A Brief Dunnek-English Lexicon

• 'aag adj a, a certain; n one
• 'aagma prn something
• 'aakaf adv somehow
• 'aaj adj which?
• 'aakatb adv sometime
• 'aakchip prn someone
• 'aakor adj much, many
• 'aakow adv very
• 'aamnak adv somewhere
• 'aapor adj red
• 'aashii/'aashiwa n fate
• 'aatab adv when?
• ''abii adv never
• 'agaa adv yet, still
• 'alii ... liidza conj who, which
• 'alyo adv today
• 'amt prn you (sg.)
• 'anjaa prep behind, after
• 'anjaa hag conj now, therefore, after
• 'apoot/'apooyot n snow
• 'asat v sleep
• 'astii/'asiitit n sleep
• 'iimis adv yesterday
• 'iloo prep next to (nom); up to (obl)
• 'irsaa prep in front of, before
• aagoo prn we
• arta n order, harmony
• baa prep in (nom); into, using, together with (obl)
• baa hag conj (inasmuch) as
• bamaa' adv why?
• batak v read
• bi'aa adv not
• bi'aa og!/bi'og! conj or
• biloosh/bilaayashaat n woman
• bitaak/bitiiyik n book
• charx/charxoot n farm
• chiip prn who?
• daado/'iddaadoot n loincloth
• darj/dawarj n ache, pain
• doon/doonayaa n Dun person
• doonnik adj Dunnek
• dzakiim n ten
• dzii prep at (nom); to(wards) (obl)
• dzii hag conj until
• dzod adj good
• dzoj adv well
• dzol adj big
• dzra/dzaara n rice; meal, dinner
• fiiq/faayaq n man
• fookaa adv unfortunately
• g!adan adv tomorrow
• g!arfa/'ig!raaf n room
• gaay n four
• gavidz v speak, say, tel
• goola/gooyol n bowl
• haadza/'ihdzaat n tree
• haag! n no place
• haag adv nowhere
• haalk adj this
• hadi' v go
• hag! conj that
• hanka n (this) place
• hankaa adv here
• hinchaar n iron
• honiis adj happy
• jadziira/jadziiyir n island
• jago prn I
• jall n sadness
• jii adv probably, indeed
• joot adv somewhat, a bit, to a certain extent
• kaaf adv how?
• kakiif/'ikkaaf n land, region
• kanish v know (a person)
• kar v want, need
• kawoy v fill; pump, propel
• kimfih/kimaafih n auditorium
• kimlith/kimaalith n school
• kinbin/kinaabin n lawcourt
• kinjil/kinaajil n home
• kippar n copper
• laaq adv (perfective)
• loomiila n electricity
• maa' prn what?
• mabtak/mabtakoot n reader
• mafh/'imfiih n chair
• malath vstudy
• mamloth/mamlothoot n student
• manaak adv where?
• manchar/mancharoot n blacksmith
• mapaar/mapaarayaa n coffee
• moobtiik/moobtiikoot n letter
• moonchiir/moonchiiroot n horseshoe
• najl/nawaajl n house
• nachr/'innachroot n sword
• nixooq n nine
• og! conj and
• panaq adv already
• pohaah advalways
• pohaak adj every, all
• qoliim adj little, few
• qoliiy adv a bit
• raas/'irraasayaa n head
• rassik adj main, major
• raj vcome
• safaa adv (future)
• sakiwyo/sakiwyoot n pump
• sanaboon/sanabooniwa n country, origin, birthplace
• saniiq/'isnaaq n box
• shajoomii/'ishjoomii n rye
• siiq n six
• taaf n two
• taam/taamoot n pig
• tabiin adv certainly
• tagaa' n eight
• tar'ii/'itraa'aat n walnut
• targ/tiwirg n lute
• tawii adv now
• tha'i prn he, she
• thaa prn they (persons)
• tho'i prn it
• thoo prn they (objects)
• tibtaak n reading (as an activity)
• tilaak adj that
• tma/taama n barley
• tsooma n seven
• waaf n three
• waawat/waayawaat n temple
• xamz n five
• ya'm prn you (pl)
• ymaa adv every day
• ymaak adj daily
• yma/yaamaat n day
• yik prep from, than, belonging to
• yik hag/yihag conj because
• yooma/yoomaat n oats

© 1997, Terrence Donnelly