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:
“[T]here is no breaking out of the intentional vocabulary by explaining its members in other terms.”
—Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)
“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)
“The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.”
—Marina Warner (b. 1946)