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sēngēlēl— transparent
oro— very sorry
keree keey— 1. deny someone their share 2. defend someone else
poot— lose
tokol— skin sack or backpack for honey
lip— 1. very (relating to colour red or hunger) 2. heated (of a dispute or discussion)
uusoot— frustrated, dusted off, hanged
kutuny— kneel down
koymētyo— stony ground
ng’aay— grind, crystallise
yee— drink
rengees— skeleton
kipsire— drizzle
pareey— smelted iron
kweendo— firewood
tiingaasyaa— fruit of tingāāswo
toorēt— assist, help
kwaar— hold tight
tay— refuse
koong asiis— East
pooto— up to someone (decision) someone’s fault
lutēn— first harvest
cheng'cheng— ready to go, responsive, proactive
sōt— gourd, calabash
lookyii— dress someone
mutēywo— tree species (unknown)
kitkit— tickle
pooroor— 1. burp, belch 2. cry out of a dying bull
mōōsō— baboon (Papio anubis)
olmeryaa— men's earring
kurkat— door
mukuruut— copse
tingo— woman from the Tingo clan
rōkōch— fence with logs
muungan— beat with something heavy
Sikinkin— eighth age-set for women
wēli— place, over here
konoree— keep on/in somewhere
siikoowo— soda apple (Solanum aculeastrum)
im nee— why (lit. in what)
sēr— nose
moorti— slasher
al— buy
pata— be over (referring to time)
kwēēn— middle
lasat— pride
chārkātātwo— plant (unknown)
puuch— sweep
maman— fold or roll (of clothes, paper, etc.)
pooryo— fight
topookwo— long bracelet wrapped around the forearm
ōōsēn— to rejoice by shouting
māng’uu— come out
puutēp koong— eyelash
tereng— fall backward
māāmuut— December
lup— dip
kipkiis(ya)— swallow (bird)
kas— hear
sumbēywo— Cat thorn (Scutia myrtina)
tilya— relative, friend (also, girlfriend, boyfriend)
ung'oot— secret place
kamay— fried cream or fried sheep-tail
kooyin— length
tereeryaa— torch made up of a bundle of kindling
samat— pick up, scoop up (person)
lokoyaa— egg, fruit
apach— waking up early
soosooyaa— horsefly
suruum— belly button, navel, umbilical cord
makal— ram
chōōk— sword
rum— murder
soloolok— guinea fowl
toorusyoo— boy initiates (initiation in process)
ip— take, marry
tōōt— partition
naaktee— move aside
chēērāng'āāng’iin— Cherangany person
mēlil— ligaments
tōl— bursting sound
mooyoot— scrambling
maany— to comment on someone’s appearance or behaviour and cause negative consequences
ket— distil, decant
mbul— beat (e.g. of a heart)
kuursō— calling out
tumooyoo— khat (Catha edulis)
sēkērwo— nape of the neck (for people)
masiiroor— shrew (Macroscelididae)
nyiiriit— chamaleon
mataany— cheek
kaalepo— deliberation (group discussion)
kipsumoonēy— stick for applying charcoal to calabash
sōōsyoo— stick for washing the calabash
iil— smear oil or cream
churchur— rub out
miir— to get pregnant
puut— short hair
yep iit— listen carefully (lit. chop the ear)
kiptokol— weaverbird (Ploceus)
mooykuut— type of grass (believed to counter spells from witches if you chew it and spit it at the affected person)
kwar— very fast (of small animals or things)
āyno— river
mōōru— evil deed (between two parties, usually to be cleansed with parpariisyō)
saaysaay— beseech, soothe
syaach— search, go through
iyēt— smoke
maambaan— joist, beam
oondee— chase away
poyiisyēē— use
kil— 1. to be silent 2. decant
yuween— 1. spasm, 2. nerve
tōōrē— fat tail of sheep (used as medicine or cooking)
litaat— sharpened
tēmēnnyo— wax
mōōk— throat
nereech— to get angry
nyumnyum— easy
choor— steal, rob
suumēy— long hair
riiny— fold
piirya— clitoris
talaa— woman from the Talay clan
pāytāyiin— ruler
munduruch— venus mons (raised area of the female genitalia)
mu— in, at, on (multipurpose preposition)
ng’oor— scratch someone with fingers
iinō— 1. rope for the bow 2. tendons
rong rong— sound of swallowing food
seryaa— cancer
kāātāāmsō— thinking someone is doing something behind your back (from taam: to accuse falsely)
sāndi— bush with shelter (used by animals to hide)
tursyēēn— make something give a lot of smoke
koorook— 1. shin 2. hillside of the valley
sōōmbōr— scratch (of a cat or woman)
paandyaa— maize
lēēkit— nearly, almost
cheesawiil— 1. the Devil, Satan. 2. Bad or evil spirit (typically an ancestor's)
cheepuusya— child of a mother who dies in childbirth
sēēkēyoo— short poles used to shut doors
taliil— shine bright
kootaap suuswoo— traditional grass-thatched hut
kwet— trip or make (someone) fall while fighting
ōtyoot— expression of surprise for bad things
cheng— very quickly (used for jumping)
kipingitwa— tree with dark grey wood and dark flowers
waysanaandi— hyperactiveness
iim keey— be stressed
mul— be faded, worn out
kirōk— walking stick, ceremonial staff
tuun— in the future, tomorrow
Soowē— sixth age-set for men
mee-aat pōōr— crippled (euphemism; lit. the body is dead)
mbeelelyaa— small brown ant
kwēr tuum— organise a celebration
kōrōōy— unknown thing, disease (euphemism)
chumbul— falling in water
see— Peacock flower (Albizia gummifera)
tāmāānwookik sokool— ninety
tiloolwo— fern species (unknown)
litwa— provoking
waayta keey— go somewhere in secret, elope
lambus— 1. go down (of fire or milk) 2. gulp down
piriirichaa— midges
maalaat— smeared
loo— traditional bag to carry honey or meat
suuswoo— grass, blade of grass
kimng’ōōkisyoo— wicked person
ēēmo— longing (feeling of missing someone)
seeleelyaa— scale
miirēywo— rafter for huts
koondi— fist
sēērsēērēn— be proactive
Kipsēngwēt— Heaven
ay— calf
lakwaan— dilute honey with water
tomokyaa— ring (traditionally made of animal skin)
pēēsyo— separate
kiim— strong
nap— sew
siil— draw (liquid: water, milk)
tuuluungu— mongoose (Herpestidae)
tēkēriin— person who performs the tekeriisyo
ātēp— behaviour, character
kipkinyōs— aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
ptōy!— used to express for a bad surprise
wēliin— over there (far)
peel— burn (intentionally)
tāmāānwookik tisap— seventy
parpariisyō— cleansing before marriage
sikirooyno— house for boys and girls
takaryaa— watering hole, puddle
kāāyoomiso— promise
kōōkōō— used when realising something
uusēywoo— ropes used for hanging behives
koor— deworm
tyēēniin— singer
ng’osoos— impatient
ōōnjō— bad luck
mii— be (in a place)

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