Ape-English Dictionary

A

a            light
ab          boy
abalu      brother
abu         knee (kneel)
ala          rise
amba      fall
ara         lightning
arad       spear
argo       fire
aro        shoot, throw, cast
at          tail
atan      male
 
 

B

bal             golden
balu          baby
balu-den   stick, branck, limb
band         elbow
bar           battle
ben           great
bo            flat
bolgani      gorilla
bu            he
bund        dead
bundolo    kill
bur          cold
busso        fly
buto        rhinoceros
b'wang     hand
b'yat        head
b'zan       hair
b'zee       foot
 

D

dak              fat
dak-lul          lake
dako            thick
dako-zan     meat, flesh
dan  rock,     stone
dan-do         stop
dango          hyena
dan-lul         ice
dano            bone
dan-            sopu nut
den              tree
dum-dum     tom-tom, drums, gathering
duro             hippopotamus
 

E

eho              much
eho-dan       hard
eho-kut        hollow
eho-lul         wet
eho-nala       top
es                rough
eta              little
eta-gogo    whisper
eta-koho    warm
eta-nala      low
etarad        arrow
 

G

ga              red
galul           blood
gando         win
gash           tooth, fang
gimla          crocodile
go              black
gogo          talk (buffalo)
gom            run
gomangani  Negro
gom-lul      river
gor             growl
gorgo         buffalo  (moon)
gree-ah      like, love
gu              stomach, belly
gugu          front
gumado     sick
gund        chief
 
 

H

histah (hista) snake
ho              many
hoden        forest
hohotan     tribe
horta          boar
hotan          clan
ho-wala      village
ho-wa-usha leaves
hul              star
 
 

J

jabo          shield
jar             strange
 
 

K

kagoda?      Do you surrender?
kagoda!      I do surrender!
kal              milk
kalan          female
kalo          cow
kalu          mother
kambo      jungle
kando        ant
karpo         middle, center
kas          jump
klu            hen
klu-kal      egg
ko            mighty
kob          hit
koho          hot
korak       killer
kordo      dance
ko-sabor  mighty lioness
kota          tortoise
kreeg-ah    beware, danger
kree-gor     scream
kudu         sun
kut         hole
 
 

L

lan            right
lana          sting
lano          mosquito
lat             nose
litu            sharp
lob            kick
lot             face
lu               fierce
lufo           side
lul              water
lul-kor       swim
lus             tongue
 

M

mado          lame
mal             yellow
mangani      great apes
manu          monkey
meeta         rain
mo            short
mu             she
 
 

N

nala              up
neeta            bird
nene             beetle
nesen           grasshopper
no                brook
numa              lion
nur               lie  (untruth)
 

O

olo              wrestle
om              long
omtag          giraffe
 
 

P

pacco          zebra
pal              country (tribe's hunting grounds)
pamba          rat
pan              soft
pand            thunder
panda          noise
pandar          loud
pand-balu-den     rifle
pan-lul          weep
pan-vo          weak
pastar          father
pele             valley
pisah (pisa)    fish
po                  hungry
popo              eat  (also so)
por              mate
por-atan         husband
por-kalan         wife
 

R

rak                yes  (also huh)
rala               snare
ramba           lie down
rand              back
rea                word
rem              catch
rep              truth
ro                flower
rota              laugh
ry                crooked
ry-balu-den  bow
 
 

S

sabor          lioness
sato              kind
sheeta          panther, leapord
skree              wild-cat
sopu              fruit
sord              bad
 
 

T

ta                 high, tall
tag               neck
tan               warrior
tand             no, not
tanda           dark
tandak         thin
tand-ho       few
tandlan        left
tand-litu      dull, blunt
tand-lul        dry
tand-nala     down
tand-panda   silent, silence
tand-ramba   get up
tand-unk       stay
tand-utor      brave
tand-vulp     empty
tan-klu       rooster
tantor          elephant
ta-pal           hill
tar              white
tar-bur      snow
tarmangani    white men
tho              mouth
thub              heart
tongani          baboon
tongoni          baboon
tor              beast
tro              straight
tu                  bright
tub              broken
 
 

U

ubor              thirsty
ud                 drink
ug                  botton
ugh              okay
ugla              hate
ungo (unga)   jackal
unk              go
unk-nala     climb
usha          wind
ut              corn
utor              fear, afraid
 
 

V

van              well
vando          good
ved              mountain
vo              muscle
voo-dum      dance
voo-voo      sing
vulp              full
 
 

W

wa             green
wala          nest, hut,home, house
wang          arm
wappi        antelope
wa-usha     leaf
whuff          smoke
wo              this
wob             that
 
 

Y

yad              ear
yang            swing
yat              eye
yato            look, see
yel              here
yeland         there
yo              friend
yud             come
yut             stab, gore
yuto          cut
 
 

Z

za              girl
za-balu      sister
za-dak-lul  ocean
zan            skin
zee             let
zor             in
zu              big
zu-dak-lul  ocean
zugor          roar
zu-kut        cave
zut              out
zu-vo        strong

Words that Tarzan created:
Bulamutumumo      God
bumude-mutomuro        his written name for himself 1