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waist n. gogo (1)
· · nekilasi
wait vi. luku (2)
· · wakiti
wait for, expectantly vt. fuuwakiti
wait, lie in didon wataa
wake (of funeral) n. dede osu
wake up vi. weki
wake up in the morning opo na amaka
waken by shaking vt. seke (2)
walk vi. waka (1)
walk about idly vi. sanga (2)
walk to and fro vi. sanga (1)
walking stick n. waka tiki
wander vi. buuya (1)
wander around aimlessly vi. sanga (2)
wanders around (socially) vi. yayo
want vt. wani (1)
war n. oloku
· · toko (2)
war spirit n. feti wenti
warehouse n. magisin
warlock n. wisiman
warm, be (liquids) vi. waan (1)
warm, be uncomfortably vi. banowtu (1)
warm (environmentally), be vi. waan (2)
warmed up adj. waan waan
warmth n. waan (3)
warn vt. bali1 (2)
· · wasikoi
warning I wani mi piiti i bee?
· I wani mi diingi i buulu?
· I wani mi diingi i buulu?
· I wani mi doo i ede?
· I wani mi nyan i lebii?
· I sokoo mutika!
· I wani mi nyan i lebii?
wash body vt. wasi1 (1)
wash cloth n. wasi duku
wash (dishes) vt. wasi1 (2)
wash out your mouth sibi i mofu a doti
· sibi i mofu a doti
washboard (for clothes) wasi uman
· n. guluma (1)
washboard, scrub clothes on a vt. guluma (2)
washing clothes, basin for n. alama
wasp n. mutika
· · wasi wasi
wasp, spider-hunting n. ontiman
waste vt. fuumolusu
· · nyan (5)
· · poli (2)
wastes, eliminate bodily vi. wensei (1)
· · wensei (1)
watch n. oloisi
watch closely vt. wegi1 (3)
watch, keep vt. luku (4)
· · waki (1)
watch out! Koni! Koni!
watch, secretly vt. waki (2)
watchman n. wakitiman
water n. wataa (1)
· vt. sipoiti (2)
water, bail out towe wataa
water boa n. mboma
water, boiled n. kuku wataa
water bubble n. puulu1
ice"}water, cold or ice n. koo wataa
water, disperse vi. wasi1 (3)
water, ditch n. gotoo wataa
water, drink a single drop of diingi wan neki wataa
water, hot n. waan wataa
water, ice n. eisi wataa
water, ideophone describing gliding ideo. sii3
water jug n. bungu
water, lukewarm n. koo wataa
water on uncooked rice n. alisi deke
· · alisi deke
water, rice cooked in n. alisi anga wataa
water, top of the n. tapu wataa
waterfront boy n. wataa sei boi
waterfront, land bordering a n. soo2
watermelon n. wataamun
waters, mouth wan sama mofu e booko wataa
· wan sama neki e lon
waters, rushing n. sula
waterway, poison a vt. ponsu2
waterway, sand bank of a n. santi bangi
watery soup n. pepee wataa
wave n. paana
· vt. wai1 (1)
way n. fa (3)
· · fasi1
way, move out of vi. wai3
Wayana Amerindian n. Alukuyan
we pn. wi
weak, be vi. malengii
· · masi2
weak in health, be vi. swaki (2)
weak in strength, be vi. swaki (1)
weakness in character n. swaki (3)
weapon n. feti sani
· · wapu
weapon, prepare to use a vt. kaka2
wear vt. wei1
weary, be vi. weli1 (1)
weather n. weli2
web, spider n. anainsi tetei
wedding feast n. toow osu
wedlock, pregnancy out of ganda bee
Wednesday n. diidewooko
Wednesday, female born on n. Akuba
Wednesday, male born on n. Kwaku
weed (with a machete) vt. wai2
week n. wiki1
week, last n. taa wiki
week, next n. taa wiki
weeping n. adyumadye
weevil n. miti2
weigh vt. wegi1 (1)
weight, be over- vi. deki (1)
· · fatu (1)
welcome puu wan sama a boto
weld n. lasi2
well n. peti
well, all is going A kai a pasi gi en.
· A kai a pasi gi en.
well, fight feti kofu
well (interjection) interj. we
well, very adv. bun bun
well-acquainted, be vi. gwenti (1)
well-informed, be de sabi sabi
well-to-do person ibiman
west n. san dongo
Western name n. Bakaa nen
· · pampila nen
· · pampila nen
Westerner n. Bakaa (1)
westernized Black n. Bakaa Nengee
wet, be vi. nati
wetting, bed- pisi a siibipe
What! interj. san3
what pn. san2
what time? adj. lati1 (2)
whatever happens conj. winsi1
whatever way, in conj. fa (2)
wheelbarrow n. koloi wagi
whelped dog, just meke dagu
when adv. on ten (2)
· · on yuu (2)
· · pe (2)
· conj. di1
· · te1 (1)
· · te1 (2)
· interr. on ten (1)
· · on yuu (1)
whenever adv. alaten
where fa fu
· adv. pe (1)
· interr. on se
wherever adv. ala pe
which adj. di fu
· interr. on di
· pn. di2
which one interr. sowtu wan
which one, pronoun for pn. wan (5)
· · wan (5)
which sort of interr. sowtu1
which thing pn. san2
while conj. di1
· · te1 (2)
whip n. wipi1 (2)
· vi. wipi1 (3)
· vt. fon (1)
· · wipi1 (1)
whippoorwill n. awiyo
whirlwind n. daai winta
whiskers on side of face n. boku bali
whistle n. foiti (2)
· vi. foiti (1)
whistling, ideophone describing ideo. fiyo fiyo
white, be vi. weti1 (1)
white person n. Bakaa (1)
White-lipped peccary n. pingo
whiten vt. weti1 (3)
whitish, be vi. weti weti
· · weti1 (2)
who interr. sama (3)
· pn. di2
whole adj. hii1
whole, swallow vt. swali
whore n. motyo (2)
whore, be a vi. motyo (1)
whore-like, be vi. wei2
why adv. fu saide meke
· · saide
· interr. San pasa?
· · saanti2
wide adj. baala2 (3)
widen go anga bansa
· vt. baala2 (1)
width n. baala2 (2)
wife tiya sama
· n. boliman
· · boomiki (3)
· · folow
· · muyee
· · uman (2)
wife, co- n. meti2
wife for husband, vocative used by Baa(la) Mati
· Baa(la) Mati
· Baa(la) Mati
wife of arranged marriage poti mofu uman
· poti mofu uman
wife, vocative used by husband for Sa Mati
wild, be vi. kaasi2 (2)
wild duck n. busi dokisi
wildcat, large n. bubu
wildcat sp. n. paalu bubu
will aux. v. sa2
wilted, be vi. law3
wily, be vi. koni (2)
competition"}win a fight or competition vt. wini (1)
wind n. winta
wind, blowing vt. wai1 (1)
wind, whirl- n. daai winta
windmill n. winta mii
window n. fensee
windpipe n. tooto1 (1)
winds, downpour with heavy sibi busi
wine n. win
wing of a bird n. mapapi
wink pingi ain
wink at someone meke ain gi wan sama
wink suggestively booko ain gi wan sama
· kii ain gi wan sama
· pingi ain gi wan sama
winner n. winiman
winnow vt. wai1 (2)
wipe vt. sibi
wipe away vt. figi
wipe feet, mat to n. sibi futu koosi
wire n. dalati
· · insii tetei
· · waya
wire fish trap n. nasi2
wisdom n. koni (3)
wise, be tyai ede
· vi. koni (1)
wise man n. koniman
wish vt. wani (1)
· · winsi2
witch n. wisiman
witchcraft n. wisi (2)
witchcraft, one experienced in wan lepi sama
with prep. anga2 (1)
withhold vt. mombii
withhold food tei bee gi wan sama
without prep. sondee
without deviation adv. soifili (1)
without equal, one n. basi2 (3)
without reasons adv. kuwownu (1)
witness n. kotoigi (2)
· vt. kotoigi (1)
Witness adherent, Jehovah n. Baaka Bukuman
· · Baaka Bukuman
· · Gadu Wowtuman
Witness sect, Jehovah n. Jehowfa Kotoigi
woe interj. heelu
woman n. mama2 (2)
· · uman (1)
· · umanpikin (1)
woman, adult n. pangi uman
woman, become an adult gi pangi
· wei pangi
woman, Caucasian n. misi2
woman, have sexual intercourse fende wan uman
woman, have sexual intercourse with didon anga wan uman
· suku wan uman
· teke wan uman
woman, Javanese n. maye
woman, promiscuous ganda uman
· n. kaasi uman
· · lasaa uman
· · motyo uman
· · wei uman
woman who has delivered mekeman
woman, young n. pikin uman
woman's backside rolling uman gogo e lolo
· uman baka e lolo
woman's virginity, take away du wan uman ogii
womb n. bee (2)
· · mulu
womb, close tapu bee
wonder n. foondoo sani
wood, chopped n. doo udu
wood for drying things n. doo buba
wood for making paddle n. pali udu
not aged"}wood, green or not aged adj. lala (3)
wood, pile of unburned n. hii2
wood, plane vt. sikafu
wood shavings, curled n. koolu koolu
wood sp. n. kamaluwa
· · wana
wood sp., tropical n. kwali2
wood splinter n. mbalu
wood stump n. gobo (1)
wood, uncut n. udu
wood variety n. kopi
woodcarving knife n. pikin nefi
wooden box n. kedee
· · kisi2
wooden platter n. tee2 (1)
wooden rack for drying fish and game n. baakoto
woodpecker, Crimson-crested n. totomboti
word n. wowtu
words only soso mofu
· soso taki
work n. wooko (2)
· vi. wooko (1)
work, be free from vi. felei (1)
work boss n. basi fu wan wooko
work hard vt. feti (5)
work hours n. wooko yuu
worker n. wookoman
workmen n. wookoman
world n. goontapu (1)
worldly life n. goontapu libi
worldly people n. goontapu sama
worm n. woon
worm, bacon n. sipeki woon
pit"}worm in a maripa pit n. akale
worm, itching n. kaasi woon
worries of life booko fu wan sama libi
worry booko ede
· kaabu ede
· idiom. kaabu ede
· vi. kusumi (1)
worsen a matter sutu faya a ini wan toobi
worship idols begi sani
worth n. waiti (2)
worth, be vi. fiti (3)
worthless adj. soso1 (3)
worthless as a dog wisiwasi enke dagu
worthless, be vi. wisiwasi
worthless conversation soso mofu
worthless talk soso taki
worthy, be vi. waiti (1)
wound someone gi mankei
wrangling n. kaakeli
wrap vt. dombee
· · duku1 (2)
· · lolo1 (2)
wraparound skirt n. pangi
wrath n. atiboon
· · atiboon
wren, House n. fiyamba
wrestle vt. suwa2
wring, squeeze vt. kwinsi
wrinkled, be vi. kwinsi kwinsi
wrist n. neki ana
wrist clasp n. bui (3)
write vt. sikiifi
write a letter meke pampila
wrongdoing n. fowtu (1)
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