Keverynn Common

Numbers

They have a base-10 number system: 1 - ve 2 - chyaga 3 - kastúnn 4 - dibi 5 - chyuresti 6 - ru 7 - re 8 - chyu 9 - chyrús 10 - strús 11 - ve de strús “one and ten” 100 - ulli “hundred” 101 - ulli ve “hundred one” 200 - chyaga ulli 1000 - da “thousand”

Directions

kabake /kabaˈke/ nm. north chyúmenn /cyˈmenn/ nm. south ratevi /rateˈvi/ nm. west ruku /ruˈku/ nf. east

Colours

kúlla /kyˈlla/ adj. red, purple punn /punn/ adj. white salmi /salˈmi/ nm. gold sebe /seˈbe/ adj. yellow, orange, brown seqeki /seqeˈki/ adj. black, blue

tibann /tiˈbann/ nm. silver vukann /vuˈkann/ adj. green, raw

Vocabulary

alme /alˈme/ nm. fire, flame ana - moon (old word) arenn /aˈrenn/ nf. content

chyeshe /cesˈhe/ v. wind, weave chyihe /ciˈhe/ nf. trap, snare chyinna /cinˈna/ nm. author, writer chyiú /ciˈy/ nm. oath chyúmenn /cyˈmenn/ nm. south

dastrus /dasˈtrus/ nf. orchard, plantation danlo /daˈnlo/ nf. salt denn /denn/ v. meet, find, encounter, confront deshe /desˈhe/ adj. dark deshenn /desˈhenn/ nm. darkness di /di/ det. many dogoga /dogoˈga/ nm. crest dukus /duˈkys/ nf. flour

elle /eˈlle/ nf. vegetable eto /eˈto/ nf. blood, race, ethnicity

hinn /hinn/ adj. large, huge hofe /hoˈfe/ nm. moon hulú /huˈly/ nf. sign, signal, alarm

kabake /kabaˈke/ nm. north kama /kaˈma/ nm. meat, fish

mersa /merˈsa/ nm. feather murikli /muriˈkli/ nm. chime

oto /oˈto/ nm. path, track, road

poli /poˈli/ nf. boat, raft

rako /raˈko/ nm. vine ratevi /rateˈvi/ nm. west rebu /reˈbu/ v. keep (store), store ruku /ruˈku/ nf. east

sala /saˈla/ nm. hill, mound salmi /salˈmi/ nm. gold salminn /salˈminn/ adj. golden sebe /seˈbe/ adj. yellow, orange, brown seqeki /seqeˈki/ adj. black, blue sugenn /suˈgenn/ v. keep (save, retain), save súgi /syˈgi/ nf. rock, stone, gravel, metal

volli /voˈlli/ nm. garden vollia /volliˈa/ nm. gardener vukann /vuˈkann/ adj. green, raw