Word roots - Kavu
an - country, land ba - father bai - (to be) broken bal - nonsense ban - center, core bas - stop, end bau - dog be - topic marker bea - room beli - fennel ben - child bena - million beo - box, container bes - gray bi - organ bia - to beep bin - grain, cereal bo - in, inside boi - dirt bol - apple bon - fall bos - bag bu - man, male bua - brother bul - B bum - explode buna - maize bus - mash, squash cha - hole chai - tea chal - scoop cham - carbon chau - exact, precise che - hit, touch chen - shoot chi - out, outside chil - thin, chip chin - chirp chis - C cho - broadcast, let out choi - sour chom - tomato chos - brassica, sinapis, mustard chu - leave, from chul - mite chum - suck da - wheel, turn dai - rhythm, thump dal - computer, digital device dan -program, application dau - number, count de - come den - quake, shake, rock deo - pot, crock di - insect dia - eight dil - jingle din - light do - house, build doa - D doi - problem, issue don - force, power, strong du - stone dua - 10.000 dun - tooth ea - interest ebe - E en - that, whether fa - parent fai - ghost, spirit fan - iron fau - short fe - opposite fen - pepper feo - F fi - play fim - salty fo - flower foi - pejorative, no good fon - punish fu - smell fua - garlic fum - blow ga - G gai - thick gan - fish gau - donkey, ass ge - fast, quick gem - chickpea gin - mountain goi - frog gon - wave gos - hundred million gua - gulp gun - fruit ha - question hai - live ham - rough, coarse hana - which, which one hau - laugh he - disgust hea - hey hen - new hi - tense, tight him - hear, ear ho - true hoi - surprise hos - H hu - low, flat hua - cough hum - breath, air ia - element ini – I, i io - unit, measurement ja - do, make jai - sex jam - do, make jau - carry, load je - think, mind, brain jem - smoke ji - music jin - yellow jo - know joi - cool, great jom - five ju - feel jum - heavy jus - J ka - speak, say kai - close, shut kal - crow kan - work kas - billion kau - coffee ke - intend, would, want ken - neck kes - X ki - food, mouth kil - gnaw kim - royal ko - write koi - control, power kom - fake, false kona - K kos - lump, knot ku - front, before kum - pull kus - citrus kwa - one kwai - click kwan - study, learn kwau - duck kwe - net, web kwen - Q kwi - already kwil - thistle kwin - crunch kwis - twitter, tweet kwo - chicken kwoi - juniper la - at lai - there lal - L lam - white lau - here le - have leng - without leo - help li - you lia - worm lim - light, not heavy lio - liter lo - focus loi - taste, tongue lon - dense, rich, intense lu - with, at lua - tail lum - edge, tip, verge ma - mother mai - hi, greet mam - moon mas - balance mau - add, also mbe - part me - sheep mea - sister mel - hundred mem - M meng - nothing meo - cat mi - ill, sick mia - dead mil - open ming - bad mo - undo, reverse moa - bear moi - tilted mong - undo, reverse mos - secretion mu - cause mul - cow mun - cause mus - gas mwa - rot mwe - soft, gentle mweng - mean, cruel mwi - squeak na - of nai - long nain - N nam - god nana - line, stripe | nas - cosmetic product nau - this way, direction ne - bird, fly nen - good ni - vehicle nia - car nin - sun nini - ten nis - fortune, chance no - direction noi - that way nong - not, no nos - pipe, duct nu - go num - wall, board, screen nungu - 10 million nga - animal ngi - level ngo - cloth ngu - precious, gem, glitter nya - exponent nyai - monkey nyam - act, pretend nyau - blocked, stuck nye - happy nyem - silver nyo - collective, group nyom - rub nyu - orange nyum - flop, floppy oho - O pa - money, worth pai - grateful, thank pan - four pas - magic pau - give pe - stick, tree pea - plant pel - oak pem - potato pena - chestnut peo - nut pi - fire, electricity pil - angle pili - banana pim - hang pina - P pis - alcohol po - trade, sell poi - grass pol - thousand pon - push pos - cucurbita pu - moral pun - govern pya - jump, hop pyai - deer pye - shiver pyen - honk pyo - dot pyoi - stain pyu - needle ra - sit rai - brown ram - pinch, clip ras - R, rho rau - scratch, nail re - solid ren - order, system reo - egg ri - on, active ria - switch rim - ripe, fullgrown rio - hour ris - rattle ro - circle roa - growl roi - weasle ron - combine ru - conflict rum - boil sa - shape sai - cultivate, grow san - color sana - paste sau - fat, grease se - meat sen - limb seo - cup ses - S si - few. little sin - little, small sina - light, subtle sis - hide, secret so - water, fluid soi - please, request sol - black su - grape sun - two sus - quiet sha - card shai - like that sham - warm shau - like this she - glass shem - fold shi - like, as shim - clean shina - cloud shis - hiss sho - sheet, paper shoi - slide, slip shon - shower shu - sweet shum - sand ska - blue ski - frame sko - mix sku - knot sta - nine sto - but, however stu - friend swi - shrill ta - time tai - then tais - T tal - machine, device tan - picture tau - now te - able, can ten - able, can teo - seven ti - above, up tia - cap, lid til - small portable device tim - must tio - best, worst, most to - happen, time toi - stick, sticky tol - swathe tom - to become tos - about tu - cut tua - crackle tum - through, beyond tus - permit usu - U va - link, related vai - six van - shield, protect vau - elastic ve - peace, calm ven - cold vi - too vo- substance voi - V von - bitter vos - legume vu - down, under vun - gold wa - I, me wai - again wal - synthetic material wali - camelid wan - big wana - woman was - pear wau - this we - state wen - high, tall wi - much, many wil - pig win - horse wisti - 100,000 wiwa - W woi - mistake wong - anger wu - how very wua - howl ya - it, thing yai - pain yam - red yau - excuse ye - that yem - three yi - fear yil- Y yin - other yo - all, every yoi - woe yol - finger yom - swap, exchange yu - he, she, it, person yun - see, eye yus - art za - take, use zai - dear zam - magnet zau - itch, irritate zawa ze - back zen- danger zeo - hump, swelling zi - hair zia - care zim - buzz zo - fly, bug zoi - grain zon - sleep zu - cook zua - serve zun - honey |