Entries | Sengwer Living Dictionary

Entries

panan— be miserable
cheemaakilootyaa— know-it-all (from loot: defeat)
kaang’iino— wrist, ankle
min— 1. make out of clay 2. make something firm
kookeelya— star
ng’ālāāliin— talkative person
walak— change (int.)
mooyo— scramble
yaatya— boulder (rock)
pēēmbo sukulum— loin (human)
kārāāmnyo— goodness
kuut— 1. blow air into 2. inflate
keneer— hyrax (Hyracoidea)
muumnyaa— oath
riny— break small branches for firewood
tēkēl— hold up
kiplokootyoo— hunter
riikyii— approach, get close to, be almost
ng’ētuny— lion (Felis leo)
pukatyaandi— beauty
kiy— something, thing
swaany— 1. mess up by touching 2. tap
ngut— if
lēp— buttock
ryel— to have lightning (iilat is always the subject)
achichichi— ouch! (expression of pain)
tēkēldē— Acanthus (Acanthus eminens)
iit— ear
sāruuniin— saviour
ng'onng'on— loose
tikoon— advise
tāmāānwookik sisiit— eighty
pōōnit— beehive (natural)
sasat— dislike
kaapchii— household
tiirpa— traditional door for huts
kaapkōrōs— shrine, altar (from kōrōs: offering)
kerkeey— be similar
yāāmiin— enemy
chēēpkuulē— hat (from colobus monkey skin, for girls in circumcision ceremony)
chuur— skin, peel off
mukyēē— very dark brown (often of cattle coat)
maal— mud walls, repair with mud
kipkōngi— elbow
ku lēēl araawa— new moon, new month
kiprōōtwo— arrow, not barbed (from rōōtwo: knife)
Kipkooymēt— original eighth age-set for men
tēēmburyoo— heavy dust, chaff
yuutyēē— forget
mōōrir— husks from winnowing
chēēmnēwo— Cape cheesewood
am chii ēēy— eat someone's hands (idiom.)
kēyiisyō— milking
piiriir— roll around between hands
sumsum— spoilt
rēpēs— cup, vessel for drinking
anum— someone
purpuur— 1. removing plant matter from soil 2. roll around in dry soil, sand or dust 3. reduce someone to nothing
chat— chop wood
puundēē— finish up to a certain point
urēēryo— game
Kimnyiikeew— second age-set for men
koombo pēy— water catchment area (lit. eyes of the water)
chaang— many, much, a lot of
ng'ōōksō— scarification, act of making tribal marks on skin
chōpoot— prepared
ara nee— so what
sikilkilyo— tree species (unknown)
kimukaay— monitor lizard
suumsuum— shrew (Macroscelididae)
ngat— 1. chicken coop, 2. head pad, ring for stabilising things on the head.
sikin— 1. aerial roots or lianas
sopoon— live
chup— put a spell, curse
mātir— teach initiates
pukeneryaa— white mushroom (unknown)
tiinwo— tree species (Schefflera volkensii)
eechay— grazing field
siir— cross, jump over, surpass, go beyond, be more
Chuumō— fifth age-set for men
kipsepet— mumps
kipew— rhinoceros (Rhinoceros)
oormariich— main gate
mbako— walking aimlessly
chaakta— be fast, be in a hurry
ndii— inherit (especially brother's wives)
mutuu— bring (someone)
lopoo— be light
pukat— beautiful girl, girlfriend
roo araawa— to be on one's period (euphemism; lit. to see the moon)
kipkōlō— delayed payment
akaay— herd
lalang— warm
Murot taay— North
ndiiwa— tree species (unknown)
Rooptuuy— April
siingōyōōy— swing freely
pēēny— meat
ng'eerng'eeru— edge of something steep (especially a canyon or escarpment or the sea)
weechaat— turned over
ng'waang'waa— better, preferable
karaam— good, well
pēsēn— debt
kipkēērēēru— ground squirrel
eewaa— Umbrella tree
tapala— instead of
ng’elyep— 1. tongue, 2. language
keepchaa— jugular, springs
ēēpēērwo— waterpear tree
ārti— cloth made of animal skin used for initiates during seclusion
nyaamuk— pile of dirt after sweeping at night
lēēkityii— be near
mōkōōng’yoo— allergy (itchy body)
chēēsēkēērkaat— herb found in bareland (unknown)
kāāliliiyo— ululation done by people out of excitement or clelebration
neran— youth
rus— ram, charge
sēēsiimwo— tree species (Artemisia afra)
tōōnōōnēē— stand on
piiy— byre, animal shed
kipleekwa— rabbit, hare (Leporidae)
rooryoo— laughter
tureeryaa— tree species (unknown)
iim— disturb, trouble
ng'uryeel— swollen lymph nodes from infection
sēkēēryoo— cowrieshell
tēkēriisyō— ceremony to cast out a bad omen in the family (women who keep losing children)
kaaruruny— top of your head
piitēēt— 1. opposite side (separated by natural barrier) 2. beyond 3. abroad
ngal— click one's tongue
kiil keey— work hard, be strong
poyiis— work
laal— cough
seemberta— weed out
ng’ēmuyoo— dikdik
wēchot— hatred, spite
partee— pierce (idiom. set up people)
rēēto— guide or support physically (child or old person)
waach— scream
puruur— fly, flutter
po— of
pāyuuniin— king
uyuyiit— harden
teerwa— necklace of beads
yes— perform a traditional dance with neck and shoulder movement
muytaay— patience, perseverance
sopoot— healed
tanakit— problems
ruuto— visit
iyuut— creations
swool— kick
yum— 1. accumulate, collect, gather 2. take cover
kāpuy— fall down on your head
yuun poorē— down there
tul— boom, thunder
ōōrēn— celebrate after victory (after retrieving livestock or raiding for livestock)
nyak— falling on the buttocks (for heavy people)
sē-uu— 1. realise, discover, 2. start knowing things as a child
pesyeech— break, split
yom— spread fully (until there is no more space left)
tepelel— flat
kipchōyi— night runner (type of witch who runs naked in the night)
ng’ēt— remain
luk— stop lactating
araap kēērō— falcon (lit. son of kēērō)
araawa— moon, month
ruuwootitēē— dream
ōōrkitit— expression of surprise for a very bad thing or pain
chēēptiirkiich— type of dikdik
ndāmānaa— and maybe
ēēpēērwo— waterpear
āsil— culture
ooyo— 1. separate two people who are fighting, 2. writhe in pain
siny— scrub (rest of dirt from pot, floor, feet)
kuutyaa— worm
yoomiis— promise
changwal changwal— sound of mixing a liquid, walking in water
suuyoo— selfish person
mnyaan— be sick
choorta keey— elope, run away, steal away
namkee— edible plant
ung'aat— hidden, secret
keepchaandeetaap pēy— water springs
ukyii— push bundle of firewood into a hole
saayaa— brush made with cow tail
kupēēs— thigh of women
tisap— seven
iimaat— disturbed
toor ng’wēny— stand upright (like a stick, for a long time)
loong— shield
kuunyutyaa— brain
kēētip miiruut, kēētip tiswo— plant (unknown)
sakarkar— sound of the moving through leaves
patay— back
puch— free, nothing
mindilil— sour
kiiyaan— responding to prayer (from yan: respond to prayer)
taakiikwa— large fly
kweny— flash on
puruurut— pus

← →