*bəhres 'bread' *tsip 'curry' *r-zəm 'food' *s-ŋən 'herbs' *raŋrəi 'millet' *r-mo 'mushroom' *hek 'parched grain' *tuk 'poison' *(ya)kaŋ 'rice (cooked)' *plima 'wheat' D. Animal names or animal products *səhr 'antelope' *nim 'bear' *r-pen 'bedbug' *b-zin 'bee' *bwa 'bird' *s-puŋ 'chick' *gəl 'boar (wild)' *b-s-rut 'bug' *s-raŋ 'cat' *har 'cow' *kaːh 'dog' *ŋah 'fish' *tek 'frog' *ra 'goat' *r-ta 'horse' *r-pəti 'leech' *la 'leopard' *syar 'louse' *s-p-yu; *s-p-ya 'monkey' *srəm 'otter' *b-rəhŋ 'pheasant' *wə 'pig' *bi 'rat' *luk 'sheep' *guhl 'snake' *daŋ 'python, constricting snake' *p-s-yap 'squirrel (flying)' *s-kyar 'woodpecker' *p-sən 'wool' E. Natural objects or phenomena; the inanimate landscape; vegetable and mineral kingdoms *r-plah 'ashes' *kər 'branch' *r-pup 'cave' *la 'day' *tshyam 'a certain day' *b-rih 'dirt' *r-gəm 'earth' *rihm 'evening' *ehŋ 'field' *baŋ 'a field, meadow, bowl shaped valley' *meh 'fire' *p-set 'fruit' *tshi 'grass' *kuŋ 'hole' *dzəhŋ 'iron' *s-la 'leaf' *r-nahm 'low country' *p-s-ya + *hwot 'moon' *goŋ 'mountain' *rik; *mun 'night' *r-wa 'rain' *bəih 'river' *yem 'road' *s-rin 'root' *sa + *pik 'salt' *nup 'set (sun)' *saŋ 'shadow' *nəm 'sky' *mihkut 'smoke' < *meːh 'fire' + *ku 'smoke' *r-pom 'snow' *səro 'star' *r-dzuht 'stick' *luŋ 'stone' *nəmi(y) 'sun' *b-zu 'thorn' *siŋ 'tree' *riːh 'water' *rihmun 'cooking water' < *riːh 'water' + *mun 'warm' *rəhm 'weed' F. Artifacts and social organization *r-wan 'arrowhead' *r-wa 'axe' *r-beh(k) 'basket' *li 'bow' *tshəm 'bridge' *pəsi(-s) 'broom' *kwa 'cloth' *yahm 'door' *b-rihŋ 'drum' *'gor 'circle' *muhthap 'hearth' < *muh 'burn' + *thap 'hearth' *zihm 'house' *r-bəŋ 'lower storey of house; cattle byre' *khor 'knife' *gur 'load' *tən 'sleeping mat' *b-lo 'large bamboo mat' *tshum 'mortar' *r-gəp 'a small needle' *r-khap 'a large needle' *b-zəhn 'net' *r-gum 'pillow' *gohr 'plow' *b-dza 'pot' *p-sip 'sheath' *tsihŋ 'snare' *gel 'spirit' *naŋkhar; *nam 'village' *ehn 'work' *kum 'yoke' G. Spatial/directional *glahŋ 'across' *chin 'behind' *khar 'center' *me 'down' *s-ŋa 'front' *thək 'upright' *a-sniŋ 'year' *rta-sniŋ 'last year' *pərniŋ 'next year' H. Numerals and quantifiers *tə 'one' *nehs 'two' *sohm 'three' *b-zi 'four' *r-ŋa 'five' I. Verbs of utterance, body position or function *sən; *so 'awaken' *klik 'cry' *eh 'defecate' *si 'die' *b-yi 'fart' *sas 'laugh' *p-s-rat 'to play' *b-s-res 'toy, plaything' *nah 'rest' *tsuŋ 'sit' *r-ŋəhl; *em; *ruk ~ *ru-t 'sleep' *s-ip 'to put to sleep' *p-tshis 'sneeze' *s-paŋ 'speak' *tsyahŋ 'stand' *kəlet 'tickle' *r-dzihs 'urinate' *who-t 'vomit' < CAUS. of wohs 'to spurt out' *gəhr 'weep' J. Verbs of motion *kles 'arrive' *rə-t 'bring' *plu-s