think v., have the idea that...: bètĕ; I thought it was gold: maas jaso bètě
thoughts: īrè-īrè
throw away v.: wǎke jalǎ; bei jalǎ
thus, in that way: jàmǎ sŏ
tickle v.: kīlī-kīlī
tie up: tes katǐ
tobacco: tambàkǎ
top leaves of tobacco: laan tōti, laan lètě tōti
middle leaves of tobacco: laan totǎ, laan fhŏtōta
lowest leaves of tobacco: laan nahǎn
tooth, of elephant: fhoras
toothless: miloi(t)
totally, wholly: lehi¹
trade, work: kěrdjaan
trample on v.: bǎtàlǎ
tread, step on v.: sa rolle lesset; rolle lesset: ja so rolle lesset i
lo - I have already stepped on it
tremble v.: rikèkěn
truth (that's the truth): kǎ tō tĭlo
tuff (stone): vhatǐ sisisěn
turn v. fhoetan
turn around v.: vhalǐ
turn upside down: hǎlelǐ
tusk (of boar): nelī
twinkling (of stars): běkīrět
U.
umbrella: bain
unable: ĕrariě
unbend v. (a bow): kèssě
¹In a letter dated 11 August 1885 to the director of the Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen V. d'Armandville corrects his statement about lehi saying that it means 'half', 'de helft', so, either of two equal parts which together constitute a unit or either of two equal elements which form a pair:
īt īn liět fhasan lehĭ
opheffen probeer hand
(lift tryhand)
Probeer het eens met één hand op te heffen
(try to lift it with one hand)
The author compares lehĭwith Leti sablah: "klappernoot in tweeën ....(coconut cut into two halves) dapat sablah; hef op met een hand (lift it with one hand): tangan sablah".
