Waa-English dictionary

A

a - by, from

ae - that (introduces relative clauses)

apa - four

ata - after, later than

B

beo - before

bono - good, right

bonorohi - bad, wrong, incorrect

boro - ball, sphere

borokora - planet

buku - book

bukuwedo - dictionary

D

danu - to dance

E

e - and

ea - air

ena - to exist

eo - or

ete - to think

G

gegu - wing

goko - dark, black

guru - night

H

hako - falcon

hea - hair

heayoru - grass

hega - to hang (intr.)

hoko - hawk

horo - to fall

huso - house

husoitu - restaurant

I

i - in, at, on, to

ina - now, at this moment

io yes (in response to a positive question), no (in response to a negative question)

iru - to love

itu - to eat

K

kae - can, to be able to

kedanu - dance (noun)

kee - to come, to arrive

keena - existence

keete - thought, idea

keitu - food

kekutu - piece, slice

keminu - drink (noun)

kemuo - movement

kesoga - song

kesoi - sound

ketisu - teaching, doctring

ketoko - language, speech

kia - it, she, he

kia naa - that one

kia nei - this one

kiaera - they

kire - fire

ko - (past tense particle)

koroete - computer

korokutu - knife

kororita - pen, pencil

korotima - clock, watch, timepiece

kutu - to cut, to chop

kuo no, not

M

mae - can, may, to be able to

me - (non-past particle)

manu - mountain

mine - minute

minu - to drink

muka - face, appearance, look

mula - first

muo - to go, to travel, to move (intr.)

N

naa - there, that (adnominal)

nea - to be

nei - this, there (adnominal)

O

oa - two

odu - old, parent

oka - people, crowd, tribe

oma - mother, aunt

ona - woman

osa - part, piece

ota - father

P

paara - to chase

pahoro - to drop, to bring down

paiboa - village, settlement, town

pailera - school

paitu - to feed

paiwea - where

pamuo - to lead

palera - to teach

pasoi - to make something sound

pasu - to pass, past

payara - to chase

R

rane - land, soil, area, country

redi - already, finished, to have done

rei - grey

reu - fox

reye - to govern, to lead

rita - to write, to draw

roa - two

ruku - to look, to watch, to study, to read

S

sewa - to sleep

sima - while, when, at the same time as

siu - to see

soga - to sing

soi - to sound

T

taa - then

taa - star

tea - when

tei - now

tiadanu - dancer

tialera - student, pupil

tiaoka - human, person

tiapalera - teacher

tiaruku - reader, student

tima - hour, time

tima naa - then

tima nei - now

tima wea - when

tisu - to teach

toko - to talk, to speak

U

una - one

W

waa - language, speech, culture (archaic)

wae - to want (to)

waka - boat, canoe, shop, vessel

wakaaka - ship

wakaakaea - airship

wakaea - airplane, airship

wakakora - spaceship

wakarane - car, wagon

wea - who, what, which, where

wedo - word

were - animal, being, creature

weru - bird

werukire - airplane

wira - science, study, academy, theory

wirakora astronomy

wirarane - geography

wirariwa - biology

wirawere - zoology

wirayoru - geology, earth science

woho - wolf

woko - to walk

wota - water

wotahewe - rain

Y

yagu - young, child

yara - to run

yoru - earth, soil, Earth (planet)

yu - you (singular)

yuera - you (plural)

yuyu - last, final