• Wordlist

    Parts of the body

    Word [Buan]
    English    		 Notes
    		[liga]
     hand
    		[xulina]
    skin
    		[yava]
    foot
    		[kxē]
    belly/stomach
    		[sui]
    bone
    		[yaē]
    liver
    		[uo]
    heart
    		[sucuna]
    breast
    		shoulder
    		[dra]
    blood
    		[ya][dre][na]
    head
    		[tomo]
    neck
    		hair (head/body)
    		[u][cu]
    nose
    		[dra][kxa]
    mouth
    		[bai]
    tooth
    		[ya][me]
    tongue
    		[ma][ā]
    eye
    		[ta li ga]
    ear
    		right
    		left

    Family terms

    Word [Buan]
    English    		 Notes
    		[yau]
    I
    		[ixo]
    you
    		[xei] [ruxa]
    we
    		[xoi]
    this
    		[xori]
    that
    		[ocei]
    who?
    		[xacava]
    what?

    Animals

    Word [Buan]
    English    		 Notes
    		[xoli]
    dog
    		[manu][manu]
    bird
    		[ya][loxa]
    egg
    		[vu][ina]
    feather
    		[le][wena]
    meat/flesh
    		[bu][ina]
    tail
    		[kxukxu]
    claw
    		[ai][leu]
    horn
    		[xu’u]
    louse
    		[ixa]
    fish

    Numbers

    Word [Buan]
    English    		 Notes
    		[tuga]
    one
    		[rua]
    two
    		[elevu]
    many
    		[au][coxo]
    all

    Natural objects and phenomena

    Word [Buan]
    English    		 Notes
    		[so][reni]
    seed
    		[drau][ni][kxu]
    leaf
    		[wa][xa]
    root
    		[vuni][xu]
    tree

    Verbs of the body

    Word [Buan]
    English    		 Notes
    		[gunu]
    to drink
    		[kaxna]
    to eat
    		[kxē]
    to bite
    		[rogo]
    to hear
    		[moce]
    to sleep

    Verbs of action

    Word [language]
    English    		 Notes
    		[vukx]
    to fly
    		[aubale]
    to walk
    		[kxlo]
    to swim
    		[kxla]
    to know/to be knowledgeable
    		[vxma][ea]
    to kill
    		[mxe]
    to die/to be dead

    Adjectives

    Word [language]
    English    		 Notes
    		[xlailai]
    small
    		[xā][levu]
    big
    		[balavu]
    long

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