Vocabulary
Some basic words:
- nanga 'father'
- poa 'mother' (Northeast)
- pögöli-na 'sun'
- wīta 'moon'
- romtö-na 'star'
- pö ön'e-na 'bird'
- wī-na 'tree'
- poime-na 'mountain'
- waltomo-na 'river' (Northeast)
- nani 'stone'
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Famous quotes containing the word vocabulary:
“One forgets words as one forgets names. One’s vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die.”
—Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966)
“Institutional psychiatry is a continuation of the Inquisition. All that has really changed is the vocabulary and the social style. The vocabulary conforms to the intellectual expectations of our age: it is a pseudo-medical jargon that parodies the concepts of science. The social style conforms to the political expectations of our age: it is a pseudo-liberal social movement that parodies the ideals of freedom and rationality.”
—Thomas Szasz (b. 1920)
“I have a vocabulary all my own. I “pass the time” when it is wet and disagreeable. When it is fine I do not wish to pass it; I ruminate it and hold on to it. We should hasten over the bad, and settle upon the good.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)