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 Blench's data is from Ronald Stevenson's unpublished field notes of Tegem and El Amira, unless otherwise noted.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
[edit]Gloss | Tegem | El Amira | notes |
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all | pʊ́-mmɪ̀n | ||
ashes | muu(ì) | ||
bark | jɪ̀r(i) | ||
belly | ṭ-úrr /m- | tu (abdomen) | |
big | pí-ɔmbàn | cimá | |
bird | p-ɪ́ɽie /á- | yū | |
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
[edit]- ^ MacDiarmid, P.A. and D.N. MacDiarmid 1931. The languages of the Nuba Mountains. Sudan Notes and Records 14:149-162.
- Blench, Roger. 2016. Tegem-Amira: a previously unrecognised subgroup of Niger-Congo.