| English | Ndak Ta | notes and additional meanings |
| |
| air | âka | |
| animal | engka | (includes insects but excludes aquatic life, which is all referred to as "fish", mpaiswa) |
| arm | itwam | |
| ashes | ainda | mass. remains, corpses |
| astronomy | bwai iskaimel | mass. |
| back | bongga | |
| bark | mbâro | mass. |
| barley | kil | mass. |
| belly | mbusmu | any soft part of an animal |
| bird | lai | |
| birthright | bwenggautsu | inheritance |
| blood | ntse | mass. |
| bone | langkwo | |
| breast | mpepm | |
| brother | merkàt | |
| burn | gempa | insult |
| child | dempi | any immature animal |
| city | mos | any settlement larger than a village |
| cloud | sim | |
| coast | sau | |
| country | lats | nation, land, region |
| cow | mâisâ | |
| day | airti | mass. refers only to daytime. To measure a number of days, use "nights", iswau |
| craftsman | arbwa | |
| dog | tsis | |
| dust | tsondo | mass. |
| ear | okwa | |
| earth/soil | baulai | mass. |
| east | nasa | mass. |
| edge | kak | border |
| egg | ngkai | |
| eye | oldau | any vulnerable spot |
| fat | dimbau | mass. |
| father | mebwe | |
| feast | bwaikti | |
| feather | robm | |
| finger | dengi | |
| fingernail | kwi | |
| fire | ali | mass. heat, warmth |
| fish | mpaiswa | all aquatic life |
| flea | titi | |
| flower | ailàu | |
| fly | ammi | |
| fog | arwa | |
| foot | nggol | foundation, basis |
| forest | ntâug | mass. |
| fruit | apwi | |
| grass | empi | mass. |
| goat | kwir | borrowed from Faraghin |
| god | naka | |
| goddess | dasi | |
| guts | guro | mass. |
| hair | aini | mass. |
| hand | ton | |
| head | imu | apex, point |
| heart | maunde | |
| heathen | mpurnim | infidel, philistine |
| herb | wedn | any useful plant, including vegetables |
| herblore | wedn iskaimel | mass. |
| horn | topai | |
| horse | nalaròr | borrowed from Gezoro |
| human being | maldo | |
| husband | aisab | |
| ice | mulâ | |
| island | pon | |
| knee | tsong | |
| king | diàka | any sort of ruler of either gender |
| knife | gan | |
| lake | tau | |
| leaf | nenga | |
| left | saisung | |
| leg | baitrai | |
| liver | ingkwi | |
| loot | napnge | mass. |
| louse | tsêtsi | |
| man | rud | |
| meat | sa | mass. |
| mercy | ndimu | mass. |
| metal | ntindo | |
| metallurgy | isesìgen | mass. borrowed from Gezoro |
| month/moon | imbi | |
| moon | tsar | |
| mother | omo | |
| Mother Goddess | Ombàsi | |
| mountain | daing | hill, incline, anything large with a notable slope |
| mouse | susi | |
| mouth | mabm | |
| mud | wisma | mass. |
| music | mbop | mass. |
| name | imai | symbol, sign |
| neck | ngane | anything narrow connecting two larger things |
| neighbor | wimès | |
| night | iswau | |
| noble | idâu | |
| north | ibli | mass. |
| nose | pungwa | |
| ox | baus | |
| peasant | aimbu | farmer, beggar |
| poetry | lewaitsâi | |
| plain | raung | |
| plant | ponî | any form of vegetation |
| priest | runnak | (compound of rud (man) + naka (god)) |
| rabbit | gaido | |
| rain | mpêlo | mass. |
| right | odam | |
| river | aunti | |
| road | gau | path, trail, street |
| root | bâpu | anchor |
| rope | ulwo | vine, string, twine |
| salt | odai | mass. |
| sand | pailbe | |
| sculpture | âukwai | |
| sea | indùng | |
| seed | mbontai | source, origin |
| semiarid land | gauron | |
| sheep | gaibra | |
| shield | pap | |
| sister | omau | |
| skin | ngwau | |
| sky | rande | |
| slave | ngaktìs | captive, prisoner |
| smoke | pumâ | mass. steam |
| snake | aimwa | |
| snow | aise | |
| soothsaying | naka iskaimel | mass. |
| south | tam | mass. |
| spear | tselô | |
| star | bwai | |
| stick | batsn | branch, twig |
| stone | tingkàu | |
| strength | bambor | mass. |
| sun | tol | light or any source of it |
| swamp | abâi | |
| tail | ntêwâ | penis |
| teacher | kenla | scribe; anyone that's literate |
| throne | ospàk | by extension, any status symbol |
| toe | ngemba | any bits at the bottom of something |
| tongue | komwa | |
| tooth | tsilâu | fang |
| tree | ndai | by extension, anything tall (including people) |
| water | saungwe | mass. |
| war | angài | battles |
| west | emwel | mass. |
| wheat | borma | mass. |
| wife | netrai | |
| wind | altò | mass. |
| wing | taindi | shield, shelter |
| woman | asa | |
| wood | gatn | mass. |
| word | lewai | |
| worm | mombwai | |
| year | laid | |
| English | Ndak Ta | notes and additional meanings |
| |
| ask | kenau | |
| attack | pasto | pick or provoke a fight |
| bite | kwain | chew |
| blame | wuku | |
| blow | untsi | |
| break | gonggai | |
| breathe | ndenam | erg. intr. metaphorically, to live |
| celebrate | miasko | intr. party, have a good time |
| come | oto | intr. any motion toward 'here' |
| commit crime | abâ | intr. |
| control | tsobi | |
| corrupt | sikîda | influence (someone) to behave badly |
| count | mondu | measure |
| cry | mpaim | intr. |
| cut | narno | specifically means "to use a knife upon" |
| deceive | ngguko | |
| defeat | sompìs | conquer, pwn |
| destroy | ebri | delete, render nonexistent or nonrepairable |
| die | nots | erg. intr. |
| dig | wats | |
| drink | sab | erg. swallow |
| eat | tu | erg. |
| fail | bambi | |
| fall | endu | intr. erg. |
| farm | ain | |
| fear | paingkwu | erg. |
| feel | ispe | intr. erg. physically experience |
| feel | enànda | intr. erg. have emotion |
| fight | das | |
| float | ntetsn | intr. |
| flood | imlana | intr. |
| flow | lail | intr. any continuous motion |
| fly | alnia | |
| forget | oslòk | |
| freeze | aipi | erg. |
| fuck up | penta | (highly insulting when said of someone else) |
| give | tsampi | |
| grow | mus | erg. |
| go | non | intr. any motion toward somewhere other than 'here' |
| have | bâre | possess |
| hear | ranto | |
| hit | wapa | |
| hold | mbunwe | |
| honor | bwenggor | respect |
| hurry | randèl | erg. |
| hunt | desmog | |
| insult | tsurtor | burn |
| joke | untai | intr. |
| journey | mê | intr. |
| keep | aitn | |
| kill | engku | |
| know | matn | understand |
| laugh | ngango | intr. (laugh loudly) |
| laugh | limu | intr. (laugh quietly) |
| lie | bal | erg. intr. |
| lift | sâpabm | erg. |
| like | tsin | |
| live | wim | |
| love | raula | |
| make | alpau | create |
| name | papau | |
| need | âidai | |
| play | rowa | to play a musical instrument |
| play | unma | intr. any non-serious action |
| promise | aitsu | |
| protest (against) | mâuk | complain (about) |
| punish | bespi | |
| pull | tengo | |
| push | mbwawe | |
| read | mêli | |
| remember | wompo | |
| repair | kumâi | |
| rest | erbo | intr. |
| rise | ula | intr. |
| rub | bimbo | |
| run | orte | |
| sacrifice | ausa | |
| say | mbi | |
| scratch | egran | |
| see | ina | erg. |
| send | pilai | |
| sew | isma | |
| shine | eptàg | |
| sing | mbîbwe | |
| sit | mpe | intr. |
| sleep | ngata | erg. |
| smell | dumbo | erg. |
| spit | aumu | |
| split | alen | erg. |
| squeeze | orngi | |
| stab | bontu | |
| stand | ande | intr. |
| steal | aulmo | |
| stop | nta | |
| study | kaime | |
| suck | malwe | |
| swell | nambepm | intr. |
| swim | embur | |
| take | esul | |
| taste | ulwa | |
| think | ngwâi | believe, have faith in |
| throw | kek | |
| tie | kîbai | |
| touch | nde | |
| turn | em | |
| use | imbwa | erg. |
| visit | lolmau | |
| vomit | ngkwaimpaugng | |
| walk | keng | intr. |
| wash | tsaing | erg. |
| wipe | ngende | scrape |
| worship | banai | erg. |
| write | lewalpau | |
Type 1: General conjunctions which can be used between most types of phrases and clauses.
Type 2: Object-gapping conjunctions, for use only between coordinate clauses. These are explained in the grammar.
| Type 1 | Type 2 | English | Notes |
| on | ongwâ | and | ("I like him, *and* he seems trustworthy") |
| dal | daldâ | but | ("I dislike him, *but* he seems trustworthy") |
| mi | mit | or | ("You can buy it with cash *or* charge it to your credit card") |
| gunto | gundâ | so, thus | ("He seems trustworthy, *so* I agreed to lend him the money") |
| nin | nindâ | therefore | (takes the place of English if/then. Where English says "if X then Y", Ndak Ta says "X nin Y") |
| boda | bodat | "exclusive or" | (takes the place of English either/or. Where English says "either X or Y", Ndak Ta says "X boda Y") |
| lik | ligâ | nor | (takes the place of English neither/nor. Where English says "neither X nor Y", Ndak Ta says "X lik Y") |
These come before all common nouns.
| Relational Prepositions |
| âk | genitive (possessor, source), agentive (in passive constructions, like Eng. "by"), initiative ("since") |
| wau | benefactive (purpose), "for", "concerning", "with respect to" |
| nte | (manner, as in "he sent it *with love*") |
| um | compositive (like 'a pile *of* bricks') |
| ngu | appositive, essive ("as") |
| kwen | comitative ("with") |
| al | abessive ("without"), "besides", "except for" |
| puk | "per", "for each" |
| Locative Prepositions |
| sa | elative ("from out of") |
| nai | inessive ("in") |
| anda | illative ("into") |
| uwa | ablative ("from", "from near", "after") |
| ob | adessive ("at", "near to") |
| isla | allative ("to", "towards", "before"/"by" for time) |
| nggairit | terminative ("as far as", "as much as", "until") |
| rambe | prolative, prosecutive ("along", "via", "during") |
| mbembu | "between", "among" |
| lita | "throughout" |
| ntatsn | "surrounding", "all around" |
This is an unforgivably terse description, but the system is fairly simple and hopefully can be worked out from this alone.