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kam— sharpened stick for digging
chōōriin— thief
am puch— eat for free (by taking advantage of people)
iy keey— pretend to be, make oneself
tētuut— plan
kisiinyoony— wild black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)
puusyēē— dark grey (often of cattle coat)
kimoonge— collarbone, clavicle
laal— traditional horn, trumpet (instrument), horn cup
maang'at— act of talking negatively about someone in a covert way
chēēpōōngē— ant (black, bites, in groups)
arar— smelling of blood or eggs
a-iii— 1. ouch! (expression of pain) 2. expression of regret
keew— level ground, flat and open space
lipwoop— blameless, innocent
kuy— crawl (for babies)
ōlkōs— sedition, incitement
sakan— prop up, support the pot
tuluungēn— be raining very heavily and very dark outside
yaap— step on (once)
paamwaay— in-laws (between elders)
mosyaangu— stick for hitting cereals
chēēruk— being over-emotional
wēētoot— move around from one place ot the other
kēpuumbu— puffball mushroom
mōōs— take a sip, slurp
keer— replace
lēēkitiit— move closer or nearer
kiraatyaa— abandoned house
chiim— completely, fully
Murot lēt— South
root— 1. flow, 2. moving in a line 3. go home (especially for cows)
tiiy— bring along, support
sokoran— pervert
por— to get spoils of war
waliit— top of the tree
sikiryo— donkey (Equus asinus)
chiiran— prattle
sālwoondi— foolishness, stupidity
achee— we, us (1pp)
mōōpchoo— cane, stalk (usually of maize)
tēpul— lower abdomen
moomoonyaa— African wild raspberry fruit
awees— coarse (of a surface)
keleny— prop up, support
chuut— enter
ng’waa— painful, bitter
kimnyil— Skyes’s monkey
tiitiryoo— ladder
oriit— (the) inside
rōōpēn— rain
kiprookrook— old vehicle or old cow
mutuk— very fat (of people)
kuurchii— be named after (usually ancestors)
ryaalaat— emptied
surupēn— deny
kipkeesyaa— bachelor (not married man)
atitiy— brr! (expression for feeling cold)
rat— tie
ng’et— snap
isyoop pay— stone used for grinding millet (top)
liit— slice
ywey— fear
kimnyiikēēwiin— man of the Kimnyikew age-set
kereeraat— ripped
sākānchii— place between, prop up
pirēēchoo— red brown stinging ant
nyiin— that far away (p. those)
sokyoo— greenheart tree (Warburgia ugandensis)
chēērātēy— cloth (lesso) tied around the waist
nuuch— close eyes
kērmēn— tie the waist
rupiin— follower
manach— become pregnant (people only)
muum— traditional soup made with blood and sometimes milk
panyeep kaapyuukooy— buttocks (lit. meat of the in-law’s)
lōōt— 1. uproot 2. dislocate 3. take out
pēētuusyēchu— nowadays, these days
chareet— stride
tooch— going up a hill
tuch— cover
nyur— make dirty
kētēētwo— type of acacia
cheepsikaaka— tree species (unknown)
chamaat— loved
lukuy— swallow
tyaach— untie
chēēriirēy— plant (unknown)
uus— 1. hang 2. cool down 3. dust off 4. frustrate
yuun— there
toomtoomēn— stumble, being undecisive
wuuy— expression of surprise for something bad
tēlēl— stand up
kwaa-is— solo hunt
maas rēwon— walk in the morning dew
koowo— bone
seet— to look for business, source of income
koorko— middle-aged to old woman
kwēlot— exclusion
lēyē— please (expression to convince or plead)
suupēēt— poisoned arrow (sharpest)
mōkil— hanger for the calabash and other items
muunya— salt
chēēpkooymētyoo— white or brown mushrooms growing in fairy rings (unknown)
char— draw blood from a bull's neck
iit— count
ārusiit— become grey
waal keey— be proud (of where you come from)
Tōōsō— a Sengwer clan (totem: cheeptukē: dove)
kimnyo— ugali
mwaay— oil
ākōy— until
kaayumaan— collection, fundraising
urum— arrow shaft
pukoot— sister-in-law, brother-in-law
kōōkō— old woman, grandmother
taangooy— nonsense, gibberish
kaytit— cold
kipululyoo— person who brings division between other
leep— pickpocket
ngap— cut once, all the way through
syew— broken completely
kwaang’aat— stubborn
anga— lesso, light wrap
tapsiin— leather thread used for patching leather
kuutwo— crest on a bird
mukuy— testicle
yaataat— open
nyaalat— act of bobbing to a song
yōōsin— elderliness
kipaakwa— Lace-leaf (Neoboutonia macrocalyx)
aacha— no
sooti— woman of the Sooti clan
Tōōyoy— a Sengwer clan (totem: roop: rain)
uyuyin— hardness
kaan— give dowry
kaapchaaryaa— gap between the upper front teeth (natural)
sakay— search, frisk
tyēēn— song
ārōōnnyoo— tamarind tree
mataal— mislead
yamut— scoop with your hand (grain or pulses)
kēmēy— drought, hunger, dry season
kany— 1. let, allow 2. imagine! (as an expression in a story)
itee keey— pretend, mimick
kēlchiin— profit, good luck
tōōndōy— shadow
sapulpul— hairy caterpillar
kipurti— light mist (almost raining)
muyoot— afraid
ng’eet— get up, stand up, wake up (move from a static position, usually sitting down or lying down)
reesyaa— scales or flakes on skin (of a human)
liplipēn— flicker
siriny— fold up, make a hem
yeryer— whine
kuumnyan— honey
paan— journey
sooman— educating, study
ram— 1. fetch, draw water 2. dancing by jumping up
rwēn— smoothen (for the first time)
sōōriin— ugly person
tangas— look vacantly
toora— pig (Sus domesticus)
siiryaa— common rhus fruit
sokoomiin— man from the Sokoom clan
pōlot— argument, noise
sookiniin— hang loosely
kōtkōtiisyō— imploring ancestors’ spirits
til maang’aan— lose hope
tem— slash (grass, bushes)
kiseer— tray or basket for winnowing grain
nyōōru— will get, achieve, obtain, acquire
soroomnyo— kidney
mii araawa— to be on one's period (euphemism; lit. be on the moon)
kēsum— earthen pot for drinking water
kipalyatyaa— stammerer
tyaa— how much, how big, how many
parpar maat— start a fire, initiate a process
so— expression of astonishment for something bad
kēryō— tent, cabin, watch-tower
āmit— food
chikōn— tree for placing traditional beehive
kēsēy— small shelf
kooytēē— give out, gift
tōpōōt— attic area in the traditional house
piit— spray
supōl— crested black macaque (Macaca nigra)
chaasat— fatigue, tiredness
taapurpuur— butterfly
mwooktēē— shoot
ng’eeny— scrape with teeth
kis— nothing at all – forget about it! no way
pooryēē— struggle or fight with
suutēywoo— burnt itook
kipsopchiikeey(-aa)— greedy, selfish person
sokoo— leaf
potoot— lost
makaw— hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
litiit— straighten
cheepkerte— amaranth, pigweed

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