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ᦁᦳᧃᦎᦟᦻʔun⁴talaaj⁴ᦀᧃᦎᦟᦻnoundanger; disaster; accidentᦁᦳᧃ ᦎ ᦟᦻ ᦊᦱᧈ ᦙᦱ ᦺᦂᧉ, ᦠᦹᧉ ᦺᦡᧉ ᦊᦴᧈ ᦡᦲ ᦑᦸᦰ.May no danger come near you; may you be healthy.ᦵᦍᦲᧂᧈ ᧚ ᦂᦲᧃ ᦜᧁᧉ ᦵᦍᦲᧂᧈ ᧚ ᦡᦳᧆᧈ ᦵᦌᧈ ᦵᦟᧅ ᦔᦲᧃ ᦂᦱᧃ ᦁᦳᧃ ᦎ ᦟᦻ ᦂᧇ ᦵᦓᦲᧉ ᦷᦎ ᦂᦱ ᦍᦱ ᦅᦳᧃ.Drinking while you smoke is a danger to your body.4.4.2.3Accident4.4.2.2Danger
ᦁᧄᧉᦁᦹᧉᦁᧄᧉᦁᦹᧆʔam⁶ʔɯɯ⁶ʔam⁶ʔɯt⁵verb (intransitive)to stutterᦁᧄᧉ ᦁᦹᧉ ᦁᧄᧉ ᦁᦹᧆ ᦞᦱᧈ: “ᦅᧄ, ᦅᧄ ᦚᧃ, ᦅᧄ ᦚᧃ ᦙᦹᧂ ᦓᦲᦰ, ᦓᦲᦰ, ᦓᦲᦰ...”He stuttered, 'Yyyyour dddream.'3.5.1.1.8Speak poorly
ᦁᧄᦓᦱᧆʔam⁴naat⁵nounauthorityᦔᦲᧃ ᦓᦻ ᦔᦲᧃ ᦈᧁᧉ ᦂᧄ ᦡᧄᧉ ᦘᦱᧉ ᦁᧄ ᦓᦱᧆ, ᦊᦱᧉ ᦵᦎᧅ ᦡᧂᧈ ᦓᦲᦰ, ᦈᧇ ᦣᦲᧆ ᦶᦙᧃᧈ ᦅᦸᧂ ᦣᦱᧈ?When the lord who holds the knife of authority uses it to steal, is this just?ᦃᧁᧉ ᦃᦸᧂ ᦆᦸᧇ ᦷᦆ, ᦞ ᦏᦳ ᦇᦹᧃ ᦆᧄ, ᦁᧄ ᦓᦱᧆ ᦓᦲᦰ ᦔᦲᧃ ᦂᦱᧃ ᦁᧃ ᦗᦸᧈ ᦕᦴᧉ ᦃᦱᧉ ᦔᦸᧂ ᦠᦱ ᦑᧂ ᦷᦋᧈ ᦓᧃᧉ.Wealth, possessions and authority were things that my father intended to find for his whole life.4.5Authorityᦟᦱᦋᦁᧄᦓᦱᧆ
ᦁᧄᦗᧅᦣᧅᦉᦱʔam⁴pak⁵hak⁵saa¹verb (transitive)to care forᦒᦱ ᦠᦱᧃ ᦔᦲᧃ ᦕᦴᧉ ᦁᧄ ᦗᧅ ᦣᧅ ᦉᦱ ᦢᦱᧃᧉ ᦵᦙᦲᧂ.The army are those who care for the country.4.3.4.5.2Care forᦣᧅᦉᦱ
ᦁᧄᦟᦱʔam⁴laa⁴verb (intransitive)to take one's leaveᦃᦸ ᦁᧄ ᦟᦱ ᦗᦸᧅ ᦺᦔ ᧞.I ask to take my leave and go home.ᦙᧃ ᦁᧄ ᦟᦱ ᦶᦙᧈ ᦏᧁᧉ ᧟ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦟᦳᧂ ᦵᦣᦲᧃ ᦺᦔ.She took her leave of the old woman and went down out of the house.3.5.1.4.4Say farewellᦉᧂᧈᦁᧄᦟᦱ
ᦁᦱᧄʔaam⁴20001adjectivestrange; unexpected; amazingᦋᦱᧆ ᦁᦱᧄ ᧞!That was amazing!8.3.5.3.4Strange2adjectiveamazed; astonishedᦵᦉ ᦞᦱᧈ ᦆᦲᧂ ᦋᦱᧂᧈ ᦵᦣᧆ ᦵᦋᦲᧉ ᦓᦲᦰ, ᦅᦴᧈ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦑᧂ ᦜᦻ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦈᧅ ᦁᦱᧄ ᦌᧄᧉ.If you could do this, all your friends would be amazed.3.4.1.3Surpriseᦁᦱᧄᦎᦻᦇᦹᧆᦁᦱᧄᦡᦲᦁᦱᧄ
ᦁᦱᧄᦎᦻʔaam⁴taaj¹exclamationamazing! weird! (literally: strange to death)ᦁᦱᧄ ᦎᦻ, ᦶᦙᧈ ᦂᦴ ᦋᦴᧈ ᦵᦑᦲᧈ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦵᦖᦲᧃ ᦀᦲᧉ.That is strange. Usually my mother never acts like this.8.3.5.3.4Strange9.2.7Interjectionsᦁᦱᧄᦎᦻ
ᦁᦳᧄᧉᦁᦳᧄᧉʔum⁶ʔum⁶onomatopoeiasound of mumblingᦶᦌᧄᧈ ᦁᦳᧄᧉ ᦁᦳᧄᧉ.He mumbled 'um-um'.3.5.1.1.2Speak quietly2.3.2.3Types of sounds
ᦁᦸᧄʔɔm⁴verb (transitive)to gulp; swallowᦙᧃ ᦁᦸᧄ ᦜᧁᧉ ᦂᦸᧅ ᦓᧃᧉ ᦌᧄᧉ ᦅᧄ ᦵᦡᧁ.She gulped down the whole glass of liquor.5.2.2.1Bite, chew
ᦁᦸᧄᧈᦁᦸᧄᧈʔɔm⁵ʔɔm⁵onomatopoeiamumble sounds3.5.1.1.2Speak quietly
ᦁᦱᧅʔaak⁵verb (transitive)to skin; strip off skinᦂᧁ ᦂᧁ ᦍᦱᧆ ᦍᦱᧆ ᦜᦻ ᦆᦹᧃ ᦗᦱ ᦐᧂ ᦁᦱᧅ ᦐᧂ ᦵᦏᦲ ᦺᦔ.If you scratch too much you might scratch off your skin.ᦉᦻ ᦶᦎᧃᧈ ᦅᧃ ᦞᦱᧈ ᦙᦲ ᦑᦲᧈ ᦁᦱᧅ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦵᦉ ᦶᦎᧃᧈ ᦈᦳᧆᧈ ᦺᦉᧈ ᦅᦳᧃ.If the electric wire has a stripped place it can shock you.2.5.2.2Skin disease2.1.4Skinᦁᦱᧅᦜᦰ
ᦁᦱᧅᦜᦰʔaak⁵laʔ²verb (transitive)to skin; strip off skinᦉᦻ ᦶᦎᧃᧈ ᦙᦲ ᦊᦱᧂ ᦁᦱᧅ ᦜᦰ ᦺᦔ.The insulation was stripped off the electric wire.2.5.2.2Skin disease2.1.4Skinᦁᦱᧅᦜᦰ
ᦁᦹᧅᦁᦹᧅʔɯk⁵ʔɯk⁵onomatopoeiaglug-glugᦡᦹᧄᧈ ᦂᦲᧃ ᦜᧁᧉ ᦁᦹᧅ ᦁᦹᧅ ᦌᧄᧉ ᧟ ᦅᦸᧉ ᦗᦻᧈ ᧞.He drank the liquor all down 'glug-glug', and then left.5.2.2.7Drink2.3.2.3Types of sounds
ᦁᦱᧆʔaat⁵verb (intransitive)to creak6.5.2.4Door2.3.2.3Types of sounds
ᦁᦹᧆᦁᦹᧆʔɯt⁵ʔɯt⁵onomatopoeiasound of crying, sobbingᦙᧃ ᦈᦸᧉ ᦵᦉᧂ ᦺᦠᧉ ᦁᦹᧆ ᦁᦹᧆ ᦗᦱ ᦷᦎᧅ ᦺᦈ ᦺᦜ ᦎᦹᧃᧈ.She heard a sound of crying 'ert-ert' which woke her up.3.5.6.5Cry, tear2.3.2.3Types of sounds
ᦁᧇᦶᦅᧁᧈʔap⁵kæw⁵verb (transitive)to appoint; entrust with a taskᦁᧇ ᦶᦅᧁᧈ ᦠᦹᧉ ᦕᦴᧉ ᦃᦱᧉ ᦶᦟᧆ ᦒᦱᧄ.They appointed me to this responsibility.4.5.3.4Appoint, delegate
ᦁᦱᧇᦁᦱᧇʔaap⁵ʔaap⁵onomatopoeiaquack-quack; sound of a duck6.3.6Poultry raising1.6.4.3Animal sounds
ᦁᦳᧇʔup⁵noundecorative box (as for jewellery, tea)ᦐᦽᧈ 3ᦁᦳᧇ ᦆᧄ.A golden box.5.4.1Jewelryᦆᦁᦳᧇ
ᦁᦸᧇᦁᦸᧇʔɔp⁵ʔɔp⁵onomatopoeiasound of a frog croakingᦵᦃᧆᧈ ᦣᦸᧂᧉ ᦊᦴᧈ ᦵᦐᦲ ᦺᦢ ᦷᦢ ᦁᦸᧇ ᦁᦸᧇ.The frog sat on a lotus leaf calling 'awp-awp'.1.6.4.3Animal sounds2.3.2.3Types of sounds