Decadent: decaying or decayed, especially in terms of morals.
( Deck-Uh-Dent )
People who frequently commit crimes must have had a decadent childhood.

Bye: there is much of the preceding within.
( Bee-Yay )


Ha keyoki bye ijan.
I am so full of beauty.

Ha keyoki u chiju ke ijan bye.
I am so full of love and beauty.

Sojourn: a temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land.

( Soh-Jern )

Much to her sojourn, she felt lonely and nostalgic of home.

Ikéte: to like.
( EE-Ket-Tay )
Fie su ikéte ju oyami.
Those two do not like them.

Incense: to make very angry.
( In-Sense )
When my best friend ditched me at the mall for her other friends, I was incensed.

Asöwe: one's voice, a voice, voice.
( Ah-Sow-Way )
Asöwe te va dahasér idyr.
My voice is pretty dry.

Juxtapose: placed in nearness; side by side.

( Jucks-Tuh-Pose )

I juxtaposed the green books and the blue books onto my new bookshelf.

Punish: exact or precise.

( Poon-Neesh )

K'kujna va punish ijan.

The prediction is very exact.

Recalcitrant: stubbornly defiant of authority, disobedient.
( Ree-Cal-Sih-Trant )
The recalcitrant teens continued their graffiti assault on the wall.

Sishum: special, of importance.
( See-Shoom )
Oyami su sishum ijan.
They are very special.

[ Because "su" was used, the word "special" is used as an insult, meaning they are slow. ]

Prodigal: wastefully extravagant.
( Prod-Uh-Gul )
A satirical man might say that life is seemingly pointless; I'd say his ideas were prodigal.

Moxale: no matter what, this is the final outcome or what might happen.
( Moh-Ng-Ah-Lay )

Moxale ki Oyami kunéte no ju kyri.
Though, they still won't do it.

Oke va suma no moxale oki.
She'll still probably kill him.

Adroit: dexterous; skillful; clever; shrewd.
( Uh-Droyt )
The adroit man smiled as he carved his soon-to-be wooden doll.

Fikakule: to combine and become one with.
( Fee-Kah-Koo-Lay )
Yark'a fikakule ba nun na fie.
The woman bonded the hearts of the two people.

[ In other words, she repaired their broken hearts. ]

Stigmatize: to brand with disgrace; to mark with disgrace.
( Stig-Muh-Tyze)
The criminal stigmatized himself by robbing a bank.

Imalwae: to make paranoid.
( EE-Mahl-Wah-Ey )
Oki su imalwae ba emeza oke.
He made her extremely paranoid.

Aberration: not typical; a deviation of the standard.
( Ab-Uh-Ray-Shun )
Her bag was a cheap aberration of Gucci.

Yotmane: to lead.
( Yoht-Mah-Nay )
Ha yotmane ba oien nö ishkekun wazsh na oke onye.
I lead the blind girl to her home.

Fervor: great warmth or earnestness; ardor.
( Fur-Vur )
I displayed my fervor for education by engaging in classroom discussions.

Salu: everywhere all at once as well as inside and outside.
( Sah-Loo )
Akatu salu juwi.
The rain seemed to be everywhere.