Parts of the body

English	Translation	Notes	Audio
hand	‘komot
left	‘bibang
right	‘lintu
foot	bo’tisu	“my foot”
leg	pusu’anku	“my leg”
thigh	go’pau	“my thigh”
skin	pa’nitu	“my skin”
back	toliku’danku	“my back”
belly	‘tian	“my belly”
stomach	tibukau	“my stomach”
bone	‘tulan
intestines	‘tene	“my intestines”
liver	‘gatoy
lungs	‘tapuk
breast	duduʔ
shoulder	‘bagau	“my shoulder”
blood	‘duguʔ
head	‘gulu
neck	‘ligu	“my neck”
hair (head)	‘buku	“my hair (head)”
body hair	‘bombulu	“my body hair”
nose	sung
mouth	‘babaʔu	“my mouth”
tooth	‘ngisiu	“my tooth”
tongue	‘dilaʔu	“my tongue”
eye	‘matau	“my eye”
ear	to’lingau	“my ear”

 
Family terms

English	Translation	Notes	Audio
human being	‘gotow
man / male	‘laki
woman / female	‘libun
child	‘bataʔ	male/female child
husband	‘lakiu	“my husband”
wife	‘libunku	“my wife”
mother	‘ginaʔ
father	‘gamaʔ
name	‘ngalan

 
Everyday objects

English	Translation	Notes	After
road / path	dalan
house	baloy
roof/thatch	gatop
rope	gikot
needle	dyalum
stick	kayukayu

 
Animals

English	Translation	Notes	Audio
animal	potubu’on
dog	gayam
bird	manukmanuk
egg	bulinga
feather	bombul
wing	gokpak
rat	bolabow
meat/flesh	gungod
tail	gikug
snake	mamak
worm	gulod
earthworm	liwati
louse	kutu
mosquito	kolomut
spider	bolingkawa
fish	soda’

 
Natural objects and phenomena

English	Translation	Notes	Audio
tree	‘kayu
branch	‘sanga
leaf	‘dawon
root	‘gamut
flower	‘bulak’bulak
fruit	‘bunga
grass	‘sigbot
earth/soil	lupa’
mud	‘basak
stone	‘batu
sand	‘pontad
water	‘tubig
sea	‘dagat
salt	‘masin
woods/forest	‘koyuan
jungle	‘tolunan
sky	‘gawang
sun	‘gondow
moon	‘bulan
star	‘bitun
cloud	‘gabun
rain	‘dupiʔ
thunder	‘lotiʔ
lightning	‘kilat
wind	‘galuʔ
fire	‘gapuy
smoke	‘gobol
night	‘gobi
day	‘gondow

 
Numbers

English	Translation	Notes	Audio
one	‘saʔa
two	duaʔ
three	‘tolu
four	pat
five	‘lima
six	‘gonom
seven	‘pitu
eight	‘walu
nine	‘siam
ten	so’puluʔ
zero	on’daʔidun

 
Verbs of the body

English	Translation	Notes
to drink	minum
to spit	dumula’
to eat	kuma
to chew	mogusap
to breathe	guminawa
to smell	sopuon
to laugh	mokotawa
to cry/to weep	mogwakol
to vomit/to throw up	moguta’
to bite	nugdit
to hear	monginongog
to see	tumontong
to yawn	moglogab
to sleep	motulug

 
Verbs of action

English	Translation	Notes
to want	moleg
to walk	ompanow
to swim	lumanguy
to know/to be knowledgeable	mokosun
to think	mokpikil
to fear	mondok
to say	moktalu’
to cook	moktalu’
to sit	mingkud
to stand	mindog
to lie down	mogbolilid
to climb	momonek
to tie up/to fasten	monginongog
to sew	sumobot
to hunt	momodil
to shoot	bodilon
to stab/to pierce	dumukso’
to hit	sumuntuk
to kill	munu’
to die/to be dead	matoy
to live/to be alive	motubu’
to scratch	kumukut
to cut/to hack	mutuk
to work	moginang
to plant	momula
to choose	momili’
to grow	motubu’
to squeeze	moga’
to hold	mogaid
to dig	moglokukut
to open	muka’
to throw	lumabak

 
Adjectives

English	Translation	Notes
dirty	kolo’muʔlomuʔ
clean	mo’linuʔ
sharp	mo’dunsut
dull	mo’ngalod
warm	mini’tinit
cold	mo’tigdow
small	‘bataʔ’bataʔ
big	mo’solag
short	ombaba’
long	moyabaʔ
thin	mo’langgas
thick	mo’dikpol
narrow	mosikut
wide	mo’liwag
ripe	motud
black	mitom
white	putiʔ
red	ompula
yellow	modalag
green	molunow
painful/sick	mo’sakit
old (object)	‘danul
new	bogu
good	mo’longas
bad	mo’laton
correct/true	motud