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A Zarkakulli-English dictionary

(Update: The latest version now resides here).

After a thorough phonological analysis of the existing Zarkakulli texts, I today wrote a Perl program to restore the basic vocabulary:

-a suf (perf.part.)
af noun tooth
aj verb sing
-an suf with
an verb kill
ank noun meat
anka adj some
ar noun feather
baj verb sit
ball noun snow
bamfla adj one
ban verb bite
barn noun bird
bef noun breast
bej verb throw
ben verb hunt
berke adj six
bif noun ashes
bin verb smell
bir noun dog
birn noun year
buf noun lake
buj verb suck
bumflu adj heavy
bunk noun skin
burku adj round
burn noun child
bön verb give
börjö adj ten
da pron he
daj verb walk
dall noun tail
dan verb wipe
dar noun foot
darn noun name
darna adj warm
dej verb sew
dell noun liver
demfle adj few
den verb fight
denk noun back
dill noun seed
dimfli adj long
dirki adj sharp
duj verb lie
dullu adj far
dun verb fly
dunk noun time
durju adj right
durku adj new
döj verb blow
döll noun woman
dömflö adj straight
dön verb scratch
dönk noun root
dör noun leaf
dörn noun mouth
ef noun river
ej verb say
emfle adj extra
enk noun fingernail
er noun cloud
ern noun star
gaj verb stand
gall noun father
gamfla adj dull
ganka adj all
gar noun louse
garja adj yellow
garka adj cold
garna adj near
gef noun horn
gej verb turn
gen verb dig
ger noun fish
gerje adj seven
gern noun night
gin verb sleep
gink noun earth
ginki adj rotten
gir noun wind
girn noun heart
guf noun day
guj verb push
gunk noun moon
gurju adj full
göj verb laugh
göll noun fire
gönk noun dust
gönkö adj old
gör noun tongue
görjö adj thick
görkö adj narrow
görn noun animal
-i suf (nominative)
if noun road
ill noun tree
in verb see
irn noun rope
-ja suf (genitive)
kaf noun sun
kaj verb play
kank noun sea
karn noun mother
ke pron they
kej verb count
kell noun neck
kenk noun stick
ker noun nose
kif noun stone
kin verb tie
kink noun rain
kirki adj dirty
-ku suf (present)
kull noun alternative
kunk noun grass
kunku adj many
kurn noun freeze
pron we
köflö adj wide
köj verb swim
könkö adj other
smaj verb vomit
small noun knee
sman verb hit
smank noun bone
smarja adj two
smef noun burn
smej verb cut
smen verb breathe
smenk noun husband
smer noun guts
smerke adj thin
smern noun flower
smimfli adj wet
smin verb float
sminki adj three
smir noun blood
smunk pron who
smuf noun wife
smuj verb swell
smur noun egg
smurju adj left
smöflö adj big
smöj verb waste
smör noun happiness
smörn noun head
smörnö adj four
-u suf (accusative)
uf noun hair
uj verb flow
waf pron what
waffli neg not
waj verb fall
wan verb eat
wanka adj bad
war noun wing
warn noun hand
we pron I
wef noun salt
wej verb drink
wen verb pull
wenk noun worm
wern noun ear
wi pron you (singular)
will noun man (adult male)
win verb die
wirki adj black
wu pron you (plural)
wuj verb hold
wullu adj nine
wumflu adj white
wun verb know
wunk noun belly
wur noun human being
wöj verb fear
wöll noun fat
wöllö adj eight
wön verb split
wör noun sky
wörjö adj five
zaj verb think
zan verb squeeze
zank noun eye
zarka adj happy
zarn noun sand
zef noun ice
zell noun forest
zemfle adj short
zen verb stab
zer noun smoke
zerje adj dry
zill noun fog
zin verb spit
zinki adj good
zirki adj correct
zirn noun mountain
zuj verb live
zun verb come
zur noun snake
zurnu adj green
zöf noun fruit
zöj verb wash
zömflö adj small
zön verb hear
zörn noun bark
öj verb rub
öll noun leg
önk noun water
örjö adj red
örkö adj smooth

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