Old Tshyak Nouns

thing: tae
person: khraw
man: po
woman: mle
people: nyang
time: plao
place: rik
name: bey
idea: zhuw
way, manner: zram
stuff: tsaw
self: lop
land: sroh
house: tyak
lake: kwar
river: tram
sea: dzaey
island: rgruh
canal, channel: ndok
bay: myat
mass: 'gaw
topic, subject: hyap
hour: mkri
village: show
town: druk
city: gphra
baby: grwao
child: lyaw
adolescent: 'ngun
friend: skho
father: moh
mother: di
brother: sat
sister: nay
sibling: grak
son: ngyeh
daughter: rkha
nephew: ngyeh grak
niece: rkha grak
paternal grandfather: moh moh
maternal grandfather: moh di
paternal grandmother: di moh
maternal grandmother: di di
paternal uncle: sat moh
maternal uncle: sat di
paternal aunt: nay moh
maternal aunt: nay di
paternal male cousin: ngyeh grak moh
maternal male cousin: ngyeh grak di
paternal female cousin: rkha grak moh
maternal female cousin: rkha grak di
family: rgyok
day: kaow
night: ryeh
morning: mtrwo
noon: dchay
afternoon: swer
evening: brang
yesterday: hryak
tomorrow: dtsam
humankind: ndzung
base: glyap
house: tshiw
road: phra
path: nyae
hill: raow
mountain: hlay
valley: mtrang
plain: saong
forest: n'grya
flood: laek
rain: khor
storm: rpyaw
lightning, attack: khap
wave: zyak
tree: hae
plant: gnop
grass: praong
animal: waot
water: yaek
air: mtryuh
wind: khyew
light: saot
sound: pkae
sun: shiw
moon, month: ngoh
star: laey
planet: laey jaok
meteor: laey bon
comet laey gye
season: ryae
spring: khwom
summer: laong
autumn: bkey
winter: hlak
sky: hwam
ground: mtshet
world: ndzo
soil: mbaew
food: grya
grain: mklut
bread: wong
soup: raoy
fruit: lgyi
vegetable: 'myah
meat: gpha
nut: hlow
seed: zyaoh
milk: sran
fire: caok
smoke: nyot
ash: luh
soot: n'gray
dust: zhing
field: brya
skin, surface: zok
head, top, above: syom
brain: bkhraw
face: klang
hair: laong
eye: gyik
eyelash: laong gyik
eyebrow: mkhwim
ear: thaey
nose: dok
mouth, out: yoh
lip: tang
tooth: nyih
tongue: kmaep
chin: rong klang
throat: tkaeh
neck: rot
arm: brew
elbow: 'kon
wrist: sgap
hand: tung
finger: rtha
(finger/toe)nail: prak
chest: ndzao
breast, front, in front: laok
heart, inside: roy
lung: 'krae
stomach, middle, center: hwo
spine, back, behind: hyom
waist: lyow
penis: njoh
testes: bryor njoh
vulva, vagina: drok
buttocks, bottom: rong
thigh: gbret
leg: thak
knee: mpaew
ankle: 'gyaoh
foot, below: ying
heel: nduk
toe: long
urine: rgyan
feces: mkaep
boat, ship: ryuk
cart: grye
horse: klae
donkey: mblyah
male animal: blaw
female animal: khrya
baby animal: leh
head of cattle: peng
sheep: phrow
goat: tryan
pig: ndam
rabbit: cok
chicken: byah
goose: drot
duck: ndzing
cat: phak
dog: n'glaoy
deer: lyoh
mouse: paoh
rat: then
wolf: mtyop
bird: shae
fish: zrak
egg: bryor
word: bluw
sentence: sklar
language variety: rklan
speed: raeng
realm, kingdom: cham
king: zaoy
prince: ryeh
will: wang
accident: 'kyuh
clock: rtyong
middle: tryap
door: chok
glass: jaet
swirl: ndzeng
victory: zyet
god, deity: braow
place of worship: kyaeh
priest: dyik
heaven: sraot
earth: khal
alphabet: rplak
garden: 'khen
crop: bot
market: ngyim
thread: shaey
mortar (as in mortar and pestle): skhyow
pestle (as in mortar and pestle): 'traep
mortar and pestle: n'glaoy
soup: mkhraew
broth: rplaoh
lord: rbyat
lady: mthak
group: 'mkryong
tradition: myan
noise: 'tring
cough: hyang
result, consequence: 'griw
form: rcung
braid: bdzong
table: ndrot
chair: lkrwang
bench: shak
dirt: zhang
mud: zyot
leaf: kwaeng
bark: thyong
wood: ham
flower: kyah
pollen: rglaew
petal: prok
stick: 'hun
branch: trwaem
trunk: 'dzin
window: gtsir
floor: 'jom
roof: cap
wall: myong
ceiling: rbyuh
bed: rwing
stone: gwaem
cloth: ndrway
sheet: khlow
log: tshyaeng
post: gnyaot
hole: lyaoh
string: waet
cord: mgwit
cart: rdrwaen
rope: glwak
cup: lwam
bowl: chaw
slave: rgyam
master: mpyut
north: hyoh
south: truk
east: klah
west: sheng

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