Pwekish Vocabularies List


Verbs

Word Pronunciation Meaning
bal /bal/ to read
bay /baj/ to see
dip /dip/ to eat
koko /ˈkoko/ to play
masul /ˈmasul/ to sleep
mor /mor/ to go
nuke /ˈnuke/ to like
pe /pe/ to be
sano /ˈsano/ to have
tolo /ˈtolo/ to speak

Word Pronunciation Meaning
anu /ˈanu/ to know
basa /ˈbasa/ to find
cirlo /ˈsiɬo/ to happen; to occur
dipxek /ˈdipʁek/ to drink
dor /dor/ to build
fop /ɸop/ to fly
gex /geʁ/ to keep
isma /ˈisma/ to break
koye /ˈkoje/ to enjoy
ley /lej/ to taste
mas /mas/ to rest
masyo /ˈmaɕo/ to die
nusa /ˈnusa/ to want
nwas /nʷas/ to need
orle /ˈoɬe/ to clean
sanu /ˈsanu/ to learn
teptep /ˈteptep/ to run
wer /wer/ to finish
xepte /ˈʁepte/ to swim
ye /je/ to do
zo /zo/ to sit on
'wipteptep /ʔwipˈteptep/ to chase

Nouns

Word Pronunciation Meaning
awú /aˈwu/ dog
baln /baln/ book
bimbo /ˈbimbo/ apple
dorn /dorn/ house; home; building
/ˈma/ my mum
nur /nur/ people; human
/ˈpa/ my dad
skod /skod/ pen
tolontenPwék /tolontenˈpʷek/ Pwekish
zim /zim/ money

Word Pronunciation Meaning
dos /dos/ plant
dzirin /ˈdzirin/ nature
gale /ˈgale/ meat
geim /gei̯m/ game
maw /maw/ cat
pdipn /pə̥ˈdipn̩/ food
sewu /ˈsewu/ fish
sukdi /ˈsukdi/ homework
teibəl /ˈtei̯bl̩/ table
tix /tiʁ/ floor
tyep /tɕep/ bird
vurún /βuˈrun/ mouse
xe /ʁe/ water
xedox /ˈʁedoʁ/ juice
yenmor /ˈjenmor/ car; vehical
yesin /ˈjesin/ task; work; job
yúnə /ˈjunə/ nothing
'yizok /ˈʔjizok/ chair

Word Pronunciation Meaning
anun /ˈanun/ knowledge
bayn /bayn/ eye
kokon /ˈkokon/ game
morn /morn/ road
sanun /ˈsanun/ lesson
tolon /ˈtolon/ speech; dialect
yen /jen/ tool; organ

Adjective Roots

Word Pronunciation Meaning
dipnusa /dipˈnusa/ hungry
fi /ɸi/ hot
ine /ˈine/ cool
masnusa /masˈnusa/ tired
mlo /m̩ˈlo/ beautiful
peke /ˈpeke/ good
pres /pres/ many
rin /rin/ small
sil /sil/ big
wallu /ˈwaʎu/ bad

Adjectivized words

Word Pronunciation Meaning
adie /ˈadi̯e/ more
ayae /aˈjɛ/ difficult
dəkbite /dəkˈbite/ special
esoke /eˈsoke/ fragrant; aromatic
hwinke /ˈhʷinke/ happy; pleased
nue /ny/ female
orlee /oˈɬeː/ clean
runie /ˈruni̯e/ few
udae /uˈdɛ/ helpful
yee /jeː/ male

Adverbs of Manner

Word Pronunciation Meaning
dipnusae /dipˈnusɛ/ hungrily
fukusilpe /ɸukuˈsilpe/ angrily
hwinke /ˈhʷinke/ happily
mane /ˈmane/ slowly
masnusae /masˈnusɛ/ tiredly
mloe /m̩ˈlœ/ beautifully
pekee /peˈkeː/ well
pilansilpe /pilanˈsilpe/ loudly
tyere /ˈtɕere/ fastly, quickly
wallue /ˈwaʎy/ badly

Pronouns

Word Pronunciation Meaning
First Person
ņra /ŋra/ I, me
ņris /ŋris/ we, us (including the listener)
ņos /ŋos/ we, us (excluding the listener)
Second Person
ntyu /n̩ˈtɕu/ you (singular)
ntyus /n̩ˈtɕus/ you (plural)
Third Person
nrow /nrow/ he, him; she, her; it
nrows /nrows/ they, them

Possessive Pronouns

Word Pronunciation Meaning
First Person
ņrae /ŋrɛ/ my; mine
ņrise /ˈŋrise/ our; ours (including the listener)
ņose /ˈŋose/ our; ours (excluding the listener)
Second Person
ntyue /n̩ˈtɕy/ your; yours (singular)
ntyuse /n̩ˈtɕuse/ your; yours (plural)
Third Person
nrowe /ˈnrowe/ his, her, its; his, hers, its
nrowse /ˈnrowse/ their; theirs

Interjections

Word Pronunciation Meaning
/ˈpe/ yes
/ˈne/ no