Frivolity: The Ape Initiative's Lexigram Symbols
I thought
the Ape Initiative's lexigram symbols,
which they use when working with bonobos,
looked kinda neat.
I also thought it could be useful to have a search-able
page with the words transcribed, so here's that.
1
2
3
4
5
a-frame
agree
all
am
and
apple
apricot
are
arm
austin
away
baby
back
backpack
bad
ball
balloon
banana
bark
bathroom
be
bedroom
before
big
bill
bill
bird
bite
black board
blackberries
blanket
blue
blueberry
book
bottom
bowl
box
bread
break
broken
brush
bubbles
bug
bunny
burrito
butter
cabinet
camera
camper cabin
can
can opener
candy
car
careful
carrot
carry
celery
cereal
chalk
chase
cheese
cherries
chicken
childside
chow
clay
clippers
close
clover
coconut
coffee
coke
cold
collar
colony room
color
come
cooler
count
crayon
crisscross corners
dessert
different
dig
do
dog
down
downstairs
draw
drink
duane
ear
easy
eat
ed past
egg
electric shock
elikya
fast
feel
fight
fire
fish
flatrock
food
foot
for
fridge
fruit
gaila
get
give
go
gone
good
goodbye
gorilla
grapes
green
green bean
groom
group room
grub
gully gusher
had
hamburger
hammer
hand
happy
hat
have
head
heather
hello
here
hide
hilltop
honeysuckle
hose
hot
hotdog
house
how
hug
hurt
i
ice
if
in
ing
is
it
jared
jello
jelly
jenasi
joystick
juice
julie
jump
kanzi
keep away
key
keyboard
kiss
kiwi
knife
kool-aid
lana
later
leaf tree
lemon
lemonade
lettuce
lever
light
lighter
like
listen
little
liz
log cabin
look
lookout point
m & m
mad
magnet
maisha
make
many
marshmallow
mask
matata
me
medicine
melon
middle test room
midway
milk
mine
mirror
money
monster
more
mouth
mushroom
mushroom trail
my
nails
nathan
need
nest
new
night
no
noise
noodles
not
now
nyata
observation room
off
oil
on
onion
open
orange
orange drink
orange juice
orangutan
ou?
out
outdoors
p-suke
paint
panbanisha
panzee
paper
peaches
peanut
pear
peas
pee
perrier
phone
picture
piece
pillow
pine needle
pineapple
pinecone
pinky
place
plastic bag
play
play yard
please
point
pomegranate
popsicle
potato
pour
pretend
privet
push
put
puzzle
question
quet
rain
raisin
ready
red
right
river
rock
rubber band
run
s plural
said
salt
same
sandpile
say
scare
scrubby pine nook
secret
see
sherman
shirt
shoe
shop
shot
show
sick
sit
slap
sleep
slow
snake
soap
some
sorry
sour cream
sparkler
sponge
spoon
squirrel
stethoscope
steve
stick
stop
straw
strawberries
string
sue
sue's gate
sue's office
sugar
sugarcane
surprise
sweet potato
swelling
swimming pool
taco
take
talk
tamuli
tea
teco
thank you
that
the
then
there
these
thing
think
this
throw
tickle
time
to
today
tomato
tomorrow
tool room
toothbrush
toothpaste
touch
towel
toy
trailer
trash
tree house
try
tummy
turtle
tv
tv tape
umbrella
until
up
vacuum
vegetable
velvet plant
visitors
vitamin
volunteer
wait
walk
want
was
wash
water
watermelon
we
what
where
will
wipies
with
work
wrong
yellow
yes
yesterday
yogurt
you
your