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Vuyu Vocabulary. 



[No. 5. 



English. 

 Untwist rope, tr. 

 Resemble, be like 

 Cause to resemble or liken simply 

 Cause to cause to resemble, or cause 



to liken 

 Be unlike 

 Make unlike 



Be white, n. (things, animals) 

 Be white (rationals only), 

 Whiten it, "1 

 Whiten him, J * 

 Whiten me 

 Whiten thyself or it for thyself or do 



thou thyself whiten him or it 

 Whiten it for him 

 Be ripe (fruits) 

 Make ripe (ditto) 

 Be ripe (grains) 

 Make ripe (ditto) 

 Be wet or wet thyself 

 Wet it 



Cause it to be wetted 

 Be dry (things only) 

 Dry it 



Dry it in sun 

 Dry it at fire 

 Be fiavoursome 

 Flavour it, tr. 

 Be sweet, n. 

 Sweeten it, tr. 

 Be sour 

 Make sour 

 Be bitter 

 Make bitter 

 Be knotted, intr. 

 Knot it, tr. . 

 Be great, n. 

 Make great, tr. 

 Be heavy, intr. 

 Make heavy, tr. 

 Be light (levis) 

 Make light, tr. 

 Be hard, intr. 

 Harden it, tr. 



Cause to harden or to be hardened 

 Be soft, n. 

 Soften it, tr. 

 Be crooked 



Crook it, tr. 



Vayu. 

 Chhako (see loosen). 

 Tosche. Totvi dum. 

 Tophto. Totvi pako. 



Tot'pingko. 



Mang totvi dum. 



Mang totvi pako. 



Dawang dum. Dawang ponche. 



Bochho, dum, ponche. 

 J Dawang pako. 

 \ Bochho pako. 



Dawang. Bocho, posung or posung. 



Dawang. Bochho, panche. 



Dawang pato. 



Ji. 



Jito, jisung, jinche. 



Min. 



Minko, minsung, minche, minto. 



Na'-che (nasche). 



Na'-to, nassung, nasche. 



Nat'pingko. 



Dung. 



Dung pingko. 



Boko or Bioko,* blosung, blosche, blosto. 



Sungko, sungsung, sungche, sungto. 



Chhumche. 



Chhumto, chhumsung, chhumche 



Chhinji, dum or ponche. 



Chhinji, thumto or pako. 



Jusche. 



Justo. 



Khasche. 



KM (s) to. 



Rupche. 



Rupto. 



Son (Khon). 



JBTonto. i/onta thumto. 



Lishche. Lishtadum. 



Lishto. Lit phato. 



Oksang dum. 



Oksang pako. 



Chamche. 



Chamto, chamsung, chamche. 



Champingko. 



Nalcho dum. 



Nalcho pako. 



Khokche. Khokta dum. 

 f Kho'ko. Khokta-thumto, khoksung, 

 1 khokche, khokto. 



* Every initial labial followed by a vowel admits ad libitum of an interposed 

 liquid, thus boko vel bloko and so bekto vel blekto = write. I may here add that 

 v and y are constantly used both to keep apart concurring vowels and to facilitate 

 the utterance of initial vowels. 



