Bźatga/Vocabulary

Nouns

Family • Veńa

father	aḑir, tada
mother	maḑir, mama
parent	rouńe
brother	braḑir
sister	zviur
son	maba
daughter	brecda
child	sila
husband	vêra
wife	mena
grandfather	taća
grandmother	nańa
grandchild	ajar (GDsg. aire, NApl. aiŕi, GDpl. aiŕa)
uncle	auțir
aunt	madreba
nephew	ńoda (4th)
niece	neće
father-in-law	zvegrona
mother-in-law	zvegro
son-in-law	dava
daughter-in-law	vaiźe

Time

year	'
season
month
week
day
night
hour
minute
second
January
February
March
April
May	Ćetauna
June	Meźauna
July
August
September
October	Sizvreva
November
December

Landscape

land	(general) țira (NApl. tiŕa).
(cultivated) ara
sea	more
island	ense
haven, bay	cana
estuary, river mouth	abra
confluence	căbera
riverbend	capso
stream, ravine	nata
stream	(slow running) śtaźa
(swift) zrôda
river	aû
waterfall	źadra
lake	ĺida
lake, pool	logo
riverbank, shore	ĺada
beach	traćo
cliff, height	auta
rock	ĺôga
(flat rock, slab) lêca
height	razva
hill	bźija (4th)
hillock, knoll	ńoca, croca
moor	rosa
valley	(river valley) srada
(rounded) cuba
(narrow) ĺaģa
(shallow, wet; hollow) paća
mountain	mońa
mound	tuba
plain	maja (4th)
wood	ćada
copse	caĺa
village, farm	treva
(defended) caźa
place, square	vjata
fort, city	duna
field	(open ground) maiso
(enclosure) grota, caja
meadow	dola
pasture	ĺone
road, way	śato
ford	rêdo
bridge	bźua

People • Dońi

sovereign	źi (GDsg. źije, pl. źija)
sovereign's consort	źine
prince, princess	maĺa
earl	vaudra
lord	teźna
priest	drouz
prophet, oracle	vade
poet	braza
warrior	cadvêra, vêģu (4), auŕu (4)
man	vêra
woman	mena
client	vasa
servant	mova (household), abaća (field)
slave	caća
smith	gou' (4)
shepherd	ousara
cowherd	bougle
weaver	veidra
carpentar	sara

The Body • Cźizda

head	pena
hair	vouta
eye	lôda
ear	ĺôsa
nose	trońe
cheek	grôza
mouth	śtauna
tooth	data
tongue	taud
chin	znega
face	emba
neck	mone
shoulder	śćeza
arm	caca
elbow	oĺna
hand	lava
finger	bêse
thumb	mada
breast	brô (stem: brôn-)
lung	ścava
heart	crêza
stomach	bova
back	cula
liver	ava
kidney	aru (stem: aron-)
womb, uterus	crôta
intestine	endra
bladder	bouńa
penis	bala
vagina	tôda
buttocks	tôńa
waist	meźa, crêsa
leg	gare
knee	ĺuna
testicle	caĺa
scrotum	côde
ankle	zvera
foot	troud
toe	bêse
nail	auna

Countries • Lands

Country	Adjective
Australia	Ostraĺa	Ostrałga
Austria	Ostreja	Ostreiga
Belgium	Bełģa	Bełģaga
Brazil	Brazila	Braziłga
Canada	Canada	Canatga
China	Ćina	Ćinga
Denmark	Dańa	Danga
France	Pranśa	Pransaga
Germany	Ćemeńa	Ćemenga
Greece	Grêśa	Grêsga
Iceland	Islan	Islanga
India	Inģa	Indaca
Iraq	Irac	Iracga
Ireland	Juźu	Jurga
Israel	Isrel	Isrelga
Italy	Êdaĺa	Êdałga
Japan	Ģapan	Ģapanga
Korea	Coŕia	Coŕiga
Mexico	Mețica	Mețicga
Netherlands	Nederlan	Nederlanga
Norway	Norveja	Norveja
Poland	Pôlańa	Pôlanga
Portugal	Portgala	Portgałga
Russia	Ruśa	Rusga
Spain	Spańa	Spanga
Sweden	Zvedan	Zvedanga
United States of America	Vlați Vonauḑi Ǎmericu	Ǎmericga

Languages • Jeći

Arabic	Arabga
Chinese	Ćeinga
English	Êglanga
French	Vranŝga
German	Ćemenga
Hindi	Inde
Italian	Êtałga
Japanese	Ģapanga
Korean	Côriga
Portuguese	Poćugałga
Russian	Ruśga
Spanish	Spênga

Religion

Christianity	Crisćajonaća
Christian	Crisćajų
Islam	Islam, Mameģajonaća
Muslim	Muslim, Mameģajų
Hinduism	Indonaća
Hindu	Indų
Buddhism	Buģajonaća
Buddhist	Buģajų
Taoism	Tavaća
Shinto	Śintų
Sikhism	Sicaća
Judaism	Ġovaća
Jew	Ġova
god	ģeva
goddess	ģeva
prayer	geģada
priest	druz
meditation	abrazreda
heaven	neu (sky)
hell	aduna (otherworld)

Some Bźatian Deities

Bźaća	high goddess of the people, goddess of victory
Cocźa	god of hunting and woodland
Beudôzra	god of war
Luo	god of craft
Beĺva	goddess of light
Beuna	god of healing
Śazlagêńa	godddess of long life
Nôźta	god of the sea
Lade	goddess of drink
Maita	the great god
Madrana	the mother god
Ebna	goddess of horses
Mabna	god of youth
Caulo	god of war
Conna	hound god
Vêrna	father god
Tarne	god of thunder

Animals

Domesticated

	Generic	Male	Female	Young
cat	cata	couńa
cattle	ava	taura	bô	laja
chicken	jara	caĺga	jara	coja
dog	cu	gasa	couńa
duck	bôna	coja
goat	gaura	bôca	gaura	mena
goose	gêza	coja
horse	'eba	braca	caśca	eula
pig	sôca	troca	vese	bava
sheep	dauda	srôza	dauda	ońa

Birds ~ Ezni

swan	euraca
swallow	venla
blackbird	mjauca
owl	cauna
crane	grana
heron	crośa
starling	trôde
eagle	era
raven	brana
grebe	vjaca
crow	zvrava
gull	vjeuna
cuckoo	coga
hawk, falcon	ścoula

Adjectives and Adverbs

Colours

colour	ĺû
	coca (blood red)
	dreja (bright red)
	rôza (orange red)
	meuna (golden yellow)
	gela (brown yellow)
	ura (bright green)
	ĺasa (sea green, blue)
	vrova (dark blue, purple)
	dôna (brown, dusky)
	dova
	ĺeda
	vêna

Verbs

Verb forms are given with their verbal noun. The stem for all regular verbs is found by removing the final -a.

be	bôda (irregular)
have	bôda + dat. (irregular)
do	vreja, ńija
say	seba, veda
go	aća (stem au-, irregular)
get	caja
make	vreja, ńija; (create) pera
know	(person etc.) avońa; (fact etc.) vêzra
think	(use mind) abraza; (have opinion) meza
take	căbera, gaja
see	vela
come	tava
want	(desire) mjada; (lack) nauģa
look	śuna
use	arvera
find	caja
give	da (stem da-)
tell	agojeza
work	ńija
call	gava
try
ask	raśca
need	acńa
feel
become	dauna
leave	gada
put	luga
mean
keep	cauda
let	daja
begin	cena
seem
help	văreda
talk	lauŕa, ădraza
turn	suva
start	(begin) cena; (jump up, set off) căśćada
show
hear	ĺeva
play	văreja; (instrument) văgana
run	reda
move	zveva
like	coja + dat.
live	beviśca
believe	creda
hold	deva
bring	dôga, śabroka
happen	ćija
write	źiba
provide	rana
sit	seza
stand	śtava
lose	couģa
pay	tala
meet	creda, abgreda
include	gada
continue	căvana
lead	arveza, dôga
understand	gaja
watch	vrălôga
follow	lêna
stop	dveźa
create	pera
speak	ădraza
allow	daja
spend	caća
grow	tôva
open	agora
walk	ćaga
win	ĺaza
offer	abreta
remember	căveńa
love	cara
consider	ćeĺa
appear
buy	prêna
wait	ǎrvoa
serve	văńija
die	brava
send	auna
expect	căvarva
build
stay	ǎrvoa
fall	ćija
cut	śćija
reach	azreda, raka
kill	zlaza
remain	ărvoa
suggest

1000 Words

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A

a det. (no equivalent)
able adj. gałga • be ~ v. gala
about prep. abe (+ NA)
above prep. vor (+ NA, GD)
according to prep. arvizu
acquaintance n. seću
across prep. tra
act n. vreida • v. vreja advantage n. lesa
affection n. śtreka
afraid adj. ounźa
after prep. (time) vădejo; (space) ola
afternoon n. devara
afterwards adv. vădeju
again adv. ade
against prep. vret
age n. jada
ago adv. cito
air n. śina
alder n. vrena
all adj. oĺa
allow v. daja
almost adv aca
alone adj. vonga
along adv. vrăiide
already adv. citozdu
also conj. sende
although altogether always am among an and angry another answer answered anxious any anybody anything appear appearance appeared are arm arms around arrived art as ash (tree) ona
ashamed ask asked at attention aunt aware away ay

B

back n. kula
bad adj. drôga
be v. bôda (irreg.)
bear n. arta
beautiful adj. vipa, ńeuźa
beauty n. (abstract) ńeva, vipsa; (person) vipju
became because become v. aća (irreg.)
bed n. vǎleģa
beech n. baja
before prep. are • conj. cita
begin v. cena
beginning nm. cent
behind prep. ola
being nm. doja
believe v. creda
below prep. vona
bend v. śtuga
beside prep. are
besides .
best adj. veĺva
better adj. vela
between prep. jatra
beyond prep. tra
birch n. bedô
bit n. druĺa
black n., adj. dova
blood .
blue .
body .
book .
books .
born .
both .
bound .
box .
boy .
bracken n. radna
break' .
breakfast' .
breath' .
bright' .
bring' .
broke' .
broken' .
broom n. (plant) banzla
'brother' .
brought' .
brown' .
burst' .
business' .
but' .
by' .

C

call called calling came can can't cannot captain care carriage carried carry case cast caught cause certain certainly chair chance change changed chapter character charge child children church circumstances clear close closed clothes cold colour come comes comfort coming common companion company condition conduct confidence consequence consider considered continued conversation corner could couldn't countenance country course court cousin creature cried cry cut

D

danger dare dark daughter day days dead deal dear death deep degree delight desire determined did didn't die died difference different difficulty dinner direction directly distance do doctor does dog doing don't done door doubt down dreadful dress drew drink during duty

E

each adj. caca
ear n. ĺosa
early adj. moś
earth n. ģara
easy adj. rêze
eat v. eza
effect
eight num. oću
either conj. (either... or...) nove... nove...; ('also' with neg.) seude elder n. (tree) ścava elm n. ĺeva
else
end n. dveza
engaged
enough adj. vava
enter v. aća e, taća e
entirely adv. ĺerazdu
especially adv. sanezdu
even adj. eina
evening n. voścra
ever adv. bêtu
every adj. paba
everybody prn. paba
everything prn. paba
evil adj.
exactly adv. ecavira
except conj. ećra
exclaim v. gaźa
expect v. cǎvarvosa
expression n. slodda
eye n. lôda

F

face fact fair fall fallen family fancy far farther fast father father's favour fear feel feeling feelings feet fell fellow felt few field figure filled find finding fine finished fire first fit five fixed floor follow followed following fond fool foot for force forced forget form former forth fortune forward found four free fresh friend friends frightened from front full further future

G

garden n. lovrata
gate n. ĺeda
general adj. eśago
gentle adj. mjena
gentleman n. aźa
get v. caja
girl n. genta
give v. răza (stem: răza-)
glad adj. launa
glass
go v. aća (stem: au-)
god n. ģeva
good adj. dava, made
gorse, furze n. aćna
grave n. beza
great adj. mara
green adj. ura
ground n. (surface) lara; (earth) verta
grow v. tova

H

hair n. (of scalp) vouta; (of face) grada; (of body) bleva
half n. satra
hall n. vaso
hand n. lava
handsome adj. cadra
happen v. cija
happiness n. louńa
happy adj. louna
hard adj. (solid) cauda; (difficult) asada
hardly
has
hat
have
having
hawthorn n. śpjada
hazel n. cola
he
he's
head
health
hear
heard
hearing
heart
heather n. vrôga heaven
heavy
held
help
her
here
herself
high
hill
him
himself
his
history
hold
holly n. couna
home
honest
honour
hope
hoped
hopes
horse n. eba, braca
hot
hour
hours
house
how
however
human
hundred
hung
hurt
husband

I, J, K

I prn. mi
idea n.
if conj. a
ill adj. ĺaze
immediately adv.
impossible adj. vrejdoja
in prep. e
indeed interj.
instead prep. e leja
interest n.
into adv. e
is (see be)
it prn. e (NA), ju (D)
its adj. eja
itself prn. edve, ezve
journey n. trado
joy n. sońa
just adj. jana
justice n.
keep v. cauda
kind (1) n. • adj. kane
kindness n. kanedra
king n. źia (4)
kitchen n. pobdeja (4)
know v. (person etc.) avońa; (fact etc.) vêzra
knowledge n. vida
known adj. ńata

L

ladies lady laid land large last late latter laugh laughed laughing law lay least leave leaving led left legs length less let letter letters lie life light like liked likely line lips little live lived lives living long longer look looked looking looks lord lose loss lost love loved low lying

M

made make makes making man man's manner manners many marriage married marry master matter matters may me mean meaning means meant meet meeting men mention mentioned mere met middle might miles mind mine minute minutes miserable miss mistress moment money months more morning most mother mother's mouth move moved Mr. Mrs. much must my myself

N

name n. ava (5)
natural adj. bêdla
nature n. (of person) mêva (5); (natural world) bêdo
near adj. agsa
nearly adv. aka
necessary adj. ẑira
neck n. mone
need n nauda • v. ẑira es
neither conj. nadec
never adv. eńasu (+ negative)
new adj. noja
news n. manga
next adj. aĺa
night n. noć
no adv. na, nă-
noble adj. monga
nobody pron. neba (+ negative)
noise n. (tumult) trôsa; (sound)
none pron. neba (+ negative)
nor conj. nadec
not adv. nă-
note n. nothing pron. neba (+ negative)
notice n. (warning) răvôza
now adv. nu
number n. riva

O

oak n. deura
object obliged observed occasion of off offer offered often oh old on once one only open opened opinion opportunity opposite or order other others otherwise ought our out outside over own

P, Q

paid pain pair pale paper pardon part particular particularly party pass passed passing passion past pay people perfect perfectly perhaps person persons piece
pine n. ôćga
pity place placed places plain play pleasant please pleased pleasure pocket point poor position possible pounds power pray presence present presently pretty pride private probably proceeded promise promised proper proud public purpose put putting quarter question quick quickly quiet quietly quite

R

rain n. ĺava • v. ĺava
raise v. (child etc.) ala
reach v. azreda, raca;
read v.
ready adj. arbretda
real adj. dreva
really adv. virzdu
reason n. (faculty) brêde; (cause) etreba
receive v. caja
red adj. coca, dreja, rôza
remain v. ěśana
remember v. căveńa
repeat v. (action) ădvreja, ădńija; (speaking) ădveda
reply v. ădseba
resolve v.
respect n. praka
rest n. (relaxation) pojesa; (remainder) vozila • v. pojeśa
return v. ădtava
rich adj. (wealthy) sanva
right adj. (correct) căvira; (just) ena (not left) deśva
rise v. reja
road n. rôna
room n. (chamber) ćauna; (space) lada
round adj. cruba
rowan n. cerzna
run v. reda

S

sad safe said sake same sat satisfaction satisfied save saw say saying says scarcely scene school sea seat second secret see seeing seem seemed seems seen send sense sent serious servant servants service set settled seven several shall shame share sharp she she's shook short should shoulder show showed shut side sight silence silent simple since single sir sister sit sitting situation six sleep slowly small smile smiling so society some somebody something sometimes somewhat son soon sooner sorry sort soul sound speak speaking speech spent spirit spirits spite spoke spoken spot stand standing started state stay step steps still stone stood stop stopped story strange stranger street strength strong struck subject such sudden suddenly sun supper suppose supposed sure surely surprise surprised sweet

T

table n. ĺara
take v. căbera
talk v. laura
taste n. mlasa • v. mlaśa
tear n. (drop) dagra
tell v. apgajeza
ten num. dega
than conj. vra
thank
that pron. (an.) so; (inan.) se
the det. -zva
thee pron. tu
their adj. jara
them pron. je
themselves pron. jezve
then conj. văḑijo
there
these
they
thing n. źato
think v. (use mind) abraza; (have opinion) meza
third adj. ćeģa • n. ćana
this adj, pron. (an.) sida; (inan.) soda
though
thought n. brêde
thousand (no translation)
three num. ći
through
throw v. cora
thus
till
time
times
tired
to
tomorrow
together
told
tone
tongue
too
took
top
touch
touched
towards
town
tree
tried
trouble
true
trust
truth
try
turn v. zvela
twenty num. vegți
twice adj. daveća
two num. da

U, V

uncle n. auțir
under prep. vona
understand v. gaja
unless conj.
until prep. pa
up '
upon prep. vor
us pron. zna
use v. arvera
usual adj. ńata
very adv. tra, az-
view n. vełt
visit v.
voice n. gare

W

wait '
waited '
waiting '
walk '
walked '
walking '
wall '
want '
wanted '
warm '
was '
watch '
watched '
water '
way '
ways '
we '
weather '
week '
weeks '
well '
went '
were '
what '
whatever '
when '
whenever '
where '
whether '
which '
while '
white '
who '
whole '
whom '
whose '
why '
wife '
wild '
will '
willow n. saug
wind '
window '
wine '
wish '
wished '
with '
within '
without '
woman '
women '
won't '
wonder '
wood '
word '
words '
work '
world '
worse '
worst '
worth '
worthy '
would '
wouldn't '
write '
writing '
wrong '

X, Y, Z

ye pron. (see you)
year n. bjeda
yes int. izma
yet
yew n. êva you pron. (sg.) tu (NA), ŝi (D), ta (G); (pl.) zvi (NA), zva (D), zvara (G.)
young adj. jouca
your (see you)
yourself pron. (sg.) tuzve; (pl.) zvizve
youth n. (state) joucdud; (person) mava