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navel, belly button
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drill, borer, gimletetn
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umbilical cord
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nail
Rabūd na’ggõlõks vi’zzõ.
[One] attaches [it] with a nail.
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a)to nail
Naggõltõb, panāb na’ggõldõks vi’zzõ.
[One] nails, fastens with nails.Na’ggõltõd na’ggõlõks ra’j jālga vi’zzõ.
[One] nails on a chair leg with a nail. -
b)to shoe, to sheet (with iron)
Ibīz jālgad na’ggõltõb.
[One] shoes the horse's feet.
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laughter, laugh
muntõn na’ggõrõks
a laughingstock for othersna’ggõrt tī’edõ
to make [someone] laughä’dsmingizt na’ggõrõks tī’edõ
to make someone a laughingstock
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potato basket
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potato sack
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potato grater
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potato soup
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potato masher
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potato furrow
Visk ne kidūd na’ggõrdva’ggõ!
Throw those fish guts in the potato furrow!
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potato harvest time
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potato harvest time
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potato basket
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to make laugh
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laughingstock
ädsmingizõn na’ggõrtõb vȱlda
to be a laughingstock
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a)mockery, derision
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b)blasphemy
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potato(Solanum tuberosum)
na’ggõr kūor
potato peelna’ggõr vārdõd
potato sproutsna’ggõrzt kūorštõ
to peel a potatona’ggiri võttõ
to pick potatoes, to harvest potatoesna’ggõrd ne’iku sūrd kūlakõd
potatoes like large fistspanāb na’ggõrd mǭ si’zzõl
[s/he] is planting potatoesvõtāb na’ggiri mǭstõ i’lzõ
[s/he] is picking potatoesTa lekš na’ggõrdõks tõrg pǟl.
He went with the potatoes to market.Ma vȯ’ļ lapstõks na’ggiri kuoŗŗõmõs.
ArraySa ūod tämpõ ūdtõd na’ggõrz, tukūd ī’d.
Today you are [like] a baked potato, just snoozing.
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a)to laugh
irgõ na’grõ
to start to laughamāl kurkõl na’grõ
to roar with laughterna’grõb ne’i, ku ma’g ve’ržõb (~ dõ’ržõb)
[one] doubles up with laughter [~[one] laughs so that [one's] stomach shakes (~trembles)]Ta na’grõb mīnda.
He is making fun of me.Sǟ’l u’m ibīzõn na’grõmõst.
It is absurd. [~There a horse has to laugh.]Sa panād sigād na’grõm.
You make pigs laugh.Tǟnda u’m na’grõmõst; ta u’m na’ggõrtõb.
[One] has to laugh at him; he is ridiculous.Ta tī’eb na’grõmõzt.
He makes [one] laugh.Ta na’grõs mi’nkõks rõkāndõb.
He laughs [while] talking with me.Ne’i kōgiņ na’grõb, ku ne’iku pubā pōkõb lǭ’igi.
[One] laughs so long that [one] bursts like a bean. -
b)to ridicule, to laugh at, to deride
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woman, wife
nāizta võttõ
to take a wifeeņtš naistõ (~ mī’estõ) la’ggõ
to divorce one's wife (~ husband)Ta tǭ’b siedā neitstõ nāizõks.
He wants that girl as [his] wife.
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at loggerheads, at odds, in a quarrel with
Ne attõ naidõs.
They are at loggerheads.
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a female apprentice
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to marry off, to give away (in marriage)
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father-in-law (wife’s father)
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mother-in-law (i.e., the mother of one’s wife)
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women’s choir
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feminine, womanly
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a married man
Ku naizmīez kuo’d kūoršõnt ä’b nǟ, si’z u’m pȯis ; ku nǟb, si’z u’m mīez.
If a married man does not see the house's chimney, then [he] is a boy; if [he] sees it, then [he] is a man. (i.e., he is a man if he is tall enough to see the house's chimney, but a boy if he is too short to see it)
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to take a wife, to get married
Mīez võtāb nāizta, si’z ta nāizõb.
A man takes a wife, then he is getting married.Pūoga u’m naizõn.
The son has taken a wife.
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pregnancy
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woman
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womenfolk
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gynaecologist
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woman
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women’s disease
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female
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taking a wife, marriage
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joker
Naļļi u’m se, kis võib pǟgiņ naļļõ tī’edõ, a’ž tī’eb sū vāldiņ.
A joker is someone, who can make a lot of jokes, if [s/he] opens [his/her] mouth.
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Namibia
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a)nose
nanā jūokšõb
[one's] nose is runningnanā jūokšõb ne’i nemē kõuvõ kievād (~ kievād kõuvõ)
[one's] nose is running like a birch in spring (~a spring birch)nanā lǟ’b lǟlamstiz
[one] is congestednanā tīlkõb
[one's] nose is drippingsǭdõ pitkā nanā
to get nothing for [one's] effortskuskiz eņtš nanā teppõ
to stick one's nose into something [~somewhere]pitkā nanāks īedõ
to get nothing for [one's] effortsnanā tutkāmõst jarā võttõ
to get something [from someone or instead of someone] by acting quickly [~to take from the tip of [one's] nose]na’nnõ mǭ’zõ tänktõ
to become dejectedna’nnõ pīliz a’jjõ
to stick [one's] nose upjõvā nanā andõ
to rebuke [someone]Tä’m opātimiz sie’ggõ na’nnõ i’z tep.
[I] did not stick my nose into his education.Sa eņtš nanāks a’mži a’ilõd si’zzõl.
You stick your nose into everything. [~You run with your nose into everything.]Ta nä’gţiz mi’nnõn pitkõ na’nnõ.
He thumbed his nose at me. [~He showed me a long nose.]Alā nä’gţõ eņtš na’nnõ!
Don't show yourself [~your nose]!Ta tȭmbiz eņtš nanā tǟdõks – agā mingi kard vȯ’ļ.
He breathed in deeply [~his nose full] – there was probably some smell.Mis sa ajād eņtš nanā a’mži!
Why do you stick your nose into everything!Alā pa’n eņtš nanā a’mži!
Don't stick your nose into everything!Ta rabīz pi’ds na’nnõ.
He punched [someone] in the nose.Sīen vȯ’ļ knaš piški nanā ne’i ka gro’udõz.
He had a small, pretty nose like a grain.Si’nnõn tu’lbõd nanāst jǭsõd u’lzõ.
Your nose is snotty. [~You have rams coming out of the nose.]Sai pitkā nanā ja uid.
[One] got nothing except embarassment. [~[One] got a long nose and shame.]Pī’lõb, nanā täuž.
[One] is standing, [one's] nose full.Nanā sõ’vlõb, līb vī’mõ.
[One's] nose is itching, there will be rain.Nanā sõ’vlõb, sǭb ūdtõ kūlõ.
[One's] nose is itching, [one] will get to hear some news. -
b)muzzle, snout
Sigā tīngab nanāks mǭdõ.
The pig is rooting around in the ground with [its] snout.Sūr nanā ne’iku sigān, võib lǟ’dõ mǭdõ tīngam.
A big snout like a pig, [he] can go dig around in the ground. -
c)beak
Kūrgõn u’m pitkā va’imi nanā.
A crane has a long sharp beak.Seļļi nanā ne’i ka kūrgõn, sa võid lǟ’dõ boŗīdi akkõm ne’i ka kūrgõz.
A beak like a crane, you can go catch worms like a crane.Sīen vȯ’ļ seļļi nanā ku arāgõn.
He had a beak like a magpie. -
d)cape
Kūolka nanā
Cape Kūolka
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handkerchief
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nasal mucus, snot
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handkerchief
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the tip of the nose
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blow, hit, strike
ī’d napsāks
with one blowTa sai ī’d napsā.
He got hit once. [~He got one blow.]Āndiz seļļiz napsā, ku ta sai tutkām.
[S/he] delivered [~gave] such a blow that he was killed [~got [his] end].
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to knock
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fool, buffoon
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drug addict
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drug, narcotic
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a)fringe
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b)rag, shred, scrap
narmõks kīskõ
to tear to shredsnarmõks lǟ’dõ
to rip apartTouvõ kä’ds võrgõd vȯ’ļt narmõks jarā kīsktõd.
The nets were torn to shreds in the storm. -
c)chip, fragment, shard, piece
Tarīļ sadīz mǭ’zõ narmõks.
The plate fell and broke into pieces. [~The plate fell down into pieces.]
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fringed, fringy
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to mock, to tease, to make a fool of
Ta narrõb mīnda: tī’eb jūokidi mi’nkõks, ertļõb.
He teases me: jokes with me, annoys.
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teasing, mocking
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narcissus, daffodil(Narcissus)
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snooping, nosing around
Se u’m seļļi naškimi, amād kūožõd u’m naškõn le’bbõ.
That is a sort of snooping, [he] has snooped through all the places.
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to snoop, to nose around
Lǟ’b mū’zõ kūožõ, naskūb amād kūo’žõd i’lzõ, mis sǟ’l u’m.
[One] goes to another place, snoops out all the places that are there.
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sodium
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national
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natural numbermat
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mermaid
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shell (of a mollusc)
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sandbank
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European plaice(Pleur)
Nazvāliestā u’m pu’nnizt sipādõks.
The plaice has red spots [~is with red spots].
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yes, yup, yeah
Ne’i nä.
Yeah, like so.
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yes
Nǟ’, ma lǟ’b.
Yes, I will go.
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week
nädīļõks
for a weekkakš nädīļt
two weekssīe nädīļ
(during) this weeknädīļ immõrkouţi
all weeknädīļ le’bbõ
all through the week, all week longnädīļ pie’rrõ
in a week, after a weeknädīļ tāgižpē’ḑõn
a week agonädīļs at seis päuvõ
there are seven days in a week
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week-old, week, weekly
nädīļi vā’ški
a week-old calfnädīļi pǟva
weekday
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for weeks
Ta ke’i nädīļiņ je’dspē’ḑõn.
He was away for weeks.
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weekly (newspaper)
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weekday
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weekend
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to see
neme nǟ’b
as can be seenpalgstõ palgõ nǟ’dõ
to see in person [~from cheek to cheek]ūnda nǟ’dõ
to have [~see] a dreamvaijõ nǟ’dõ
to make an effortJõvād sīlmad, sieldõ nǟb ne’iku kašpūoga.
Good eyes, [one] sees clearly like a kitten.Ma sieldõ neiz siedā eņtš sīlmaks.
I saw it clearly with my own eyes.Sǭb nǟ’dõ!
Let's see!
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visible
nǟ’dõb ja’g
the visible partnǟ’dõb vȱlda
to be visiblenǟ’dõbõks sǭdõ
to become visiblesīḑšt u’m nǟ’dõb, ku...
from here it can be seen thatSe u’m nǟ’dõb ne’iku pi’v pǟlõ.
It is clearly visible. [~It is visible like on [one's] palm.]
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visible
tūlda nǟ’dõbõl
to become visible
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phenomenon
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visibly
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glory, order
Sīe mǭīlma nä’g lopūb.
The glory of this world passes., Sic transit gloria mundi.
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ravenous, greedy, gluttonous
nägāļi rištīng
a greedy personnägāļi nīe’m
a gluttonous cowNägāļi rištīng sīeb ne’i, nemē ta ä’b vȯlks sīedõ nǟnd.
A greedy person eats like he has never seen food.
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glutton
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ravenously, greedily, gluttonously
Mūnda rištīng sīeb nägāļistõn.
Some people eat greedily.
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ravenousness, greed, gluttony
Nägāļit ä’b ūo jõva irdõks.
Gluttony is not a good habit.
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a)vision, apparition
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b)appearance
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c)revelation
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Facebook
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play, drama
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pointer, indicator
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a)exhibition, exposition, show
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b)revelation
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a)to show, to point (at, to)
i’lzõ nä’gțõ
to show, to present ~ to display ~ to exhibit, to demonstrateriekkõ nä’gțõ
to show the waytǟ’dõlpa’nmizt nä’gțõ
to pay attentionkä’dkõks nä’gțõ
to gesture, to show with [one's] handTa nä’gțõb eņtš kīeldõ.
He is showing his tongue.Opātiji nä’gțiz kǭrtõ pǟl siedā jo’ugõ.
The teacher showed the river on the map.Ta nä’gțõb suormkõks riekkõ.
He is showing the way with [his] finger.Kil ma si’nnõn nä’gțõb!
I'll show you! -
b)to reveal, to show, to display, to exhibit
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a)to seem (to), to appear (to)
mi’nnõn nä’gțõb, ku…
[it] seems to me thatTa nä’gțõb rujā vȯlmõ.
He seems to be sick.Nä’gțõb, ku ta jemīņ ä’b tu’l.
[It] seems that he will not come anymore. -
b)to appear, to show up
Ta nä’gțiz mi’nnõn u’nsõ.
He appeared to me in a dream.
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a)example
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b)sample
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c)pointer
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for example, e.g.
Tulkiji u’m tī’end ka ūži sõņdi, nä’gțõbõks, palkõ, oppiji, täudnig.
The translator has also created new words, for example, palkõ, oppiji, täudnig.
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a)exhibition, exposition, show
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b)phenomenon
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performance, play, show
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vision
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good-looking, attractive
Ta u’m palgstõ nägūz naiztpūoļi.
She is a good-looking woman. [~ From her face, she is a good-looking woman.]
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a)hunger, starvation, famine
nǟlgas vȱlda
to be hungrynälgõ kūolõ
to starve to death, to die of hungerNǟlga opātõb pǭţiri.
Hunger teaches prayers.Nägāļi u’m nǟlgas.
The glutton is starving.Rištīng u’m nǟlgas ne’iku su’ž (~ pi’ņ).
The person is hungry like a wolf (~ dog).Ne’i je’n u’m nǟlgasõ, ku ma sīeks su’d ka jarā.
[I] am so hungry that I would also eat a wolf. -
b)miser, cheapskate
Ta u’m nǟlga.
He is a miser. -
c)glutton, a greedy person
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stingy, miserly
Ta u’m nǟlga.
He is stingy.
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famine
Nǟlgaāigad at vȯnnõd vanāst, ku i’z ūo sīedõ.
There were famines in ancient times, when there was nothing to eat.
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year of famine
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eagle-owl(Bubo bubo)
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famine
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hoopoe(Upupa epops)
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a)skinflint, miser
Mūnda rištīng u’m nǟlgaknǭ’š.
Some people are misers. -
b)pauper, a starving person
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miser
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hungry
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stingy, miserly
Kis u’m nǟlgali, sī’kstõ, ta ve’ržõb jegā kopīk pierāst, ku ä’b ūo āndamõst ulzõ.
[One] who is stingy, miserly, he trembles over every kopeck, so [he] does not have to spend [it].
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greed, avarice, covetousness
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a place afflicted by hunger and famine (lit. land of hunger)
Sīebõd ne’iku nǟlgamǭst ulzõ tunnõd.
[They] are eating like [they] had never seen food before [~like [they] had come from the land of hunger].
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to starve, to fast
Ta nǟlgandõb.
He is fasting.
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poverty (lit. starvation wages)
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scantily, modestly
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to starve (someone/something)
Ta nǟlgastiz eņtš nī’emidi.
He starved his cows.Nǟlgastõb rištīng ēņtšta, ä’b tarm sīedõ; nǟlgastõb rištīng tūoizta, ä’b tarm andõ.
A person starves himself, does not want to eat; a person starves another, does not want to give.
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they
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phenomenon
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invisible
nǟmõt ja’g
the invisible part
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a)breast (of a woman)
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b)teat
Vizād nǟnad ja veitõ semḑi.
Hard teats and little milk.
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a)nipple
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b)teat
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to tinker
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styemed
Tä’mmõn kazīz nǟr silmõ.
A stye developed [~grew] in his eye.Tä’mmõn u’m nǟr sīlmas.
He has a stye in his eye.
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heartburn
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polypody(Polypodium vulgare)
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heartburn
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necrosis
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fainting fit
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fainting fit
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to faint
Ma nǟrbiz pǟva kä’dsõ, lemmõsõ.
I fainted in the sun, in the heat.
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a)weak
Rištīng īeb närbõnõks.
The person becomes weak. -
b)asleep (e.g., of an arm or leg), numb
närbõn jālga
[one's] leg [is] asleep
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a)filthy creature
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b)monkey
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nerve
närvõd nȭrkuz
weak nervesMi’n närvõd ä’b kāndatõd siedā.
My nerves cannot take it.Ta sīeb mi’n närvidi.
He gets on my nerves. [~He eats my nerves.]
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shiver
Närvõd ne’i lǟ’bõd pi’ds sälgõ ne’iku siprikizt.
Shivers run [~go] up the spine [~across the back] like ants.
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nervous, anxious
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neural tissueanat
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nervous systemanat
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underdone, half-baked (i.e., referring to bread)
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to chew
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to chew
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yum-yum
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tip, nib, end
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uropygial gland, preen gland, oil gland (of birds)
Kanān u’m tabār pǟl ņäpā, kustõ ta pīkstõb ulzõ siedā ra’zzõ, missõks ta vȭidab eņts tūrgidi.
A hen has a uropygial gland on [its] tail, from which it squeezes out the fat, with which it rubs its feathers.
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to pick (at)
Ku ma midēgõst ņäpīkšõb sūormõdõks, ma ä’b kīsk, ma kǭ’ļõb ja rǭžki ne’i.
If I pick at something with [my] fingers, I do not tear it, I touch [it] and just a little bit [like] so.
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to chew
Ma ņäugõb set, ä’b sīe jarā.
I just chewed, [I] did not eat [it].
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whiner, wimp
