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Suffixes

Suffix	meaning	notes
-lowda	[plural suffix]	NOTE: Pronouns/quantifiers ONLY. Nouns are “uncountable”, so they never get pluralized.
-mang	[person-suffix]
-ting	[thing-based suffix]
-wala	[person suffix]	c.f. “-mang”,“-ting”. Unlike those, “wala” is not a word, only a suffix.

Examples:

Lang belta	English
beltalowda	“All Belters” (contextually”us belters” because only Belters speak lang belta).
beltawala	An inner who is obsessed with Belters. Fred Johnson, Julie Mao, etc
bosmang	boss, chief
bosmang kapawu	ship-boss (“Captain”)
béveting	drink, beverage
delowda	those, that many, that much
demang	whom
deting	that-thing
deweting	that-kind
dusiwala	sweetie
duting	console
duting xante	hand-terminal
dzhemang	asshole
feriting	freedom, liberty
fotowala	photographer, journalist
govawala	psychiatrist
gányamang	winner
gátamang	guard, guardian, probably also “protector”
gútemang	Mr / Ms / Mx
imalowda	they, them
inyalowda	Inners (all). Collective pronoun. Contextually implies “you inners”; the inners/belters dichotomy is so important culturally to Belters they have pronouns for it.
kelowda	which (plural)
kemang	who?
keting	what-thing
keweting	what-kind (?)
koweting*	every-kind,
kowlting	everything
kowmang	everyone
kómeting	received, also “inbox”
langemang	linguist
leyalting	loyalty
malimang	child
maliwala	kid, kiddo
manting	humanity
matnawala	“tits-person”, breast fan
mediwala	doctor
milowda	we, us
mámamang	mama’s boy
namang	no-one
nating	“no-thing”, nothing
okwakakawala	Barista, coffee vendor
pashangimang	fucker
pashangwala	fucker
pomang	duster, “martian”
pénsating	thought
péyeting	payload
péyeting	payment.
rowmwala	bartender
sabákawala	one obsessed with prostitutes, whoremonger
saviting	salvage, salvation
shetéxeting	knife
showxating	audio/video comms panel, Interfaces with the the system-wide messaging network
tenye da xanteting	hold the handrail
terásheting duting	“engine control” control-engine
terásheting étera	extra thruster (“booster engine”)
tolowda	y’all
tumang	dirt-person, “Earther”
tékimang	geek/engineer
tékimang métexeng	geek-girl
tékiting	technology
túngeting	gun
túngeting tufash	railgun
vediting	monitor (n)
walowda	some
walowda walowda	a lot, “some some”
wamang	Someone, somebody
wating	something
waweting*	some-kind
welwala	A Belter obsessed with the inner planets, an “Uncle Tom”, a traitor to other Belter
weting	type, style, kind
wéltewala	welder
xanteting	handrail
xashimang	stoner, weed smoker
xashiwala	weed dealer, “budtender”
xilowda	this-many, these
xáshiting	pipe, vaporizer, dab-rig,
xétamang	hater
zakomang	police officer
ámawala	Boyfriend, girlfriend, lover
ánkawala	anchor-person

Wordlist English -> Lang Belta

English	Anki Belter	Part of Speech	Details
?	fasi	adjective ?	Drummer: “Dewe fasi”
[continuous aspect marker]	ando	TAM (aspect)	ando isn’t a form of to be at all. It’s a verb particle to mark continuous, like the gerund suffix -ing in English
[future tense marker]	gonya	TAM (tense)	Mi gonya et, “I am going to eat”
[habitual aspect marker]	tili	TAM (aspect)
[mood: ABSOLUTELY MUST]	mowsh mowsh	TAM (mood) X 2	mood marker
[mood: IRREALIS and UNLIKELY]	mebi mebi	TAM (mood) x 2
[mood: IRREALIS]	mebi	TAM (mood)
[mood: VERY CAPABLE]	kang kang	TAM (mood) x 2	Not a verb
[mood: VERY STRONG BELIEF]	fosho fosho	TAM (mood) x 2	verb marker
[past tense marker]	ta	TAM (tense)	Cf “gonya”
[perfective aspect marker]	finyish	TAM (aspect)	When used w/ an intransitive verb in present tense, forms something that roughly translates to past participle; “it’s an aspect marker, not a verb itself”
a / an	wa	article	c.f. “wa-”
acceleration	seleshang	noun
affected, influenced aka “with effect”	wit afeta	preposition + noun	c.f. “afeta”
after,, the opposite of “before”	efa	preposition	C.F. “fore”, “kong”
again	wamotim	adjective
Again	wageng	adverb	c.f. “wamotim”
air (breathable), “soul, spirit”	éreluf	noun	c.f. “gash”
all, every	kowl	quantifier
all-star, superstar	pansetaro	noun	Interpretation from how it’s used on the show. pan- is likely a “cranberry morpheme” and not a Belter word; NF has said that words with the “adjective in front” are from an early stage of the langauge, and frozen there. In “modern” Belter, adjectives come after nouns in the noun phrase.
allow, permit ( give opening for)	gif pasa fo	verb + noun + preposition	c.f. “pasa”
almost	kasi	predeterminer	Believe it goes to the left of the noun or phrase it modifies
alone, lone, possibly “single”	solo	adjective	Highway Star “Mi kowl solo”
alright!	Ya fet!	interjection
also, additionally	oso	predeterminer	Believe it goes to the left of the noun or adjective it modifies
always, every-time	kowltim	pronoun	c.f. “ketim”, “detim”
analysis	anyalasi	noun	c.f. “du anyalasi”
anchor-person	ánkawala	noun	person you are closest to in a poly relationship. c.f. “ámawala”, “pexa”, “du xom wit”
and	unte	conjunction
angel, devil, duppy, ghost, supernatural being	deva	noun	From the Hindi. c.f. “éreluf”
answer	ansa	noun	c.f. “du ansa”
answer (v)	du ansa	(du + NOUN = VERB)	c.f. “ansa (noun)”
apologize (v). Literally “make feelings”	du-sensa	verb, serial	c.f. “sensa”
arm, hand	xante	noun
armed (as in a warhead)	defotung	adjective	that-to-BANG
arrive (can be other than the speaker’s location)	kom-go	verb, serial	c.f. “kom”.
ascending (adj)	fo gova	preposition + noun	“to head”, “headward”
Ask (v), aka “make question”	du pegunta	(du + NOUN = VERB)	“Do/make qustion
Ass, anus	do	noun	Not the glutes
ass-thrust (“acceleration burn”)	terásh do	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	Lit.thrust coming from “where the ship’s ass usually is”. c.f. “terásh rúserux”
asshole	dzhemang	noun	lit. “man w/crooked dick”
asteroid	aseroka	noun	S5
attack, assault	atake	noun	c.f. “kombat”, “xite”, “sodzha”, “wow”
attention	tensha	noun
audio/video comms panel, Interfaces with the the system-wide messaging network	showxating	noun	c.f. “duting”, “duting xante”,“xaltewe”, “navigeshang”, “operashang”
avoid	avita	verb
away (someplace unspecified)	fongi fode	preposition x 2	Lit. “from-here to-there”
awesome, very good (often used sarcastically)	xélixup	adjective	From Persian خیلی خوب (kheili khoob) which you’ll hear them say all the time if you ever happen to eavesdrop on a conversation
back (spine) bag	sakopinya	noun
back. towards the rear, to a previous position/time	bek	adjective	c.f. “bek” (verb)
back/spine	epinya	noun
bad, evil	mal	adjective	c.f. “gut” and “nagut”
bag, sack	sako	noun
Ball, small spherical toy	bowl	noun
balls	kula	noun
barf, puke (n)	xow	noun	Onomotapeia, c.f. “vomit”
barf, puke (v)	du xow	(du + NOUN = VERB)
Barista, coffee vendor	okwakakawala	noun
bartender	rowmwala	noun	“rum-person”
beacon	bikang	noun
beam	raya	noun
become	kom sif	verb + pronoun (reflexive)
bed	ipulangi	noun
beer	biya	noun	c.f. “beveting”
before, the opposite of “after”	fore	preposition	c.f. “efa”. “pash (Preposition)”
begin [v]	du sherú	(du + NOUN = VERB)
Belter	Anki	English	Part of Speech
Belter (person, or language)	belta	noun	c.f. “inya”
Belter obsessed with the inner planets, an “Uncle Tom”, a traitor to other Belter	welwala	noun	“A Belter who is a well wala is someone who is obsessed with the gravity well, that is, the inner planets. Or as @ThomasJane put it, traitor” “22 Dec 2015 Well refers to the gravity well, and wala is a suffix borrowed from Hindi, which means somebody associated with this thing somehow.”
Belter-language	lang belta	noun + noun (juxtaposition)
better	mogut	adjective	c.f. “gut”, “mo- (affix (prefix))”
big, wide, loud	bik	adjective	c.f. “mali”, “lowng” “mobik”
birth	beref	noun	from Tenya wa diye beref xush
birth-day	diye beref	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	from Tenya wa diye beref xush
Bitch. by extension, prostitute, aka “One who gets mounted (professionally)”	sabaka	noun, interjection	also used as a general interjection: “Sabaka! I cant believe I missed it.”NOTE: Not an insult. The word for “to fuck” is “Pashang”, from the Chinese to mount. A “sabaka” is someone who gets mounted as a job. Beats working in the recycling plant, keya?
black (color)	belék	adjective
blood	belówt	noun
blue/green, grue (color)	belú	adjective
board, table	mesa	noun
body	kowpush	noun	from “corpus”
book	buk	noun
book	buk	noun
bookstore	bukipelesh	noun
boot	but	noun	from “but fo kapawu”
boss, chief	bosmang	noun	c.f. “bosmang kapawu”
bottle, jar	botiya	noun	c.f. “kaxa”
box, case, crate	kaxa	noun	c.f. “botiya”
Boyfriend, girlfriend, lover	ámawala	noun	c.f. “ánkawala”, “kopeng”, “pexa”, “du xom wit”
break (v)	bek	verb	c.f. “bek” (adjective), “bekedabush”
breast milk (or artificial substitute); lit. “mother’s juice”	suku matna	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	see also “okwa matna”
breast milk (or artificial substitute); lit. mother-water	okwa matna	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	see also “suku matna”
bring	leta-kom	verb, serial	Moving something from someplace else to where you are
brittle, weak	idzhifobék	adjective	lit. “easy to break” c.f. “idzhi”, “dura”
broadcast, feed, likely “show, program”	fit	noun	c.f. “fit xitim”
brother	beratna	noun	c.f. “sésata”
burrito	burito	noun
business	bitnish	noun	c.f. “fotet”
but	amash	conjunction	note: spelling w/ 2 “m” is a typo (amaš)
button	botong	noun
button	butong	noun
camera	kamera	noun
cannabis, ganja	xashish	noun	”fo leta xashish”, (to take, aka smoke, weed.) from “hashish”. C.f. “xash”
casino	kasinyo	noun
casino chip. Only source of cash in the Belt; all other $€¥£ (”sekríp”) is electronic, traceable money.	pish	noun	From “piece”. Also “peso”
catch, capture (v)	kapa	verb	c.f. “chesh”, “lusa”, “losh”, “du losh”
cease	setóp	verb	c.f. “du nago X”, “du X nago”
chat, make small talk [v]	du-showxa	verb, serial	c.f. “showxa”
cheat (v)	du terampa	(du + NOUN = VERB)	c.f. “terampa”
cheater	terampa	noun	c.f “du terampa”
cheers	yam seng	performative	a classic Singaporean toast; from Cantonese 饮胜, c.f. “yam seng (noun)
child	malimang	noun	cf maliwala
choke, suffocate (v)	sefoka	verb	“Sefoka fo po to”, “choke on your dust”
choose	chu	verb	From the Hindi “chunnen”
civilain (?)	sévelang	noun
close	kosh	adjective	near in space, time, effect, or degree
close, shut	sera	verb	“Sera oxo to.” “Close your eyes”
clothing	baseng	noun
cocktail, mixed drink	yam seng	noun, calque(?)	The performative has become the name of the category of drink. Is that a calque? c.f. “yam seng (performative)”
come (to the speakers location)	kom	verb	c.f. “go”,“kom-go”, “ge-kom”
come come, “come on”	kom kom	imperative	c.f. “go go”
coming, arrival	koming	noun	“wa koming gut”. welcome (greeting)
Command, Management	komante	noun	Likely to be an office namein S4
condemnation	condenashang	noun
condemnation	kondenashang	noun
console	duting	noun	panels/apps within a “duting” include: showxating, navigeshang, operashang, xaltewe, (cf all). Cf “duting xante”.
control	kontów	noun	power/authority to guide, manage, and/or direct
corner	kuwang	noun	“doors and corners, that’s where they get you”
cost, price	kosh	noun
crash	kush	verb	to fall or land hard, with destructive force
crazy, wild	pagal	adjective	From Hindi पागल, meaning crazy
cup	kopa	noun
dance (v)	dansa	verb
dark, “not-light”	nalush	adjective	c.f. “lush”, “na-”
data, information	data	noun
daughter	dowta	noun	c.f. “sowng”
day	diye	noun
dead	det	adjective
decade	tenyaniye	noun	ten-year
deck, floor	dek	noun
delicious	bekedabush	adjective	A calque from Hawaiian pidgin: broke da mouth Bek = break da = the bush = mouth (from French bouche) (békedabuš)
depression	depeshang	noun	To be depressed is “fo tenye depeshang”
descending (adj)	fo lek	preposition + noun	“to leg”, “legward”
die, be destroyed	decho	verb	“It’s from Spanish deshecho. Undone. Also influence from English destroy.”
dirt, earth	tu	noun	c.f. “po”, “tumang”, “pomang”
dirt-person, “Earther”	tumang	noun	from Chinese 土 tǔ meaning earth + English man. c.g. “pomang”, “érete”
do home with aka “marry” (v)	du xom wit	(du + NOUN = VERB) + preposition	“to gonya du xom wit mi ke?” (“Will you marry me?”). c.f. “pexa”, “ámawala”, ánkawala”, “du xom ere”
do, make, compel, create, fabricate, put	du	verb
doctor	mediwala	noun
dog, cat, weasel, small mammal	koyo	noun	“cats and dogs are both referred to as koyo. There are no cat people or dog people in the Belt, only koyo people”.
dog-hole	imbobo koyo	noun + noun (juxtaposition)
donkey	buro	noun
donkey ball	kula buro	noun + noun (juxtaposition)
door	bap	noun	From Arabic باب bab, meaning door
drink	beve	verb	c.f. “beveting”
drink, beverage	béveting	noun	c.f. “beve”
dry	seka	adjective
dryer (as in washroom)	seka-seka,	noun	c.f. “seka”
dumb, stupid	nakangepensa	adjective	lit. “can’t think” (na + kang + pensa)
dust	po	noun	c.f. “pomang”, “tu”, “tumang”
duster, “martian”	pomang	noun	from Portuguese po, meaning dust, and English man. c.f. “tumag”
Earth	érete	noun	c.f. “tumang”
Earther/Martian (lit: “shorty”)	paxoníski	noun	paxoniski is a short person. To Belters, Earthers and Martians are short, so it’s a pejorative. the etymology comes from bajo (Spanish) and niski (Polish); there are no pig comparisons with paxoniski. That’s paxopigi, but that word is only for Earther cops
easy, simple, uncomplex	idzhi	adjective	c.f. “idzhifobek”,
Eat	et	verb	C.f. et = “8”
edamame	edamame	noun	Japanese style soybeans
effect. Possibly also “influence”	afeta	noun	c.f. “wit afeta”
eight	et	number	c.f. “et (verb)”
electric, electrical	eletík	adjective	as in the room where the electrical panels are. Cf “eletisi”
electricity	eletisi	noun	c.f. “eletík (adj)”
electricity-roundtrip-board (“circuit board”)	mesa gang elitisi	noun + noun + noun	compound of 3 nouns in juxtaposition.
end	ent	noun	conclusion, full extent or limitation.
energy	ényedzhi	noun	c.f. “terash”
engine control control-engine	terásheting duting	noun + noun (juxtaposition)
episode	épisot	noun
equivalent, equal	eka	adjective
eternity	sempere	noun
every-kind,	koweting*	pronoun	NOT CONFIRMED, but presumed
every-reason	kowradzhang*	pronoun	NOT CONFIRMED, but presumed. c.f “keradzhang”, “deradzhang”
every-way	kowe*	pronoun	NOT CONFIRMED, but presumed
everyone	kowmang	pronoun	c.f “kemang”, demang”
everything	kowlting	pronoun	c.f. “keting”, “deting”
everywhere	kowpelésh	pronoun	c.f. “kepelésh”, “depelésh”
expletive; “What the xelep?” “Hell”	xelep	noun	comes from Slavic words for Bread (cf. Russian хлеб, Bulgarian хляб)
exploded, lit “to explosion”	fo bodzha	preposition + noun	“Im finyish go fo bodzha” - it has gone to explosion
explosion	bodzha	noun
express	ékepesh	verb
extra thruster (“booster engine”)	terásheting étera	noun + adjective	noun + adjective
extra, surplus	étera	adjective	c.f. “terásheting étera”
eye	oxo	noun
face	rúserux	noun	we ruserúx, “face way” i.e. “forward”
face-thrust (“braking burn”)	terásh rúserux	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	Because the ship’s position is flipped, the thrust is coming from where the ship’s “face” usually is.
faith	fewa	noun	“Tolowda nawit fewa” - Ashford
fast	fash	adjective
faster	mofash	adjective	c.f. “fash”, “mo- (affix (prefix))”
fate, destiny.	shukumi	noun	belters are very fatalistic. In case you were wondering, “shukumi” means fate, or destiny (from Japanese 宿命 - shukumei).
fear	seteráx	noun
feel , sense	sensa	verb	c.f. “du-sensa”. Can also mean “feel bad” or “feel poorly” as in the Spanish “lo siento” (I feel it)
Fever	fibafare	noun	“Im wit fibafare”, she has a fever
few, a few, “a little bit”	wamali	quantifier	c.f. “walowda”
fight, battle	kombat	noun	c.f. “du kombat”, “atake”, “xite”, “bodzha”, “wow”
final, last, ultimate	ultim	adjective
first	fosh	number, ordinal	“First” is not an adjeective, it’s a number. Numbers are determiners.
fish	peshi	noun	c.f. “kula peshi”
fish-ball	kula peshi	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	c.f. “kula” “peshi”, “buro”
five	faf	number
fix / repair NOUN, “Make NOUN right”	du NOUN gut	(du + NOUN = VERB) + adjective	c.f. gut
Flight (in space) (n)	we ship	noun + noun (juxtaposition) (irregular)	“Ship” is probably a frozen idiom. Cf “kapawu”
floater-shit (“bullshit”)	kaka felota	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	when the toilet backs up in zero G. c.f. “kaka”, “felota”
focus (?). possible “private”?	fokaso	adjective (?), noun(?)	definition, word type are both unconfirmed.
food	fut	noun	from “nafut” (hungry) “Because the state of hunger comes from having no food (nafut). Get it?”
for / to / towards / because (of)	fo	preposition	transitive. c.f. “ere”
for eternity, forever.	fo sémpere	prepositoin + noun	C.f. Kowtim
forever, permanent. “For eternity”	fo sémpere	preposition + noun	“im fo sémpere”, it is forever.
four	fu	number
free	ferí	adjective	c.f. “du ferí da belte”, “du NOUN ferí”
freedom, liberty	feriting	noun
Friday	ferádiye	noun
friend	kopeng	noun
from, off. possibly “since” as well	fong	preposition	c.f. “fongi” “fode” “fongi fode”
from-here	fongi	preposition	comparative? c.f “fongi fode”, “fongi de”
frontier, border, edge. possibly “limit”	feronte	noun
fuck	pashang	verb	Another #Belter swear, from @SaraMitich! Pashang comes from Chinese 爬上, “to mount.” I’ll let you all figure out what it means
fucker	pashangimang	noun	c.f. pashangwala
fucker	pashangwala	noun	c.f. pashangimang
fun	bingi	noun	N
game	dzhogem	noun	Jeu (French) + game (English)
gas (non-air)	gash	noun	c.f. “éreluf”
gate (noun)? guard (verb)?	gata	UNKNOWN	DEFINITION UNCONFIRMED. c.f. “gátamang”
gee (measure of thrust)	dzhi	noun	“koma seri dzhi” = “point three gee”
geek-girl	tékimang métexeng	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	téki from techie; -mang suffix; métexeng from mädchen
geek/engineer	tékimang	noun	from technician
get, acquire	ge	verb	I suspect “kom-ge” is “receive”, similar to “kom-go” and “gif-go”
giant, very big	tubik	adjective	lit “too big”. c.f. “tu-” “tu”
gin	dzhing	noun
girl	métexeng	noun	from mädchen
give	gif	verb
give help to	gif xep fo	verb + noun + preposition	c.f. “gif”, “xep”, “fo”, “du xep”
give hope to	gif xop fo	verb +noun + preposition	c.f. “gif”, “xop”, “du xop”, “fo”
glory	gelori	noun
go, travel	go	verb	c.f. “kom”, “kom-go”, “gif-go”,“gif”
goddamned	gótefodam	adjective	god-to-damn. c.f. “idzhifobek”, “bekedabush”, “defotung”
good, correct, proper, right	gut	adjective	c.f. “nagut” and “mal”
goodbye	oyedeng	performative
Gravity (from a planet)	da weyu	definite article + noun	Cf “da wel”
Gross, as in big, large, grand	gérowsh	adjective	“Big McLarge Huge”
guard, guardian, probably also “protector”	gátamang	noun	c.f. “Gatamang Feronte”, “gata”
guard, protect (v)	du gatamang	(du + NOUN = VERB)	c.f. “gatamang”
gun	túngeting	noun
gyoza	godzha	noun
hand-terminal	duting xante	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	c.f. “duting”
handrail	xanteting	noun	“tenye da xanteting detim da pot ando go” = “hold the handrail while the pod is travelling”
happy	xush	adjective	c.f. “teristi”
happy hour	ora xush	noun + adjective
Hard. Also, difficult	dura	adjective	c.f. “idzhi”, “idzhifobek”
harmony	xowmonyiye	noun	c.f. “melodiye”, “adewu”, “sowngit”
hat	shapu	noun
hate	xeta	noun	c.f. “du xeta”
hate [v]	du xeta	(du + NOUN = VERB)	xetamang tili du xeta, “Haters gonna hate”
hater	xétamang	noun	“Xétamang tili du xeta”
have (v), also “hold” as in “grip”	tenye	verb	c.f. “xalte”
have seen; found	finyish vedi	TAM (aspect) + verb	from “mi finyish vedi im”
hazard, threat	xash	noun	slang term for cannabis (“xashish”)
head	gova	noun
head-deck (“upper deck”)	dek gova	noun + noun (juxtaposition)
Healthy	sunte	adjective	c.f. “nasunte”
hear, understand, comprehend	pochuye	verb	To Pochuye ke? Mi pochuye.
heart, core	kori	noun	When you have related languages, you often get cognates, or words that have a common origin and often resemble each other. In this case, you have the English word core, which is related to the Romance languages cœur, cuore, coração, etc, all meaning heart. Indeed, core and heart are similar concepts. Now, when you have a contact language, there will often be a preference for finding the words that sound similar and have a similar meaning, then adopting those, as they are most likely to be widely understood
help, aid, assistance (n)	xep	noun	c.f. “gif xep fo”
here	xiya	pronoun, locative (proximal). Used as non-locative possessor.	c.f. “deya”, “xi”, De”, “dedeya”
hey, hello	oye	Greeting, interjection
high, elevated, up	xox	adjective
high-G drugs; “juice”	dzhush	noun	Today’s a two-fer, because I didn’t want tolowda mixing things up and ordering the wrong kind of juice at your local imbobo rum.
him - her - it	im	pronoun
hit, strike (v)	du xite	(du + NOUN = VERB)	Do/make hit
hit, strike, blow (n)	xite	noun	Cf “du xite”
hold the handrail	tenye da xanteting	verb + article + noun	c.f. “tenye”, “xanteting”
honor	meyo	noun	From Japanese 名誉 meiyo
honor (v)	du meyo	(du + NOUN = VERB)	c.f. “meyo”
hope (n)	xop	noun	c.f. “du xop”
hour	ora	noun	from ora xush
humanity	manting	noun
hunger	nafut	noun	Because the state of hunger comes from having no food (nafut). Get it?
hunt; chase	chesh	noun	c.f. “kapa”, “lusa”, “ganya”, “losh”
if	sili… mebi…	conjunction… TAM-mood: Irrealis…	“sili” is always deployed with “mebi”. If a “then…” clause follows, always used “deng”
illegal, illegitimate	nalegawu	adjective	c.f. “legau”
impact, crash	impake	noun	“IMAPKE ASEROK” - asteroid impact
Inescapable torpedo range	hamma	noun	from the wrestling term “hammerlock”, a hold with the victim’s arm twisted behind their back. c.f. “lok” and “nalok”. NOTE: this word is a direct calque from English, which is why it isn’t “xama”, which would be the belter ized version.
influence, affect (v)	du afeta	(du + NOUN = VERB)
inner	inya	noun	c.f. “belta”
Inner who is obsessed with Belters. Fred Johnson, Julie Mao, etc	beltawala	noun	Cf “welwala”, “da wel” “belta”
interesting, “catches-the-mind”	kapadagova	adjective	NOTE: fan construction from Discord. c.f. “bekedabush”, “idzhifobek”
intern	inteng	noun
into	erefo	preposition	transitive. c.f. “afong”, “ere”, “fo”
item (?), subject (?)`	xitem	noun	c.f. “xitim”
join, unite (v)	du wang wit	(du + NOUN = VERB) + preposition	Lit. “make one with”
juice / fruit juice	suku	noun	From Portuguese suco and Italian “succo”
jump, press (v)	du push	(du + NOUN = VERB)	c.f. “push”, “salta”
keep / stay / remain / hold (but not “grasp”)	xalte	verb	c.f. “tenye”
kid, kiddo	maliwala	noun	cf malimang
Killer, bladeboy	ubicha	noun	“Like a bunch of bladeboys humping shank”
kimchi	kímechi	noun	korean spicy delicacy
knife	shetéxeting	noun	c.f. “shetexe”
know (a fact, or how to do something) [v]	sasa	verb	Means “to know,” coming from a Romance root (sapere, savoir, saber), or English “savvy”. c.f. “keng”, “pochuye”
language	lang	noun
law, rule, regulation	zakong	noun	c.f. “zakomang”, “zakong sevish”, “du zakong”
lazy	owlesi	adjective	From Hindi आलसी + English lazy
leak; lit. “break-place”	bekpelésh	noun
leap / jump [n]	salta	noun	c.f. “du push”
learn, study (v)	xunyam	verb	The etymology here comes from a misanalysis of the Persian “می خوانم” mi khunam (I read).
leave (v, intransitive)	go fongi fode	verb + preposition + preposition	“go from-here to-there” aka “go away”.
left (direction)	gosh	adjective	French: “gauche”. c.f. “richa”
leg, foot	lek	noun
leg-deck (“lower deck”)	dek lek	noun + noun (juxtaposition)
legal, legitimate	legawu	adjective	Saviting legawu, “legitimate salvage”. c.f “nalegawu”
liberate, free (v)	du ferí NOUN	light verb + adjective + NOUN	“Du ferí da Belte” NOTE: Lt VERB + ADJECTIVE = VERB is irregular. c.f. “du noun ferí”
library	liperi	noun	specifically for code, not books
life	livit	noun
light, bright	lush	noun
like, aka “in the manner of”	lik	preposition	comparative. c.f “asilik”
Like, “as if it were the case (which it is not)”	asilik	preposition	comparative. c.f. “lik”
linguist	langemang	noun
Link (n)	úzilik	noun
link, connect (v)	du úzilik	(du + NOUN = VERB)
linked, connected, “with link”	wit úzilik	preposition + noun	engine is off, “on the float”, c.f. “du úzilik”, “yaterash”, terásh”
little shit	kakamali	noun	c.f. “kaka” c.f. “mali”
little, small, quiet, young	mali	adjective	c.f. “bik”, “lowng”
live feed (“now’s feed”)	fit xitim	noun + pronoun (possesion)	c.f. “fit”, “xitim”
lockdown	lówkedong	noun	“wit lowkedong” - with (not “on”) lockdown
locked	lok	adjective	c.f. “nalok” and “hamma”
long, far, tall	lowng	adjective	c.f. “mali”, “bik”
longer	molowng	adjective	c.f. “lowng”, “mo- (affix (prefix))”
loose, “un-tight”	natet	adjective	c.f. “tet”, “na-”
lose (aka “not win”) (v)	du losh	(du + NOUN = VERB)	as in a game, or a war, c.f. “lusa”
loss	losh	noun	c.f. “du losh” and “lusa”, “ganya”
lot, a lot, “some some”	walowda walowda	quantifier
love	ámolof	noun
love (v), aka “do love”	du ámolof	(du + NOUN = VERB)	“ámolof” (love) + light verb “du”
Love-trip (“love affair”)	gang ámolof	noun + noun (juxtaposition)
loyal	leyal	adjective	c.f. “leyalting”
loyalty	leyalting	noun	[wondering if there should be an accent on the first syllable]
magnetic boots	but fo kapawu	noun + preposition + noun	lit. boots for spaceshp. c.f. “sut fo kuxaku”
Maintainence (n)	fo xalte gut	preposition + verb + adjective	“For keep good”
make home at/in aka “live” (v)	du xom ere	(du + NOUN = VERB) + preposition	e.g. “Mi du xom ere Érete (I live on Earth)” c.f. “du xom wit”
make NOUN free (“without cost/price”)	du NOUN ferí	(du + NOUN = VERB) + adjective	c.f. “du ferí NOUN”
make NOUN happy, aka “please (v)”	du NOUN xush	(du + NOUN = VERB) + adjective
makes a statement into a Y/N question	ke	Interogative marker	“the word”ke” is what forms a yes/no question in #Belter, not unlike Hindi “kya.” It’s also combined with other morphemes to make other question words, like keting (what), kemang (who), ketim (when). This process is found in other creoles too”
mama’s boy	mámamang	noun
melody	melodiye	noun
menu	menyu	noun
Mess around, tangle (v)	du suchok	(du + NOUN = VERB)	c.f. “suchok”
mess, tangle	suchok	noun	from Russian for “wood knot”. c.f. “du suchok”
milk other than breast milk; lit. “white juice”	suku belang	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	see also “suku matna”, “okwa matna”
minute	minyi	noun	c.f. “ora”, “sekang”
miso	miso	noun	fermented soy paste
mission	meshang	noun
mission	misong	noun
Mom, mama	mama	noun
monday	Mundiye	noun
monitor (n)	vediting	noun	“Look/watch-thing”
mood: CAPABLE	kang	TAM (mood)	mood marker, NOT a verb
mood: must, have to	mowsh	TAM (mood)	Mood marker
more	mo	quantifier	comparative. c.f. “pash (preposition)”, “mo-”
most	mosh	determiner	“to the greatest extent”Believe it goes to the left of the noun or adjective it modifies
mouth	bush	noun	from békedabush
move	muf	verb	to change position, posture, or location
Mr / Ms / Mx	gútemang	courtesy title	“Goodperson”
music	sowngit	noun	The etymology is from English song + Hindi संगीत (sangit). c.f. “adewu”
name	nem	noun	“Nem Belta to”, your Belter name
name, call. put name = “register” (v)	du nem	(du + NOUN = VERB)	“do name”. “Du nem to ere da buk” - “Put your name in the book”, aka “register, sign-in”
navigtion	navigeshang	noun	c.f. “duting”, “we ship”, “du gut da we”
need [v], aka “Do necessity”	du mowteng	(du + NOUN = VERB)	c.f. “mowteng”, “mowsh”
network	retnet	noun
never, “no-time”	natim	adverb?	c.f “tim ,”na-”
new	nuva	adjective	Note: “mali” is both “little” and “young”. c.f.”owte”
New Year	yitim	noun	“Tenye wa yitim xush” - “Have a happy new-year”
next (in sequence), upcoming	kong	adjective	da tim da kong, “The next time”. c.f. “fore”
night	nax	noun
nine	neng	number
no, not, negative	na	interjection	Before a verb, “na” functions as NEGATION marker
no-one	namang	pronoun	c.f. “mang”, “na-”
no-thing, nothing	nating	pronoun	c.f. “nada”, “na-”, “ting”
no-thrust	náterash	noun	engine is not thrusting, ship is “on the float”. c.f. “terash”, “yaterash”, “wit naterash”
no-way	*nawe	pronoun	c.f. “we”, “na-”
No? (negative question tag)	kená	question tag	cf “keyá”
node	not	noun
noodels	meng	noun	meng bik, “thick noodles”. meng mali, “thin noodles”
Nothing but aka only, merely, just	bera	predeterminer	Believe it goes to the left of the noun or adjective it modifies. Can’t be used as a conjunction. Instead, choose “amash”. c.f. “solo”
now	xitim	noun	c.f. “xitem”
obeah, aka “sorcery”	obi	noun
odds, chance (n)	shāsa	noun	ā represents a nasalized “n”. Like the French pronounciation Of “chance”
off, not functioning OR “at rest, without motion”	nago	adjective	c.f. “du nago X”, “du X nago”, “nakángego”
official	ofisha	noun	noun is a guess, but that seems To be what is indicated given the syntax of the sentence it appears in
old	owte	adjective	c.f. “owta”, “nuva”
On, at, in, inside, about, regarding	ere	preposition	locative. c.f. “detim”, “wit”, “fo”
one	wang	number
one obsessed with prostitutes, whoremonger	sabákawala	noun	“sabakawala” is to bordello as “degenerate gambler” is to “casino” and “barfly” is to “bar”. c.f. “sabaka”, “welwala”, “-wala”
one year	wang anyiye	number + noun
onigiri	onyigiri	noun	Japanese stuffed rice balls
open	openg	verb
operations	opereshang	noun	c.f. “duting”
or	o	conjunction
orbit	owbit	noun	c.f. “du owbit”
orbit (v)	du owbit	(du + NOUN = VERB)	c.f. “owbit”
other, different	owta	determiner	c.f. “owte”
out-of “as in beer pours out-of a bottle”	afong	preposition	transitive. c .f. “fong”, “erefo”
outside , specifically “outside the ship/station”	kuku	noun	contraction from “kuxaku”. c.f. “fongi de”
outside aka “from-here that” (prepositional clause)	fongi de	preposition + pronoun (demonstrative)	c.f. “kuku”, “fongi”, “de”
own	ong	adjective	possessive
own, possess [v]	tili tenye	TAM (aspect) + verb	tili (habitual marker) + tenye (to have). c.f. “ong”. For belters, to “own” something is to habitually have it.
pain	peng	noun	“So wa peng” - too bad, such a pity
partner, spouse	pexa	noun	c.f “ámawala”, “ánkawala”
party, part	pati	noun	c.f. “fo ere pati ere X”
passage, pass, opening, clearance (tunnel?, hallway? Permission?)	pasa	noun	possibly as synonym for “hallway”. c.f. “gif pasa”, “du pasa tim”
pay, as in wages. Possibly also as in taxes.	gif-peye	verb, serial	c.f. “peyeting”, “peye”
pay, make payment	peye	verb	“peye fo” (pay for) likely how “buy” is expressed. For paying taxes or wages, c.f. “gif-peye”, “péyeting”
payload	péyeting	noun	The cargo you deliver and the payment for delivering it are the same word.
payment.	péyeting	noun	“as you can imagine, they don’t have quite as many synonyms as we do in English. So there’s just one word for payment” cf “gif-peye”, “peye”
peace	pash	noun	from “Xalte ere pash”, rest/stay in peace. c.f. “pash (preposition)”
periapsis	perepish	noun
person (non-gendered)	mang	noun	Mang means person, not gendered. Closest you can get to “man” or “woman” is beratna and sesata, but they’re not appropriate in every context. c.f. “-mang (suffix)”
photographer, journalist	fotowala	noun	c.f. “foto”, “kamera”
picture, image, photograph	foto	noun	c.f. “fotowala”
pig	pigi	noun
pipe, vaporizer, dab-rig,	xáshiting	noun	“xashiting owkwa” - bong, water pipe
pirate	pirata	noun
place	pelésh	noun
places, somewhere significant	pelésh-pelésh	noun, serial	Milowda ando go fo pelésh-pelésh
Play (v)	du dzhogem	(du + NOUN = VERB)	Do/make game
please	fodagut	interjection	lit. “for the good”
pod, car (as in a train)	pot	noun
police officer	zakomang	noun	c.f. “zakong”, “sevish zakong”, “legawu”
policy	pólisi	noun
Power armor	ying ding	noun, calque	Chinese for “hardtop”
Practice	fosh wowk	number (ordinal) + noun	First work
pressure	pesha	noun
propellant (“mass”)	mash	noun
psychiatrist	govawala	noun	from Polish głowa (head) +wala
push, press	push	noun	c.f. “du push”, “salta”
question	pegunta	noun	c.f. “du pegunta”
radiation	redeshang	noun
rage	rédzherosh	noun
railgun	túngeting tufash	noun + adjective	First, if you remember, tung tung tung was the sound of a gun. So, túngeting = gun. Now, a railgun is one that accelerates the projectile to a very high velocity (current explosive-powered guns’ muzzle velocity is no more than 2 km/s, railguns of the future could conceivably achieve 10x that). So, very fast - too fast - tufash. To be clear, it’s not the rate of firing, but the speed of the projectile that is fast
react	riyaka	verb
read	lit	verb
ready, prepared, set	gútegow	adjective	Da Rosi im gútegow xitim!
reason, motivation	radzhang	noun	c.f. kéradzhang/déradzhang
receive	kom-ge*	verb, serial	NOT CONFIRMED< presumed. c.f. “gif-go”
received, also “inbox”	kómeting	noun	“thing(s) that has come/arrived’
red (color)	ret	adjective
remember	rembera	verb	c.f. “xalte ere gova”
requirement, necessity,need	mowteng	noun	c.f. “du mowteng”
revolution	revelushang	noun
right (direction)	richa	adjective	lek richa, “right leg”. c.f. “gosh”. Unknown if it means “right” in terms of “perogative”
risk	rísiko	noun	fo tenye rísiko, “to have risk” aka “to be risky”
room, apartment, hole	imbobo	noun	from Zulu word meaning hole
route	gowe	noun	GOWE WIT AFETA- “affected routes, routes with affect”
rule, regulate (v)	du zakong	(du + NOUN = VERB)	c.f. “zakong”, “zakomang”
rum-hole (“bar”)	imbobo rowm	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	lit “rum hole”
rum-roundtrip (“pub crawl”)	gang rowm	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	“
rumor(?), source(?)	páxari	noun
sad	teristi	adjective	French: “triste”, c.f. “xush”
safe	séfesowng	adjective	du X séfesowng - “save X”, “Make X safe”
sake	sake	noun	Japanese fermented rice drink
salt	shio	noun
salvage, salvation	saviting	noun	Saviting legawu, “legitimate salvage” NOTE: “savi-” cranberry morpheme,not a word. c.f. “séfesowng”
Saturday	Sabat	noun
school, “place of study”	xunyampelesh	noun
Scotch	sekóch	noun	smokey whiskey
scream, shout, yell. also cry/weep [v]	wameku	noun
second	sekang	noun	60 sekang = 1 minyi. c.f. “sekang (ordinal)”
second	sekang	ordinal	PRESUMED. c.f. “fosh”, “sekang (noun)”
sedation	sedneshang	noun	c.f. “wit sedneshang”
see, look,	vedi	verb
seed	sem	noun(?)	Suspect it is a noun, and that the lyrics code shift to drop the “du” while using a noun as a verb
self	sif	pronoun	c.f. “kom sif”
serve, “do service”	du sevish	(du + NOUN = VERB) + preposition	c.f. “sevish”
server (?)	seva	noun
service	sevish	noun	“CPM im du sevish zakong ere Erosh”. c.f. “du sevish”
seven	seng	number
shift, as in work	shif	noun
ship	kapawu	noun	from Indonesian
ship-boss (“Captain”)	bosmang kapawu	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	c.f.”bosmang”, “kapawu”
shit	kaka	noun
shit-water (“coffee”)	okwa kaka	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	lit. “Shit water”. Belters don’t get good coffee
shoot [v], aka “make BANG”	du tung	(du + NOUN = VERB)	from the #Belter onomonpeia for shooting (tung tung tung) + light verb “du”
shooting	tung tung tung	noun	lit. the sound of a gun
short round-trip, excursion or journey.	gang	noun	“A gang is a trip, expidition, etc. Short term, you’re expected to return to where you started eventually.” “Go fo gang”
shorty (anti-inner insult)	paxoniski	noun	from Spanish “bajo” + polish “niseki”
shot, a single firing of a gun	tung	noun	by extension
shoyu	shoyu	noun	“soy sauce”
signal	senyawu	noun	c.f. “fit”, “úzilik”
silent, muted,“no-speak”	náshowxa	adjective	c.f “showxa”, “na-”
sin, transgression	papeka	noun
sing [v] aka “do song”	du adewu	(du + NOUN = VERB)	“In the late 22nd century, a wave of retro @Adele mania sweeps the Belt, such that her name becomes synonymous w/ singing”. c.f. “adewu”
sit	sit	verb	also an imperative
six	síkesh	number
slave	towchu	noun	From Mandarin 驮畜 - tuó chù “beast of burden”
sleep	sheláf	noun	c.f. “du shelaf”
sleep (v), “do sleep”	du sheláf	(du + NOUN = VERB)	Do/make sleep
smile [v] (lit. to make your teeth big)	du towsh bik	(du + NOUN = VERB) + noun (juxtaposition)
so, such	so	determiner	Believe it goes to the left of the noun or adjective it modifies
soldier	sodzha	noun
some	walowda	quantifier	c.f. “wamali”
some-kind	waweting*	pronoun, indefinite
some-reason	waradzhang	pronoun, indefinite
Someone, somebody	wamang	pronoun, indefinite
someplace	wapelésh	pronoun, indefinite
something	wating	pronoun, indefinite
sometime	watim	pronoun, indefinite
someway, somehow	wawe*	pronoun, indefinite
song	adewu	noun	c.f. “du adewu” “In the late 22nd century, a wave of retro @Adele mania sweeps the Belt, such that her name becomes synonymous w/ singing”
Soon	ematim	adjective	Fing ematim, “Until soon” aka “see you soon”
sound	sownte	noun
space, vacuum	kuxaku	noun	from Japanese 空白
space-door (“airlock”)	bap kuxaku	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	lit. space/vacuum door
spacesuit	sut fo kuxaku	noun + preopsition + noun	c.f. “but fo kapawu”
spacewalk, EVA	gang kuxaku	noun + noun (juxtaposition)
speak, tell, say	showxa	verb	from Mandarin 说话 - shuō huà “speak”
spicy	pikante	adjective
spin (specifically artificial gravity from centrifugal force) (n)	sepíng	noun
stab, cut	shetexe	verb	c.f. “shetéxeting”“…imalowda ta ando wameku, unte ta ando shetexe.” (Gia, S1E01 07:04). from German stechen - stab
star	setara	noun	c.f. “setara-setara”
station	seteshang	noun
status	xaltewe	noun
stay away, keep off	xalte fong	verb + preposition
stay in peace	xalte ere pash	verb + preposition + noun	R.I.P
stay with, hold with	xalte wit	verb + preposition	to associate with or endorse, “Mi xalte wit deting” = “I hold with that”
steal, overtake	tek	verb	suspect it implies “without permission”. c.f. “leta”, “leta-go”, “leta-kom”
steer, navigate	bang	verb	Bang is steer. From German “Bahn” (route, path, track), but the folk etymology is that the pirates would steer their yokes so violently they’d “bang” them against the control panel. Yup, I even thought up a few in-world false etymologies.
steering-roundtrip (“reconnaissance mission”)	gang bang	noun + noun (juxtaposition) *	Gang (“round trip”) + bang (“steer”)
stomach	tomak	noun
stoner, weed smoker	xashimang	noun
stop NOUN (Bring NOUN to rest), “Make NOUN no-go”	du NOUN nago	(du + NOUN = VERB) + adjective	c.f. “du nago NOUN”, “setóp”
STOP!	Setóp!	imperative
story	setóriye	noun
straight ahead, “face way”	we ruserux	noun + noun (juxtaposition)
strong belief	fosho	TAM (mood)
stuck, jammed, un able to move/operate	nakángego	adjective	c.f. “nago”
suit	sut	noun
sun	sowng	noun	This may also be a homonym for SON. c.f. “dowta”
Sunday	sundiye	noun
sweet	dusi	adjective	c.f. “dusiwala”
sweetie	dusiwala	noun	c.f. “dusiwala”
switch off NOUN’S power	du nago NOUN	light verb + adjective + noun	c.f. “du feri” NOTE: Lt VERB + ADJECTIVE =VERB is irregular. c.f. “Du X nago”
take (as in possession)	leta	verb	Cf leta-go, leta-kom
take-away	leta-go	verb, serial	Moving something From where you are to someplace else.
takoyaki	takoyaki	noun	Japanese-style octopus balls on a stick
target	buza	noun
tattoo	tatuyingi	noun	tat + Zulu uyinki (meaning ink)
technical document	tekidok	noun
technology	tékiting	noun
technology-related prefix	teki-	affix (prefix)	NOTE: is a cranberry morepheme, not an independent word. c.f “tekimang”, “tekiting”
teeth	towsh	noun
temperature	tempe	noun
ten	teng	number
tequila	tekiwa	noun
than, beyond, past	pash	preposition	comparative. c.f. “pash (noun)”, “fore”, “efa”
thank you	taki taki	performative	It’s English thank undergoing a series of phonological changes, but also informed by the Scandinavian tak/tack/takk
thank you very much	she she taki taki	performative	“she she” from Mandarin 谢谢 xièxiè
that	de	pronoun, demonstrative (close-distal)	c.f. “xi”, “dedeya”, “deya”, “xiya”, “da NOUN de”, “fongi de”, “da diye de”
that day (yesterday, tomorrow)	da diye de	article (definite) + noun + pronoun
that night (last night, tomorrow night)	da nax de	article (definite) + noun + pronoun
that NOUN, those NOUNs	da NOUN de	article (definite) + NOUN + PRONOUN , irregular	c.f. “de”, “da NOUN xiya”, “da LOCATION Xi”, “da NOUN dedeya”
that-kind	deweting	pronoun, relative	c.f. “weting”, “we”, “dewe”
that-one	dedawang	pronoun, relative	Relative
that-reason	deradzhang	pronoun, relative	aka “therefore, why”. c.f. “radzhang” “keradzhang”
that-there	dedeya	pronoun, locative (far-distal)	C.f. “xi”, “de”, “deya”, “xiya”, “da NOUN dedeya”
that-there NOUN, them-there NOUNs	da NOUN dedeya	article (definite) + NOUN + PRONOUN (“yonder”)	“da NOUN de”, “da NOUN xiya”, “da LOCATION xi”
that-thing	deting	pronoun, relative	relative; interrogative is “keting”, which thing
that-time	detim	pronoun, relative	relative; interrogative is “ketim”, which time
that-way	dewe	pronoun, relative	de (indicative) + we (way) “The way”. Dewe da livit da Belta, “such is the Belter life”
the	da	article	c.f. “wa”, “de”, “de-”
the Belt	da Belte	article (definite) + noun
the gravity	da weyu	article (definite) + noun	c.f. “da wel”
The Well	da wel	article (definite) + noun (location)	c.f. “weya, da”
them-them	imim	pronoun	impersonal 3rd person; the subject is either unknown or specifically left unnamed. e.g. “You know what them-them say.” C.F. “imalowda”
then, “In-that-case”	deng	determiner	“Given the previously mentioned situation exists”. c.f. “detim”. NOTE; may be a preposition
There	deya	pronoun, locative (distal)	c.f. “xiya”, “de”, “dedeya”, “xi”
there isn’t/there aren’t	na desh	verb, negated	c.f “desh”
there-is, there-are.	desh	verb (subjectless)	na desh, “There isn’t”. NOTE: Does not take a subject.
they, them	imalowda	pronoun	3rd person, when the NOUN is named/identified. c.f. “imim”
thing	ting	noun	c.f. “-ting”, “mang”
think , believe	pensa	verb
this	xi	pronoun, demonstrative (locative-only/proximal)	“Da pelésh xi” = “this place”. c.f. “xiya”, “de”, “dedeya”, “da LOCATIVE-NOUN xi
this day (aka “today”)	da diye xiya	article (definite) + day + here	wfw: “the day (of) here”
this night (aka “tonight”)	da nax xiya	article (definite) + night + here	lit “the night (of) here”
This NOUN	da NOUN xiya	definite artilce + NON-PLACE NOUN + PRONOUN (“here”)	c.f. “xi”, “da PLACE-NOUN xi”
this PLACE-NOUN	da PLACE-NOUN xi	article (definite) + PLACE NOUN + PRONOUN (irregular)	c.f. “xi”, “de”, “da NOUN xiya”, “da NOUN deya”, “da NOUN dedeya”
this-many, these	xilowda	pronoun, relative	c.f. “delowda”
this-the-one, “this-one”	xidawang	pronoun, relative	c.f. “dedawang”
those, that many, that much	delowda	pronoun, relative
thought	pénsating	noun	pensa (think) = ting (suffix indicating noun)
three	serí	number
thrust (n)	terásh	noun	Metaphor for “power (as in political or personal)”.c.f. “ényedzhi” Thrust from the engine makes “gravity”. Inner ships “burn”, Belter’s ships “thrust”. cf “náterash”, “yáterash”, “terásh do”, “terásh ruserux”
tight	tet	adjective	c.f. “natet”
tired	nadzhush	adjective	lit “no juice”; If you remember, dzhush refers to the high-g drug cocktail.
tits-person, breast fan	matnawala	noun	non-complimentary
to (be) party to X aka “To be a part of X”	fo ere pati ere X	preposition + preposition + noun + preposition +X (Noun)	c.f. “pati”
to know a person, or be acquainted with something/-place.	keng	verb	Sasa is knowledge of facts & skills etc
to-there	fode	preposition	locative c.f. “fongi fode”
today	tudiye	noun
together, “one with…”	wang wit	number + preposition
too-beautiful	tugufovedi	adjective	c.f. “gufovedi”, “tu-” “tu”
toy	wangu	noun
trade (likely transport related), Shipping (?)	fotet	noun	c.f. “bitnesh”
trade route, “route (of) trade”	we fotet	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	c.f. “fotet”, “bitnesh”
tradition	tadisong	noun
transfer, send	gif-go	verb, serial	Cf “kom-go”, “kom-ge”
treachery, betrayal (n)	xownyat	noun	from the Arabic “khiyanah”
True, real, authentic	foriya	adjective	“For real”
trust	fidesh	noun	c.f. “du fidesh”
truth (esp. the truth behind a conspiracy)	sheng	noun	from Chinese & Japanese 真
Try, attempt, aka “look at”	vedi ere	verb + preposition	c.f. “peroba”
try, sample, taste	peroba	verb	for “attempt”, c.f. “vedi ere”
Tuesday	Tusidiye	noun
twenty	tuteng	number	two-tens
two	tu	number	c.f. “tu-”
type, style, kind	weting	noun	c.f. “deweting”, “keweting”
Umm, yeah	soyá	interjection	sarcastic response to someone pointing out the obvious
uncle; also, colloquial way to address an older male.	pampa	noun
unhealthy, sick	nasunte	adjective	c.f “sunte”, “na-”
Universe	setara-setara	noun, serial	c.f. “setara”
unknowable	nakángekeng	adjective
unlike	nalik	adjective	c.f. “lik”
unlocked	nalok	adjective	c.f. “lok” and “hamma”
until,	fing	preposition	temporal
urinate (v), aka “make piss”	du pish	(du + NOUN = VERB)	Do/make piss
urine	pish	noun	C.f. “Du pish”
very bad, “too bad”	tumal	adjective	by extension from gut/mogut/tugut; mal/momal/—
very fast	tufash	adjective	lit “too fast’
Very good	tugut	adjective	lit. “too good” c.f. “tu-”
victory	vichi	noun
video	vídeyo	noun
vodka	voka	noun
volcano	volkang	noun
vomit	vomit	noun	c.f. “xow”
vote	vota	verb
wager, bet (n)	wedzha	noun
wager, bet (v)	du wedzha	(du + NOUN = VERB)
Wait!	Wepera!	imperative	c.f. “du pasa tim”
wait. aka “make pasage (of) time”	du pasa tim	(du + NOUN = VERB) + noun (juxtaposition)	“Do/make passage of time”
walk/step (n)	wok	noun	c.f. “du wok”
want, desire	wanya	verb(?)	NOTE; In S6, a Belter uses “wanya” as a verb, so 🤷‍♂️. Can be compounded w other verbs. /// OLD: “Is WANYA a verb in Belter the way WANT is in English?”. Until S6, 100% of the available evidence points to it as a MOOD MARKER. Because of the null copula, MI WANYA IM means “I want (to be) it”, not “I want it”; that would be MI WANYA TENYE IM (I want to have it).
war	wow	noun	Pronounced [wɒ]
warm	wowm	adjective	c.f. “wowm (noun)”
warning	kekoku	noun	From Japanese
water	owkwa	noun
water-energy (“hydraulics”)	ényedzhi owkwa	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	c.f. “owkwa”, “ényedzhi”
way, path, route	we	noun	c.f. “weting”
we, us	milowda	pronoun
weapons station, “hardpoint”	xantedura	noun	“hand-hard” (irregular as single word) Where torpedoes, weapons pods, extra sensors etc can be swapped on/off the ship’s exterior.
Wedesday	éntediye	noun
weed dealer, “budtender”	xashiwala	noun
week, “seven-day”	senyidiye	noun
welcome	wa koming gut	article (indefinite) + noun + adjective	lit “a good coming”
weld [v]	du welte	(du + NOUN = VERB)
welder	wéltewala	noun
welding	welte	noun
what-kind (?)	keweting	pronoun, interrogative	C.F. “WETING”
what-thing	keting	pronoun, interrogative	General use “what(?)” c.f. “deting”
what-way	kewe	pronoun, interrogative	c.f. “dewe”
when?	ketim	pronoun, interrogative	c,f “detim”
where?	kepelésh	pronoun, interrogative	c.f. “depelésh”
where…, “the-place”	depelésh	pronoun, relative	relative. Interrogative is “kepelésh”, what place
which (plural)	kelowda	pronoun, interrogative	c.f. delowda
which (singular)	kedawang	pronoun, interrogative	c.f. “dedawang”
whiskey	wíseki	noun	c.f. “sekoch”, “bubong”, “botiya” “béveting”
white (color)	beláng	adjective
who?	kemang	pronoun, interrogative	c.f “demang”
whom	demang	pronoun, relative	relative; interrogative is “kemang”, which person
Why? what-reason?	keradzhang	pronoun, interrogative	c.f. “deradzhang”
wide beam, big beam	raya bik	noun + adjective	“bik” is both big as well as wide
win	ganya	verb	From the French “gagner”, c.f. “losh”, “du losh”, “lusa”
winner	gányamang	noun
witch, sorceress	wupo	noun
with lockdown, “locked down”	wit lowkedong	preposotion + noun
with sedation, aka “sedated”	wit sedneshang	preposition + noun	c.f. “sedneshang”
with thrust-gravity	wit yáterash	preposition + noun	engine is on, therefore “gravity”
with zero-g	wit náterash	preposition + noun	engine is off, “on the float”
with, between	wit	preposition	Conjunctive. for “between” use the locative “bi”. “Da kula bi wit da lek”
word	wowt	noun
work [v]	du wowk	(du + NOUN = VERB)
work, labor	wowk	noun	c.f. “du wowk”
worm	wowm	noun	c.f. “wowm (adjective)”
wormhole	wowmow	noun
worse	momal	adjective	c.f. mal, “nagut”. NOTE: Worse is not “monagut”, because affix (prefix)es don’t stack (i.e. Mo + na).
would aka “in-that-case for”	deng fo	modal clause (determiner + preposition)	e.g. “Deng fo kepelesh im go? (Where would he go?)” C.f. “deng”, “fo”, “mogut fo”. NOTE: is possibly two prepositions
wrong, incorrect, “not-good”	nagut	adjective	c.f. “gut” and “mal”, “momal”
y’all	tolowda	pronoun
yaw	yawu	noun	piloting term. c.f. “pish”, “rowu”
year	anyiye	noun	c.f. “yitim”
yes, affirmative	ya	interjection	from yáterash (under thrust) contrasted w/náterash (not under thrust)
yes-thrust	yáterash	noun	The engine is thrusting, the ship has gravity. c.f “naterash”, “wit yaterash”
Yes? (positive question tag)	keyá	question tag	It means something like “Right? Isn’t that so?” (or in Portuguese, né?) cf “kená”
yet, still. as of the present moment, or a specified point in time.	ye	predeterminer	re: syntax- Believe it goes to the left of the noun or adjective it modifies, like a quantifier or determiner
you [singular]	to	pronoun
zero	nada	number	c.f. “nating”
“,”	koma	noun
“ascending node” aka “Node for head”	not fo gova	noun + preposition + noun
“be” (locative copula)	bi	verb	Used to describe a physical location. for non physical locations, c.f “ere”
“descending node” aka “node for leg”	not fo lek	noun + preposition + noun
“Floater”.	felota	noun	c.f. “Kaka felota”
“Go on”.	go go	imperative	“Go go sésata”. “Go on, sister.” c.f. “kom kom”
“have trust with X” aka “put trust in X”	tenye fidesh wit X	verb + noun + preposition + X
“keep in mind”	xalte ere gova	verb + preposition + noun	More active than “rembera”. c.f. “rembera”
“lose track of”	lusa	verb	c.f. “chesh”, “kapa”, “losh”
“more” affix (prefix), intensifier	mo-	affix (prefix)	affixed to ADJECTIVES. e.g. “mogut, mofash, mobik” c.f. “mo”
“negation” affix (prefix)	na-	affix (prefix)	like “un-” in English. c.f.”na”.
“ok”	ko	interjection	expression of agreement. unknown if it is an adjective meaning “alright”.
“save NOUN”, “make NOUN safe”	du NOUN séfesowng	(du + NOUN = VERB) + adjective	c.f. “sefesowng”
“set the course” aka “make good the way”	Du gut da we	light verb + adjective + determiner + noun	“ganya”, lusa”
“should” aka “better for”	mogut fo	modal clause (adj + preposition)	E.g. “Kepelésh im mogut fo im go? (where should he go?). c.f.”mogut”, “fo”, “deng fo”
“some-” affix (prefix)	wa-	affix (prefix)	affixed to NOUNS. e.g. wamang, wapelésh, c.f. “wa”
“the on position” as in a switch, or an engine	wong	Noun	c.f. “du fo wong”
“the way” aka “of course”,”certainly”, “claro (Spanish)”	da we	article (definite) + noun	Definite yes. “The way”.
“tight head”.	gova tet	noun + adjective	anger, confusion, confused-anger
“tun on”, aka “Make to on”	du fo wong	light verb + preposition + noun	c.f. “wong”
“untrue, false” (but not a lie)	nasheng	adjective	c.f. “sheng”, “na-”
“very” affix (prefix)	tu-	affix (prefix)	affixed to ADJECTIVES. e.g., tubik, tugut, tugúfovedi c.f “tu”
“watch you step”	tensha fo pasa	noun + preposition + noun	lit: “attention to passage/passway”

Wordlist Lang Belta -> English

Anki Belter	English	Part of Speech	Details	Alternative Spelling
Mundiye	monday	noun
Sabat	Saturday	noun
Tusidiye	Tuesday	noun
welwala	A Belter obsessed with the inner planets, an “Uncle Tom”, a traitor to other Belter	noun	“A Belter who is a well wala is someone who is obsessed with the gravity well, that is, the inner planets. Or as @ThomasJane put it, traitor” “22 Dec 2015 Well refers to the gravity well, and wala is a suffix borrowed from Hindi, which means somebody associated with this thing somehow.”
bosmang	boss, chief	noun	c.f. “bosmang kapawu”
bosmang kapawu	ship-boss (“Captain”)	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	c.f.”bosmang”, “kapawu”
delowda	those, that many, that much	pronoun, relative
demang	whom	pronoun, relative	relative; interrogative is “kemang”, which person	demaŋ
dzhemang	asshole	noun	lit. “man w/crooked dick”	džemaŋ
gányamang	winner	noun
gátamang	guard, guardian, probably also “protector”	noun	c.f. “Gatamang Feronte”, “gata”
gútemang	Mr / Ms / Mx	courtesy title	“Goodperson”	gútemaŋ
kemang	who?	pronoun, interrogative	c.f “demang”	kemaŋ
kowmang	everyone	pronoun	c.f “kemang”, demang”
langemang	linguist	noun
malimang	child	noun	cf maliwala
mámamang	mama’s boy	noun		mamamaŋ
namang	no-one	pronoun	c.f. “mang”, “na-”
pashangimang	fucker	noun	c.f. pashangwala
pomang	duster, “martian”	noun	from Portuguese po, meaning dust, and English man. c.f. “tumag”	pomaŋ
tumang	dirt-person, “Earther”	noun	from Chinese 土 tǔ meaning earth + English man. c.g. “pomang”, “érete”	tumaŋ
tékimang	geek/engineer	noun	from technician	tékimaŋ
tékimang métexeng	geek-girl	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	téki from techie; -mang suffix; métexeng from mädchen	tékimaŋ métexeŋ
wamang	Someone, somebody	pronoun, indefinite
xashimang	stoner, weed smoker	noun		xašimaŋ
xétamang	hater	noun	“Xétamang tili du xeta”
zakomang	police officer	noun	c.f. “zakong”, “sevish zakong”, “legawu”	zakomaŋ
imalowda	they, them	pronoun	3rd person, when the NOUN is named/identified. c.f. “imim”
kelowda	which (plural)	pronoun, interrogative	c.f. delowda
milowda	we, us	pronoun		milɒda
tolowda	y’all	pronoun		tolɒda
walowda	some	quantifier	c.f. “wamali”
walowda walowda	a lot, “some some”	quantifier
xilowda	this-many, these	pronoun, relative	c.f. “delowda”
*nawe	no-way	pronoun	c.f. “we”, “na-”
Du gut da we	“set the course” aka “make good the way”	light verb + adjective + determiner + noun	“ganya”, lusa”
Setóp!	STOP!	imperative
Wepera!	Wait!	imperative	c.f. “du pasa tim”
Ya fet!	alright!	interjection
adewu	song	noun	c.f. “du adewu” “In the late 22nd century, a wave of retro @Adele mania sweeps the Belt, such that her name becomes synonymous w/ singing”
afeta	effect. Possibly also “influence”	noun	c.f. “wit afeta”
afong	out-of “as in beer pours out-of a bottle”	preposition	transitive. c .f. “fong”, “erefo”
amash	but	conjunction	note: spelling w/ 2 “m” is a typo (amaš)	Amaš
ando	[continuous aspect marker]	TAM (aspect)	ando isn’t a form of to be at all. It’s a verb particle to mark continuous, like the gerund suffix -ing in English
ansa	answer	noun	c.f. “du ansa”
anyalasi	analysis	noun	c.f. “du anyalasi”
anyiye	year	noun	c.f. “yitim”
aseroka	asteroid	noun	S5
asilik	Like, “as if it were the case (which it is not)”	preposition	comparative. c.f. “lik”
atake	attack, assault	noun	c.f. “kombat”, “xite”, “sodzha”, “wow”
avita	avoid	verb
bang	steer, navigate	verb	Bang is steer. From German “Bahn” (route, path, track), but the folk etymology is that the pirates would steer their yokes so violently they’d “bang” them against the control panel. Yup, I even thought up a few in-world false etymologies.	baŋ
bap	door	noun	From Arabic باب bab, meaning door
bap kuxaku	space-door (“airlock”)	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	lit. space/vacuum door
baseng	clothing	noun
bek	“back”. towards the rear, to a previous position/time, in return, in a state of restraint or retention	adjective	c.f. “bek” (verb)
bek	break (v)	verb	c.f. “bek” (adjective), “bekedabush”
bekedabush	delicious	adjective	A calque from Hawaiian pidgin: broke da mouth Bek = break da = the bush = mouth (from French bouche) (békedabuš)	békedabuš
bekpelésh	leak; lit. “break-place”	noun		bekpeléš
belta	Belter (person, or language)	noun	c.f. “inya”
beltawala	An inner who is obsessed with Belters. Fred Johnson, Julie Mao, etc	noun	Cf “welwala”, “da wel” “belta”
beláng	white (color)	adjective		belaŋ
belék	black (color)	adjective
belówt	blood	noun		belɒt
belú	blue/green, grue (color)	adjective
bera	“Nothing but” aka only, merely, just	predeterminer	Believe it goes to the left of the noun or adjective it modifies. Can’t be used as a conjunction. Instead, choose “amash”. c.f. “solo”
beratna	brother	noun	c.f. “sésata”
beref	birth	noun	from Tenya wa diye beref xush
beve	drink	verb	c.f. “beveting”
bi	“be” (locative copula)	verb	Used to describe a physical location. for non physical locations, c.f “ere”
bik	big, wide, loud	adjective	c.f. “mali”, “lowng” “mobik”
bikang	beacon	noun
bingi	fun	noun	N
bitnish	business	noun	c.f. “fotet”
biya	beer	noun	c.f. “beveting”
bodzha	explosion	noun		bodža
botiya	bottle, jar	noun	c.f. “kaxa”
botong	button	noun
bowl	Ball, small spherical toy	noun		bɒl
buk	book	noun
buk	book	noun
bukipelesh	bookstore	noun
burito	burrito	noun
buro	donkey	noun
bush	mouth	noun	from békedabush	buš
but	boot	noun	from “but fo kapawu”
but fo kapawu	magnetic boots	noun + preposition + noun	lit. boots for spaceshp. c.f. “sut fo kuxaku”
butong	button	noun
buza	target	noun
béveting	drink, beverage	noun	c.f. “beve”
chesh	hunt; chase	noun	c.f. “kapa”, “lusa”, “ganya”, “losh”	cheš
chu	choose	verb	From the Hindi “chunnen”
condenashang	condemnation	noun		condenašaŋ
da	the	article	c.f. “wa”, “de”, “de-”
da Belte	the Belt	article (definite) + noun
da NOUN de	that NOUN, those NOUNs	article (definite) + NOUN + PRONOUN , irregular	c.f. “de”, “da NOUN xiya”, “da LOCATION Xi”, “da NOUN dedeya”
da NOUN dedeya	that-there NOUN, them-there NOUNs	article (definite) + NOUN + PRONOUN (“yonder”)	“da NOUN de”, “da NOUN xiya”, “da LOCATION xi”
da NOUN xiya	This NOUN	definite artilce + NON-PLACE NOUN + PRONOUN (“here”)	c.f. “xi”, “da PLACE-NOUN xi”
da PLACE-NOUN xi	this PLACE-NOUN	article (definite) + PLACE NOUN + PRONOUN (irregular)	c.f. “xi”, “de”, “da NOUN xiya”, “da NOUN deya”, “da NOUN dedeya”
da diye de	that day (yesterday, tomorrow)	article (definite) + noun + pronoun
da diye xiya	this day (aka “today”)	article (definite) + day + here	wfw: “the day (of) here”
da nax de	that night (last night, tomorrow night)	article (definite) + noun + pronoun
da nax xiya	this night (aka “tonight”)	article (definite) + night + here	lit “the night (of) here”
da we	“the way” aka “of course”,”certainly”, “claro (Spanish)”	article (definite) + noun	Definite yes. “The way”.
da wel	The Well	article (definite) + noun (location)	c.f. “weya, da”
da weyu	“the gravity”	article (definite) + noun	c.f. “da wel”
da weyu	Gravity (from a planet)	definite article + noun	Cf “da wel”
dansa	dance (v)	verb
data	data, information	noun
de	that	pronoun, demonstrative (close-distal)	c.f. “xi”, “dedeya”, “deya”, “xiya”, “da NOUN de”, “fongi de”, “da diye de”
decho	die, be destroyed	verb	“It’s from Spanish deshecho. Undone. Also influence from English destroy.”
dedawang	that-one	pronoun, relative	Relative	dédawaŋ
dedeya	that-there	pronoun, locative (far-distal)	C.f. “xi”, “de”, “deya”, “xiya”, “da NOUN dedeya”
defotung	armed (as in a warhead)	adjective	that-to-BANG
dek	deck, floor	noun
dek gova	head-deck (“upper deck”)	noun + noun (juxtaposition)
dek lek	leg-deck (“lower deck”)	noun + noun (juxtaposition)
deng	then, “In-that-case”	determiner	“Given the previously mentioned situation exists”. c.f. “detim”. NOTE; may be a preposition	deŋ
deng fo	would aka “in-that-case for”	modal clause (determiner + preposition)	e.g. “Deng fo kepelesh im go? (Where would he go?)” C.f. “deng”, “fo”, “mogut fo”. NOTE: is possibly two prepositions
depelésh	“where…”, “the-place”	pronoun, relative	relative. Interrogative is “kepelésh”, what place	depeléš
depeshang	depression	noun	To be depressed is “fo tenye depeshang”	dépešaŋ
deradzhang	that-reason	pronoun, relative	aka “therefore, why”. c.f. “radzhang” “keradzhang”
desh	there-is, there-are.	verb (subjectless)	na desh, “There isn’t”. NOTE: Does not take a subject.	deš
det	dead	adjective
detim	that-time	pronoun, relative	relative; interrogative is “ketim”, which time
deting	that-thing	pronoun, relative	relative; interrogative is “keting”, which thing	detiŋ
deva	angel, devil, duppy, ghost, supernatural being	noun	From the Hindi. c.f. “éreluf”
dewe	that-way	pronoun, relative	de (indicative) + we (way) “The way”. Dewe da livit da Belta, “such is the Belter life”
deweting	that-kind	pronoun, relative	c.f. “weting”, “we”, “dewe”
deya	There	pronoun, locative (distal)	c.f. “xiya”, “de”, “dedeya”, “xi”
diye	day	noun
diye beref	birth-day	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	from Tenya wa diye beref xush
do	Ass, anus	noun	Not the glutes
dowta	daughter	noun	c.f. “sowng”
du	do, make, compel, create, fabricate, put	verb
du NOUN ferí	make NOUN free (“without cost/price”)	(du + NOUN = VERB) + adjective	c.f. “du ferí NOUN”
du NOUN gut	“fix / repair NOUN”, “Make NOUN right”	(du + NOUN = VERB) + adjective	c.f. gut
du NOUN nago	“stop NOUN” (Bring NOUN to rest), “Make NOUN no-go”	(du + NOUN = VERB) + adjective	c.f. “du nago NOUN”, “setóp”
du NOUN séfesowng	“save NOUN”, “make NOUN safe”	(du + NOUN = VERB) + adjective	c.f. “sefesowng”
du NOUN xush	make NOUN happy, aka “please (v)”	(du + NOUN = VERB) + adjective
du adewu	sing [v] aka “do song”	(du + NOUN = VERB)	“In the late 22nd century, a wave of retro @Adele mania sweeps the Belt, such that her name becomes synonymous w/ singing”. c.f. “adewu”
du afeta	influence, affect (v)	(du + NOUN = VERB)
du ansa	answer (v)	(du + NOUN = VERB)	c.f. “ansa (noun)”
du dzhogem	Play (v)	(du + NOUN = VERB)	Do/make game
du ferí NOUN	liberate, free (v)	light verb + adjective + NOUN	“Du ferí da Belte” NOTE: Lt VERB + ADJECTIVE = VERB is irregular. c.f. “du noun ferí”
du fo wong	“tun on”, aka “Make to on”	light verb + preposition + noun	c.f. “wong”
du gatamang	guard, protect (v)	(du + NOUN = VERB)	c.f. “gatamang”
du losh	lose (aka “not win”) (v)	(du + NOUN = VERB)	as in a game, or a war, c.f. “lusa”
du meyo	honor (v)	(du + NOUN = VERB)	c.f. “meyo”
du mowteng	need [v], aka “Do necessity”	(du + NOUN = VERB)	c.f. “mowteng”, “mowsh”	du mɒteŋ
du nago NOUN	switch off NOUN’S power	light verb + adjective + noun	c.f. “du feri” NOTE: Lt VERB + ADJECTIVE =VERB is irregular. c.f. “Du X nago”
du nem	name, call. put name = “register” (v)	(du + NOUN = VERB)	“do name”. “Du nem to ere da buk” - “Put your name in the book”, aka “register, sign-in”
du owbit	orbit (v)	(du + NOUN = VERB)	c.f. “owbit”
du pasa tim	wait. aka “make pasage (of) time”	(du + NOUN = VERB) + noun (juxtaposition)	“Do/make passage of time”
du pegunta	Ask (v), aka “make question”	(du + NOUN = VERB)	“Do/make qustion
du pish	urinate (v), aka “make piss”	(du + NOUN = VERB)	Do/make piss	du piš
du push	jump, press (v)	(du + NOUN = VERB)	c.f. “push”, “salta”	du puš
du sevish	serve, “do service”	(du + NOUN = VERB) + preposition	c.f. “sevish”
du sheláf	sleep (v), “do sleep”	(du + NOUN = VERB)	Do/make sleep
du sherú	begin [v]	(du + NOUN = VERB)		du šeru
du suchok	Mess around, tangle (v)	(du + NOUN = VERB)	c.f. “suchok”	du sučok
du terampa	cheat (v)	(du + NOUN = VERB)	c.f. “terampa”
du towsh bik	smile [v] (lit. to make your teeth big)	(du + NOUN = VERB) + noun (juxtaposition)		du tɒš bik
du tung	shoot [v], aka “make BANG”	(du + NOUN = VERB)	from the #Belter onomonpeia for shooting (tung tung tung) + light verb “du”	du tuŋ
du wang wit	join, unite (v)	(du + NOUN = VERB) + preposition	Lit. “make one with”
du wedzha	wager, bet (v)	(du + NOUN = VERB)		du wedža
du welte	weld [v]	(du + NOUN = VERB)
du wowk	work [v]	(du + NOUN = VERB)		du wɒk
du xeta	hate [v]	(du + NOUN = VERB)	xetamang tili du xeta, “Haters gonna hate”
du xite	hit, strike (v)	(du + NOUN = VERB)	Do/make hit
du xom ere	“make home at/in” aka “live” (v)	(du + NOUN = VERB) + preposition	e.g. “Mi du xom ere Érete (I live on Earth)” c.f. “du xom wit”
du xom wit	“do home with” aka “marry” (v)	(du + NOUN = VERB) + preposition	“to gonya du xom wit mi ke?” (“Will you marry me?”). c.f. “pexa”, “ámawala”, ánkawala”, “du xom ere”
du xow	barf, puke (v)	(du + NOUN = VERB)
du zakong	rule, regulate (v)	(du + NOUN = VERB)	c.f. “zakong”, “zakomang”
du ámolof	love (v), aka “do love”	(du + NOUN = VERB)	“ámolof” (love) + light verb “du”
du úzilik	link, connect (v)	(du + NOUN = VERB)
du-sensa	apologize (v). Literally “make feelings”	verb, serial	c.f. “sensa”
du-showxa	chat, make small talk [v]	verb, serial	c.f. “showxa”	du šɒxa
dura	Hard. Also, difficult	adjective	c.f. “idzhi”, “idzhifobek”
dusi	sweet	adjective	c.f. “dusiwala”
dusiwala	sweetie	noun	c.f. “dusiwala”
duting	console	noun	panels/apps within a “duting” include: showxating, navigeshang, operashang, xaltewe, (cf all). Cf “duting xante”.
duting xante	hand-terminal	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	c.f. “duting”
dzhi	gee (measure of thrust)	noun	“koma seri dzhi” = “point three gee”
dzhing	gin	noun
dzhogem	game	noun	Jeu (French) + game (English)
dzhush	high-G drugs; “juice”	noun	Today’s a two-fer, because I didn’t want tolowda mixing things up and ordering the wrong kind of juice at your local imbobo rum.	džuš
edamame	edamame	noun	Japanese style soybeans
efa	after,, the opposite of “before”	preposition	C.F. “fore”, “kong”
eka	equivalent, equal	adjective
eletisi	electricity	noun	c.f. “eletík (adj)”
eletík	electric, electrical	adjective	as in the room where the electrical panels are. Cf “eletisi”
ematim	Soon	adjective	Fing ematim, “Until soon” aka “see you soon”
ent	end	noun	conclusion, full extent or limitation.
epinya	back/spine	noun
ere	On, at, in, inside, about, regarding	preposition	locative. c.f. “detim”, “wit”, “fo”
erefo	into	preposition	transitive. c.f. “afong”, “ere”, “fo”
et	Eat	verb	C.f. et = “8”
et	eight	number	c.f. “et (verb)”
faf	five	number
fash	fast	adjective		faš
fasi	?	adjective ?	Drummer: “Dewe fasi”
felota	“Floater”.	noun	c.f. “Kaka felota”
feriting	freedom, liberty	noun		feritiŋ
feronte	frontier, border, edge. possibly “limit”	noun
ferádiye	Friday	noun
ferí	free	adjective	c.f. “du ferí da belte”, “du NOUN ferí”
fewa	faith	noun	“Tolowda nawit fewa” - Ashford
fibafare	Fever	noun	“Im wit fibafare”, she has a fever
fidesh	trust	noun	c.f. “du fidesh”
fing	until,	preposition	temporal
finyish	[perfective aspect marker]	TAM (aspect)	When used w/ an intransitive verb in present tense, forms something that roughly translates to past participle; “it’s an aspect marker, not a verb itself”	finyiš
finyish vedi	have seen; found	TAM (aspect) + verb	from “mi finyish vedi im”	finyiš
fit	broadcast, feed, likely “show, program”	noun	c.f. “fit xitim”
fit xitim	live feed (“now’s feed”)	noun + pronoun (possesion)	c.f. “fit”, “xitim”
fo	for / to / towards / because (of)	preposition	transitive. c.f. “ere”
fo bodzha	exploded, lit “to explosion”	preposition + noun	“Im finyish go fo bodzha” - it has gone to explosion
fo ere pati ere X	“to (be) party to X” aka “To be a part of X”	preposition + preposition + noun + preposition +X (Noun)	c.f. “pati”
fo gova	ascending (adj)	preposition + noun	“to head”, “headward”
fo lek	descending (adj)	preposition + noun	“to leg”, “legward”
fo sémpere	for eternity, forever.	prepositoin + noun	C.f. Kowtim
fo sémpere	forever, permanent. “For eternity”	preposition + noun	“im fo sémpere”, it is forever.
fo xalte gut	Maintainence (n)	preposition + verb + adjective	“For keep good”
fodagut	please	interjection	lit. “for the good”
fode	to-there	preposition	locative c.f. “fongi fode”
fokaso	focus (?). possible “private”?	adjective (?), noun(?)	definition, word type are both unconfirmed.
fong	from, off. possibly “since” as well	preposition	c.f. “fongi” “fode” “fongi fode”	foŋ
fongi	from-here	preposition	comparative? c.f “fongi fode”, “fongi de”
fongi de	outside aka “from-here that” (prepositional clause)	preposition + pronoun (demonstrative)	c.f. “kuku”, “fongi”, “de”
fongi fode	away (someplace unspecified)	preposition x 2	Lit. “from-here to-there”
fore	before, the opposite of “after”	preposition	c.f. “efa”. “pash (Preposition)”
foriya	True, real, authentic	adjective	“For real”
fosh	first	number, ordinal	“First” is not an adjeective, it’s a number. Numbers are determiners.
fosh wowk	Practice	number (ordinal) + noun	First work
fosho	strong belief	TAM (mood)
fosho fosho	[mood: VERY STRONG BELIEF]	TAM (mood) x 2	verb marker
fotet	trade (likely transport related), Shipping (?)	noun	c.f. “bitnesh”
foto	picture, image, photograph	noun	c.f. “fotowala”
fotowala	photographer, journalist	noun	c.f. “foto”, “kamera”
fu	four	number
fut	food	noun	from “nafut” (hungry) “Because the state of hunger comes from having no food (nafut). Get it?”
gang	A short round-trip, excursion or journey.	noun	“A gang is a trip, expidition, etc. Short term, you’re expected to return to where you started eventually.” “Go fo gang”	gaŋ
gang bang	steering-roundtrip (“reconnaissance mission”)	noun + noun (juxtaposition) *	Gang (“round trip”) + bang (“steer”)
gang kuxaku	spacewalk, EVA	noun + noun (juxtaposition)
gang rowm	rum-roundtrip (“pub crawl”)	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	“
gang ámolof	Love-trip (“love affair”)	noun + noun (juxtaposition)
ganya	win	verb	From the French “gagner”, c.f. “losh”, “du losh”, “lusa”
gash	gas (non-air)	noun	c.f. “éreluf”
gata	gate (noun)? guard (verb)?	UNKNOWN	DEFINITION UNCONFIRMED. c.f. “gátamang”
ge	get, acquire	verb	I suspect “kom-ge” is “receive”, similar to “kom-go” and “gif-go”
gelori	glory	noun
gif	give	verb
gif pasa fo	allow, permit ( give opening for)	verb + noun + preposition	c.f. “pasa”
gif xep fo	give help to	verb + noun + preposition	c.f. “gif”, “xep”, “fo”, “du xep”
gif xop fo	give hope to	verb +noun + preposition	c.f. “gif”, “xop”, “du xop”, “fo”
gif-go	transfer, send	verb, serial	Cf “kom-go”, “kom-ge”
gif-peye	pay, as in wages. Possibly also as in taxes.	verb, serial	c.f. “peyeting”, “peye”
go	go, travel	verb	c.f. “kom”, “kom-go”, “gif-go”,“gif”
go fongi fode	leave (v, intransitive)	verb + preposition + preposition	“go from-here to-there” aka “go away”.
go go	“Go on”.	imperative	“Go go sésata”. “Go on, sister.” c.f. “kom kom”
godzha	gyoza	noun
gonya	[future tense marker]	TAM (tense)	Mi gonya et, “I am going to eat”
gosh	left (direction)	adjective	French: “gauche”. c.f. “richa”	goš
gova	head	noun
gova tet	“tight head”.	noun + adjective	anger, confusion, confused-anger
govawala	psychiatrist	noun	from Polish głowa (head) +wala
gowe	route	noun	GOWE WIT AFETA- “affected routes, routes with affect”
gut	good, correct, proper, right	adjective	c.f. “nagut” and “mal”
gérowsh	Gross, as in big, large, grand	adjective	“Big McLarge Huge”
gótefodam	goddamned	adjective	god-to-damn. c.f. “idzhifobek”, “bekedabush”, “defotung”
gútegow	ready, prepared, set	adjective	Da Rosi im gútegow xitim!	gútegɒ
hamma	“Inescapable torpedo range”	noun	from the wrestling term “hammerlock”, a hold with the victim’s arm twisted behind their back. c.f. “lok” and “nalok”. NOTE: this word is a direct calque from English, which is why it isn’t “xama”, which would be the belter ized version.
idzhi	easy, simple, uncomplex	adjective	c.f. “idzhifobek”,
idzhifobék	brittle, weak	adjective	lit. “easy to break” c.f. “idzhi”, “dura”	idžifobek
im	him - her - it	pronoun
imbobo	room, apartment, hole	noun	from Zulu word meaning hole
imbobo koyo	dog-hole	noun + noun (juxtaposition)
imbobo rowm	rum-hole (“bar”)	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	lit “rum hole”	rɒm
imim	“them-them”	pronoun	impersonal 3rd person; the subject is either unknown or specifically left unnamed. e.g. “You know what them-them say.” C.F. “imalowda”
impake	impact, crash	noun	“IMAPKE ASEROK” - asteroid impact
inteng	intern	noun
inya	inner	noun	c.f. “belta”
ipulangi	bed	noun
kaka	shit	noun
kaka felota	floater-shit (“bullshit”)	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	when the toilet backs up in zero G. c.f. “kaka”, “felota”
kakamali	little shit	noun	c.f. “kaka” c.f. “mali”
kamera	camera	noun
kang	mood: CAPABLE	TAM (mood)	mood marker, NOT a verb
kang kang	[mood: VERY CAPABLE]	TAM (mood) x 2	Not a verb
kapa	catch, capture (v)	verb	c.f. “chesh”, “lusa”, “losh”, “du losh”
kapadagova	interesting, “catches-the-mind”	adjective	NOTE: fan construction from Discord. c.f. “bekedabush”, “idzhifobek”
kapawu	ship	noun	from Indonesian
kasi	almost	predeterminer	Believe it goes to the left of the noun or phrase it modifies
kasinyo	casino	noun
kaxa	box, case, crate	noun	c.f. “botiya”
ke	makes a statement into a Y/N question. Can move around the sentence to emphasize the word it follows.	Interogative marker	“the word”ke” is what forms a yes/no question in #Belter, not unlike Hindi “kya.” It’s also combined with other morphemes to make other question words, like keting (what), kemang (who), ketim (when). This process is found in other creoles too”
kedawang	which (singular)	pronoun, interrogative	c.f. “dedawang”
kekoku	warning	noun	From Japanese
keng	to know a person, or be acquainted with something/-place.	verb	Sasa is knowledge of facts & skills etc	Keŋ
kená	“No?” (negative question tag)	question tag	cf “keyá”
kepelésh	where?	pronoun, interrogative	c.f. “depelésh”	kepeléš
keradzhang	Why? what-reason?	pronoun, interrogative	c.f. “deradzhang”
ketim	when?	pronoun, interrogative	c,f “detim”
keting	what-thing	pronoun, interrogative	General use “what(?)” c.f. “deting”	ketiŋ
kewe	what-way	pronoun, interrogative	c.f. “dewe”
keweting	what-kind (?)	pronoun, interrogative	C.F. “WETING”
keyá	Yes? (positive question tag)	question tag	It means something like “Right? Isn’t that so?” (or in Portuguese, né?) cf “kená”
ko	“ok”	interjection	expression of agreement. unknown if it is an adjective meaning “alright”.
kom	come (to the speakers location)	verb	c.f. “go”,“kom-go”, “ge-kom”
kom kom	“come come”, “come on”	imperative	c.f. “go go”
kom sif	become	verb + pronoun (reflexive)
kom-ge*	receive	verb, serial	NOT CONFIRMED< presumed. c.f. “gif-go”
kom-go	arrive (can be other than the speaker’s location)	verb, serial	c.f. “kom”.
koma	“,”	noun
komante	Command, Management	noun	Likely to be an office namein S4
kombat	fight, battle	noun	c.f. “du kombat”, “atake”, “xite”, “bodzha”, “wow”
koming	coming, arrival	noun	“wa koming gut”. welcome (greeting)	komiŋ
kondenashang	condemnation	noun
kong	next (in sequence), upcoming	adjective	da tim da kong, “The next time”. c.f. “fore”	koŋ
kontów	control	noun	power/authority to guide, manage, and/or direct
kopa	cup	noun
kopeng	friend	noun		kopeŋ
kori	heart, core	noun	When you have related languages, you often get cognates, or words that have a common origin and often resemble each other. In this case, you have the English word core, which is related to the Romance languages cœur, cuore, coração, etc, all meaning heart. Indeed, core and heart are similar concepts. Now, when you have a contact language, there will often be a preference for finding the words that sound similar and have a similar meaning, then adopting those, as they are most likely to be widely understood
kosh	close	adjective	near in space, time, effect, or degree
kosh	cost, price	noun
kowe*	every-way	pronoun	NOT CONFIRMED, but presumed
koweting*	every-kind,	pronoun	NOT CONFIRMED, but presumed
kowl	all, every	quantifier		Kɒl
kowltim	always, every-time	pronoun	c.f. “ketim”, “detim”	kɒltim
kowlting	everything	pronoun	c.f. “keting”, “deting”
kowpelésh	everywhere	pronoun	c.f. “kepelésh”, “depelésh”
kowpush	body	noun	from “corpus”
kowradzhang*	every-reason	pronoun	NOT CONFIRMED, but presumed. c.f “keradzhang”, “deradzhang”
koyo	dog, cat, weasel, small mammal	noun	“cats and dogs are both referred to as koyo. There are no cat people or dog people in the Belt, only koyo people”.
kuku	outside , specifically “outside the ship/station”	noun	contraction from “kuxaku”. c.f. “fongi de”
kula	balls	noun
kula buro	donkey ball	noun + noun (juxtaposition)
kula peshi	fish-ball	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	c.f. “kula” “peshi”, “buro”
kush	crash	verb	to fall or land hard, with destructive force
kuwang	corner	noun	“doors and corners, that’s where they get you”	kuwaŋ
kuxaku	space, vacuum	noun	from Japanese 空白
kímechi	kimchi	noun	korean spicy delicacy
kómeting	received, also “inbox”	noun	“thing(s) that has come/arrived’
lang	language	noun		laŋ
lang belta	Belter-language	noun + noun (juxtaposition)
legawu	legal, legitimate	adjective	Saviting legawu, “legitimate salvage”. c.f “nalegawu”
lek	leg, foot	noun
leta	take (as in possession)	verb	Cf leta-go, leta-kom
leta-go	take-away	verb, serial	Moving something From where you are to someplace else.
leta-kom	bring	verb, serial	Moving something from someplace else to where you are
leyal	loyal	adjective	c.f. “leyalting”
leyalting	loyalty	noun	[wondering if there should be an accent on the first syllable]	léyaltiŋ
lik	like, aka “in the manner of”	preposition	comparative. c.f “asilik”
liperi	library	noun	specifically for code, not books
lit	read	verb
livit	life	noun
lok	locked	adjective	c.f. “nalok” and “hamma”
losh	loss	noun	c.f. “du losh” and “lusa”, “ganya”
lowng	long, far, tall	adjective	c.f. “mali”, “bik”
lusa	“lose track of”	verb	c.f. “chesh”, “kapa”, “losh”
lush	light, bright	noun		luš
lówkedong	lockdown	noun	“wit lowkedong” - with (not “on”) lockdown
mal	bad, evil	adjective	c.f. “gut” and “nagut”
mali	little, small, quiet, young	adjective	c.f. “bik”, “lowng”
maliwala	kid, kiddo	noun	cf malimang
mama	Mom, mama	noun
mang	person (non-gendered)	noun	Mang means person, not gendered. Closest you can get to “man” or “woman” is beratna and sesata, but they’re not appropriate in every context. c.f. “-mang (suffix)”	maŋ
manting	humanity	noun		mantiŋ
mash	propellant (“mass”)	noun
matnawala	“tits-person”, breast fan	noun	non-complimentary
mebi	[mood: IRREALIS]	TAM (mood)
mebi mebi	[mood: IRREALIS and UNLIKELY]	TAM (mood) x 2
mediwala	doctor	noun
melodiye	melody	noun
meng	noodels	noun	meng bik, “thick noodles”. meng mali, “thin noodles”
menyu	menu	noun
mesa	board, table	noun
mesa gang elitisi	electricity-roundtrip-board (“circuit board”)	noun + noun + noun	compound of 3 nouns in juxtaposition.
meshang	mission	noun		mešaŋ
meyo	honor	noun	From Japanese 名誉 meiyo
minyi	minute	noun	c.f. “ora”, “sekang”
miso	miso	noun	fermented soy paste
misong	mission	noun
mo	more	quantifier	comparative. c.f. “pash (preposition)”, “mo-”
mo-	“more” affix (prefix), intensifier	affix (prefix)	affixed to ADJECTIVES. e.g. “mogut, mofash, mobik” c.f. “mo”
mofash	faster	adjective	c.f. “fash”, “mo- (affix (prefix))”
mogut	better	adjective	c.f. “gut”, “mo- (affix (prefix))”
mogut fo	“should” aka “better for”	modal clause (adj + preposition)	E.g. “Kepelésh im mogut fo im go? (where should he go?). c.f.”mogut”, “fo”, “deng fo”
molowng	longer	adjective	c.f. “lowng”, “mo- (affix (prefix))”
momal	worse	adjective	c.f. mal, “nagut”. NOTE: Worse is not “monagut”, because affix (prefix)es don’t stack (i.e. Mo + na).
mosh	most	determiner	“to the greatest extent”Believe it goes to the left of the noun or adjective it modifies
mowsh	mood: must, have to	TAM (mood)	Mood marker	mɒš
mowsh mowsh	[mood: ABSOLUTELY MUST]	TAM (mood) X 2	mood marker
mowteng	requirement, necessity,need	noun	c.f. “du mowteng”
muf	move	verb	to change position, posture, or location
métexeng	girl	noun	from mädchen	métexeŋ
na	no, not, negative	interjection	Before a verb, “na” functions as NEGATION marker
na desh	there isn’t/there aren’t	verb, negated	c.f “desh”	na deš
na-	“negation” affix (prefix)	affix (prefix)	like “un-” in English. c.f.”na”.
nada	zero	number	c.f. “nating”
nadzhush	tired	adjective	lit “no juice”; If you remember, dzhush refers to the high-g drug cocktail.	nadžuš
nafut	hunger	noun	Because the state of hunger comes from having no food (nafut). Get it?
nago	“off, not functioning” OR “at rest, without motion”	adjective	c.f. “du nago X”, “du X nago”, “nakángego”
nagut	wrong, incorrect, “not-good”	adjective	c.f. “gut” and “mal”, “momal”
nakangepensa	dumb, stupid	adjective	lit. “can’t think” (na + kang + pensa)	nakaŋapensa
nakángego	stuck, jammed, un able to move/operate	adjective	c.f. “nago”
nakángekeng	unknowable	adjective
nalegawu	illegal, illegitimate	adjective	c.f. “legau”
nalik	unlike	adjective	c.f. “lik”
nalok	unlocked	adjective	c.f. “lok” and “hamma”
nalush	dark, “not-light”	adjective	c.f. “lush”, “na-”	naluš
nasheng	“untrue, false” (but not a lie)	adjective	c.f. “sheng”, “na-”
nasunte	unhealthy, sick	adjective	c.f “sunte”, “na-”
natet	loose, “un-tight”	adjective	c.f. “tet”, “na-”
natim	never, “no-time”	adverb?	c.f “tim ,”na-”
nating	“no-thing”, nothing	pronoun	c.f. “nada”, “na-”, “ting”	natiŋ
navigeshang	navigtion	noun	c.f. “duting”, “we ship”, “du gut da we”
nax	night	noun
nem	name	noun	“Nem Belta to”, your Belter name
neng	nine	number
not	node	noun
not fo gova	“ascending node” aka “Node for head”	noun + preposition + noun
not fo lek	“descending node” aka “node for leg”	noun + preposition + noun
nuva	new	adjective	Note: “mali” is both “little” and “young”. c.f.”owte”
náshowxa	silent, muted,“no-speak”	adjective	c.f “showxa”, “na-”
náterash	no-thrust	noun	engine is not thrusting, ship is “on the float”. c.f. “terash”, “yaterash”, “wit naterash”	náteraš
o	or	conjunction
obi	obeah, aka “sorcery”	noun
ofisha	official	noun	noun is a guess, but that seems To be what is indicated given the syntax of the sentence it appears in	ofiša
okwa kaka	shit-water (“coffee”)	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	lit. “Shit water”. Belters don’t get good coffee	ɒkwa kaka
okwa matna	breast milk (or artificial substitute); lit. mother-water	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	see also “suku matna”	ɒkwa matna
okwakakawala	Barista, coffee vendor	noun		ɒkwakalawala
ong	own	adjective	possessive	oŋ
onyigiri	onigiri	noun	Japanese stuffed rice balls
openg	open	verb
opereshang	operations	noun	c.f. “duting”
ora	hour	noun	from ora xush
ora xush	happy hour	noun + adjective		ora xuš
oso	also, additionally	predeterminer	Believe it goes to the left of the noun or adjective it modifies
owbit	orbit	noun	c.f. “du owbit”	ɒbit
owkwa	water	noun		ɒkwa
owlesi	lazy	adjective	From Hindi आलसी + English lazy	ɒlesi
owta	other, different	determiner	c.f. “owte”
owte	old	adjective	c.f. “owta”, “nuva”
oxo	eye	noun
oye	hey, hello	Greeting, interjection
oyedeng	goodbye	performative
pagal	crazy, wild	adjective	From Hindi पागल, meaning crazy
pampa	uncle; also, colloquial way to address an older male.	noun
pansetaro	all-star, superstar	noun	Interpretation from how it’s used on the show. pan- is likely a “cranberry morpheme” and not a Belter word; NF has said that words with the “adjective in front” are from an early stage of the langauge, and frozen there. In “modern” Belter, adjectives come after nouns in the noun phrase.
papeka	sin, transgression	noun
pasa	passage, pass, opening, clearance (tunnel?, hallway? Permission?)	noun	possibly as synonym for “hallway”. c.f. “gif pasa”, “du pasa tim”
pash	peace	noun	from “Xalte ere pash”, rest/stay in peace. c.f. “pash (preposition)”	paš
pash	than, beyond, past	preposition	comparative. c.f. “pash (noun)”, “fore”, “efa”
pashang	fuck	verb	Another #Belter swear, from @SaraMitich! Pashang comes from Chinese 爬上, “to mount.” I’ll let you all figure out what it means	pašaŋ
pashangwala	fucker	noun	c.f. pashangimang	pašaŋwala
pati	party, part	noun	c.f. “fo ere pati ere X”
paxoniski	“shorty” (anti-inner insult)	noun	from Spanish “bajo” + polish “niseki”
paxoníski	Earther/Martian (lit: “shorty”)	noun	paxoniski is a short person. To Belters, Earthers and Martians are short, so it’s a pejorative. the etymology comes from bajo (Spanish) and niski (Polish); there are no pig comparisons with paxoniski. That’s paxopigi, but that word is only for Earther cops
pegunta	question	noun	c.f. “du pegunta”
pelésh	place	noun		peleš
pelésh-pelésh	“places”, somewhere significant	noun, serial	Milowda ando go fo pelésh-pelésh
peng	pain	noun	“So wa peng” - too bad, such a pity	peŋ
pensa	think , believe	verb
perepish	periapsis	noun
peroba	try, sample, taste	verb	for “attempt”, c.f. “vedi ere”
pesha	pressure	noun
peshi	fish	noun	c.f. “kula peshi”
pexa	partner, spouse	noun	c.f “ámawala”, “ánkawala”
peye	pay, make payment	verb	“peye fo” (pay for) likely how “buy” is expressed. For paying taxes or wages, c.f. “gif-peye”, “péyeting”
pigi	pig	noun
pikante	spicy	adjective
pirata	pirate	noun
pish	casino chip. Only source of cash in the Belt; all other $€¥£ (”sekríp”) is electronic, traceable money.	noun	From “piece”. Also “peso”	piš
pish	urine	noun	C.f. “Du pish”
po	dust	noun	c.f. “pomang”, “tu”, “tumang”
pochuye	hear, understand, comprehend	verb	To Pochuye ke? Mi pochuye.
pot	pod, car (as in a train)	noun
push	push, press	noun	c.f. “du push”, “salta”
páxari	rumor(?), source(?)	noun
pénsating	thought	noun	pensa (think) = ting (suffix indicating noun)	pensatiŋ
péyeting	payload	noun	The cargo you deliver and the payment for delivering it are the same word.
péyeting	payment.	noun	“as you can imagine, they don’t have quite as many synonyms as we do in English. So there’s just one word for payment” cf “gif-peye”, “peye”	peyetiŋ
pólisi	policy	noun
radzhang	reason, motivation	noun	c.f. kéradzhang/déradzhang	radžaŋ
raya	beam	noun
raya bik	wide beam, big beam	noun + adjective	“bik” is both big as well as wide
redeshang	radiation	noun		rédeshaŋ
rembera	remember	verb	c.f. “xalte ere gova”
ret	red (color)	adjective
retnet	network	noun
revelushang	revolution	noun
richa	right (direction)	adjective	lek richa, “right leg”. c.f. “gosh”. Unknown if it means “right” in terms of “perogative”	riča
riyaka	react	verb
rowmwala	bartender	noun	“rum-person”	rɒmwala
rédzherosh	rage	noun		redžeroš
rísiko	risk	noun	fo tenye rísiko, “to have risk” aka “to be risky”
rúserux	face	noun	we ruserúx, “face way” i.e. “forward”
sabaka	“Bitch”. by extension, prostitute, aka “One who gets mounted (professionally)”	noun, interjection	also used as a general interjection: “Sabaka! I cant believe I missed it.”NOTE: Not an insult. The word for “to fuck” is “Pashang”, from the Chinese to mount. A “sabaka” is someone who gets mounted as a job. Beats working in the recycling plant, keya?
sabákawala	one obsessed with prostitutes, whoremonger	noun	“sabakawala” is to bordello as “degenerate gambler” is to “casino” and “barfly” is to “bar”. c.f. “sabaka”, “welwala”, “-wala”
sake	sake	noun	Japanese fermented rice drink
sako	bag, sack	noun
sakopinya	back (spine) bag	noun
salta	leap / jump [n]	noun	c.f. “du push”
sasa	know (a fact, or how to do something) [v]	verb	Means “to know,” coming from a Romance root (sapere, savoir, saber), or English “savvy”. c.f. “keng”, “pochuye”
saviting	salvage, salvation	noun	Saviting legawu, “legitimate salvage” NOTE: “savi-” cranberry morpheme,not a word. c.f. “séfesowng”
sedneshang	sedation	noun	c.f. “wit sedneshang”
sefoka	choke, suffocate (v)	verb	“Sefoka fo po to”, “choke on your dust”
seka	dry	adjective
seka-seka,	dryer (as in washroom)	noun	c.f. “seka”
sekang	second	noun	60 sekang = 1 minyi. c.f. “sekang (ordinal)”
sekang	second	ordinal	PRESUMED. c.f. “fosh”, “sekang (noun)”
sekóch	Scotch	noun	smokey whiskey
seleshang	acceleration	noun
sem	seed	noun(?)	Suspect it is a noun, and that the lyrics code shift to drop the “du” while using a noun as a verb
sempere	eternity	noun
seng	seven	number
sensa	feel , sense	verb	c.f. “du-sensa”. Can also mean “feel bad” or “feel poorly” as in the Spanish “lo siento” (I feel it)
senyawu	signal	noun	c.f. “fit”, “úzilik”
senyidiye	week, “seven-day”	noun
sepíng	spin (specifically artificial gravity from centrifugal force) (n)	noun
sera	close, shut	verb	“Sera oxo to.” “Close your eyes”
serí	three	number
setara	star	noun	c.f. “setara-setara”
setara-setara	Universe	noun, serial	c.f. “setara”
seteráx	fear	noun
seteshang	station	noun		séteshaŋ
setóp	cease	verb	c.f. “du nago X”, “du X nago”
setóriye	story	noun
seva	server (?)	noun
sevish	service	noun	“CPM im du sevish zakong ere Erosh”. c.f. “du sevish”
shapu	hat	noun		šapu
she she taki taki	thank you very much	performative	“she she” from Mandarin 谢谢 xièxiè	Še še taki taki
sheláf	sleep	noun	c.f. “du shelaf”
sheng	truth (esp. the truth behind a conspiracy)	noun	from Chinese & Japanese 真	šeng
shetexe	stab, cut	verb	c.f. “shetéxeting”“…imalowda ta ando wameku, unte ta ando shetexe.” (Gia, S1E01 07:04). from German stechen - stab	šetexe
shetéxeting	knife	noun	c.f. “shetexe”	šetexeting
shif	shift, as in work	noun
shio	salt	noun
showxa	speak, tell, say	verb	from Mandarin 说话 - shuō huà “speak”	šɒxa
showxating	audio/video comms panel, Interfaces with the the system-wide messaging network	noun	c.f. “duting”, “duting xante”,“xaltewe”, “navigeshang”, “operashang”	shɒxatiŋ
shoyu	shoyu	noun	“soy sauce”
shukumi	fate, destiny.	noun	belters are very fatalistic. In case you were wondering, “shukumi” means fate, or destiny (from Japanese 宿命 - shukumei).	šukumi
shāsa	odds, chance (n)	noun	ā represents a nasalized “n”. Like the French pronounciation Of “chance”
sif	self	pronoun	c.f. “kom sif”
sili… mebi…	“if”	conjunction… TAM-mood: Irrealis…	“sili” is always deployed with “mebi”. If a “then…” clause follows, always used “deng”
sit	sit	verb	also an imperative
so	so, such	determiner	Believe it goes to the left of the noun or adjective it modifies
sodzha	soldier	noun		sodža
solo	alone, lone, possibly “single”	adjective	Highway Star “Mi kowl solo”
sowng	sun	noun	This may also be a homonym for SON. c.f. “dowta”
sowngit	music	noun	The etymology is from English song + Hindi संगीत (sangit). c.f. “adewu”	sɒngit
sownte	sound	noun
soyá	“Umm, yeah”	interjection	sarcastic response to someone pointing out the obvious
suchok	mess, tangle	noun	from Russian for “wood knot”. c.f. “du suchok”
suku	(fruit) juice	noun	From Portuguese “suco” and Italian “succo”
suku belang	milk other than breast milk; lit. “white juice”	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	see also “suku matna”, “okwa matna”	suku belaŋ
suku matna	breast milk (or artificial substitute); lit. “mother’s juice”	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	see also “okwa matna”
sundiye	[Sunday]	noun
sunte	Healthy	adjective	c.f. “nasunte”
sut	suit	noun
sut fo kuxaku	spacesuit	noun + preopsition + noun	c.f. “but fo kapawu”
séfesowng	safe	adjective	du X séfesowng - “save X”, “Make X safe”	séfesɒŋ
sévelang	civilain (?)	noun
síkesh	six	number
ta	[past tense marker]	TAM (tense)	Cf “gonya”
tadisong	tradition	noun		tadisoŋ
taki taki	thank you	performative	It’s English thank undergoing a series of phonological changes, but also informed by the Scandinavian tak/tack/takk
takoyaki	takoyaki	noun	Japanese-style octopus balls on a stick
tatuyingi	tattoo	noun	tat + Zulu uyinki (meaning ink)	tatuyiŋi
tek	steal, overtake	verb	suspect it implies “without permission”. c.f. “leta”, “leta-go”, “leta-kom”
teki-	“technology-related” prefix	affix (prefix)	NOTE: is a cranberry morepheme, not an independent word. c.f “tekimang”, “tekiting”
tekidok	technical document	noun
tekiwa	tequila	noun
tempe	temperature	noun
teng	ten	number
tensha	attention	noun		tenša
tensha fo pasa	“watch you step”	noun + preposition + noun	lit: “attention to passage/passway”
tenyaniye	decade	noun	ten-year
tenye	have (v), also “hold” as in “grip”	verb	c.f. “xalte”
tenye da xanteting	hold the handrail	verb + article + noun	c.f. “tenye”, “xanteting”
tenye fidesh wit X	“have trust with X” aka “put trust in X”	verb + noun + preposition + X
terampa	cheater	noun	c.f “du terampa”
teristi	sad	adjective	French: “triste”, c.f. “xush”
terásh	thrust (n)	noun	Metaphor for “power (as in political or personal)”.c.f. “ényedzhi” Thrust from the engine makes “gravity”. Inner ships “burn”, Belter’s ships “thrust”. cf “náterash”, “yáterash”, “terásh do”, “terásh ruserux”	teraš
terásh do	ass-thrust (“acceleration burn”)	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	Lit.thrust coming from “where the ship’s ass usually is”. c.f. “terásh rúserux”	teraš do
terásh rúserux	face-thrust (“braking burn”)	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	Because the ship’s position is flipped, the thrust is coming from where the ship’s “face” usually is.	teraš ruserux
terásheting duting	“engine control” control-engine	noun + noun (juxtaposition)
terásheting étera	extra thruster (“booster engine”)	noun + adjective	noun + adjective
tet	tight	adjective	c.f. “natet”
tili	[habitual aspect marker]	TAM (aspect)
tili tenye	own, possess [v]	TAM (aspect) + verb	tili (habitual marker) + tenye (to have). c.f. “ong”. For belters, to “own” something is to habitually have it.
ting	thing	noun	c.f. “-ting”, “mang”	tiŋ
to	you [singular]	pronoun
tomak	stomach	noun
towchu	slave	noun	From Mandarin 驮畜 - tuó chù “beast of burden”	tɒču
towsh	teeth	noun		tɒš
tu	dirt, earth	noun	c.f. “po”, “tumang”, “pomang”
tu	two	number	c.f. “tu-”
tu-	“very” affix (prefix)	affix (prefix)	affixed to ADJECTIVES. e.g., tubik, tugut, tugúfovedi c.f “tu”
tubik	giant, very big	adjective	lit “too big”. c.f. “tu-” “tu”
tudiye	today	noun
tufash	very fast	adjective	lit “too fast’	tufaš
tugufovedi	too-beautiful	adjective	c.f. “gufovedi”, “tu-” “tu”
tugut	Very good	adjective	lit. “too good” c.f. “tu-”
tumal	very bad, “too bad”	adjective	by extension from gut/mogut/tugut; mal/momal/—
tung	shot, a single firing of a gun	noun	by extension	Tuŋ
tung tung tung	shooting	noun	lit. the sound of a gun
tuteng	twenty	number	two-tens
tékiting	technology	noun		tekitiŋ
túngeting	gun	noun		tuŋetiŋ
túngeting tufash	railgun	noun + adjective	First, if you remember, tung tung tung was the sound of a gun. So, túngeting = gun. Now, a railgun is one that accelerates the projectile to a very high velocity (current explosive-powered guns’ muzzle velocity is no more than 2 km/s, railguns of the future could conceivably achieve 10x that). So, very fast - too fast - tufash. To be clear, it’s not the rate of firing, but the speed of the projectile that is fast	tuŋetiŋ tufaš
ubicha	Killer, bladeboy	noun	“Like a bunch of bladeboys humping shank”	ubiča
ultim	final, last, ultimate	adjective
unte	and	conjunction
vedi	see, look,	verb
vedi ere	Try, attempt, aka “look at”	verb + preposition	c.f. “peroba”
vediting	monitor (n)	noun	“Look/watch-thing”
vichi	victory	noun
voka	vodka	noun
volkang	volcano	noun
vomit	vomit	noun	c.f. “xow”
vota	vote	verb
vídeyo	video	noun
wa	a / an	article	c.f. “wa-”
wa koming gut	welcome	article (indefinite) + noun + adjective	lit “a good coming”	wa komiŋ gut
wa-	“some-” affix (prefix)	affix (prefix)	affixed to NOUNS. e.g. wamang, wapelésh, c.f. “wa”
wageng	Again. (Believe is implies “return to place” rather than repeat of action	adverb	c.f. “wamotim”
wamali	“a few”, “a little bit”	quantifier	c.f. “walowda”
wameku	scream, shout, yell. also cry/weep [v]	noun
wamotim	again	adjective
wang	one	number
wang anyiye	one year	number + noun
wang wit	together, “one with…”	number + preposition
wangu	toy	noun
wanya	want, desire	verb(?)	NOTE; In S6, a Belter uses “wanya” as a verb, so 🤷‍♂️. Can be compounded w other verbs. /// OLD: “Is WANYA a verb in Belter the way WANT is in English?”. Until S6, 100% of the available evidence points to it as a MOOD MARKER. Because of the null copula, MI WANYA IM means “I want (to be) it”, not “I want it”; that would be MI WANYA TENYE IM (I want to have it).
wapelésh	someplace	pronoun, indefinite
waradzhang	some-reason	pronoun, indefinite
watim	sometime	pronoun, indefinite
wating	something	pronoun, indefinite
wawe*	someway, somehow	pronoun, indefinite
waweting*	some-kind	pronoun, indefinite
we	way, path, route	noun	c.f. “weting”
we fotet	trade route, “route (of) trade”	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	c.f. “fotet”, “bitnesh”
we ruserux	straight ahead, “face way”	noun + noun (juxtaposition)
we ship	Flight (in space) (n)	noun + noun (juxtaposition) (irregular)	“Ship” is probably a frozen idiom. Cf “kapawu”
wedzha	wager, bet (n)	noun		wedža
welte	welding	noun
weting	type, style, kind	noun	c.f. “deweting”, “keweting”	wetiŋ
wit	with, between	preposition	Conjunctive. for “between” use the locative “bi”. “Da kula bi wit da lek”
wit afeta	affected, influenced aka “with effect”	preposition + noun	c.f. “afeta”
wit lowkedong	with lockdown, “locked down”	preposotion + noun
wit náterash	with zero-g	preposition + noun	engine is off, “on the float”
wit sedneshang	with sedation, aka “sedated”	preposition + noun	c.f. “sedneshang”
wit yáterash	with thrust-gravity	preposition + noun	engine is on, therefore “gravity”
wit úzilik	linked, connected, “with link”	preposition + noun	engine is off, “on the float”, c.f. “du úzilik”, “yaterash”, terásh”
wok	walk/step (n)	noun	c.f. “du wok”
wong	“the on position” as in a switch, or an engine	Noun	c.f. “du fo wong”
wow	war	noun	Pronounced [wɒ]
wowk	work, labor	noun	c.f. “du wowk”
wowm	warm	adjective	c.f. “wowm (noun)”
wowm	worm	noun	c.f. “wowm (adjective)”
wowmow	wormhole	noun
wowt	word	noun
wupo	witch, sorceress	noun
wéltewala	welder	noun
wíseki	whiskey	noun	c.f. “sekoch”, “bubong”, “botiya” “béveting”
xalte	keep / stay / remain / hold (but not “grasp”)	verb	c.f. “tenye”
xalte ere gova	“keep in mind”	verb + preposition + noun	More active than “rembera”. c.f. “rembera”
xalte ere pash	stay in peace	verb + preposition + noun	R.I.P
xalte fong	stay away, keep off	verb + preposition
xalte wit	stay with, hold with	verb + preposition	to associate with or endorse, “Mi xalte wit deting” = “I hold with that”
xaltewe	status	noun
xante	arm, hand	noun
xantedura	weapons station, “hardpoint”	noun	“hand-hard” (irregular as single word) Where torpedoes, weapons pods, extra sensors etc can be swapped on/off the ship’s exterior.
xanteting	handrail	noun	“tenye da xanteting detim da pot ando go” = “hold the handrail while the pod is travelling”
xash	hazard, threat	noun	slang term for cannabis (“xashish”)	xaš
xashish	cannabis, ganja	noun	”fo leta xashish”, (to take, aka smoke, weed.) from “hashish”. C.f. “xash”	xašiš
xashiwala	weed dealer, “budtender”	noun		xašiwala
xelep	expletive; “What the xelep?” “Hell”	noun	comes from Slavic words for Bread (cf. Russian хлеб, Bulgarian хляб)
xep	help, aid, assistance (n)	noun	c.f. “gif xep fo”
xeta	hate	noun	c.f. “du xeta”
xi	this	pronoun, demonstrative (locative-only/proximal)	“Da pelésh xi” = “this place”. c.f. “xiya”, “de”, “dedeya”, “da LOCATIVE-NOUN xi
xidawang	this-the-one, “this-one”	pronoun, relative	c.f. “dedawang”
xite	hit, strike, blow (n)	noun	Cf “du xite”
xitem	item (?), subject (?)`	noun	c.f. “xitim”
xitim	now	noun	c.f. “xitem”
xiya	here	pronoun, locative (proximal). Used as non-locative possessor.	c.f. “deya”, “xi”, De”, “dedeya”
xop	hope (n)	noun	c.f. “du xop”
xow	barf, puke (n)	noun	Onomotapeia, c.f. “vomit”
xowmonyiye	harmony	noun	c.f. “melodiye”, “adewu”, “sowngit”
xownyat	treachery, betrayal (n)	noun	from the Arabic “khiyanah”	xɒnyat
xox	high, elevated, up	adjective
xunyam	learn, study (v)	verb	The etymology here comes from a misanalysis of the Persian “می خوانم” mi khunam (I read).
xunyampelesh	school, “place of study”	noun
xush	happy	adjective	c.f. “teristi”	xuš
xáshiting	pipe, vaporizer, dab-rig,	noun	“xashiting owkwa” - bong, water pipe	xašitiŋ
xélixup	awesome, very good (often used sarcastically)	adjective	From Persian خیلی خوب (kheili khoob) which you’ll hear them say all the time if you ever happen to eavesdrop on a conversation
ya	yes, affirmative	interjection	from yáterash (under thrust) contrasted w/náterash (not under thrust)
yam seng	“cheers”	performative	a classic Singaporean toast; from Cantonese 饮胜, c.f. “yam seng (noun)
yam seng	cocktail, mixed drink	noun, calque(?)	The performative has become the name of the category of drink. Is that a calque? c.f. “yam seng (performative)”
yawu	yaw	noun	piloting term. c.f. “pish”, “rowu”
ye	yet, still. as of the present moment, or a specified point in time.	predeterminer	re: syntax- Believe it goes to the left of the noun or adjective it modifies, like a quantifier or determiner
ying ding	Power armor	noun, calque	Chinese for “hardtop”	yiŋdiŋ
yitim	“New Year”	noun	“Tenye wa yitim xush” - “Have a happy new-year”
yáterash	“yes-thrust”	noun	The engine is thrusting, the ship has gravity. c.f “naterash”, “wit yaterash”	yáteraš
zakong	law, rule, regulation	noun	c.f. “zakomang”, “zakong sevish”, “du zakong”
ámawala	Boyfriend, girlfriend, lover	noun	c.f. “ánkawala”, “kopeng”, “pexa”, “du xom wit”
ámolof	love	noun
ánkawala	anchor-person	noun	person you are closest to in a poly relationship. c.f. “ámawala”, “pexa”, “du xom wit”
ékepesh	express	verb		ekepeš
éntediye	Wedesday	noun
ényedzhi	energy	noun	c.f. “terash”
ényedzhi owkwa	water-energy (“hydraulics”)	noun + noun (juxtaposition)	c.f. “owkwa”, “ényedzhi”
épisot	episode	noun
éreluf	air (breathable), “soul, spirit”	noun	c.f. “gash”
érete	Earth	noun	c.f. “tumang”
étera	extra, surplus	adjective	c.f. “terásheting étera”
úzilik	Link (n)	noun