />

[n(loc)] never, in no case, at no point, on no<br />

occasion.<br />

ntse [p] not (negative focus particle). eima ntse<br />

[p] not yet, still not. husu ntse [p] not even.<br />

tiefu ntse [p] only not, just not; except (for).

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