Pakuni - English Dictionary
by Nels Olsen
Author's note: I'm pretty much guessing here. While some of the rules are
defined in a TV Guide article (September 11, 1976, pp. 26-27),
the rest I've induced from studying the episodes. If anyone has more
official information from Krofft or their linguistics consultant,
UCLA professor Victoria Fromkin, please send email to
nels_p_olsen@yahoo.com
Items in green have been added/amended by
the Webmaster (Clayton Barr).
Pakuni | English |
Pronouns |
me (meni) |
I, me (we, us) |
ye (yeni) |
you |
wa (wani) |
he, she (they, them) |
shi (shini) |
it, this, that, (these, those, them) |
Abstract Nouns |
efi |
thing, something |
nefi |
nothing |
pa |
now |
akika |
there (location) |
Question words |
mechi |
please |
sa (sa efi) |
what (what thing, "what is that?") |
sa opari |
why (what reason) |
sa ego |
where (what place) |
Answer words |
yo |
yes |
no |
no |
Nouns |
abimi |
man |
aboba |
allosaurus |
aganka |
iguana |
agamba |
dinosaur (Nels: tyrannosaurus) |
Akingo |
Grumpy |
Alisa |
Big Alice |
amu |
parent |
amura |
friend |
banda |
cave ? |
chiri |
quiet (silence) |
ebu |
image, portrait |
echichi |
egg |
efurami |
ceremony |
ehepi |
mirror, reflection |
emu |
pig |
eram |
moon |
esishu |
test |
ewoya |
flower |
gosa |
fierce (Nels: leader ?) aboma=leader |
huma |
human |
hiroshi |
marking |
mekiya |
maker |
obi |
bead |
ocima |
cactus |
oganza |
magic |
oje |
thunder (noise) |
ometa |
time |
omu |
smell, odor |
onam |
food |
opari |
reason |
opima |
stone (Soup Stone) |
osu |
water |
ota |
fire |
paku |
Paku |
Verbs |
ba |
come |
bako |
bring |
bu |
can do |
che |
chase |
ching |
pull |
cora |
save |
de |
do |
fa |
take, accept |
fu |
happen |
ku |
go |
ma |
give |
nu |
steal |
pi |
follow |
ra |
help |
sesu |
hear |
shinu |
ask |
ting |
push |
tobi |
greet, salute |
wam |
run |
wu |
see |
Adjectives |
aboma |
leader (Nels: fierce ?).
gosa=fierce |
bi- |
big (prefix) |
karita |
great |
kasa |
happy |
tusa |
tall (Nels: bad, evil) |
wesa |
fragrant ? good ? |
wocasa |
strange |
Adverbs |
fusachi |
quickly |
masachi |
cowardly (effeminately) |
duchi |
down |
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