I made this from terms in the
APE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY
re-organized into convenient categories
physical environment
hul star
kudu sun ||
goro moon
ara lightning ||
pand thunder ||
meeta rain ||
tar-bur snow ||
usha wind
ved mountain ||
ta-pal hill ||
kut hole ||
zu-kut cave ||
pele valley ||
dan rock, stone
lul water ||
dak-lul lake ||
zu-dak-lul ocean ||
dan-lul ice ||
gom-lul river ||
no brook
plants
den tree ||
hoden forest ||
balu-den stick, branch, limb ||
dan-sopu nut ||
ho-wa-usha leaves ||
kambo jungle ||
ro flower ||
sopu fruit ||
ut corn
insects
busso fly ||
kando ant ||
lano mosquito ||
nene beetle ||
nesen grasshopper
birds
klu hen ||
klu-kal egg ||
tan-klu rooster ||
neeta bird ||
ska vulture
reptiles, fish
gimla crocodile ||
histah (hista) snake ||
kota tortoise ||
pisah (pisa) fish
cats
numa lion ||
ko-sabor mighty lioness ||
sabor lioness
sheeta panther, leopard ||
skree wild-cat
Note:"sabor" meant "tiger" in the original
pulp Tarzan story. Tigers are not native to Africa; it became "lioness"
with the hardback edition of Tarzan of the Apes (1914) - Philip
José Farmer, Tarzan Alive, p 132.
small animals
dango hyena ||
horta boar ||
manu monkey ||
pamba rat ||
ungo jackal
large animals
bara deer ||
buto rhinoceros ||
duro hippopotamus ||
gorgo buffalo ||
kalo cow ||
omtag giraffe ||
pacco zebra ||
tantor elephant ||
wappi antelope
apes, humans
mangani great apes ||
gomangani black men ||
tarmangani white men
bolgani gorilla ||
tongani baboon
parts of the body
dano bone ||
vo muscle ||
dako-zan meat, flesh
galul blood ||
kal milk
wang arm ||
band elbow ||
b'wang hand
zee leg ||
abu knee (kneel) ||
b'zee foot
zan skin ||
b'zan hair
yad ear ||
yat eye ||
b'yat head
lot face ||
lat nose ||
lus tongue ||
tho mouth ||
gash tooth, fang
tag neck ||
thub heart ||
gu stomach, belly ||
at tail
gender and family
atan
bu
ab
abalu
pastar
por-atan |
male
he
boy
brother
father
husband
|
balu por |
baby mate
|
kalan
mu
za
za-balu
kalu
por-kalan |
female
she
girl
sister
mother
wife
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society
pal country (tribe's hunting grounds)
wala neat, hut, home, house ||
ho-wala village
tan warrior ||
hotan clan ||
hohotan tribe ||
gund chief
ugla hate ||
gree-ah like, love ||
yo friend
colors
bal golden ||
ga red ||
go black ||
mal yellow ||
tar white ||
wa green
dimensions & dichotomies
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kargo middle, center
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eta-koho warm |
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lan right ||
tandlan left
nala up ||
tand-nala down
zor in ||
zut out
rak yes ||
tand no, not
ho many ||
tand-ho few
eho much ||
zu big ||
eta little
eho-nala top ||
ug bottom
ta high, tall ||
eta-nala low
om long ||
mo short
ala rise ||
amba fall
gugu front ||
rand back
wo this ||
wob that
yel here ||
yeland there
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koho hot ||
bur cold
eho-lul wet ||
tand-lul dry
a light ||
tanda dark
vando good ||
sord bad
eho-dan hard ||
pan soft
zu-vo strong ||
pan-vo weak
vulp full ||
tand-vulp empty
tro straight ||
ry crooked
litu sharp ||
tand-litu dull, blunt
rep truth ||
nur lie (untruth)
van well ||
gumado sick
gando win ||
adu lose
tand-utor brave ||
utor fear, afraid
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