AMO WORDS

A

Arik –we

Anit –people

Akune –old people

Amap – Amo people

Akura –clans

Amara –in-laws

Asem –songs

Ales –husbands

Ayalang –Grand-children

Achif –fathers

Alunme/adondong –friends

Awani –women

Anan-tulu-natii –tenants

Anan-malesu-lesu –merchants

Anan –kataa –workers

Ayi –heart

Asuri –stomachs

Awau –chicks

Aturi –deaf

Anyerti –teachers

Ayizi –witches

Anan-navu – Dancers

Akiri –thieves

Agoh –kings

Anantonidowo –Guitarist

Akuu –Borns

Akuru –chickens

Ayini -Teeth

Afufut –liver

Acha –woods

Amomo –flowers

Agwaza –coco yam

Awarwak –valleys

Atii –rooms

Adanga –huts/fence

Adung –motar

Akwatak –shoes

Akulet –finger-nails

Adakaka –camelion

 

B

Belle –say it

Bana –hang it

 

Basa –cut it

Buno –help

Bordo –bend

Bunkurno –stir

Bagabaga –very wide

Bort –amoeba shape

Busibusi-scattered/without order

 Boggo-boggo –quick growing/without strenght

Bollo –to take by force

Baltah-glitter/shine

 

C

Chana –reduce

Chasina –sieve

Chonpolong –spherical

Chungulung –small

Chaut –beautified

Chasara –porous

Chancham –cold

Chus –completed

Chari –let us go

Cino –leave it

Cina – tracking

Chall –fainting

Canbur –tasteless

Chinbit –press up

 

Chalum –falling of a stone in water

Chang –go

Chino –leave

Chalum –sound of falling of a stone in water

Cus –standing at level

Chancana –dress

Chara –yet cooked

Chamu –take it

 

D

Dah –come

Dandana –come closer

Dandauna –wait a little

Durso –show

Durno –push in

Dunu –Arrange

Dungdung –Disturbance

Dazzina –hit

Dusulu –Remove

Dadai –fast

Dangdana –come close

Dunbulung –too quite

Damun –bring it

Dangdang –gently

 

E

Ee –yes

Ene –see

Enen –many to see

Eye –like the

 

F

Fina –breath

Fita –stand

Fillo –throw away

Fere –choose

Fankalang –shapeless

Fangalang –weightless

Foo –beat

Farta –talking too much

Fukaka –

Fakuku –stand very fast

Fewe –you in particular

Fereh –you

Fifit –breath

Fulo –take

Firina –initiate/instigate/stimulate

Fesh –full

Fash –thick

Feterek –very thick

Fichinching –fly

Fiboo – fish

Fichina –lies

Finawa –animal/mean, flash

Fiyii –snake

Fitillaru –pick

Filai –granary

Finyanta –roofing grass

Finah –cow

Fikawa –farming

Fibotok –top most part of the roof

Fiyin –mosquito

Fijuri-

Fitatanbit – upper end of the natal cleft

Fidowo –guitar

 

G

Gatina –be on your own

Ganging –strong

Gashilla –lay-up

Gitirno –look back

Gillang –bend

Galina –to roam about

Goagoak –hacking

Gaa –widen the legs

Gankarang –an abnormal posture

Gankina - to hang

Gatigati - spacing

 

H

Hallaru - too wide

Hollino - Drink hungrily

Harna - cut

Haraa -continue cutting

Hatarak - a wide that

Huss -much fruits on a tree

 

I and E sometimes in terchangeable

 

Igelum - finger millet or star millet

Ikan - fine grained tiny rice- like

Itak - poles (hunger rice) (post)

Ilori -possed – (mental demand)

Ikawa -ridging (cultivation)

Iburi - root crops (yam, cassava, coco yam etc.)

Imonli - food

Imonsho - cloth

 

J

Jotuna/jotuno - pierce a needle

Jongorong - long

Jeng-jeng -fix eyes on a spot

Jogogo - very long

 

K

Kana –scratch

Kukune –old male (old man)

Kabark –motorcycle

Kaf –huge

Khoakhoashoak –bent as a bow.

Kungulung –bent person

Kishirik –very thick

Kpesh –twinkle of an eye

Kpekpet –very smooth

Kwasharak –rough

Kwai-kwai –very smart

Kinu –lying/lie

Kakama –is that/exclamation

Kutelle –God

Kitin-mone –today

Kulleleng –evening

Kitik –night

Kuparah –mountain

Kuparang –rock

Kinang –mine

Kuchuchut –wising

Kwinah –add/increase

Kwillah –Go back

 

L

Leu –eat

Li-imonli-eat food 

Li-wui -voice

Lewe –sell

Lagalaga –not tight

Lisu –greet

Liso-nye- greet him/her

Libou –road

Lii –rope

Liing –dry season

Ligoartong –swing of using stone

Libana – not strong in the heart

Lizini –remind me

Lizino –remember

Livi –where fish hides

Lilimi –next tomorrow

 

M

Mala –finish

Mamas –very sweet

Many –sweet

Mangulet –extremely sweet or most sweet

Magoa-magoa –in a zigzag form

Manyana –toasting of girl

Mala –finish

Mallina –squeeze

 

N

Nono –kids/children

Naza –refuse/withdraw

Nari –refuse

N…………………. I

Nmein –water

Nmii –blood

Nna –mother

Nnuf –oil

Nnto –salt, use of cooking

Nuso –transplant

Nnung –fight, angry

Nonkoo –laying

Noo –lay

Nontoo –he is sweating

Noak –like a bow

Nnono –wrestling

Njah –excellent

Nuduno –press

 

O

Oohi –(usually repeated exclamation for surprise 2,3,4 times of unbelief)

Oho –don’t know –response to question about which one knows nothing.

Oh-dak –that you should come

 

P

Pa –a (leave item) beside

Pizirah –search

Pash –wide

Pashina –slap

Puno –open

Part –tight

Pene –associate closely with blow (like a fire fan (the body when feeling heat)

Peleh –barbing

 

No letter Q in Amo, I’m still searching

 

R

Rieu –blow/kick/bit.

 Risa –pet (petting)

Riya –convince

Rina –lean (on something/someone)

Raga-raga –dangling

Koss –many fruits on a tree

Rozuno –plug the fruits in number by shaking the tree

Rusuzu –to deceive/lure

 

S

Shouno –wear

Shau –well done, good day

Shart –tasteless

Shew –easily, colly, cool.

Shall –shall (sha-shall) – scantily/scanty

Soo –sit down

Silo –swear

Sisila –laugh

Shawa –forget

Shino –rest

Sinkirang –one sided

Shito –satisfied

Seng –gradually

Sere –take, buy

Su –do

 

T

Tunno –revenge or pound (pounding).

Tanna –chew

Ti ……. –we

Taa –for child to eat to collect in his hand Tah –put

Tiyara (tiara) –breakfast

Tina –help some-one to put a load on/off the head

Tirino –ask

Timap –amo language

Tisina –laughter

Tifino/tufuno –spit out

Tenne –try

Tennezinne-try hard

Tolo –get down

Tosulo –abuse

Toso –accusation

Tumuno –bend down

Tana –mistake

Tafina –click on

Tishino –we`ve rested

Tikpi –bundles of grass

Tikpuu –banboo

 

U

Unanu –nursing mother

Unit –man, person

Uto –neck

Una –mother

Uchif –father

Udina –road

Ula –fire

Ukonu –pains

Uso –sit

Uwul –daughter-in-law

Ukotu –act of drying

Ushe –sorry

Utaku –bad wishes for more hurt

Uyaba-guy

 

 

V

Varna (barna) –to drink two at a time from same container (usually calabash)

Varna –to spill (usually liquid)  from overfilled measure.

Vat –all

Varine –make it up (like ridge that was not properly molded)

Varta –too scattered, common

Verdeng –too short

Vatata –too much

Vart –smart

Vavar –act of being afraid

 

W

Waii –cry, exclamation of surprises

Wert –command to be silent

 Walla –put down

Washalang –sample with people

Wakaka –sour

 

X

No letter X in Amo I am still on a search.

 

Y

Yaah –open

Yarrah –grind

Yinna –agree

Yenne –see

Yauna/yauno –take it

Yaun –take

Yisa – put something in  upright position

Yalala –greedy person

Yisina –stop

Yirno –stay throughout the day

Yamina –yawn

Yege-yege –almost trooping/fragile

Yororo –leaking

Yogo-yogo –not strong

Yok-yok – with many holes

Z

Zalin –shake

Zalina -shake out

Zazzin –praise

Zazzina –praising

Zuro –meet

Zuron – to meet

Zuroo –meeting

Zizir –reacting

Zitiris –swollen place as an as of stinging by an ant

Zenzem –irritating dirt/filth

Zatina –to pick something

Zogo –to course

 

Hon. Yusuf G. Jirgi

He is the Author of Agbulang Timap which would be out soon

 

Number

One –nfinu

Two –nba

Three –ntat

Four –nnas

Five –ntaun

Six –ntocin

Seven –nzor

Eight –nlir

Nine –Nzakure

Ten –Likure (likut)

Eleven – Likure-ninfirum

Twelve – Likure-ninniba

Thirteen – Likure-ninnintat

Fourteen – Likure-ninninas

Fifteen – Likure-ninnitaun

Sixteen – Likure-ninkutocin

Seventeen – Likure-nin kuzor

Eighteen – Likure-nin kulir

Nineteen – Likure-nin kuzakure

Twenty –ukut-aba

Thirty – ukut-atat

 Fourty – ukut-anas

Fifty – ukut-atalen

Sixty - ukut-kutocin

Seventy - ukut-kuzor

Eighty - ukut- kulir

Ninety – ukut-kazakure

One hundred - ukut-likure (likut)

 

Clans (akura) in Amo

Anna ligula

Asime

Adaza

Asana

Anan-likii

Anan-dushine

Anan-doap

Anan-lituk

Anan-pah

Azee

Akpinas

Anan-dikwok

Achu

Azuku

Anan likuri

 

Nature

Sun –uwui

Moon –upui

Stars –lyin

Sky –Awut

Earth –kutin

Seas –kurawa-kudya

Grass –ukwi

Trees –Acha

Stones –Atala

Sand –Nmin

Flower –Ifurau

Maize –Imosoro

Guinea-corn –Ilarun

Rice –Kuburinkwi (Ichikapa)