Parts of the body
| English | Translation | Notes |
| hand | bai | |
| left | maing | |
| right | atai | |
| leg/foot | wae/raurau-ni-wae | |
| skin | kun | |
| back | nuka | |
| belly/stomach | biroto | |
| bone | rii | |
| intestines | kanoannano | |
| liver | mama | |
| lungs | atom | |
| breast | mmamma | |
| shoulder | anaa | |
| blood | rataa | |
| head | atu | |
| neck | roroa | |
| hair (head/body) | ira/burae | |
| nose | bwairi | |
| mouth | wii | |
| tooth | wii | |
| tongue | newe | |
| eye | mata | |
| ear | taninga |
Family terms
| English | Translation | Notes |
| person/human being | aomata | |
| man / male | mwaane | |
| woman / female | aine | |
| child | ataei | |
| husband | mwaneniumwa | |
| wife | aineniumwa | |
| mother | tina | |
| father | tama | |
| name | ara |
Everyday objects
| English | Translation | Notes |
| road / path | kawai | |
| house | auti | |
| roof/thatch | taubuki | |
| rope | roobu | |
| needle | neiran | |
| stick | kai |
Animals
| English | Translation | Notes |
| animal | man | |
| dog | kameo | North dial.: kiri |
| bird | mannikiba | |
| egg | bunimoa | |
| feather | burae | |
| wing | bai | |
| rat | kimoa | |
| snake | tinaki | |
| worm/earth worm | mwata | |
| mosquito | manninara | |
| spider | tibwaita | |
| fish | ika |
Natural objects and phenomena
| English | Translation | Notes |
| branch | mwanga | |
| leaf | banikai | |
| root | wakaa | |
| flower | ue | |
| fruit | uanikai | |
| grass | uteute | |
| earth/soil | tano | |
| stone | atibu | |
| sand | tano | |
| water | ran | |
| sea | taari | |
| salt | taoro | |
| woods/forest/jungle | kai/buakonikai | |
| sky | karawa | |
| moon | namwakaina | |
| cloud | nang | |
| rain | karau | |
| thunder | tabuariki | |
| lightning | iti | |
| wind | ang | North dial.: aeng |
| fire | ai | |
| smoke | bubu | |
| night | bong | |
| day | ngaina |
Numbers
| English | Translation | Notes |
| one | teuana | |
| two | uoua | |
| three | teniua | |
| four | aua | |
| five | nimaua | |
| six | onoua | |
| seven | itiua | |
| eight | waniua | |
| nine | ruaiua | |
| ten | tebwina | |
| zero | akea |
Verbs of the body
| English | Translation | Notes |
| to drink | mooi | |
| to spit | baware | |
| to eat | amwarake | |
| to chew | kanakangtia | |
| to breathe | ikeike | |
| to smell | arokia | |
| to sleep | matu | North dial.: kiro |
Verbs of action
| English | Translation | Notes |
| to walk | nakonako | |
| to swim | uaua | |
| to know/to be knowledgeable | ataibwa | |
| to think | ianko | |
| to fear | maaku | |
| to climb | wene | |
| to squeeze | kaburia | |
| to throw | kareia |
Adjectives
| English | Translation | Notes |
| dirty | baireka | |
| clean | itiaki | |
| warm | abuee | |
| cold | mwaitoro | |
| small | uarereke | |
| big | bubura | |
| short | uarereke | |
| long | abwabwaki | |
| thin | irariki | |
| thick | marika | |
| narrow | wariki | |
| wide | rababa | |
| black | roro | |
| white | mainaina | |
| red | uraura | |
| yellow | baboboo | |
| green | kiriin | |
| painful/sick | maraki | |
| old (object) | kara | |
| new | boou | |
| good | tikiraoi | |
| bad | buakaka | |
| correct/true | eti |