Waa-English dictionary

A dictionary of the Waa language.

A

a - by, from

ae - that (introduces relative clauses)

aba - father, uncle

ai - island

ak to ask

apa - four

apo - top, head, cap, area on/above something

aro - arrow

ata - after, later than

B

bake - back, the far side of something

bas - bus

bau - to bow

bei - bay

bea - bear

beo - before

bii - bee

bin - bin, container

bita - to bite, to sting

bon - good, right

bonera - good-sounding

boneya - good-looking, beautiful

bonrohi - bad, wrong, incorrect

boro - ball, sphere

borokora - planet

bou - bow (toll)

buk - book

bukwedo - dictionary

buro - blue

burowit - light blue

buo - cage

bus - bush, vetegation

D

dan - to dance

dei - day

Deiapa - Wednesday

Deiei - Sunday

Deikore - Tuesday

Deilima - Thursday

Deiroa - Monday

Deises - Friday

Deisewe - Saturday

deu - god, deity

dou - dough

E

e - and

ea - air

ei - one

ena - to exist

eo - or

era - ear

eya - eye

G

goko - dark, black

gur - night

H

hako - falcon

hea - hair

heatin - beard

heayor - grass

hega - to hang (intr.)

hera - to hear

hesi - face, surface

hewe - sky, heaven

hika - fish

hoko - hawk

horo - to fall

huka - to catch

hus - house

husbuk - library

husit - restaurant

huskopa - shop, store

husmin - bar, drinking establishment

hussawa - museum

I

i - in, at, on, to

i apo - over, above

i puri - under, beneath, below

i roka - inside, into

ina - now, at this moment

iro - iron

ir - to love

is - ice

it - to eat

K

kaa - car

kae - can, to be able to

kamo - camel

kapo - cupboard, box

kapois - freezer

kapokur - refrigerator

kap - cup, mug

kebono - goodness

kedan - dance (noun)

kee - to come, to arrive

keena - existence

kehera - rumour

keitu - food

keki - cake

kekipana - pancake

kekiiti - cookie

kekut - piece, slice

kemin - drink (noun)

kemuo - movement

kesoga - song

kesoi - sound

ketis - teaching, doctring

ketoko - language, speech

kire - fire

kom - comb, to comb

kou - to go

koroete - computer

korokut - knife

koroope - key

kororita - pen, pencil

korotima - clock, watch, timepiece

ku - no, not

kur - cold, cool

kut - to cut, to chop

M

mae - can, may, to be able to

mako - shark

mane - man, male

mano - mountain

meko - dress

mene - man, human

mine - minute

min - to drink

muka - face, appearance, look

mura - first

N

naa - there, that (adnominal)

nahi - knife

nea - to be

nei - this, there (adnominal)

nos - nose

nota - night

nut - nut

O

oa - two

od - old, parent

oka - people, crowd, tribe

oma - mother, aunt

osa - part, piece

ota - father

oya - eye

P

paena - to create

pahoro - to drop, to bring down

paiboa - village, settlement, town

pakena - to introduce, to present, to make known

pairera - school

pait - to feed

paiwea - where

pamuo - to lead

pana - pan

parera - to teach

pas - to pass, past

pasiu - to show

pasoi - to make something sound

patuo - to place, to put

payara - to chase

R

rai - to fry, to heat

rane - land, soil, area, country

raneai - island

redi - already, finished, to have done

rene - to rent

rei - grey

reu - fox

reye - to govern, to lead

rita - to write, to draw

roa - two

roka - interior, enclosure, to enclose

rota - rat

roti - bread

roto - blood

ruk - to look, to watch, to study, to read

S

sau - shark

sawa - collection, museum

sawaai - archipelago

sawabuk - library

sawamanu - mountain range

sel - to sell

sewa - sleep

sima - while, when, at the same time as

siu - to see

soabuk - library

soga - to sing

soi - to sound

suk - to suck

T

ta - (past tense marker)

taa - then

taa - star

te - he, she, it

tea - when

teera - they

tei - now

tenaa - that one, he, she, it

tenei - this one, he, she, it

tesi - station

tesibas - bus station

tesiweiiro - railway station

tiadan - dancer

tiaoka - human, person

tiaparera - teacher

tiarera - student, pupil

tiaruk - reader, student

tiasiu - audience, onlooker, viewer, witness

tima - hour, time

tima naa - then

tima nei - now

tima wea - when

tis - to teach

toko - to talk, to speak

tuo - to stand, to be located, to be placed

U

ui - to swim

ur - wool

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

wei - way, path, road

weiiro - railway

weko - to work

wene - go go, to walk, to move, to travel

wer - bird

were - animal, being, creature

werkire - airplane

wero - world

wige - wing

wira - science, study, academy, theory

wirakora astronomy

wirarane - geography

wirawere - zoology

wirayor - geology, earth science

woho - wolf

woma - woman

woo - world

woorane - civil war

woowero - world war

wota - water

wotahewe - rain

wotaoya - tear

wotariwa - river

wotawero - ocean

Y

yag - young, child

yagman - son, boy

yaguma - daughter, girl

yara - to run

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

yor - earth, soil, Earth (planet)

yu - you (singular)

yuera - you (plural)

yuo - last, final