Punu language

Below is a lexicon from the "Parlons Yipunu", collected by Mabik-ma-Kombil.[6]

A = he/she

Agunyi = where?

Agunenyi = who is it?

Agon = over there

Agunu = here (to here)

Amumu = in there

Amune = over there

Ani = who, which one?

Anàne = it's like that, that's it

Avene = there

Avave = here

Avenyi/Avè = where

Ba = they

Babàke = cut quickly

Babàse = fill quickly

Babile = to burn

Babule = flambé (an animal)

Bagule = find

Bagunu = to resemble

Bagusunu = find a resemblance

Bale = to ventilate, to clear away

Bali = day

Balile = shine

Bambige = to tighten

Bande = start

Bande = bottom

Bandebulongu = South

Bandekubu = lower abdomen

Bandige = to bend

Bandimine = to cover

Banganga = rootworkers

Banyigebibogu = May to June

Banze = turn on

Bare = to mount, to climb

Base = fill

Batile = to engulf, to swallow

Bé = forked tongue

Bebeli = very close to

Bèfule = to chip

Bège = carry, bring

Bèkule = initiate

Bele = to be sick

Beli = near, close to

Beluse = to heal

Bembe = touch

Bémbige = to rock, to console

Bèngusunu = going to meet a third party

Beruse = to bring down

Bète = to overthrow

Bètse = watching over a sick person

Biale = to be promoted

Bibeji = 2

Bige = to predict misfortune

Bike = miss, absent

Bikumbu = despicable behavior

Bikumbu = news

Bileli = a cry to implore

Bilongu = remedies, medicine

Bindige = lock

Bine = 4

Binge = pursue

Bingulu = bad habits

Birambi = suspicion

Biranu = 5

Birieri/Bitatu = 3

Bisiamunu = 6

Bisiemu = potions

Biswasu = speed

Bituti = dirty water

Bitoli = problems

Bivatile = stubbornness

Boke = kill

Bokise = losing a parent

Bole = pick up

Bonge = to take

Boti = good

Botse = to wet, soak

Bubitu = gums

Budige = to block, to obstruct a path

Budilu = iron

Budungu = to divine

Buji = honey

Buge = heal

Bukanyi = wickedness

Bukéti = skill

Bukongu = power

Bukulu = tradition

Bule = to break

Bulagu = madness

Bumbe = to shape

Bumbe = to kiss

Bundesti = babysitting

Bundumbe = authority, power, wealth

Bure = to give birth

Burele = hunting

Buse = refuse

Busine = wealth

Butambe = Earth

Buvèdi = teasing

Buvuandi = beauty

Bwage = throw

Bwagene = to lament in a group

Bwali = evil, disease

Bwange = to weave

Bwatu = canoe

Bwèjise = to make beautiful or good

Bwèle = to add

Bwile = to bathe

Dabule = withdraw

Dage = steal, theft

Dedi = similarly

Dédile = to obey

Dèkise = to pour drop by drop

Devise = nod of the head

Dibabe = mute

Dibage = knife

Dibaku = misstep

Dibale = man, male

Dibàle = umbrella

Dibàndu = beginning

Dibandu = game trap

Dibange = play

Dibagu = fever

Dibanzi = temple, place of initiatory worship

Dibéji = annoyance, mockery

Dibèri = drop (of water, blood, rain)

Dibi = bad deed

Dibufu = ash

Dibule = to open

Dibume = projectile

Dibundu = assembly

Difube = bulb

Difubu = hem

Difutu = old plantation

Difuitse = moss

Dige = kaolin, a clay mineral

Digale = coal

Digeru = actions of a baby

Digebu = wink

Digengi = abundance

Digobe = respect

Digogu = clay

Digosu = beverage mixed with breast milk

Diguki = heap

Digumbi = ship

Dijodigeyi = November to December

Dijodineni = January to February

Dikabu = part

Dikibise = teasing, annoyance

Dikimbe = initiatory badge

Dikongu = spear

Dikube = forge, blacksmith

Dikuku = bark

Dikule = to measure

Dikumbi = plane, rocket

Dikunde = dove

Dikundu = sorcery

Dikutu = pole

Dilàbuge = stopper

Dilambe = dance

Dilangi = drunkenness

Dilènze = insolence

Dilàgu = crazy

Dile = win, succeed

Dilongi = advice

Dilute = hole

Dimanyi = stone, pebble, rock

Dimbe = to hit

Dimbu = village

Dimengidiwisi = twilight

Dimi = pregnancy

Dimungi/Dungembi = fog

Dingènde = shriveled thing or person

Dingènze = truth, true thing

Dingibe = palm wine

Dingundu = hip

Dingungu = distinctive noise

Dinyiki = fly

Dingongu = metal box

Dinonge = friendship

Dinu = tooth

Dipaku = branch fork

Dipalulu = exit

Dipapi = bird's wing

Dirambe = swamp, marsh

Dirangi = booty cheek

Dironde = concubine

Dirugeme = sweat

Disabu = landing stage

Disale = dew

Disambeke = shoulder

Disambi = razor

Disàngu = lung

Disite = knot of a rope

Disiere = epilepsy

Disonge = adultery

Disu = eye

Ditage = tadpole

Ditase = thought

Ditebugulu'diwisi = dawn

Ditéji = saliva

Ditèngu = returning

Ditodi = stain

Ditsange = tear

Ditsatselangi = audacity

Ditsutse = crest of a bird

Ditu = leech

Dituji = ear

Ditumbe = fight

Divare = good harvest

Divase = twin

Divembili = gust of wind with rain

Divènde = baldness

Divesi = flank, beside, on one side

Divilu = shaved head

Divesu = hate

Divite = war, fight

Divule = city

Divumbu = boil

Divuvu = throat

Diwavi = jealousy

Diwanzi = high forest of branches

Diwèle = marriage

Diweme = disobedience

Diwèru = hour

Dobule = to remove

Dodise = to comment

Dodimine = to examine

Doke = to pick

Dokimine = observe from afar

Dokule = to pick

Donze = deepen

Dore = to dream

Dubabele = stuttering

Dubambe = rattan, a plant used to make furniture

Dubile = pit

Dubongu = raffia fabric

Dufu = death

Dufunu = price

Dugaji = leaf

Dugane = scabies pustule, type of disease or infestation

Dugange = trap barrier

Dugélu = gossip

Dugongi = eyelash

Dugoru = toad

Dugugeme = stuttering

Dugunge = flat rock slab

Dugungu = imprecatory insult

Duguve = animal tick

Duke = follow

Dukabonu = pangolin

Dukande = insomnia

Dukonduku/Dilobe = hook

Dukuji = flying squirrel

Dulombili = village square, courtyard

Dumbulu = green

Dumise = glorify, boast

Dumuge = jump, leap

Dumwènu = mirror

Dunangu = pride

Dunangu = talk in a loud, aggressive manner with little effect

Dungwène = chameleon

Dure = drink

Duru = spoon

Durundu = red fruit

Dusale = feather

Dusambu = prayer

Dusavu = tale, fable

Dusongu = point

Dusosu = splinter

Dusugi = hawk

Dusièndi = thorn

Dute = to shoot

Dutsi = sneeze

Dutsole = scissors

Duvèsi = cockroach

Dwale = nail, claw

Dwèngu = pot

Fife = to suck

Fike = drink by filtering the liquid between the teeth

Fube = mix

Fuge = cut hair

Fumu'Nzambi/Fumunzambi = God, supreme being

Funde = accuse, denounce

Funde = digging

Fundu = confabulation

Fure = to lie

Fute = pay, spit

Fwale = France

Fwate = go through the small bush

Fwèngilile = to slander, to accuse unjustly

Fwère = to draw, to pick up

Fwimbe = share unequally

Fwinyi = tighten by pulling

Fwiri = boredom, annoyance

Gabe = to share

Gabuge = to return

Gabuse = to give back

Gake = to bite

Galene = to dispute an object

Game = squeeze, wring

Gamuge = to shout

Gandise = to prohibit

Gànge =  to catch, seize

Gange = fry, roast

Gari = in the middle of

Gariwisi = midnight

Gebule = to wink, to step

Getubulongu = West

Gobise = respect

Gobule = to spit out

Golile = to wash, to rub oil

Golule = to shell, to tear

Gome = fear, dread

Gombe = to scrape, scrape

Gonge = bypass

Gore = to warm up

Gorule = to scratch

Gubene = to hit

Gubule = dust, brush

Gudige = return

Gufise = to shorten

Gukulile = to imitate, to reproduce

Gulu = ancient, old

Gulu = to hear, to listen

Gumbe = moan, roar, growl

Gumbe = to cover, surround

Gumbesne = to kiss, to embrace

Gumuse = to dry

Ibalu = tree bark

Ibambe = white man

Ibadu = clan

Ibedu = sick

Ibinde = bad luck

Ibindi = corpse, remains

Ibonge = turtle

Ibotsi = rot

Iburu = parent

Ibusi = sister

Idibutsu = lid

Idube = net

Idume = danger

Idumbitsi = shadow

Idumi = thunderclap

Idumuimfule = tornado

Idune = hole, cavity, cavern

Idwaru = garment

Ifu = 9

Ifufu = crumb, poor

Ifulu = steam bath

Ifwale = French language

Ifwinzi = poultry crop

Igabe = punch

Igare = crate, trunk, suitcase

Igume = speech, word

Igumi/Digumi = 10

Igungule'tubi = flooding of a river

Ikadi = bridge

Ikaji = corpse

Ikambi = performer

Ikari = fall

Ikémbi = dwarf

Ikènzi = cricket

Ikibe = shortness of breath

Ikoku = bump

Ikoku = dance of rejoicing

Ikotige = penknife

Ikoyi = disabled, paraplegic

Ikuku = cooking

Ikumbu = fine

Ilange = elephant trunk

Ilèke = source, origin

Ileme = time, moment

Ilengi = child

Ilibe = oblivion, nothingness

Ilime = year

Ilimbe = mark

Ilindi = raft

Ilinge = cassock, robe

Ilingilingi = the center of the world

Ilombi = short story

Ilumbi = message

Ilumbu = day

Ilunge = earring

Image = supernatural event

Imomonyi = firefly

Imosi = 1

Inane = 8

Inde = will-o'-the-wisp

Ingange = church

Ingidi = small xylophone

Ingume = sterile

Inombu = troop, herd

Inyunyi = soul, spirit

Inunu = elder, old man

Ipèle = plate

Ipunge = bat

Ipupu = peeling

Irèle = size

Irèndi = piece of cloth

Irure = vial

Isage = cluster of fruits

Isalu = work, profession, task

Isambwali = 7

Isange = jug, jar

Isangomu = letter

Isindu = pollarded tree trunk

Isinge = grass

Isinzi = pointed stump

Isièmu = remedies

Isièngu = insult

Isièyi = sand

Isombule = way of wearing the loincloth

Isonyi = shame

Isupu = sheath

Isusube = bladder

Iswasu = cold

Iswisu = staring

Itale = smokehouse

Itande = market

Itengi = mask, shard, shell

Itsatse = caterpillar

Itsibe = deep water

Itsige = seat, bed

Itsubi = rainy season

Itumbe = image, engraving, statue

Itunzi = stupid

Itutu = bulrush torch

Ivaru = plant

Ivele = fast

Iviovi = hat, cap

Jabe = to know

Ji = to eat

Jibe = gluttony

Julunzambi/Julu'nzambi = sky

Kabu = anger

Kafi = paddle

Kage = grandfather, grandmother

Kaki = lightning

Kale = crab

Kambe = missing something

Kange = guinea fowl

Kangi = fire

Katsi = maternal uncle

Kédi = morning

Kégèngi = fresh

Kekigangi/Igangi = short dry season

Kekitsubi = short rainy season

Kèle = to wait

Kèlise = to keep

Kibe = to cover

Kibise = to annoy, to tease

Kile = to iron

Kingu = neck

Kobi = bag

Kobige = to hang

Kokolu = sorry

Kondini = in vain, uselessly

Kôngu = jar, clay jug

Kongu = river antelope

Kosi = effigy or statue of a deity

Kote = to enter

Kotise = to bring in

Kugumfu = dust

Kuke = to sow

Kumbu = motto, mantra

Kunge = copper

Kuñi = deprivation of meat

Kuru = armpit

Kute = to surround

Kuteme = to kneel

Kwalele = crosses

Kwé/Kwényi = how much?

Labe = see Lage = to sow

Lambe = to cook

Lambi = lamp

Lege = to spy

Lèle = rocking, caressing, raising a child

Lelévi = full, brim

Lélige = to take, to suspend

Lémbige = to console, to soothe

Lèmbule = apply oil on an abscess, caress

Lènde = to beg

Lènze = to despise

Lengule = examine contemplate

Leve = make an oath

Lile = to cry

Linge = traveling

Lobe = fish

Lobuge = to step over, to cross

Loge = bewitch, curse

Lubuge = to be clever, cunning, shrewd

Lúge = vomit

Luge = name

Lukule = to complete

Longe = teach, promise

Mabale = right

Mabufu = ashes

Madibe = deafness

Madudumbi = clouds

Madungu = hernia

Mafinyi = pus

Magetu = left

Magunde = century, millennium

Make = sap

Makengi = slime

Makibu = pledge

Makiele = dawn

Malamu = palm wine

Malémbi = hug

Malu = confluent, coming together of rivers

Malumbi = praise to the ancestors

Malungu = blood

Mambe = water

Mambi = shit

Mane = finish

Mange = snack

Mangele = dry season

Mapémi =  threats

Marangi/Dirangi = booty

Masige = yesterday

Masuku = claps

Mate = to rise, to climb

Matsi = oil

Mbàlebulongu = East

Mbari = palm tree

Mbatsi = friend, comrade

Mbèle = wrong

Mbémbu = voice

Mbèngi = ravine, precipice

Mbingu = food

Mbugu = mouthful

Mbùnge = crab shell

Mbunge = smell

Mbwélili = star

Mengu = sharp

Mfubu = hippopotamus

Mfule = rain

Mfumbi = deceased

Mfunge = to wrap oneself in a loincloth

Mfwange = news of death

Milolu = cries of joy

Minzi = wolf-dog

Mobutsi = savior

Monyu = life

Moru = ring

Mubeji = 2nd

Mubiji = wave

Mubu = sea, ocean

Mudodu = balance

Mufu = 9th

Mufune = load

Mufundu = complaint

Mugamu = cry, howl

Mugumi = 10th

Mukate = skin

Mukolu = night

Mukongu = hill, mountain

Mukube = blacksmith

Mukùbe = beak

Mukubi = malevolence

Mukwati = machete

Mukwili = widower, widow

Mule = blessing

Mulingu = journey

Mulumi = husband

Mulutso = flame

Mumbèngu = small canoe

Mumbinge = stilt

Munaji = strophanthus poison

Munane = 8th

Munangasunge = praying mantis

Mundumbe = notable, renown

Mungongu = musical bow

Mungudi = tornado, whirlwind

Munombi = black man

Mupande = braid

Mupume = year

Muranu = 5th

Murèle = hunter

Murieru = 3rd

Murondu = eel

Musabu = insolence

Musambwali = 7th

Musamu = short story

Musande = umbrella

Musiamunu = 6th

Musini = eyebrow

Musiru = forest

Musoli = fallow field

Musolu = job, work

Musongu = disease

Musoñi = flesh, meat

Musuge = permission

Musulu = boiled

Musungu = sugar cane

Musièngi = large village

Mutu = person, human

Muvedi = scar is

Muvèmbe = albino

Muvige = slave

Muvumu = breathing

Muweli = month

Muyame = rainbow

Muyombu = perfume

Mwaji = brother-in-law

Mwane = child

Mwényi = visitor, stranger

Mwètse = moonlight

Mwine = 4th

Mwinzi = filth, dirt

Na = with

Nane = massage

Nangule = to lift

Ndami = comrade, friend

Ndagu = hut, house

Ndétsi = child's rocker

Ndige = bait

Ndike = small fish basket

Ndilu = limit, border

Nimbe = colour

Ndele = a song which signifies an exchange between the living and the ancestors

Ndunge = reason

Nemise = to hurt

Nènge = to learn

Nèngile = to call

Nesi = no

Ngande = courtyard, village square

Ngangakosi = rootworker who traps sorcerers

Ngange/Nganga = traditional healer

Ngènge = centipede

Ngo = panther, leopard

Ngomfi = harp

Ngombu = raffia

Ngondi = flower

Ngunge = bell

Ngusu = jealousy

Ngwangu = stick

Nongu = proverb, parable

Nwane = to borrow

Nyangu = Sun

Nza = then

Nzale = hunger

Nzile = path

Nzime = back

Nzobu = civet

Nzontsi = judge

Nzoruru = filth

Nzumbili = smoke

Nzwingiri = dragonfly

Page = resin

Pake = to square

Pale = exit

Pambuge = to wander

Pari = pristine forest

Pase = split

Patula = to tear off

Pembi = kaolin mineral

Penge = chin

Pèni = nudity

Pinde = black

Pinze = alone, loneliness

Pitse = to weigh

Pube = mat

Pugu = be patient

Punge = wind

Puni = murderer, thief who robs & kills in forests & mountains

Pupe = spray, sprinkle

Pupe = move

Puve = echo

Pwanyi = width, breadth

Pwasese = interval

Pwele = many

Pwiti = hole, crevice

Rabile = to burn and leave a wound, to bite

Rakule = to snatch

Range = read

Rangemine = to remember

Rarige = to sew

Régeme: tremble, shiver

Rine = flee, run away

Riri = red

Rombe = to search

Ronde = love

Riabe = to cut (dead wood)

Sabi = key

Sakulebibogu = March to April

Sale = to work

Sàle = choose

Sambile = to pray

Sàmbule = to present

Sanze = to drive out, to expel

Save = desire

Sàve = to tell, talk about, denounce

Sibe = to sharpen

Sige = to play an instrument

Sike = to stall

Simbe = to greet

Sindige = to send

Sindile = to push

Singisile = to congratulate

Sobene = to mix

Sole = clear

Sopene = exchange

Sube = to urinate

Sumbe = buy, pay

Sumbise = to sell

Sumune = to defy a prohibition

Sundile = suddenly

Sunduge = go down

Sungesene = to oppose, parallel

Suse = wash

Swèkige = to strangle

Sweme = to hide

Tabule = break, cut

Takule = start walking

Tale = count

Tali = block of stone

Tandige = to align

Tandubulongu = North

Tapele = insolence

Tase = to think

Tate = dad, father

Tate = to express pain

Tege = 1st

Time = dig

Timbuge = bend, be erect

Tinde = to send

Tsakule = to insult

Tsande = loincloth

Tsige = to bury

Tsimbu = to make a mistake

Tsindule = erase, wipe, dust

Tsingule = to say, to confess

Tsisige = evening, afternoon

Tsoke = to prick

Tsoli = bird

Tsone = week

Tsongi = needle

Tsugu = prison

Tsumbi = September to October

Tsune = to watch

Tsunde = to discuss

Tsungi/Ngonde = Moon

Tsungule = to hurt

Tsuve = calabash

Tuge = surety, pledge

Tumbe = flying fast

Tumune = attack, provoke

Tute = to accumulate, to amass

Va = there is

Vage = to do

Vale = far

Vale = to cut

Vande = spiritual artifacts

Vànde = to make mats, to braid

Vàne = to pay, to reimburse

Vare = to plant

Vate = to be stubborn

Vatsi = on the ground

Vagusu = in front

Vege = give

Veme = white, whiteness

Vend = lick

Vèngutse = except

Vère = to shoot a gun

Veve = split

Viluge = to bloom

Vine = to hate

Viri = very, intensity

Vive = wait

Vole = smoking

Vombulu = open

Vonde = ask

Vondinivondini = nonchalantly

Vonu = very thin

Vose = speak, say

Vove = to chat

Vule = to undress, become nude

Vume = to breathe

Vunge = zero, nothing

Vuse = to spread, to exhale

Wabe = to fish

Wabule = take food out of a pot

Wake = to receive

Wale = to extend

Walule = tell a dream

Wamuse = to help

Wanzemwanzu = village chief

Wèle = to marry

Wélige = try, compare

Wème = to disobey

Wimbile = to sing

Wisi = time

Wivule = to ask

Yabutsu = door

Yangele = thirst

Yanzule = filter, sieve

Yari = side

Yasi = slice

Yélu = measure

Yévi = basket

Yèse = luck

Yisasaku = July to August

Yotsi = cold

Yusile = heat

• Rimba language