Activities and states:
act, do, behave - karte, karman-ong karte
bake, cook - bakate
be - aate, thaate
be awake, be conscious, be careful, observe - kitate, kwitate
bear, carry - nangate
become - thaagetate
bite - gintate
break, crack, divide - pirakate
breathe - husute, hente
bring - laattate
burst out, go off, explode, erupt - phutate
can, be able to - ...-bile, (subject in dative, object in locative) prabhaawa karii, (object in locative) tuga thaate
cause, make - karattate
chop - cakate, rambate, kipate, pikate, capate
clip - kipate, cipate
close, shut down - tutumte
come, come on - waate
connect, bind, join, link - mentate, yutate
copulate, have sex - umbite
count - kalkalte
crack, burst - benkate
crush - pisate
cry, roar - raute
cut - kiratate, katate, cirte, kipate
destroy, delete, remove - hapute
die - koliyii thaagetate, kolite
do, make, perform, execute - karte
drink - numte
drive, lead, rule - dirigate
eat - khapate, makate
exist - aate, balute
fight - katakate
flicker, flash, blink - mikate
fly - perte
give, offer, hand in - daate
give birth - umte
go, move, ride - getate
go (on foot), walk - kaalte, calte
grow, sprout, rise - olte, tumbute
hit, beat - tadate, tandate
jump - hopate
know - tekite, (subject in dative) teki thaate, jnyaana thaate
laugh - gelakhate
lick - lijate
live - (subject in dative) henkii thaate, jiiwa thaate
look, watch - lukate
love - (subject in dative, object in locative) umyumikii thaate
* love erotically/romantically - kaama-ong karte
milk - titite
pierce - picakate
put, set, arrange, place, fix, order - tengate
receive, get, catch, grasp - kapate
return - tirumbate
rub, grate - kusute
run - tuturte
say, tell - colte
see - jorte, matate, jorkii-ong karte
shine - jilite
sit - bunthate
scratch - kiraacite
sleep - nemte
speak - molte
split, divide, share - dawate
stand, stay - thaate
steal - curte
step, tread - thapate, pasamte
take - laate
think, suppose - mante, (subject in dative) mankii thaare
throw, cast - wisate
tie, bind - mentate, sitate
tickle - gilgilte
touch - pasite, (strongly) basite
turn, be turned - certe, balute
want - issate, ...-mako
wash - pusute, basute
weep - (subject in ablative) ekigetate (of a tear) (literally: from (someone), a tear goes out)
write - likhate
Colors:
black - kal
blue - niila
brown - buran
gray - asabwii
green - hari
orange - narangii
pink - paatala
red - kem
violet - buganii
white - wel
Other traits:
angry - or
bad, evil - burii
beautiful, handsome - canti
big, great - bada
cold - gel
cool, chilly - digi, sisi
correct - saadhu, shuddha
dark - tumma
difficult - kathina
dirty - mala
easy, simple - sarala
empty - gaal
far - dauka
fast, quick - kika
frightened - dar
full, whole, complete - pun
happy - magil
hard - katu
harsh - kasar
heavy - ber
high, tall - tanga
hot - khakha
important, significant - badamapun, munthaa
left, letf-hand - wiri
light, bright - jerpun
light, non-heavy - lahu
long - langa
low - tini
narrow, tight - tipi
near - dika
nervous - gugu
nice, pleasant - umi
noisy - guruduru, raaraa
old - puru
old (of a thing) - laam
pleasant, pleasing - umi, aanandapun, bhougapun
poor - nihpesi, gaalattii
pure, clean - galan
quiet, silent - cupa
rich - pesipun, punattii
right, right-hand - wara
sad - muram
short - kurtu
slow - gusu
small, little - kiti
smooth - halu
soft - mulu
solid - kuku
straight, direct - dereka
strong - tuga
terrible, scary - daratta
ugly - buru
warm - khar, har
wide, broad - laba
young - muda
Adverbs:
already - ihemun
also, even, too - api
as if - iwa
both - dusel
just, indeed - hii
now - ihe
only - onhii
quite, entirely - punsa-de
some, little - kipi
soon - kika kaala-de
too - tuttugo
very - tugo, bogo, mogo