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gádürü-wéin-díisi— ninety
yóunguwa— knead (bas)
agánawa— live (in a place), reside (bas)
géfe— be flaky, crumbly (bas)
gáyein— win; earn (bas)
adíbiriha— play (bas, prf, a-st)
hitáü— blood
límiragun arígeirugu— earache
ábuleha— flow (bas, prf, a-st)
bú— spread out (cloth) (bas)
hüchû— 1. break (of a rope, chain); 2. break (a rope, chain) (bas)
arûtübü— hammock
büdûgü— store
fulágoun— Jamaican plantain, blogo
áhuya— rain (of rain, etc.) (bas, a-st)
gasábadun— have shoes; be wearing shoes (g-verb)
ragû malísiya— suspect (bas)
ígira— leave, drop off (something) (bas, a-st)
aríyoun me— later
amáreida— get married (a-st of mariyei)
áganii— enemy
áwiyuraguwa— 1. boil over; 2. overflow; 3. ejaculate (a-st of wiyúguwa)
síligi— silk
wéyuwagu— daylight, daytime
ígirii— 1. nose; beak; 2. point
gífi— be bitter (bas)
lúrudun— law, rule, commandment
surúsu— be naked (bas)
lóugua— not be enough (bas)
spélu / supélu— spell (bas)
agáraüda— have a child (a-st of garáü)
gilágila— be loose (bas)
derégüdaguwa— behave oneself (bas)
íremefuna— all the while
benéfa— be hard-working, work hard (bas)
fadáguwa— be paralyzed (bas)
ságü— every (with time words)
gabára— have room (bas; g-verb)
agúmesera— start (a-st of gumése)
barúgua únguwaü— be proud (bas)
machúrun— not blame (neg v.; also neg of chú)
gáluma— to be calm (of the sea) (bas)
houngura— beat
gáfiya— have evil spirits there; be haunted (g-verb)
féifa— pipe (to smoke)
áhulucha— swallow (a-st of hulú)
íngini— train
hilálugu— be stillborn, be born dead (bas)
ayáhuwaha— cry (bas, prf, a-st)
dú— burst, pop, explode (bas)
rú agúfudein uwágu— punch (bas)
adílira— be cold (a-st of dilí)
wayámaga— handcuffs
sarágua— spread (sand, dirt, coals) (bas)
fáyei— pay; pay (something); pay (someone); pay (someone) (an amount) (bas) (bas)
ichûgüdinaü— idea
anárüdü— come true (bas, prf)
awáraguni— breath
bulé— flow (bas)
búngidu— bucket
abíyanrahati / abíyanrahatu— sorcerer, witch
isúru— freshwater shrimp
gúyeen— for night to have fallen (perf v)
lau mabareseni— carelessly
chiwín— smash (bas)
óubura— 1. hug; 2. wrap; 3. fold (a-st of hóubura)
águiraü— tear (from the eye)
adágara— perch, touch down (a-st of dagá)
afúriduha / afríduha— fry (bas, prf, a-st)
adíbiraguwa— capsize (a-st of dibíguwa)
wéiya— become older, grow up (bas)
abúrucha— have diarrhea (a-st of burú)
híwaruti / híwarutu— thief (m / f)
básuwa— be salty (bas)
salála— 1. embrace, hug; 2. swaddle (a baby) (bas)
wurígamari— eel
giríbu— return, come back, go back (bas)
múna— house
burígi— bridge
kakúchi / gagúchi— female crab with eggs
hayántaga **— germ
mabúsigariti / mabúsigaritu— wretch, jerk
alégeha— argue (bas, prf, a-st)
dáwa— CD; DVD (new word)
abûrügülei / abûrühagülei— pen, pencil
géimu— be moody (bas)
gubári— tick
halágua— break (something long, like a stick) (bas)
arábugusu— shotgun; rifle
águru— scorpion
sáwana— prairie
áhinuti / áhinutu— woodcutter
ámuyegü— in the future, in the days to come
límiragun urágei— stomach ache
adéreda— be hard (a-st of deré)
hóu— eat (bas)
mádou— twin
sûsü blángidu— woolly bear caterpillar
líra— that (m)
áhünei— scorn
igémerii— light; flashlight; headlight
tugúrabuga— the other day (men's speech)
gádan— involve (bas, g-verb)
katóurusu— fourteen
agádeira— be ruined, be spoiled (a-st of gádei)
abísidara— visit (a-st of bisída)
díisi-néfu— nineteen
darádu— deal; transaction
sésu— brain
sarúweedu— tablecloth
wéin— twenty
anárimeda— be serious, be grave, be intense (a-st of hanárime)
Sisímidu— Sisimite (Belizean Bigfoot)
adúnragua— meet, encounter (a-st of dúnguwa)
barín— barrel
achíra— squirt (a-st of chí)
dé— wet (cassava bread); dip (bas)
ugúyouni— sister-in-law
dídei— be plump (bas)
adáüha— dodge to avoid detection; hide (bas, prf, a-st)
fú— blow, blow out (something); play (a wind instrument); blow (of the wind); blow (something) away (bas)
ká uwágu / ká wágu— why
chülû— arrive (bas)
gabána— bed
há— that (pl)
yúleedu— dog
asánaha— sift through, analyze, evaluate (bas, prf, a-st)
abuídaha— sweep (bas; prf; a-st)
dilí— be cold (bas)
adárahouni— last-born, last child
herémuru— rainbow
liráhüyün úhabun— fingers
asígenehani— argument
ábun— 1. bone; 2. seed, pit, stone
isúbusei— mirror
erému— song; music
gádürü— fucking
túra— that (f)
gáhoun / gáhun— coffin
umálalin— voice
áfaguuwa— be hard to deal with; be difficult, trying (bas)
abíriha— 1. for lightning to flash; 2. flash (bas, a-st, prf)
aróunra— lie, be lying (reclining) (a-st of róun: positional verb)
alémesura / alémusura— 1. go to Mass; 2. have a Mass said for one (bas, a-st)
balígi— ashes
rûrüguwa— melt, get melted (bas)
kéimoun / kéima— let's go
Balísina— Belizean
múnada— in the house; inside the house
achúnrugüda— drain (a-st of churúnrugüda)
hebé— stop; enough
geyégeye— zigzag (bas)
uwéneduu / uwénedi— dream
anába— curse (someone) (bas, a-st)
áfarahati / áfarahatu— murderer, killer
fayáü— trip
pángu— sea snail, lagoon snail
ádara— 1. push; 2. hammer, drive (a nail); 3. nail (a-st of dá)
édei— bottom, butt
bináafii— morning
arûrüdaguwa— melt (a-st of rûrüguwa)
Dá— Granny, Grandma
harúruwa— 1. be blurry; 2. be fidgety (bas)
óuyuwaha— babysit, take care of (bas, a-st, prf)
biyán sáan— two hundred
buíduburi— be good-looking, be pretty (pl sj; bas)
síngi— 1. zinc; 2. zinc roofing
chagídi— blouse
yága— sore
tínchaha sabádu— shoelace
méisturu— teacher
belú— come in, go in, enter (bas)
funérawa— orange and blue crab
ínyein— urine, pee
díbiniisi— holy water
dibúnei— fat
abúgucha— 1. collide; 2. butt (a-st of bugú)
awáracha— become crazy, go crazy (a-st of wará)
ídiyumaü— beard; moustache
ká— who; what
gurásu— courage
éiga— eat (a-st of hóu)
figíngu— stye (eye infection)
ásügüra— suffer (a-st of sügû)
buchíchi— 1. flatten; 2. iron (bas)
gubégube— be muddy (bas)
yulúngüda— soften (bas)
mabúru— wild cane
gafíloun— jellyfish
segé / segégua— 1. be crooked, curvy; 2. bend (something) (bas)
biyátiku— eighth
áfuliha— swim (bas, a-st, prf)
arûnaü— arm
wádab-ágei— conch shell
bímena— banana
mábuigaü— regards, greetings
mésu— cat
lámara— wire
fedégu— squat, be squatting (bas: positional verb)
adíliigada— be cold (of the weather) (a-st of dilíiga)

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