Lrahran-English Dictionary





HM



hme -- to please, please
hmemlenahl -- the culinary arts
hmenu -- to be pink
hmong -- door




M



-m -- plural marker for pronouns
me -- maybe, it may be so (v)
mem -- paper
melwronjo -- to be safty yellow
mehre -- to be tall
mewa -- to be lime green
munule -- to send
monwenyo -- to live in a place, to reside




MJ



-mjang -- associative marker
mjalu -- to be green
mjema -- to open
mjenu -- to care for
mjelong -- twelve, the twelth one
mjeluwa -- to add
mjeren -- heart, soul
mjewa -- to eat
mjewewu -- to study
mjewewuar -- student
mjehyul -- road, path
mjew -- farm
mju -- give, accept
mjuhyu -- to raise




MR



mra -- to jump in place
mranu -- to jump toward a goal
mre -- to go
mren -- when (inter.)
mrenal -- book
mreng -- man, male
mrelo -- to be purple
mrunga -- to cook
mronul -- when (rel. pron.), the time when




MN



mna -- fourth person neutral institutional singular
mnam -- fourth person neutral institutional plural, more than three
mnale -- to be chocolate brown
mne -- first person neutral singular
mnem -- first person neutral plural, more than three
mnemal -- first person neutral exclusive plural, more than three
mnen -- why (interrogative)
mnenlrewmna -- to be plum colored
mneneyu -- to increase
mnenula -- to be healthy, to be well
mnenj -- king
mnenjol -- seven
mnehlero -- to be grey
mnehlo -- to sit down
mnelew -- cloud mnelu -- to touch
mneljong -- outer space mnelrow -- half-birthday
mner -- friend of the same sex
mneal -- first person neutral exclusive singular, "the I which is not I" a philosophical concept
mnu -- second person neutral singular
mnum -- second person neutral plural, more than three
mnulonglwe -- mildly wierd, odd or strange
mno -- third person neutral singular
mnom -- third person neutral plural, more than three
mnonul -- why (relative pronoun), the reason why
mnolu -- to try to help someone who doesn't need help




HN



hnangere -- to mean, to intend
hnalu -- to be red-black
-hnem -- locative marker
hnemala -- to show
hnemne -- to do well
hnengmuwang -- the body as a work of art
hnelmna -- to be chartreuse




N



nango -- to find
ne . . . ne -- and
nem -- map, artistic chart
nena -- to be sitting
nengna -- to be angry
nengna -- to place under
nele -- to live
nelu -- to be strong
nehl -- the fragrance after rain
nero -- to be midnight blue
nu -- no, to be not so
nulaw -- eight
nulewreng -- solstice
nulu -- to point
now -- water
nohyun -- map




NJ



njanj -- chair
njam -- third person masculine institutional plural pronoun
njalnolo -- to be cyan
njalu -- to feel, touch
nje -- first person masculine singular pronoun
njem -- first person masculine inclusive plural pronoun (more than three)
njemal -- first person masculine exclusive plural pronoun (more than three)
njen -- son
njenolo -- to borrow, lend
njenjama -- to listen
njenjamaolne -- to hear
njenju -- to be under
njenge -- first person masculine inclusive trial pronoun
njengeal -- first person masculine exclusive trial pronoun
njehlu -- to multiply
njelem -- father
njelu -- first person masculine inclusive dual pronoun
njeluwon -- Mrs.
njelual -- first person masculine exclusive dual pronoun
njerow -- male teenager
njehyul -- mister
njeal -- the I which is not I, masculine (a philosophical concept)
nju -- second person singular masculine pronoun
njum -- second person plural masculine pronoun (more than three)
njun -- brother
njunj -- the will, the volitional ability, the thing or action desired
njunghlem -- life as a work of art
njuljen -- lesson
njuwen -- male child
njuhy -- the emense strength of beauty
njo -- now, to be current
njo -- third person singular masculine pronoun
njom -- third person plural masculine pronoun (more than three)
njom -- meandering river
njonlwem -- rock
njona -- to be lavender
njol -- the premonition of inspiration
njolan -- husband




NG



ngalu -- to be sea green
-nge -- trial marker
nge -- to be hot
ngen -- which?
ngenu -- to translate
ngenuwa -- to feel emotionally
ngenlum -- earth, soil, dirt
ngelun -- air
nger -- north
-ngu -- negative particle
ngu -- stop
ngon -- the sensation accompanying inspiration
ngon -- one
ngong -- power




HL



hlam -- fourth person feminine plural pronoun
hlaluwen -- sensa
hlarmal -- a small sound
hlarnung -- floor
hlawe -- to be sooth in texture
hle -- first person feminine singular pronoun
hlem -- first person inclusive feminine plural pronoun (more than three)
hlemang -- the body as the container for the soul
hlemal -- first person exclusive feminine plural pronoun (more than three)
hlen -- daughter
hlenu -- six
hlel -- fruit
hlelem -- mother
hlerey -- flimsy reading material eg. magazines or newspapers
hlerul -- woman
hlerow -- female teenager
hlew -- alliterative verse
hlu -- second person feminine singular pronoun
hlum -- second person feminine plural pronoun (more than three)
hlumengu -- to write
hlumengumar -- writing board
hlumenguohlen -- pen
hlumun -- name
hlun -- sister
hluna -- to be sad
hlunjemnar -- mechanical, non-musical, sounds produced by an instrumnet in the process of making music. eg. the creak of piano pedals or the squeak of guitar strings.
hlurole -- to be rust colored
hluwen -- girl child
hluweng -- unplanned art
hluweya -- to produce music
hluwol -- heaven
hlo -- third person feminine singular pronoun
hlom -- third person feminine plural pronoun
hlolan -- wife




L



la -- yes, to be so
lam -- eleven
lane -- to be brown
len -- what?
lengo -- to be powder blue
lehl -- glory
lehlu -- to fold
lele -- to read
lelung -- pencil
lewra -- to paint (artistically)
-lu -- dual marker
lun -- three
lun -- money
luhl -- miss, unmarried female
lulmne -- to pick up
lur -- west
lonul -- that (the thing that)
lono -- to be beautiful
lolen -- member of another linguistic group
loleng -- day before yesterday
lor -- Lord
lowel -- bread-like food




LJ



ljen -- "ish" like, similar, sort of
ljelo -- to have, to possess
ljeljo -- to subtract




LR



lralmne -- to be black
lren -- how? interrogative pronoun
lrenu -- to be yellow
lrelwunje -- to be very wierd
-lrul -- instrumental marker
lronul -- the way that, how




LW



lwe -- zero
lwen --
lwenja -- to understand
lweng -- day
lwelem -- tree
lweyalo -- to be ridgey in texture




NL



nle -- to be lemon colored
nlen -- what idea? (interrogative pronoun)
nleleng -- day after tomorrow
nlewan -- two
nlom -- a place
nlonul -- the idea that (relative pronoun)




HR



hrana -- to be red
hralara -- to love
hrarhwena -- to be indigo
hrem -- sun set
hremun -- towel
hremunonu -- to towel dry
hren -- where? (interrogative pronoun)
hrelmol -- inspiration
hrera -- to try
hreren -- star
hreweng -- tomorrow
hromul -- table
hronul -- where (relative pronoun)




R



rawleng -- today
renyer -- to be rough in texture
reng -- a room
renge -- to be burgundy colored
rerene -- to be more
rewulem -- the greater one
rong -- a withered tree




RJ



rjel -- word
rjelem -- theme in a work of literature
rjelu -- to walk
rjul -- east
-rjon -- patient marker




HW



hwalnana -- to be white
hwalu -- four
hwen -- mouth
hwelmnaw -- hair, fur
hwerelam -- number
hwero -- to be teal
hwun -- friend of the opposite sex
hwulew -- question
hwulewonu -- to ask
hwoye -- to breathe




W



war -- south
we -- to start
wemu -- to be cold
-wen -- manner marker
wenhyul -- moon
wenulu -- to divide (mathmatical operation)
-weng -- transforms a verb into a noun possessing the of the verb (eg. hmenu = pink --> hmenuweng = pink one)
weng -- eye
wela -- five
welu -- to be orange
welu -- to feel (phisical well being)
welju -- to look at, to see (active)
wernung -- class (at school, not social)
wehweyu -- to repeat back what was heard as in a verbal drill
wewhle -- to put down
wewe -- to be shy
wu -- no, to be not so (northern dialect)
wulen -- a flourishing tree
wulenjo -- to close, to shut
wulenga -- to tell, to speak a word (not a language), to say
wuleyo -- to be happy
werun -- home
wuwu -- to come back




WR



wralu -- to be fawn colored
wre -- all, the whole
wremlul -- the top side of the clouds
wremyehl -- foreverness, eternity
wrenu -- to turn oneself around
wruneng -- yesterday
wrolu -- to be late




HY



hyango -- to be magenta
hyalong -- ten
hyem -- candy, sweets
hyemnu -- to yell
hyemung -- a loud sound
hyen -- who? (interrogative pronoun)
hyennlanu -- to be peach colored
hyenung -- equinox
hyenung -- the abscence of authority
hyenulung -- sun
hyelu -- to owe
hyewe -- to stand next to
hyonul -- the one who




Y



yamenje -- to know
-yal -- benadictive marker
yalu -- to answer
yemlun -- one who is your friend because your same sex parents are friends
-yen -- dative marker
yenhlu -- to do one's lessons
yenhluenem -- homework
yenumo -- to take, to recieve
yeng -- hand
yel -- a sheep-like animal
yelem -- nine
yelu -- to do
yelow -- river
yewe -- to stand up
yehy -- bachelor, mister
yehyul -- city
yonolu -- to take out
yolowena -- to be soft in texture





A



-am -- plural marker
amnje -- to be beige
annga -- to eat greedily
-ane -- benadictive marker
anjo -- to be salmon colored
-ar -- one who does, that which does




E



ene -- to be amber colored
-ene -- interrogative marker
-enem -- general verb to noun
enelem -- the lesser one
-elu -- to be from




U



-u -- future marker
-ume -- ultimate marker
-umjo -- transforms a verb into a noun of ability (one who can,that which can)
-umna -- near future marker
-unjo -- far future marker
uhl -- the beauty of emmense strength
-ulje -- impending marker




O



o -- O! or oh
-o -- eternal marker
-onu -- transforms a noun into a verb
-ongul -- diminutive
-ohlen -- transforms a verb into object integral to the action
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