aba ndzo selo wo – idiom. – fracture; break split into two (pieces) fracture; break split into two (pieces) (NB: frequently contracted zo yiilo to abandzelo wo.)
abámu (ndzo) – n. – photon.
æye fogapu (go) – n. – bit (drill bit).
afámwe (afa) – n. – diamond.
aksi (kso) – n. – dust (naturally occurring); fine particulates produced as a consequence of industrial or mining processes. Contrasts with ozadu. See ozadu.
aksifwama (kso) – n. – ash; residue left after burning.
ami (ndzo) – n. – moon.
amu (ndzo) – n. – light (of the sun, etc.).
amva (isi; go) – n. – cave; naturally occurring underground tunnel or chamber.
amwe (go, zwo, afa) – n. – gemstone/crystal.
ana (go) – n. – beam; bar; girder (typically used in supporting and architectural aspect of a construction).
ana (kto, go) – n. – bone (of a skeleton); beam; bar; girder (support (in architecture)).
ando (go) – n. – (mechanical/robotic) arms (typically attached to craft for cutting or grasping, etc.
ari (go) – n. – ceiling (of a room (inside perspective)); roof (of a building or shelter)).
asao (afa) – n. – energy (source) (NB: ạsao with stress on the sa syllable).
bi (biyæ) – v.T3 – be active; turned on (of mechanisms) .oranga fiya sea bi. “Tractor beam activated.”
dangi (dangæ) – v.T3 – keep in order; contain; put away (where it belongs); store.
dingæ (dingæyǽ) – v.T2 – have high gravity.
du (duwæ) – v.T3 – push into; cram into; shove into; squirt into (with a direct object and po)fill up; fill with (takes fo) .uFwadi sea du opangá pidangi nyenga sapa læ. “Fwadi just crammed the merch into the locker to hide it.”
dui (duiyæ) – v.T3 – inject; insert into (NB: inject with = dui fo ).
dui foraso (duiyæ foraso) – idiom. – get someone or oneself (when reflexive) drunk on Rust .uJie a ndi duimlo foraso. “Jie is getting themself hammered on Rust.” See dui.
ea (go) – n. – gas.
ede fi ko (go) – n. – aquifer.
ede fo ktumba (zwo) – n. – ore.
ede fo mæko (go, zwo) – n. – meteorite.
efwama (enge) – n. – fire (conflagration, an episode of burning); combustion.
egæ (enge) – n. – gravity.
egao (enge) – n. – (the) maximum.
egi (enge) – n. – (the) minimum.
egu (kso) – n. – worthless metal or ore.
egufwama (kso) – n. – slag.
eguzi (kso) – n. – mud; slippery or gloppy wet soil.
ejuafi (enge, go) – n. – hydraulics.
ekanda fede (enge) – n. – geology.
ekseno (enge) – n. – volume (of water, etc.); size (physical dimensions/measurements of a tangible object).
ektumba fegingo (enge) – n. – selective mining.
ekunjo (nyo fao) – n. – (the process of) smelting.
emwi foyie (enge) – n. – workings (the entire system of openings in a mine).
emwi fuo (enge) – n. – ventilation (ducts, etc. that deliver atmosphere). See also ndrara. See also ndruo.
endamu (ndzo) – n. – laser beam.
endro (go) – n. – ground; soil.
endronjeo (enge) – n. – earthquake; tremor(s).
epakta (enge) – n. – resistance; opposition; friction.
etsofwo (enge) – n. – range (variation between the upper and lower limits of a scale).
ewe (ndzo) – n. – generic planet (without a biosphere); unexplored world. .dzæ ewe nja ndutu ndæ tsao cho su yanga ke jifa zo ¿ki kidada bumi ó dau?. “A new(ly encountered) planet can be an actual (living) world but it must first be explored and deliberated whether it has life or not.”
eyanga (enge) – n. – exploration.
eyanga nyektumba (enge) – n. – prospecting.
fa (fayæ) – v.T3 – sense; detect; track .eto fa da engenge ria dino, ¿ye ye chingo?. “I sense that you want to say something else, don’t you?”.
fao (faoyæ) – v.T3 – sift; separate (different materials); “pan” for precious metals.
fwamassuno (fwamassuno) – v.T3 – be radioactive.
fwi (fwiyæ) – v.T3 – shoot; fire; launch (a weapon); release a pathogen (intentionally). .se fwi ndzofunga zeksango. “A pathogen was released in (an act of) war.” – .nzafew fwitæ, ofa yiu. “Sensors confirm they are about to fire on us.”
fwo (fwowæ) ¹ – v.T3 – decrease; subtract; reduce; lessen .cho sara kto ruma zo fwo sindue ræ dasi (isa) kafo, nyo dzeo le. “One should eat less of exotic food when first encountered, just to be safe.”.fwo fwo asao nyondreyi. “Reduce the power to the thruster.”
fwo ² – v.T5 – “less” (most often a post-verbal clitic ››› e.g. kofwo (less abundant) – famifwo (less complex)) – .gæfwo anjatsa deto, Banutó ye da, ¡emó!. “‘I want less colorful finery,’ said no Banu ever!”
fwomlo (fwowæmlæ) – idiom. – decrease (NB: functions as a v.T2: .endi sea ndi fwomlo. “The quantity just greatly decreased.”).
fwuno (fwunowæ) – v.T3 – be straight; lack curves; be direct (to a destination) .waninjeko riktumba fwuno zo leno sido fizepe lana. “It’s a straight shot from here to the mine if you pass behind that hospital.”
gæ (gæyǽ) – v.T3 – pull with magnetic force or gravity; exert force over; have gravity.
gæ ó (gæ ó) – v.T2 – no gravity; not exert gravity.
gæ zo pili (gæyǽ zo pili) – v.T2 – have low gravity.
gaka (gakæ) – v.T3 – dry; dessicated .cho la gaka wo ktofupi njeko nyiko chulæ, fesse issuno ye fodai fulæ. “They have to dry this kind of meat for (their) stored rations because their ships don’t have freezers.”
ichema (isi) – n. – hole (opening in the ground, ceiling etc. that gives access to another area/space).
idangi (isi) – n. – storage compartment; stowage; locker. See also iko.
idzo (isi) – n. – area; region (typically naturally occurring). See also ipamba.
ijua fede (isi) – n. – fault; fault line (lit.: “pressure point of rock”).
iki nyo tso (go, zwo) – n. – attachment.
ikifamu (go) – n. – lamp. ikifamu fæye “headlamp.”
iko (isi) – n. – storehouse; cache (primarily for surpluses).
iksengapo (isi) – n. – an empty (contained) space that can be filled; a volume of empty space. (NB: from ị+ksen(o)_k(t)apo + having undergone phonological simplification.)
iktumba (isi) – n. – mine; excavation area from which mineral substances are taken.
ini (isi, afa) – n. – outer space; the space between worlds .ini ssaa sozóso epacho fuBanu ssaa. “Outer space is as vast as the Banu markets are prodigious.”
ió (isi) – n. – void; (typically large) empty space.
ipamba (isi) – n. – section (intentionally created or designated). Contrasts with idzo. See idzo.
iye (go, utu, isi) – n. – river; large waterway. (NB: utu iye would be a rather uncommon thing to hear, but when such a river is useful due to its primary value being for fishing, etc., it could be thusly classified.)
jo fana – idiom. – be X percent (%) .njekenjawe beo zo zanjifwu jo fana. “This job/task is 75% done.”
jua (juayæ) – v.T3 – be pressurized; be under pressure; maintained at tension ¡etapa! .juajali nipamba njeko nyuYumano. “Warning! Pressure suits required in this sector for Humans.”.
kinojino (kinojino) – v.T3 – have a grain or pattern; be patterned. .njekede kinojino zo nepo ke gukto. “This rock has a bland to dark grain to it.”
ko (kowæ) – v.T3 – be plenteous; be numerous; be a bounty; be abundant. (NB: When contrasting ko with tana, ko implies a greater sense of abundance. See tana. See also gongo.
kseno (kesnowæ) – v.T2 – have mass; have (visible) volume; have measurable size and weight; be tangible – .ólo ye kseno tsao nja lamba. “Holograms are intangible, but can be seen.”
ksia (ksiawæ) – v.T3 – process/refine; purify.
ktajo (ktajowæ) – v.T3 – support; hold up; hold together; keep together (in the sense of solidify or unify) ¡fwea! .po po zo ktajomlæ zokinga. “OK! Head out and stick together in teams of three.”
Banu Cuisine Vocabulary
ædzu (utu, kto) – n. – a type of root that can be powdered and used to thicken food.
angi (kto, go) – n. – oil (when edible be careful to classify it with kto).
aofwingi (kto) – n. – a general term for “cooking wine” in Banu cuisine. From ao fo wingi.
aondroko (kto) – n. – a type of grain-based cooking wine used in Banu cuisine not unlike a rice wine or sakè.
endanga (utu, kto) – n. – a fatty fruit with a sweet flavor (like banana mixed with animal fat).
fuki (fukiyæ) – v.T3 – be spicily aromatic; be peppery .owingi fuFea fuki zó zitatæ ke eto ye ssunji lo. “Fea’s cooking is always utterly bland and not to my taste.”
ibigundo (utu, kto) – n. – a bug with a savory and aromatic flavor similar to garlic.
ndroko (ndroko) – v.T7 – be a grain species of plant comparable to rice. See undroko. See also aondroko.
ofuki (kto) – n. – a strong, peppery spice used in Banu cooking. Similar to white pepper.
oyungo (kto) – n. – a sweet and pungent vegetable that can be juiced and used in cooking. Similar in character to ginger (but fleshy and not fibrous).
ozadu (go, ndzo, kto) – n. – powder; powdery substance. See aksi.
ubu (utu, kto) – n. – a type of nut about the size of a walnut that is used to make angi fubu “ubu oil.” See angi.
ufuki (utu) – n. – The plant from which ofuki is made. See ofuki. See also fuki.
undroko (utu) – n. – the plant (grain) used to make aondoroko. See aondroko.
upi (kto) – n. – meat; flesh.
uyungo (utu) – n. – the plant that oyungo comes from. See oyungo. See also yungo.
yungo (yungo) – v.T7 – be of a species of Banu “ginger”.
zadu (zaduwæ) – v.T3 – be powder; be powdery. .cho la wolana zadu su nja kte lo nyo wingi. “That has to be crushed into powder before it can be used for cooking.”
