arpee wrote:But that dictionary has compounds. I only want the 340 words and that's it - no compounds.
księżycowy wrote:And even more so for the grammar notes!
a - he/she/it/his/hers/its
abi - have
aksi - ask
ala - all
arki - listen
ati - hart/hurt
ay - yes
ayti - eight
baka - back
bakra - european
bari - yell
bay - buy
bigi - big
boy - boy
brada - brother
buku - book
bun - good/well
dagu - dog
dape - there
dati - that
datra - doctor
de - from/be (place)
den - they
dey - day
disi - this
doro - door
drape - there
dri - three
dyari - garden
dyaso - here
dyompo - jump
ede - head
ef - if
esde - yesterday
esi - soon
ete - yet
fa - how
fara - far
fasi - touch
faya - fire
feni - find
fesi - in front/face
feyfi - five
fo - four
fosi - first
foto - city
(fu)furu - steal
gado - god
gi - for/give
go - will (verb)
gowtu - gold
gran - gram
gridi - greedy
ingi - indian
ini - in
masra - mister
k(a)ba - stop/already
kan - can (verb)
kari - call
kerki - church
kisi - get
komopo - come (from)
kon - come
kondre - country
koti - cut
koyri - go for a walk
krin - clean
krosi - clothes
langa - long
lasi - lose
libi - live/life
lobi - love/like
ma - but
makandra - each other
man - can (verb)
mati - friend
mi - I/my
misi - miss/mrs.
mofo - mouth
moni - money
moro - more
mun - month
munde - monday
musu - have to
na - be/at
nai - sew
naki - hit
nanai - needle
nanasi - pineapple
nanga - and, with, together with
nangra - fingernail or toenail, claw
napi - a kind of edible tuber, cushcush
nati - get wet, make wet
ne - then, indicates that something happened at the same time
nefi - knife
nefo - nephew, cousin
neti - night
neygi - nine
neki - neck, throat
neleki - just like
nen - name
nene - grandmother, old woman, nanny
nengre - negro, person of African descent, Creole, man, Sranan Tongo
nesi - nest
neti - night, nighttime
niri - kidney
no - no, question particle
nofo - enough
noiti - never
noko - highest point of a building, ridge of a roof
nomo - only, however, but, then
nomru - number
noso - nose
noti - nothing
nyun - new
o - future tense marker, exclamation of surprise
obe - refers to the both of the obe palm and its fruit
obia - medicine of a magical nature
odi - good day
odo - proverb, saying
ofisiri - officer
ofrandi - sacrifice, offering
ogri - naughty
okasi - opportunity, chance
okro - okra
olanga - how long
olati - what time
oleif - a kind of fruit, Indian jujube
oli - cooking oil, salad oil
olo - hole
oloisi - watch, clock
olometi - a game where the players try to knock marbles with a lead disk
oma - grandmother
omeni - how much
omu - uncle, chinese storekeeper
ondro - under
ondrow - maintenance, maintain, perform maintenance activities
onfu - oven
ongoloku - accident, adversity, bad luck, unlucky
oni - honey, honey bee, stingless bee
onti - hunt, hunting trip
oostsei - east
opa - grandfather
(o)pe - where
Opete - one of the kromanti gods, said to manifest itself in a vultureform
opo - open, unlock, unlocked, clear up
opolangi - airplane
opo-opo: party, fanfare, a big to do, bustle
opruru - disturbance, riot, tumult, commotion, racket, clamor, noise, rowdy
orga - arrange, organize, organization
ori - hold, hold on to, grab, catch
oso - house/home
oten - when
oto - car
owktu - too, also, as well
owru - old, age, become old, machete, cutlass
patu - pot
pe - where
peipi - pipe, tube
peiri - arrow
pemba - white clay, kaolin
pen - pen, pain, stall, stable, clothespin
peni - spotted, speckled
pepe - godparent
pepre - pepper
perki - pill, tablet
peti - well, spring
pi - quiet
piai - an Amerindian medicine man
piki - answer, reply, pick up, choose
pikin - child/small
pikolet - lesser seed-finch
pina - suffer, be scarce, poor, run down (ex. I live in a run down house), pin, pina palm
pinda - peanut, groundnut
pingi - pinch, tweak, white-lipped peccary
pipa - pipe (for smoking), pistol, gasp for air, doze
pipi - penis
piren - piranha
piri - peel, open wide, spread out, flake, peel, go bald
pisi - piece, part, urine, urinate
pipel - people
planga - plan, board, hundred guilder bill
plata - flaw, low, thin, flatten, level out
plei - toilet, outhouse
plekti - responsibility, obligation, duty
plen - ringing sound (of bell, cymbal, or potlid)
plenplen - (a sort of) deep-fried wafer made by the Javanese
ploi - put a crease, fold, or pleat in cloth
podosiri - fruit of the pina palm, a beverage made of podosiri
poisi - pimple, pustule, blackhead
poko - balance
poku - music
pomerak - Malay apple, pomerak
pompu - pump
pomusteri - ambarella, golden apple, Polynesian plum
pon - casserole made from grated pontaya
pondo - barge, ferry (boat)
ponpon -created oropendola (a kind of bird), green oropendola
pontaya - a kind of cultivated tuber
pontu - weight of 500 grams, pound, weight
popki - doll, statue
pori - spoil, rot, separate, divorce
postu - post, beam
poti - set, put, lay, poor
Potogisi - a descendant of Portugese Jews who came to Suriname, Portugese
pototo - thing, stuff
powa - biceps
powema - poem
powisi - black curassow
prakiki - any of a variety of parakeets
prakseri - think, ponder, thoguht, plan, intention
pramisi - promise
pranasi - Land where plantations stood
prani - plant
pranpran - fanfare, pomp, show, decoration, ornamentation
pransum - sprout, young plant
prapi - large clay bowl made by the Amerindians
prasara - pole cut from the trunk of a prasarabon
prasaradia - large red brocket
prasi - yard, lot
prasi - mullet, any of various species of muillets
prasoro - umbrella, parasol
prati - divide, separate
prefu - instead of
prefuru - dare
prei - pray, bewitch, put a spell on, trick (fool someone)
preiki - preach, sermon
pren - open public area, a square
prenki - picture, photo
prenspari - important
presenti - gift, present
preti - plate
prijs - prize
prijse - praise
primisi - permission, approval, authorization
printa - central vein of the leaf of a coconut palm
prisiri - be happy, have fun, celebrate, pleasure
pristeri - offer
priti - tear, tear off, rip, torn, rip, tear, crack, split
proberi - try, experiment
problema - problem
prodo - show off, pomp
profeiti - prophet
profen - spirit of a dead person who had not ben baptized in a Christian church
profosu - guiana white dolphin
pruberi - try, experiment
psa - ago, happen, pass, pass by
pu - bottle gourd, calabash gourd
puiri - powder, cocaine, pulverize
puru - remove, take away
puspusi - cat
pusu - push
redi - red
sabi - know
safri - soft
san - what
sani - thing
satra - saturday
sei - side
seri - sell
seybi - seven
si - see
siki - be ill
siksi - six
sisa - sister
skowtu - police
skribi - write
sma - people
sneysi - chinese
sonde - sunday
sroto - lock
srudati - soldier
sturu - chair
su - shoe
suma - who
tabaka - tobacco
tabiki - small island in a river
tafra - table
tai - tie, tighten, secure, tough, hard to chew
tamara - tomorrow
tan - stay.
tangi - thanks, thankfulness
tap - at
taigi - tell
tak(i) - talk, say, speak
takru - bad, evil, mean
tamalen - tamarind
tan - stay, remain, live, reside, dwell, keep on, continue to
tanti - aunt
tapu - close, lock, shut, delay, hold up, prevent
tapu - on, above, on top of
tapun - cover, lid
tara - tar
tata - father, ancestor
taya - edible tubers and large leaves such as tanya, yautia, and malanga
te - when, tea
tego - eternal, everlasting
teki - take
telo - fried cassave
temre - construct out of wood, gammer, pound (on something)
ten - time
tenti - temporary of poles and a tin/plastic roof, suffix of two digit numbers with zero (EX.20)
tide - today
tifi - teeth
tin - ten
tongo - language
tori - story
tra - other
tron - become, repetition, time(s)
trow - marry
tu - two
tumsi - too much
tyari - carry
udu - wood, lumber
uku - corner, angle, fishing pole or rod with line, to fish with fishing pole
uma - woman
un - your (plural)
unu - you (plural)
upru - hoop
urei - hooray
wadya - blow away
wagi - wagon, cart, car automobile, vehicle
wai - blow, wave, go away
waka - walk
wakti - wait, await
wan - one/a
wana - deterna, red louro
wani - want
waran - warm
warana - olive ridley
warskow - warn, warning
warti - value, worth, worthy
was - wash, bathe
watra - water
watramun - watermelon
wawan - alone, only
we - (sentence introducer or attention getter; well), hey!
wefi - wife, spouse
wega - contest, game
wegi - scales, weight, weigh
wei - pasture, field
weisi - waste
wegri - refuse
wenkri - shop
weri - wear
westsei - west
wet - law
weti - white, blank
wi - we/our
wiki - week
wroko - work
yari - year
yepi - help
yere - hear
yu - you (singular)/your (singular)
yuru - hour
zuidsei - south
arpee wrote:So, I concluded that all of those websites lied. This language does NOT have only 340 words, it has way more.
was - wash, bathe
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