Guaymí language
Guaymi (Ngäbere), also known as Movere (Mobe), is a native American language spoken by the Ngäbe or Guaymí people. There are 133,092 Guaymí in Central America, predominantly in Panama (128,000).[1]
Some simple Ngäbere words and their phonetical spellings are:[2]
- Hello => ma bone-yo
- What is your name? => ma cone-yo
- I am John => ti go John
- It’s hot today => con gee-ray
- Good morning => yan-toro dega
- Good afternoon => yan-toro dere
- Good evening => yan-toro day-oo
- I’m going => te nigita
- I’m going to eat => te nigita muh-ruh-re
- I’m going to work => te nigita sire-vide
- Very good => borry-coyne
- Let’s go => buh-ron
- See you later => ah-toe-eye-ah hedd-a-way
- dog => nu-guro
- cat => min-gee
- chicken => kwee
- bird => nu-gwo
- crab => doo-day
- sand fly => née-ba
- ant => nine-ya
- termite => co-may-hen
- mosquito => huh-ra
- big mosquito (or insect) => mung-wa
- banana => dig-ee-ma
- banana (small variety) => bu-ju-ru
- plantains => mu-ra-bun-ga
- mother => tee-may-yay
- father => tee-roon
- brother => tee-ed-eba
- sister => ting-why
- house => who
- my house => who-tee-may
- stove => née-o-gwa
- food => muh-ruh
- ocean => mar-en-ee-a
- beach => oo-ma
- sun => hi-wanna
- moon => s-uh
- wind => mu-rie
- rain => niu
- beautiful => bone-o-ray
- unattractive => ma-musa
- white person => merry g-inn-ee
- shoe => sab-da
- machete => née-dra
- boat => ru
- sandal => cringu
- chubby person => bool-i-kree
- skinny person => bool-i-chee
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