Hilichurlian/Lexicon

A list of known common words of Hilichurlian. Please pay attention to the references.
Aside from official source, there is a fan project to decipher Hilichurlian prior to the event Mimi Tomo and Handy Handbook of Hilichurlian. The detailed analysis can be found in NGA: . As the dictionary was unofficial and sometimes conflicted with the official sources, this research would be put in a different column.
For a more extensive dictionary of Hilichurlian, please visit Hilichurlian Wiktionary at hilichurl.org, a partner project of Genshin Impact Wiki.
==List==
Hilichurlian 	English 	CN player Analysis 	Notes
mosi 	to eatBilibili: (Timestamp: 6m 30s - 8m 30s) 	 	
mita 	meat 	 	Has positive connotations.
gusha 	vegetables 	 	Has negative connotations. The color of gusha is green.
mi (plural: mimi) 	 	I, me (plural: we, us) 	
muhe 	like, want 	triumph 	
biat 	 	to hit, to curse 	May be used for emphasis (e.g., "very").
ye (plural: yeye) 	 	you, your (register unknown, possibly condescending or informal)	May be similar to Japanese or Korean where it does not express pure condescension, but can imply closeness to the addressee. However, it still connotes condescension by implying that the addressee is of a lower social standing and socially impermissible usages of the pronoun should be understood as a sign of contempt.
yo (plural: yoyo) 	 	you, your (register unknown, friendly or formal) 	
da/dada 	good/very good, affirmation, very (emphasis) 	 	Can be used as praise
domu 	 	to dance 	
eleka 	 	now 	Meaning uncertain
sada 	solid, hard 	to sing, singing, song 	The phrase upa sada means that you are prepared to do something.
nye 	 	not, un- 	Can be used for negation
nunu 	to sleep 	 	The color of nunu is black. This may refer to nighttime.
nini 	 	storm, wind, Anemo 	Meaning uncertain. The color of nini is white.Conveys the concept of ephemerality, or to disappear (as a verb)
zido 	 	here, this 	May also mean "nothing" in some contexts. May also mean "to mark", "to go" or be used to otherwise indicate a specific thing. Possibly .
movo 	 	to move, to bring, to come 	Meaning uncertain. Movo lata is water. (Since "lata" may mean cold or ice, "movo lata" literally means "moving ice", indicating water)
kuzi 	 	mighty, strong 	
celi 	heat; Pyro, fire; the sun (typically celi upa) 	 	The color of celi is red. The phrase celi lata (literally "hot cold" or possibly "fire cold") refers to things that emit light, but not heat, such as Small Lamp Grass, fireflies, stars, and the moon.
upa 	 	to combine, to merge, to gather 	Meaning uncertain, but upa possily meant something far ahead and cannot be grasped. In some context, upa indicates the spirit. Dada upa means "very tall/large mountain." Celi upa means "the sun." Upa sada means that you are prepared to do something.
shato 	 	like, alike, similar 	
lata 	Cryo, ice, cold 	 	The color of lata is blue. Movo lata is water.
unu 	one 	god 	A holy word that embodies hilichurls' concept of gods and the origin of life. The color of unu is yellow.
du 	two 	 	
unu du 	three 	 	Literally "one two."
dudu 	four 	 	Literally "two-two."
ya (plural: yaya) 	 	human 	Can also mean "person" or "people"
ika 	enemy, bad people 	enemy 	
kundala 	 	to kill, to fight 	May also mean "enemy" as a noun
dala 	 	what? 	
si 	 	thing 	
valo 	 	thank you 	
buka 	 	stomach 	May possibly indicate hunger.
guru-guru 	 	hungry 	
kucha 	small 	weak 	Kucha gusha (lit. "small grass") means seed. Slightly contemptuous connotation.
odomu 	 	friend 	Meaning currently under review.
tiga 	 	stone, Geo 	
plata 	 	shield 	
vin 	 	wine 	
pupu 	 	grass 	Meaning uncertain, may be used insultingly
beru si 	 	what are you doing? 	Meaning of individual words uncertain
beru nye / beru nya	stop talking or be quiet 	 	
mani 	hands, physical labor; five 	to give 	The meaning of "five" possibly comes from the number of fingers on a hand.
olah 	hello 	 	
tomo 	unique, unusual; help;The event Mimi Tomo is not named with the Hilichurlian Mimi Tomo in all languages. The event name in Chinese includes a term () that can mean alliance (lit. to break an arrow [to seal a promise]), and the event names in both Japanese and Korean use the word for alliance ( and , respectively). Discussed in a comment on Hilichurlian and the wiki's Discord server's #wiki-suggestions and #genshin-languages channels at the beginning of June 2021.	ally 	Mentioned many times in the Mutual Exchange and Hilichurl Justice quests in the Mimi Tomo event. No direct translation given. Meaning currently under review.
aba 	before 	 	Used by Ella Musk in Language Exchange, and by hilichurl in Poetry Exchange. Possibly means "before." Possibly means "want."
ka 	unknown 	 	Used by Ella Musk in Language Exchange.
todo 	unknown 	 	Used by Hilichurl in Language Exchange. May mean "give."
biadam 	bad 	 	Exact meaning unknown, always strong negative. May be rude.
boya 	color 	 	Used as a suffix for colors. Celi boya (lit. "fire color") is red, gusha boya (lit. "grass color") is green, lata boya (lit. "ice color") is blue, nini boya is white, nunu boya (lit. "sleep color") and sama boya are black, and unu boya (lit. "God's color/one color") is yellow.
mito 	know 	 	
lawa 	king or chief 	 	As in Lawachurl.
sama 	unknown 	 	As in Samachurl. The color of sama is black.
hili 	unknown 	 	As in Hilichurl.
in 	in 	 	Meaning uncertain.
unta 	unknown 	 	Mentioned in Handy Handbook of Hilichurlian. Possibly means "after."
Du ya zido dala? 	Where did this thing go? 	 	Mentioned in Handy Handbook of Hilichurlian. Meaning of du uncertain. Inconsistent with other translations. Possibly idiomatic.
==Notes==
==References==
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