Appendix:Lafofa word lists

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The following comparative word list of Lafofa languages (Tegem-Amira languages) is from Blench (2016). Blench's data is from Ronald Stevenson's unpublished field notes of Tegem and El Amira, unless otherwise noted. Several items are from McDiarmid & McDiarmid (1931: 155).[1]

List

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Gloss Tegem El Amira notes
all pʊ́-mmɪ̀n
ashes muu(ì)
bark jɪ̀r(i)
belly ṭ-úrr /m- tu (abdomen)
big pí-ɔmbàn cimá
bird p-ɪ́ɽie /á-
bite ɔɔ
black p-ííɪ̀n/y- pute
blood ɲɪ̀ ɲi
bone ṭ-uɔ̀m(ì) /m- tuwam
breast ṭ-ò /k- t-wo/ k-
burn nḑiikɛɛ
chest liūn McDiarmid & McDiarmid (1931: 155)
claw kúkà/wúwà kajuwi (?)
cloud kállò tikan
cold pí-yɔɔ̀n buūlě
come kɪḑiɛ̀n ‘nde
die ɲɔ̀ŋ ɲuwi
dog pébù/éérù pu
drink ʧuwee ʤu
dry ear pә-rɔɔ́rɪ̀n ṭ-íè /m- k-we/we
eat kɪ́rɪ̀k palith
egg ṭ-uo /m- mwa (pl.)
eye ṭ-ì, ʤ-ì /m- lilaŋ/ɲimaŋ
fat ŋɛɛ̀ ʧiʔi
father ɪmbaa āpā
fire ţ-éé/éé thei
fish p-ál(i)/ál(i) pūm
fly n. p-a/a
foot tɔ̣̀/ liè liū (foot), tuwū (leg)
frog luwo McDiarmid & McDiarmid (1931: 155)
give ʤɪ̀n ʤin
go kɔḑɔ́k ‘nduwā
good p-ɪ́lɪ̀n/ɪ́lɪ̀n
grain mamāk McDiarmid & McDiarmid (1931: 155)
grass ţɪɽɪ̀k/lèè
hair lâì naith
hand k-òmì/òmì komdi (hand), k-aɲ/aɲ (arm)
head ţrɔ́tà te
hear ɲɛ̀n pěɲin
heart ṭ-in/m- lini
honey ūyi McDiarmid & McDiarmid (1931: 155)
horn ţ-ù/r-
I ɲéʤì ʧiŋi
kill làlùɪ̀ɲ (bird), ndagɪʤɔn (animal) nalaɲ
know -ḍìnʤùŋ
knee ʧ-írɛ̀n /y- ʧi
leaf ṭ-ulúú ɽíe /m- nee
liver k-amaɽyà/amaɽyà
long p-iapwíílɪ̀n
louse gamul
man kɪ-mɛɛ /a- keʤo/ela
many ṭítuwö̀
meat kʷɔ̀ɔ̀(ì) kaʔa
milk ŋwo ŋwo
moon kwɛ̌l(ì)/wɛ̌l(ì) kwěn
mountain kʷ-ɔ́m(i)/ɔ́m(i) kuwaʔām
mouth k-ɛɲi/ɛɲi kiɲ
name ku-ruwә̀ŋ/a-
neck ţ-uwɛ̀r(ì)/ɛ̀r(ì) těn
new pɛ́ɛ́-lɪ̀n gwete(la)
night kííɪ̀ţ luli
nose kә́-ràŋ(ì)/a- wimu
one ţɪɽeṭi piʧě
other pák dalɪ̀n
rain kálò ɲìì wěn
rat pou McDiarmid & McDiarmid (1931: 155)
red pí-yɛ̀n pi-ěsě
road ṭ-iàţ(i)/m-
root ţ-a(ì)/r-
sand kuwáá twi
say rɪʤɪn pendiŋgen (speak)
see nḑɛŋ pabuwa, -bwo
send ṭ-ʊ́n /m-
sit lɔ́kwɛ̀ lokwěth (sit down)
skin ţәwɛ̀/rɛ̀ɛ̀ kwo
sleep kɪmәɽɔŋʊ̀k kāmloŋo
small pɛ́-pwɛ̀ɲ alŋwuʧandaŋ, tagindaŋ
smoke ʧurr
snake w-ɛl(i)/k- wěn
stand kalɔwáá
star ţ-uɽɔɔ́(i)/m- lo/mulo
stone ṭ-ɛɛ(ì)/m- lilaŋ
sun pùù puwu
swim ṭúúkà
tail ţuwí/rii
thin pɪ́-raŋɪ̀n
this pɛ́-ʤɪ̀, adɛ́- (f.), ţɛ́- (n.)
three pәḑáán tare
thou ŋoʤɪ́ cuŋwa
tongue l-iәŋ(ì) liŋ
tooth ṭ-ɛ̀ɲ(ì)/k- t-aɲ/k-
tree kuwö(ì)/bɔɔ(ì) kwa
two pɪḑɛɛrɪ̀n pelě
hot púúwùn
water ɲìì ɲi
we ya’eʤɪ̀ ʧini
wet puu-wöön pu-wecā
what? nḍɛ́
white p-óówʊ̀n/óówʊ̀n -ǒ, -o
who? àmbutɛ̣̀, állútɛ̣̀
woman pʊmabò/amaḑò pinembo/ninoŋ
ye ɔʤɪ̀ tinwa

References

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  1. ^ MacDiarmid, P.A. and D.N. MacDiarmid 1931. The languages of the Nuba Mountains. Sudan Notes and Records 14:149-162.
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