Cispa-English Dictionary
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aetuicc aitwic': angry
aetrik aitrik: candle
aetsa aitsa: fire, flame
aetsies aitsiish: fireplace, oven
aetsiesta aitsiishta: to bake, cook
aetsieskiet aitsiishkiit: baked, cooked
aetpa aitpa: hot, heat
aettetta ait'et'a: to fry
aettettakiet ait'et'akiit: fried
aetka aitka: to burn
aeccit aic'it: cold
aeccikk aic'ik': flammable
aek aik: which, that
aiekca ayiikca!: exclamation of surprise
aras aras!: hello!
arratsa arratsa: tower, skyscraper
arpa arpa: high
arpsa arpsa: height, high place
artra artra: to rise, ascend
arcikk arcik': Archick (name)
ark ark!: help!
arkpa arkpa: help
arkta arkta: to help
askuiri askwiri!: certainly! of course!
ataek ataik!: I volunteer!
atriek atriik!: let's have a ritual!
acark acark!: yes!
acit acit!: no!
acrakk acrak'!: hear!
ak ak: two
akas akas!: alas! woe!
akes akesh!: here! present!
akie akii!: greeting between close friends
akra akra: double
aksaec aksaic: sixteen
akskiecc akskiic': peanut
akcark akcark: controversial
akcries akcriish: twenty-four
akkaes ak'aish: twelve
akkieric ak'iiric: ten
akkiericries ak'iiricriish: 120
akkiep ak'iip: twins
akkieta ak'iita: mutual love
es-sea . essa eshsha, eksha: Essha (name)
espa eshpa: confusion
esta eshta: to puzzle
estasa eshtasa: puzzle
estatrikksa eshtatrik'sa: puzzle-box
esca eshca: to confuse
ep ep: from
ecra ecra: sick
ecpa ecpa: disease
eccit ec'it: healthy
iaekpa yaikpa: pain
iaektrikk yaiktrik': (to be) in pain; to hurt
iaekca yaikca: to hurt (someone)
iarisa yarisa: seed
iasearit yasharit: Yasharit (name)
iaksa yaksa: surface
ieripsa yiiripsa: name
ierica yiirica: to name
ierkpa yiirkpa: death; dead
ierkta yiirkta: to die
ierkca yiirkca: to kill
ierkcit yiirkcit: immortal
ierkcik yiirkcik: killer
ierkkatta yiirk'at'a: near death
iep yiip: across
iepsa yiipsa: another
iepsata yiipsata: to one another
iepsik yiipsik: communication
iepta yiipta: to change
ieptasa yiiptasa: mutant
ieptakiet yiiptakiit: change, metamorphosis
iepca yiipca: crossing, bridge
iet yiit: what
ieta yiita: human
ietarik yiitarik: dwarf, pygmy, halfling
ietazae Yiitazai: Yeetazai (name)
ietakiecit yiitakiicit: humanoid
ietik yiitik: who
ieccta yiic'ta: to run
iekuicc yiikwic': fear; Yeequitch (Mizarian moon)
iekra yiikra: afraid
iekca yiikca: to scare
iekcarit yiikcarit: ninja knight; Yeekcharit (name)
iekcit yiikcit: fearless
iri iri: he, she, it
istra istra: pregnant
istrit istrit: child; offspring
istrik istrik: child; young one
ip ip: past-tense; was, were, had
it it: or
itrit itrit: anyone
itpa itpa: choice
itpaca itpaca: to choose
itta it'a: anything
ic ic: and, also, but
icta icta: to add
ik ik: one; a, an
ikakpa ikakpa: number
ikakta ikakta: to count
iki iki: they
ikrit ikrit: someone
ikpa ikpa: alone
ikta ikta: something
ikkpa ik'pa: broken
ikkta ik'ta: to break
uieksa wiiksa: moon
uiekpa wiikpa: blue, purple
uiccpa wic'pa: emotion
uicckatta wic'kat'a: to touch (emotionally); touching
uikrit wikrit: shadowy figure
uikpa wikpa: shadow
raes raish: must
raessa raiksha: need, necessity
raespa raishpa: necessary
raesta raishta: to need
raetsa raitsa: region, land
raeksa raiksa: head
raeksatris Raiksatris: Furhead (name)
raekta raikta: to think
raektakiet raiktakiit: idea
rassa rassa: eye
rassacespa rassaceshpa: blind
rassacis rassacis: face
rasta rasta: to see; to look
rastipta rastipta: to cry
ratsa ratsa: building
ratpa ratpa: structure
riessa riiksha: air
riessaziet riikshaziit: glider; flying squirrel
riespa riishpa: breath; to breathe
riestra riishtra: to fly
rietsa riitsa: mind
rietpa riitpa: reason, sense
riecca riic'a: to make sense, to understand
rieccit riic'it: nonsense
rieksik riiksik: telepathy
riekpa riikpa: knowledge; to know
riekta riikta: learning; to learn
riektarit riiktarit: student
riektakiet riiktakiit: master
riekca riikca: to teach
riekcikk riikcik': teacher
rispa rispa: illusion
risparit risparit: thrinn
rista rista: to fool, trick
ristacikk ristacik': trickster
rip rip: is (are) beginning to
rippa rippa: beginning, start, origin
ripta ripta: to begin, start
ritsa ritsa: person
riksa riksa: tooth
rikta rikta: to gnaw
rikciet rikciit: incisor file
rikcik rikcik: toothless
za za: if, whether
zaeik zaiik: Zaik; Mizarian
zaeikrik zaiikrik: young Zaik; Zaikling
zaes zaish: you
zaesa zaisha: rodent
zaesi zaishi: you (plural)
za-esta za'eshta: to surprise
zaecis zaicis: rat
zaekiec Zaikiic: Zaikeech (name)
zaekiecit zaikiicit: Mizarian rodent "primates"
zaieri zayiiri: reputation, fame
zaiep zayiip: vast
zaraetsa zaraitsa: world, planet
zari zari: under
zarisaec zarisaic: fifty-six
zaritrikk zaritrik': below, beneath
zaric zaric: seven
zaricries zaricriish: eighty-four
zarikatta zarikat'a: to hang (from)
zarikta zarikta: to bite (off)
zazaesa zazaisha: rodent of unusual size
zazacpa zazacpa: demanding
zaziriet zaziriit: zoray
zazik zazik: Zazik (name)
zasies zasiish: where
zastriekiecit zastriikiicit: city
zapsa zapsa: question
zatep zatep: most
zatrissa zatrissa: hair
zaca zaca: to ask
zakie zakii: intense love
zakies zakiish: bright
zakiri zakiri: why
zeriik zeriik: elf
zeriikra-cirikit zeriikra-cirikit: Dances-with-Elves (name)
zie zii: let's!
zierktra ziirktra: to enter (through a door)
zierkca ziirkca: to open
ziessa ziiksha: sky
ziespa ziishpa: sky blue
zieta ziita: to want
zietrik ziitrik: small animal; invertebrate
zietsa ziitsa: animal
zietsakras ziitsakras: hunter; carnivore
zietsic ziitsic: meat; blood
ziek ziik: over
ziekic ziikic: nine
ziekicries ziikicriish: 108
ziektra ziiktra: to grow
ziektrikk ziiktrik': above
ziri ziri: nobility; Ziri Zaik
ziriet ziriit: zireen
zirietkiecit ziriitkiicit: thirrin (zireen, thrinn, zoray, etc.)
zippa zippa: end
zipta zipta: to end (come to an end)
zipca zipca: to end (cause to stop)
zipcit zipcit: endless
zik zik: future-tense; will be, will have
sa sa: the
saesaec saisaic: sixty-four
saec saic: eight
saecries saicriish: ninety-six
sa-i sa?i: the (pl.)
sara sara: with
sari sari: father
saririt saririt: male person; man, boy
saririk saririk: young boy
saripa saripa: male
sarikiert sarikiirt: sex, gender
sarikiec sarikiic: brother
satrikk satrik': in, inside
saca saca: to do
serecc . sericc shelec', sheric': Seletch (name)
sepsa shepsa: rock, pebble
sepsic shepsic: stone (material)
si si: again, back
sierppa siirppa: clean
sierpta siirpta: to clean
sies siish: place; to put
siestra siishtra: to go
siestrikk siishtrik': in place
siecra siicra: young
sirassa sirassa: mirror, reflector
sirasta sirasta: to reflect
sisiestra sisiishtra: to return
sip sip: hurry! quick!
sipra sipra: fast
siprit siprit: Siprit (family name)
sippa sippa: speed
sipca sipca: to hurry
sit sit: enough
sikk sik': around
sikksa sik'sa: turn, curve, circle
sikkta sik'ta: to turn, curve, encircle
stiep stiip: too, too much
stikkpa stik'pa: danger, dangerous
striesa striisa: home
strieskit Striiskit: Mizar
strieta striita: to dwell, reside, live
strietra striitra: to go home
striekiecit striikiicit: village
skiecc skiic': acorn
skieccra skiic'ra: oak tree
skiecctip skiic'tip: acorn soup
skiri skiri: quite
skirisip Skirisip: Skirisip (family name)
skitsa skitsa: star
skitpa skitpa: point
skik skik: except, but
skuiepsa skwiipsa: wheel
skuiepta skwiipta: to turn, roll
skuiri skwiri: much, many, very
skuiric skwiric: 512
skuirik skwirik: a few
skuikk skwik': how
skuikk cierk skwik' ciirk?: how are you?
skuikka skwik'a: method, way
skriecca skriic'a: to drop
skrieccta skriic'ta: to fall
skriecctip skriic'tip: waterfall
ta ta: that (adj), then, than
ta-ep ta?ep: away from, out of
taek taik: I
taekra taikra: we
ta-i ta?i: those (adj)
tarasta tarasta: to look for, search, seek
tasa tasa: that (pron), that one
tasi tasi: those (pron)
tasies tasiish: there
tasiestra tasiishtra: to leave
tasiestrikk tasiishtrik': away
tatriekrit tatriikrit: one who is holding a ritual
tacarkpa tacarkpa: honest
tacuista tacwista: to blow
tacrakkta tacrak'ta: to listen, pay attention
tacrista tacrista: to cut out
takacta takacta: to give out, distribute
takettra taket'ra: goodbye
takierit takiirit: lover
takies takiish: to illuminate, to light
takiri takiri: that reason
takrasta takrasta: to feed
teri teri: Your (His, Her) Majesty
terizae Terizai: Terizai (father of Teritritch)
terisies Terisiish: Teriseesh (place name)
teritricc Teritric': Teritritch (medieval Zaik emperor)
tessa teksha: plant
tessasies tekshasiish: garden, park
tessakras tekshakras: herbivore, vegetarian
tespa teshpa: green
teskaet teshkait: fruit
tep tep: more
tetsa tetsa: metal
teccra Tec'ra: Tetchra (name)
tekra Tekra: Tekra (name)
tekrit tekrit: ruler, chief
teksik teksik: government
tekpa tekpa: order
tekcit tekcit: chaos
tierp tiirp: three
tierpsaec tiirpsaic: twenty-four
tierpcries tiirpcriish: thirty-six
tierkta tiirkta: to try
tieta tiita: to have
tirasta tirasta: to discover, to find
tipsic tipsic: water
tippa tippa: wet
tippaziet tippaziit: fish
tipcit tipcit: dry
tipkit tipkit: rain
tik tik: about
tikpa tikpa: topic, subject
tra tra: for, to, in order to
traek traik: today
traeksa traiksa: sun
traeksi traiksi: yesterday
traekpa traikpa: day
traekta traikta: tomorrow
traekcikk traikcik': east
traekkuis traik'wis: west
trespa treshpa: gray
trekpa trekpa: far
trekta trekta: to send, transmit
trekcit trekcit: near
triesta triishta: to climb
triestaziet triishtaziit: squirrel
triep triip: thanks to
triepsa triipsa: thanks
triepsik triipsik: thank you
triepta triipta: to thank
triek triik: ritual
triekrik triikrik: custom, greeting
triektakuicc triiktakwic': bee, wasp
trissa trissa: fur
trissaziet trissaziit: mammal
trispa trispa: furry
trip trip: able; can
tripsik tripsik: may
trit trit: good
trituicc tritwic': happy
tritpa tritpa: fun
tritta trit'a: to enjoy
tritkaeri tritkairi: delicious
tricc tric': gray rat
tricca tric'a: to excite
triccik tric'ik: Tritchik (name)
triccrik tric'rik: mouse
trikk trik': in, inside, interior; at
trikkra trik'ra: out; to remove
trikksa trik'sa: box
trikkta trik'ta: into; to insert
ca ca: yes
caesrit caishrit: small one; a term of affection
caespa caishpa: small
caekuicc caikwic': depression
caeksies caiksiish: plains
caekpa caikpa: flat, level
caekta caikta: to flatten, smash, tear down
cariziek cariziik: adult
carita carita: to fill
caric caric: one gross; 144
carikep carikep: loved one, sweetheart
carikiet carikiit: full
cartsa cartsa: thunder
cark cark: true, certain
carkraekta carkraikta: to believe
carkrit carkrit: judge
carkpa carkpa: reality, truth
carkcit carkcit: false
cesrik ceshrik: dark, brown
cespa ceshpa: black
cescrit ceshcrit: night
ceskuarisa ceshkwarisa: brown fungus
cep cep: against
cepsa cepsa: opposite
cepkiri cepkiri: in spite of, despite
ci ci: no
ci-ak ci?ak: both
ciertsa ciirtsa: hole
ciertsik ciirtsik: to bury, plant
ciertca ciirtca: to dig a hole
cierk ciirk: to feel
cierktaziet ciirktaziit: sentient being
cierktakiet ciirktakiit: feeling
ci-esca ci?eshca: to mix up
cieskra ciishkra: short
ciepra ciipra: behind
ciepsa ciipsa: tail
ciepcrit ciipcrit: behind (time), past, before
ciepkit ciipkit: to follow
cietsa ciitsa: tool
cietka ciitka: to use
ciekk ciik': through
ciekkta ciik'ta: to penetrate
ci-ik ci?ik: all of them
cirizae cirizai: kangaroo rat; Chirizai (name)
cirisaec cirisaic: thirty-two
cirit cirit: everyone, people
cirita cirita: jump; to jump
ciric ciric: four
ciricries ciricriish: forty-eight
cirik cirik: jumper; Chirik (name)
cirikit cirikit: dance; chirikit ritual
cirikuicc cirikwic': grasshopper
cissa cissa: mouth
cissacip cissacip: kiss; to kiss
cispa cispa: language; the Mizarian language
cista cista: speech; to speak, say
cistakiet cistakiit: word
cistik cistik: speaker; leader
cipsa cipsa: joint
cipsik cipsik: joining; mating
cipsikrit cipsikrit: mate
cipta cipta: bond; to bond
ciptakiet ciptakiit: bonding; bonded
cipka cipka: to join, connect
cit cit: not; the absence of
cita cita: each
cita-i cita?i: all, everything
citic citic: none, zero
cituicc citwic': logic
citriek citriik: stupid
citrit citrit: no one, nobody
citrik citrik: tree rat
citsip citsip: slow
citta cit'a: nothing
citkie citkii: hate; evil
cicritpa cicritpa: always, forever
cik cik: such, what (a)
cikkatie cik'atii: chickadee
cikkrit cik'rit: lord, lady
cikkpa cik'pa: power, strength
cikkca cik'ca: source of power
cuissa cwissa: wind
cuispa cwispa: spirit
crakksa crak'sa: ear
crakksaziet crak'saziit: rabbit, hare
crakkta crak'ta: hear, listen
crakkcit crak'cit: deaf
cretra cretra: sandy
cretsa cretsa: grain of sand
cretsic cretsic: sand
cries criish: twelve
criesta criishta: eleven
criestacries criishtacriish: 132
criekta criikta: Tchreekta (name)
crissa crissa: claw
crista crista: to cut, to scratch
cristakiet cristakiit: carved inscription; writing
cristakit cristakit: to carve an inscription; to write
cripsic cripsic: earth, soil
crippa crippa: solid, hard
cripta cripta: to dig
criptaziet criptaziit: mole
crit crit: when, as, while, during
critra critra: old, age
critrasep critrashep: Tchritrashep (place)
critriek critriik: ritual-master; priest
crit-zaiep crit-zayiip: ancient
critpa critpa: time
cricis cricis: well, ... (interjection)
cricca cric'a: to age
criccit cric'it: eternal
crikietra crikiitra: skill
crikuiepsa crikwiipsa: art
ka-aet ka?ait: to catch on fire
kaerisa kairisa: tongue
kaerisik kairisik: tongue-gesture
kaeripsa kairipsa: taste, flavor
kaerita kairita: to taste
kaericip kairicip: tongue-joining
kaericit kairicit: tasteless
kaerikatta kairikat'a: to lick
kaerikieri kairikiiri: tongue-click; Zaik equivalent of a laugh
kaes kaish: six
kaessaec kaikshaic: forty-eight
kaescries kaishcriish: seventy-two
kaepsik kaipsik: music
kaetsic kaitsic: juice
kaetpa kaitpa: sweet
ka-ec ka?ec: to get sick
ka-eccit ka?ec'it: to get well
kaiep kayiip: to cross, to get across
kaiek kayiik: to be frightened
ka-ik ka?ik: to join, to unify, to become one
kariek kariik: sense; to sense
karit karit: to hire
karikit karikit: to keep away, prevent
karksa karksa: dirt
karkpa karkpa: dirty
karkcit karkcit: spotless
kazari kazari: to go under
kazata kazata: answer; to answer
kaziek kaziik: to cross over
kasip kasip: to accelerate, to get faster
kasuicc kaswic': sad, unhappy
kassik kassik: evil
kaspa kaspa: bad
kaskaeri kaskairi: bad tasting, disgusting
kaskuicc kaskwic': cockroach
kat kat: on
katip katip: to get wet
katra katra: off; to take
katrit katrit: to improve
katrikk katrik': to enter
katta kat'a: onto; to put, to touch
kattauiek kat'awiik: crazy
kattatriek kat'atriik: touch-ritual
kaca kaca: to give
kaces kacesh: to darken
kacrip kacrip: to solidify, to freeze
kacsa katsa: gift
kakie kakii: to fall in love
kakiep kakiip: to come alive
kes kesh: this (adj)
kesi keshi: these (adj)
kessa keksha: this (pron), this one
kessi kekshi: these (pron)
kessies kekshiish: here
kestra keshtra: to come
kescrit keshcrit: now
kepsa kepsa: heart
keppa keppa: center
keptrikk keptrik': in the middle, between, among
ketta ket'a: to meet
ki ki: present-tense; am, is, are, have, has
ki-ar ki?ar: up
kieuicc kiiwic': empathy
kieriziet kiiriziit: bird
kierisaec kiirisaic: forty
kierit kiirit: friend
kieric kiiric: five
kiericries kiiricriish: sixty
kierik kiirik: small friend; a term of affection
kierikuicc kiirikwic': cricket
kierikuicctip kiirikwic'tip: cricket soup
kiert kiirt: mother
kiertrit kiirtrit: female person; woman, girl
kiertrik kiirtrik: young girl
kiertsari kiirtsari: sex, gender
kiertpa kiirtpa: female
kiertpakiec kiirtpakiic: sister
kiezik kiizik: dear
kiesa kiisha: magnet
kiessa kiiksha: light
kiespa kiishpa: white
kieskuicc kiishkwic': firefly
kiepsa kiipsa: life; to live
kiepsakit kiipsakit: alive
kiepca kiipca: to give birth
kiepcarit kiipcarit: infant
kieta kiita: love; to love
kietik kiitik: loved one
kietra kiitra: manual
kietrik kiitrik: finger
kietsa kiitsa: hand
kietsik kiitsik: handshake, agreement; to agree
kietka kiitka: plan
kieca kiica: to attract
kiecit kiicit: tribe
kiecpa kiicpa: family
kiecparit kiicparit: relative
kiecca kiic'a: to make
kieccikk kiic'ik': maker
kieckuicc kiickwic': ant
kiekatta kiikat'a: love-touch; hug
kiekicc kiikic': love-rub; ritual stroking
kiekuicc kiikwic': butterfly
kiri kiri: because of
kirizae Kirizai: Kirizai (name)
kiripsa kiripsa: reason
kizari kizari: down
kizaritra kizaritra: to go down, descend
kispa kispa: soft
kip kip: less
kuarisa kwarisa: fungus
kuarita kwarita: to decay
kuarikuicc kwarikwic': termite
kuekksa kwek'sa: noise
kuekksakuicc kwek'sakwic': noisy insect, cicada
kuiertsa kwiirtsa: forest
kuiertsarit kwiirtsarit: crowd (of people)
kuiertsakuicc kwiirtsakwic': swarm of insects
kuiepa kwiipa: beautiful
kuieprik kwiiprik: pretty, cute
kuiepsa kwiipsa: beauty
kuiepta kwiipta: to like
kuieptes kwiiptesh: flower
kuiepcista kwiipcista: poetry
kuiepcik kwiipcik: artist
kuiecca kwiic'a: Queetcha (name)
kuista kwista: to sleep
kuistaras kwistaras: dream
kuistarasca kwistarasca: to dream
kuistazae kwistazai: dormouse
kuiscikk kwiscik': Quischick (name)
kuit kwit: instead of
kuitta kwit'a: to replace
kuiccik kwic'ik: insect
kuicctip kwic'tip: insect soup
krassa krassa: food
krasta krasta: to eat
krasca krasca: to cook, to prepare food
kriec kriic: shell
kriecra kriicra: turtle
kriecrazietrik kriicraziitrik: snail; mollusk
kriecta kriicta: to hide
krieccit kriic'it: slug
krieckuicc kriickwic': beetle
kris kris: in front of, ahead
krispa krispa: front
kriscrit kriscrit: ahead (in time), after
kricietra kriciitra: Kricheetra (name)
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