Cispa-English Dictionary
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a, an ik
able trip
above ziiktrik'
absence of cit
accelerate, to kasip
acorn skiic'
acorn soup skiic'tip
across yiip
across, to get kayiip
add, to icta
adult cariziik
afraid yiikra
again si
age critra
age, to cric'a
agree, to kiitsik
agreement kiitsik
air riiksha
alas! akas!
alive kiipsakit
all cita'i
alone ikpa
also ic
always cicritpa
am ki
among keptrik'
ancient crit-zayiip
and ic
angry aitwic'
animal ziitsa
another yiipsa
answer kazata
answer, to kazata
ant kiickwic'
are ki
art crikwiipsa
artist kwiipcik
ask, to zaca
attract, to kiica
away tasiishtrik'
back si
bad kaspa
bad tasting kaskairi
bake, to aitsiishta
baked aitsiishkiit
beautiful kwiipa
beauty kwiipsa
bee triiktakwic'
beetle kriickwic'
begin, to ripta
beginning rippa
behind ciipra
believe, to carkraikta
below zaritrik'
beneath zaritrik'
between keptrik'
bird kiiriziit
bite (off), to zarikta
black ceshpa
blind rassaceshpa
blood ziitsic
blow, to tacwista
blue wiikpa
bond (to) cipta
bonded ciptakiit
bonding ciptakiit
both ci'ak
box trik'sa
boy saririt
break, to ik'ta
breath riishpa
breathe, to riishpa
bridge yiipca
bright zakiish
broken ik'pa
brother sarikiic
brown ceshrik
burn, to aitka
butterfly kiikwic'
can trip
candle aitrik
carnivore ziitsakras
carve an inscription, to cristakit
carved inscription cristakiit
catch on fire, to ka'ait
center keppa
certain cark
certainly! askwiri!
change yiiptakiit
change, to yiipta
chaos tekcit
chickadee cik'atii
chief tekrit
child istrik, istrit
chirikit ritual cirikit
choice itpa
choose, to itpaca
Cispa language cispa
claw crissa
clean siirppa
clean, to siirpta
climb, to triishta
cockroach kaskwic'
cold aic'it
come alive, to kakiip
come, to keshtra
communication yiipsik
confuse, to eshca
confusion eshpa
connect, to cipka
controversial akcark
cook, to aitsiishta, krasca
cooked aitsiishkiit
count, to ikakta
crazy kat'awiik
cricket kiirikwic'
cricket soup kiirikwic'tip
cross over, to kaziik
cross, to kayiip
crossing yiipca
crowd (of people) kwiirtsarit
cry, to rastipta
custom triikrik
cut out, to tacrista
cut, to crista
cute kwiiprik
dance cirikit
danger stik'pa
dangerous stik'pa
dark ceshrik
darken, to kacesh
day traikpa
dead yiirkpa
deaf crak'cit
dear kiizik
death yiirkpa
decay, to kwarita
delicious tritkairi
demanding zazacpa
die, to yiirkta
dig, to cripta
dirt karksa
dirty karkpa
disease ecpa
disgusting kaskairi
distribute, to takacta
do, to saca
dormouse kwistazai
double akra
dream kwistaras
dream, to kwistarasca
drop, to skriic'a
dry tipcit
dwarf yiitarik
ear crak'sa
earth cripsic
eat, to krasta
eight saic
eighty-four zaricriish
eleven criishta
elf zeriik
emotion wic'pa
empathy kiiwic'
end zippa
end, to zipca, zipta
endless zipcit
enjoy, to trit'a
enough sit
enter, to katrik', ziirktra
eternal cric'it
everyone cirit
everything cita'i
evil citkii
evil kassik
excite, to tric'a
eye rassa
face rassacis
fall in love, to kakii
fall, to skriic'ta
false carkcit
family kiicpa
fast sipra
faster, to get kasip
father sari
fear yiikwic'
fearless yiikcit
feed, to takrasta
feel, to ciirk
feeling ciirktakiit
female kiirtpa
female person kiirtrit
fifty-six zarisaic
fill, to carita
finger kiitrik
fire aitsa
firefly kiishkwic'
fireplace aitsiish
fish tippaziit
five kiiric
512 skwiric
flame aitsa
flammable aic'ik'
flavor kairipsa
flower kwiiptesh
fly, to riishtra
flying squirrel riikshaziit
food krassa
fool, to rista
for tra
forest kwiirtsa
forever cicritpa
forty kiirisaic
forty-eight ciricriish, kaikshaic
four ciric
freeze, to kacrip
fried ait'et'akiit
friend kiirit
frightened, to be kayiik
fruit teshkait
fry, to ait'et'a
full carikiit
fun tritpa
fungus kwarisa
fungus, brown ceshkwarisa
fur trissa
furry trispa
future-tense zik
garden tekshasiish
gender kiirtsari, sarikiirt
gift katsa
girl kiirtrit
give birth, to kiipca
give out, to takacta
give, to kaca
glider riikshaziit
gnaw, to rikta
go, to siishtra
good trit
goodbye taket'ra
government teksik
grain of sand cretsa
grasshopper cirikwic'
gray treshpa
green teshpa
greeting triikrik
greeting between close friends akii!
gross, one (144) caric
grow, to ziiktra
had ip
hair zatrissa
halfling yiitarik
hand kiitsa
handshake kiitsik
hang (from), to zarikat'a
happy tritwic'
hard crippa
hare crak'saziit
has ki
hate citkii
have ki
have, to tiita
he iri
head raiksa
healthy ec'it
hear crak'ta
hear! acrak'!
heart kepsa
heat aitpa
hello! aras!
help arkpa
help! ark!
help, to arkta
herbivore tekshakras
here kekshiish
here! akesh!
hide, to kriicta
hire, to karit
home striisa
home, to go striitra
honest tacarkpa
hot aitpa
how skwik'
how are you? skwik' ciirk?
hug kiikat'a
human yiita
humanoid yiitakiicit
hunter ziitsakras
hurry, to sipca
hurt, to yaikca, yaiktrik'
I taik
I volunteer! ataik!
idea raiktakiit
if za
illuminate, to takiish
illusion rispa
immortal yiirkcit
improve, to katrit
in satrik'
in trik'
in order to tra
in place siishtrik'
in the middle keptrik'
incisor file rikciit
infant kiipcarit
inscription, carved cristakiit
insect kwic'ik
insect soup kwic'tip
insert, to trik'ta
inside trik', satrik'
interior trik'
into trik'ta
invertebrate ziitrik
is ki
it iri
join, to cipka, ka'ik
joining cipsik
joint cipsa
judge carkrit
juice kaitsic
jump (to) cirita
jumper cirik
kangaroo rat cirizai
kill, to yiirkca
killer yiirkcik
kiss (to) cissacip
know, to riikpa
knowledge riikpa
language cispa
laugh kairikiiri
leader cistik
learn, to riikta
learning riikta
leave, to tasiishtra
less kip
let's have a ritual! atriik!
lick, to kairikat'a
life kiipsa
light kiiksha
light, to takiish
listen crak'ta
listen, to tacrak'ta
live, to kiipsa
logic citwic'
look for, to tarasta
look, to rasta
lord cik'rit
love kiita, zakii
love, to kiita
love-touch kiikat'a
loved one carikep, kiitik
lover takiirit
magnet kiisha
make sense, to riic'a
make, to kiic'a
maker kiic'ik'
male saripa
male person saririt
mammal trissaziit
man saririt
manual kiitra
many skwiri
master riiktakiit
mate cipsikrit
mating cipsik
may tripsik
meat ziitsic
meet, to ket'a
metal tetsa
metamorphosis yiiptakiit
method skwik'a
mind riitsa
mole (animal) criptaziit
mollusk kriicraziitrik
moon wiiksa
more tep
most zatep
mother kiirt
mouse tric'rik
mouth cissa
much skwiri
music kaipsik
must raish
mutant yiiptasa
mutual love ak'iita
name yiiripsa
name, to yiirica
near death yiirk'at'a
necessary raishpa
necessity raiksha
need raiksha
need, to raishta
nine ziikic
ninety-six saicriish
ninja knight yiikcarit
no ci
no! acit!
noise kwek'sa
nonsense riic'it
not cit
number ikakpa
oak tree skiic'ra
of course! askwiri!
off katra
offspring istrit
old critra
on kat
one ik
108 ziikicriish
144 caric
132 criishtacriish
120 ak'iiricriish
one who is holding a ritual tatriikrit
one, to become ka'ik
onto kat'a
open, to ziirkca
or it
order tekpa
origin rippa
out trik'ra
oven aitsiish
over ziik
pain yaikpa
pain, (to be) in yaiktrik'
park tekshasiish
past-tense ip
pay attention, to tacrak'ta
peanut akskiic'
pebble shepsa
penetrate, to ciik'ta
person ritsa
place siish
plan kiitka
plant teksha
poetry kwiipcista
point skitpa
power cik'pa
pregnant istra
prepare food, to krasca
present! akesh!
present-tense ki
pretty kwiiprik
priest critriik
purple wiikpa
put, to kat'a, siish
puzzle eshtasa
puzzle, to eshta
puzzle-box eshtatrik'sa
pygmy yiitarik
question zapsa
quite skiri
rabbit crak'saziit
rain tipkit
rat zaicis, tric'
reason kiripsa, riitpa
relative kiicparit
remove, to trik'ra
return, to sisiishtra
ritual triik
ritual-master critriik
rock shepsa
rodent zaisha
rodent "primates" zaikiicit
rodent of unusual size zazaisha
roll, to skwiipta
ruler tekrit
run, to yiic'ta
sad kaswic'
sand cretsic
sand, grain of cretsa
sandy cretra
say, to cista
scare, to yiikca
scratch, to crista
search, to tarasta
see, to rasta
seek, to tarasta
sense kariik, riitpa
sense, to kariik
sentient being ciirktaziit
seven zaric
seventy-two kaishcriish
sex kiirtsari, sarikiirt
shadow wikpa
shadowy figure wikrit
she iri
shell kriic
short ciishkra
sick ecra
sick, to get ka'ec
sister kiirtpakiic
six kaish
sixteen aksaic
sixty kiiricriish
sixty-four saisaic
skill crikiitra
sky ziiksha
sky blue ziishpa
sleep, to kwista
slow citsip
slug kriic'it
small caishpa
small animal ziitrik
small friend kiirik
small one caishrit
snail kriicraziitrik
soft kispa
soil cripsic
solid crippa
solidify, to kacrip
soup, acorn skiic'tip
soup, cricket kiirikwic'tip
source of power cik'ca
speak, to cista
speaker cistik
speech cista
speed sippa
spirit cwispa
spotless karkcit
squirrel triishtaziit
squirrel, flying riikshaziit
start rippa
start, to ripta
stone (material) shepsic
student riiktarit
stupid citriik
such cik
sun traiksa
surprise, exclamation of ayiikca!
surprise, to za'eshta
swarm of insects kwiirtsakwic'
sweet kaitpa
sweetheart carikep
tail ciipsa
take, to katra
taste kairipsa
taste, to kairita
tasteless kairicit
teach, to riikca
teacher riikcik'
telepathy riiksik
ten ak'iiric
termite kwarikwic'
than ta
that (adj) ta
that (pron) tasa
that one tasa
that reason takiri
the sa
the (pl.) sa'i
then ta
there tasiish
these (adj) keshi
these (pron) kekshi
they iki
think, to raikta
thirty-six tiirpcriish
thirty-two cirisaic
this (adj) kesh
this (pron) keksha
this one keksha
those (adj) ta'i
those (pron) tasi
three tiirp
thrinn risparit
through ciik'
thunder cartsa
time critpa
to tra
today traik
tomorrow traikta
tongue kairisa
tongue-click kairikiiri
tongue-gesture kairisik
tongue-joining kairicip
too stiip
too much stiip
tool ciitsa
tooth riksa
toothless rikcik
touch (emotionally), to wic'kat'a
touch, to kat'a
touch-ritual kat'atriik
touching wic'kat'a
tree rat, extinct citrik
tribe kiicit
trick, to rista
trickster ristacik'
true cark
try, to tiirkta
turn, to skwiipta
turtle kriicra
twelve ak'aish, criish
twenty-four akcriish, tiirpsaic
twins ak'iip
two ak
under zari
under, to go kazari
understand, to riic'a
unhappy kaswic'
unify, to ka'ik
use, to ciitka
vast zayiip
vegetarian tekshakras
very skwiri
want, to ziita
was, were ip
wasp triiktakwic'
water tipsic
waterfall skriic'tip
way skwik'a
we taikra
well, ... (interjection) cricis
well, to get ka'ec'it
wet tippa
wet, to get katip
what yiit
what (a) cik
wheel skwiipsa
where zasiish
whether za
white kiishpa
who yiitik
why zakiri
will be zik
will have zik
wind cwissa
with sara
woe! akas!
woman kiirtrit
word cistakiit
write, to cristakit
writing cristakiit
Yeequitch (Mizarian moon) yiikwic'
yes ca
yes! acark!
yesterday traiksi
you zaish
you (plural) zaishi
young siicra
young boy saririk
young girl kiirtrik
young one istrik
Your (His, Her) Majesty teri
Zaik zaiik
Zaik, young zaiikrik
zireen ziriit
zoray zaziriit
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