Guthries Proto-Bantu forms
Notes:Column 1 | E = epsilon |
O = open o | |
N = velar nasal | |
numbers = noun classes | |
DP = dependent | |
ny = Guthries transcription for a palatal nasal | |
Column 3 | indicates a number Guthrie had tagged for apparent semantic reasons rather than phonological ones. |
Column 4 | ? = Guthries ( |
T = tonal variation |
Guthrie PB (+N.C.) |
GLOSS |
CS |
Comment |
-bá- |
to be; to become |
2 |
|
-báb- |
to singe |
5 |
|
-báb- |
to sting |
4 |
? |
-bàd- |
to count |
9 |
|
-bád- |
to shine |
12 |
? |
-bád- |
to begin |
13 |
? |
-bád- |
to speckle |
18 |
|
-bádà 5/6 |
spot; speckle |
18 |
|
-bádÈ |
palmtree |
21 |
|
-bàdÉ DP |
two |
22 |
|
-bádok- |
to burst open |
24 |
T |
-bàdok- |
to burst open |
24 |
T |
-bàdù 11/10 |
rib; side of body |
30 |
? |
-bààj- |
to work wood |
32 |
|
-bàk- |
to become lit |
34 |
|
-bàmb- |
to get near; to put near |
37 |
|
-bàmb- |
to peg out |
38 |
|
-bámbà 9/10 |
poisonous snake |
40 |
? |
-bámbÒ 9/10 |
peg |
38; 44 |
|
-bánd- |
to flatten |
46 |
|
-bándod- |
to tear off |
54 |
? |
-bánjà |
courtyard |
55 |
|
-báNg- |
to open up |
59 |
? |
-bátam- |
to become flat |
63 |
? |
-bé DP/14 |
bad/badness |
97 |
|
-bécù DP |
unripe; uncooked |
102 |
|
-bèd- |
to come to the boil |
104 |
|
-béd- |
to call out |
105 |
|
-béd- |
to announce |
105 |
? |
-béd- |
to become uncooked |
107 |
|
-bèdè 3/4 |
body |
112 |
|
-bègà 9/10 |
pot for storage |
119 |
|
-bék- |
to announce a death |
121 |
|
-béék- |
to put |
122 |
|
-bèNg- |
to chase game |
129 |
|
-béép- |
to become bad |
133 |
|
-bÉ DP |
you sg. |
64 |
|
-bÉÉdÈ 5/6 |
breast; utter |
71, 72 |
|
-bÉÉdÈ 6 |
milk |
73 |
|
-bÈdÒ 7/8 |
thigh |
79 |
|
-bÉnd- |
to talk |
90 |
? |
-bÉndÉ 9/10 |
kind of rat |
91 |
|
-bí 6 |
excreta |
135 |
|
-bíád- |
to bear a child |
136 |
|
-bídÒ |
soot; dirt |
144 |
|
-bímb- |
to swell |
144 |
|
-bìmbà |
corpse |
145 |
|
-bín- |
to dance and sing |
147 |
|
-bínà |
dance with song |
148 |
|
-bó 9/10? |
mosquito |
172 |
|
-bóà 9/10 |
dog |
174 |
|
-bòÈ |
stone |
176 |
|
-bòbè 5/6 |
spider |
178 |
|
-bòbè 11/10 |
spiders web |
178 |
|
-bód- |
to hit and kill |
184 |
? |
-bódì 9/10 |
goat |
185 |
|
-bògà 9/10 |
open space |
190 |
|
-bómb- |
to mould pottery |
199 |
|
-bómbà 5 |
clay for pottery |
200 |
|
-bótam- |
to crouch |
210 |
? |
-bótÒ 9/10 |
seed |
211 |
|
-bÓ |
them |
152 |
|
-bÒd- |
to become rotten |
153 |
|
-bÒdá 11/10 |
bee-sting |
154 |
? |
-bÒgà 9/10 |
vegetable |
156 |
? |
-bÒgÓ 9/10 |
buffalo |
157 |
|
-bÓkÒ 5/6 |
arm |
158 |
|
-bÒmb- |
to become soft |
160 |
|
-bÒmbÓ 3/4 |
forehead |
163 |
? |
-bÓn- |
to see |
164 |
|
-bÓnÒ |
castor-oil bean, plant |
166 |
|
-bú 5 |
soil |
215 |
|
-búáNg- |
to mix |
221 |
|
-búè 9/10 |
white hair |
222 |
|
-bùd- |
to be plentiful or numerous |
224 |
? |
-búdà 9 |
rain |
225 |
|
-bùdì 5/6 |
hair on body |
226 |
? |
-bún- |
to break, to snap |
230 |
|
-bùndod- |
to stir up |
232 |
|
-búNg- |
to wrap up |
234 |
? |
-càc- |
to go sour |
241 |
|
-cààc- |
to chop up |
242 |
|
-cácÈ 9/10 |
spark |
243 |
|
-càd- |
to choose |
245 |
|
-cádàkù 9/10 |
driver ant |
251 |
|
-càk- |
to search for; (to desire) |
256 |
|
-càká |
thicket |
260 |
|
-càkod- |
to weed |
263 |
? |
-cámbÒ |
wire |
268 |
? |
-càníá 3 |
daylight |
272 |
|
-càNg- |
to meet with; to assemble intr. |
[285] |
|
-càNg- |
to mix up |
221, 286 |
|
-cáNg- |
to be pleased |
287 |
|
-càNgà 3/4 |
sandy island |
288 |
|
-cáNgá |
bead |
291 |
? |
-cé 9/10 |
ground; country |
332 |
|
-pa-ncé |
underneath |
332 |
pa- 16 |
-céndé |
squirrel |
340 |
|
-cÈk- |
to laugh |
312 |
|
-cÉkÉ 3 |
sand |
313 |
|
-cÈndam- |
to lean (intr.) out of vertical |
319 |
|
-cÈndek- |
to lean (tr.) out of vertical |
319 |
|
-cÈNg- |
to cut off |
321 |
|
-cíÒ 14/6 |
face |
346 |
|
-cíd- |
to finish; to become completed |
351 |
|
-címbà 9/10 |
wildcat |
355 |
|
-cìNg- |
to rub on |
358 |
|
-cò 6 |
urine |
390 |
? |
-cóá 3/4 |
termite |
392 |
|
-cóá 9/10? or 11/10? |
winged termite |
392 |
|
-còb- |
to skin |
398 |
|
-códÒ 3/4 |
stream |
406 |
? |
-cóm- |
to bite |
413 |
? |
-cóndò 3/4 |
leech |
417 |
|
-cópà 9/10 |
calabash bottle |
425 |
|
-cÓ |
left-hand |
361 |
|
-cÒdì 3 |
broth |
367 |
|
-cÓdì |
tear, see -yícÒdì |
368 |
? |
-cÒk- |
to poke in; to ram in |
371 |
|
-cÒká 5/6 |
axe |
372 |
? |
-cÒm- |
to poke in; to insert |
371, 375 |
|
-cÓnì 9 |
shame |
380 |
|
-cÒNg- |
to incite |
383 |
|
-cÒNg- |
to sharpen to a point |
385 |
|
-cÒngà |
point |
386 |
|
-cú 9/10 |
fish |
427 |
|
-cùb- |
to urinate |
430 |
? |
-cùk- |
to wash |
435 |
|
-cúkò 5/6? or 11/10? |
day of 24 hours |
437 |
|
-cùNg- |
to look after |
441 |
|
-dà 6 |
intestines |
442 |
|
-dà 9 |
abdomen |
443 |
|
-dà DP |
long |
507 |
|
-dà 12 |
olden times |
983 |
? |
-dá 9/10 |
louse |
446 |
|
-dá DP |
that, those |
448 |
|
-dác- |
to throw at and hit |
449 |
|
-dáád- |
to lie down and sleep |
454 |
|
-dàdá 5/6 |
palm-frond |
457 |
|
-dáádek- |
to invite |
459 |
? |
-dàdÒ 14/6 |
bridge |
460 |
|
-dàg- |
to say farewell |
462 |
? |
-dàg- |
to teach |
464 |
|
-dákà |
throat |
473 |
|
-dàm- |
to get strong again |
477 |
? |
-dàm- |
to stick to |
478 |
|
-dàmat- |
to stick to |
478 |
|
-dàmod- |
to settle dispute |
480 |
|
-dàmb- |
to sprawl |
483 |
|
-dàmbadad- |
to sprawl |
483 |
|
-dànd- |
to follow behind |
654 |
|
-dàp- |
to swear |
503 |
? |
-dè |
to be |
547 |
|
-dé- |
to eat |
550 |
|
-dèàt- |
to tread |
553 |
|
-déb- |
to forget |
556 |
? |
-dèd- |
to cry, to wail |
561 |
|
-dèdè 14/6 |
bedstead |
563 |
|
-dèm- |
to cultivate |
568 |
|
-démà 3/4 |
bat |
570 |
|
-démì 11/10- |
tongue |
571 |
|
-dèmÒ 3/4 |
work |
574 |
|
-dèmbÒ 14 |
birdlime |
578 |
|
-dènd- |
to wait |
580 |
? |
-dÈ DP |
long, see -dà |
507 |
? |
-dÈbed- |
to become slack |
523 |
? |
-dÈd- |
to look after a child |
510 |
|
-dÉd- |
to become suspended |
514 |
? |
-dÈÈdÓ- |
today |
518 |
|
-dÈdù |
beard |
519 |
|
-dÉg- |
to avoid |
521 |
? |
-dÈk- |
to allow |
524 |
|
-dÈm- |
to become heavy |
527 |
|
-dÉm- |
to become lame |
531 |
|
-dÉmad- |
to become lame |
531 |
|
-dÉmá 7/8 |
lame person |
533 |
|
-dÈÈp- |
to become long |
507 |
? |
-dÉÉt- |
to bring |
546 |
|
-dì 3/4 |
root |
591 |
|
-dìàm- |
to sink out of sight |
593 |
|
-dìòd- |
to pull up |
595 |
|
-díóNg- |
to turn round intr. |
598 |
|
-dìb- |
to stop up, to block |
602 |
|
-dìb- |
to shut |
601 |
? |
-dìbà 5/6? or 7/8? |
pool |
603 |
|
-dìdì |
shivering with cold |
608 |
|
-dìdim- |
to shiver |
610 |
|
-dígì 3/4 |
bark-fibre string |
613 |
|
-dígÒ 3/4 |
load |
614 |
? |
-dììk- |
to bury |
615 |
|
-dím- |
to become extinguished; to extinguish |
617 |
|
-dímed- |
to get lost |
618 |
|
-dímò 3/4 |
spirit |
619 |
|
-díNg- |
to wind round; to surround |
625 |
|
-dìtÒ DP |
heavy |
631 |
|
-dò- |
to fight |
675 |
|
-dóád- |
to fall ill |
677 |
|
-dòb- |
to make a mistake |
680 |
? |
-dòd- |
to become bitter |
684 |
? |
-dòdam- |
to become straight |
686 |
|
-dòdò 14 |
bitterness |
688 |
|
-dódó 9/10 |
gall bladder |
689 |
? |
-dòk- |
to plait |
693 |
|
-dòk- |
to name |
694 |
? |
-dók- |
to vomit |
695 |
|
-dóm- |
to bite |
696 |
|
-dómÈ 1/2 |
husband; man |
697 |
|
-dómÈ DP |
male |
697 |
? |
-dònd- |
to amass |
704 |
|
-dòNg- |
to go straight |
711 |
|
-dòNgod- |
to become hot |
719 |
|
-dòNgod- |
to become burnt |
719 |
? |
-dòNgÒ |
tribe |
665 |
? |
-dòt- |
to surpass; (to pass) |
1536 |
|
-dÓ 13 |
sleep |
633 |
|
-dÓb- |
to fish with line |
638 |
|
-dÒbá 5 |
sticky soil |
639 |
|
-dÓbÒ 5/6 |
fish-hook |
640 |
|
-dÒÒdì 3 |
whistling |
642 |
|
-dÒg- |
to bewitch |
644 |
|
-dÒgì 14 |
witchcraft |
646 |
|
-dÓk- |
to rain |
650 |
|
-dÒmÒ 3/4 |
lip |
651 |
|
-dÓmb- |
to ask for |
653 |
|
-dÒnd- |
to follow to find |
654 |
|
-dÒndà 7/8 |
sore |
656 |
? |
-dÒNg- |
to pack carefully |
659 |
? |
-dÒNgà 3/4 |
river |
662 |
|
-dÒNgÒ 3/4 |
line of objects |
664 |
|
-dÓÓt- |
to dream |
672 |
|
-dú 5 |
knee |
722 |
|
-dù- |
to ooze |
724 |
? |
-dúád- |
to wear |
726 |
|
-dúék- |
to clothe |
728 |
|
-dúód- |
to take off clothes |
730 |
|
-dùb- |
to fish with net or basket |
731 |
|
-dúg- |
to paddle |
735 |
|
-dùkot- |
to blow bellows |
737 |
|
-dùm- |
to roar, to rumble |
740 |
|
-dùmbá 5/6 |
smell |
743 |
|
-dùmbé 3 |
continuous rain |
744 |
|
-dùndÈ |
cloud |
748 |
? |
-dùt- |
to pull, to tug |
749 |
|
-gà |
crack |
750 |
? |
-Ng(á) |
me |
751 |
|
-Ngá DP |
how many |
752 |
|
-gàb- |
to divide; to give away |
754, 755 |
|
-gàdam- |
to lie on the back |
764 |
|
-gàdod- |
to turn tr.; to alter |
759 |
|
-gàdok- |
to come back |
758 |
|
-gàdí |
blood |
766 |
|
-gàg- |
to go bad |
769 |
? |
-gàmb- |
to speak |
770 |
|
-gàmbÒ (5/6 or 7/8) |
affair |
771 |
|
-gàn- |
to think |
772 |
? |
-gànÒ |
tale |
776 |
|
-gánd- |
to coagulate |
777 |
? |
-gàndá 9/10 |
chiefs house |
780 |
? |
-gànjà (5/6 or 7/8) |
palm of hand |
784 |
|
-gàNg- |
to tie up |
785 |
|
-gàNgà 9/10 |
medicine man |
786 |
|
-gàNgà 14 |
medicine |
787 |
|
-gé 5/6 |
egg |
809 |
|
-gè- |
to go |
811 |
|
-gèd- |
to act |
813 |
? |
-gÈd- |
to try |
797 |
|
-gÈd- |
to flow |
798 |
|
-gÈdà 7 |
iron |
800 |
|
-gÈgÒ 5/6 |
molar tooth |
802 |
|
-gÈnì 1/2 |
stranger |
805 |
|
-gÈnd- |
to walk, to travel |
806 |
|
-gÈndÒ 11/10 |
journey |
808 |
? |
-gì 3/4 |
village |
818 |
|
-gì 9/10 |
fly |
819 |
|
-gìd- |
to abstain |
822 |
|
-gíkÒ 5/6 |
fireplace |
828 |
|
-gínà 5/6 |
name |
831 |
|
-gò- |
to fall over |
863 |
|
-góÉ |
you sg. |
868 |
? |
-gòbÒ 9/10 |
skin, garment |
873 |
? |
-gòd- |
to buy |
876 |
|
-gòdò 5- |
top; sky |
880 |
|
-gòdò 11/10 |
hill |
882 |
|
-gòdò 3/4 |
leg |
884 |
|
-gòdòbÈ 9/10 |
bush-pig |
888 |
? |
-gòdòk- |
to fly |
889 |
? |
-gòdÒ 5 |
yesterday |
878 |
|
-gòmbà |
barren woman |
894 |
|
-gòndà 3/4 |
garden |
897 |
|
-gÒ 9/10 |
leopard |
834 |
|
-gÒdí |
string |
839 |
|
-gÒdod |
straighten |
843 |
|
-gÒdù 9 |
strength |
890 |
|
-gÒmà 9/10 |
drum |
844 |
|
-gÒmbÈ 9/10 |
cattle |
849 |
|
-gÒn- |
to snore |
852 |
|
-gÒNgÒ 3/4 |
back of body |
858 |
|
-gÒNgÒdÓ |
millipede |
859 |
|
-gúé 3/4 |
arrow |
903 |
? |
-gùbà 3 |
bellows |
905 |
? |
-gùbó 9/10 |
hippopotamus |
908 |
|
-já 9 |
outside |
915 |
|
-jàbok- |
to cross river |
916 |
|
-jàdà 5/6 |
hunger; (famine) |
917 |
|
-jèdà 9/10 |
path |
940 |
|
-jó 9/10 |
house |
953 |
|
-jóì 5/6 |
voice |
954 |
|
-jóbà 5 |
sun |
955 |
|
-jódò 5/6 |
nose |
960 |
|
-jÒÒdì 9/10 |
dream |
950 |
|
-jÒgù 9/10 |
elephant |
951 |
|
-kádà 5/6 |
ember |
980 |
|
-kádà 6 |
charcoal |
980 |
|
-kádá |
crab |
981 |
|
-kádè 14 |
fierceness |
984 |
|
-kádì |
woman; wife |
986 |
|
-kàg- |
to use medicine |
990 |
? |
-kákà 9/10 |
anteater |
991 |
|
-kám- |
to squeeze; to milk |
995 |
|
-kám- |
to dry up |
966 |
? |
-kámod- |
to wring |
995 |
|
-káán- |
to refuse request |
999 |
|
-kándà |
skin (human? or animal?) |
1003 |
|
-kándà |
strap |
1004 |
? |
-káNg- |
to fry; to roast |
1009 |
|
-káNgà 9/10 |
guinea-fowl |
1010 |
|
-kápí 9/10 |
paddle |
1014 |
|
-kátà 9/10 |
headpad |
1016 |
|
-kàté |
inside |
1018 |
|
-ké- |
to dawn |
1047 |
|
-kédà 3/4 |
tail |
1053 |
|
-kéék- |
to put across |
1056 |
|
-kémà 9/10 |
monkey |
1058 |
|
-kémb- |
to wander about |
1060 |
? |
-kén- |
to dance spontaneously |
147, 1063 |
|
-kéNg- |
to protect by screening |
1068 |
|
-két- |
to do |
1071 |
|
-kÉ DP |
small |
1023 |
|
-kÉb- |
to look out at |
1025 |
|
-kÉb- |
to look round |
1027 |
? |
-kÈd- |
to cut |
1029 |
|
-kÉd- |
to strain liquids |
1030 |
|
-kÈk- |
to cut with sawing motion |
1033 |
|
-kÉm- |
to grunt with effort |
1037 |
|
-kÉn- |
to show the teeth |
1038 |
? |
-kÉÉP- |
to become small |
1023 |
|
-kíá 9/10 |
antelope, duiker |
1075 |
|
-kìd- |
to grind |
1076 |
|
-kígÉ 9/10 |
eyebrow |
1079 |
|
-kímà 9/10 |
mush |
1081 |
|
-kínd- |
to press down |
1083 |
? |
-kíndÒ 3/4? |
footfall |
1085 |
|
-kíNgÒ 9/10 |
neck |
1086 |
|
-kìpà 3/4 |
vein; tendon |
1087 |
|
-kòá 7/8 |
yam |
1166 |
? |
-kòàdé 9/10 |
partridge |
1169 |
|
-kóát- |
to seize |
1172 |
|
-kóÉd- |
to go up |
1176 |
|
-kób- |
to hit |
1182 |
|
-kòcò 9/10 |
grey parrot |
1187 |
|
-kòd- |
to scrape off |
1189 |
|
-kód- |
to grow up |
1190 |
|
-kóód- |
to pull out |
1191 |
? |
-kódò DP |
old |
1197 |
|
-kódò 1/2/14 |
old person/old age |
1197 |
|
-kókó 9/10 |
chicken |
1203 |
|
-kókod- |
to clear away |
1205 |
|
-kókot- |
to crunch, to gnaw |
1206 |
|
-kómì 5/6 |
ten |
1208 |
|
-kónì 11/10 |
piece of firewood |
1218 |
|
-kóndá 9/10 |
domestic pigeon |
1221 |
|
-kóndÈ (10) |
edible beans |
1222 |
|
-kóndó |
anus |
1224 |
? |
-kóNg- |
to gather up |
1227 |
|
-kóNgá |
eel |
1228 |
? |
-kòNgó 11 |
dust |
1230 |
|
-kópá 9/10 |
tick |
1236 |
|
-kóy- |
to cry out |
1245 |
|
-kóyó 3/4 |
fig-tree |
1246 |
|
-kÓ 1/2 |
relative by marriage |
1092 |
|
-kÒb- |
to hook up |
1094 |
|
-kÓbà |
skin (human? animal?) |
1095 |
|
-kÓbú 5/6 |
navel |
1098 |
|
-kÓc- |
to cough |
1100 |
? |
-kÓd- |
to become strong |
1104 |
|
-kÓdo- |
to become intoxicated |
1107 |
|
-kÓdá 9/10 |
snail |
1109 |
|
-kÓdÈ |
captive |
1110 |
? |
-kÓdì |
hawk in general |
1111 |
|
-kÓdÒ |
breastbone |
1115 |
|
-kÓk- |
to drag along |
*749 |
|
-kÓkÒ 11/10 |
crust |
1125 |
|
-kÓkòdà |
elbow |
1130 |
|
-kÓm |
hit with hammer |
1133 |
|
-kÒndÈ 5/6 |
banana |
1144 |
|
-kÓny- |
to fold |
1149 |
|
-kÒtam- |
to become bent with age |
1160 |
? |
-kÒtì 5/6 |
nape of neck |
1162 |
|
-kÒtok- |
to go home from work |
1164 |
? |
-kú 1/2/11 |
dead person/death |
1247, 1248 |
|
-kú- |
to die |
1249 |
|
-kúá 5/6 |
inheritance |
1253 |
|
-kúdò 9/10- |
tortoise |
1259 |
|
-kúkam- |
to kneel |
1261 |
|
-kúmù 9/10 |
chief |
1265 |
|
-kúmbat- |
to hold in arm or hand |
1267 |
|
-kúpà 5/6 |
bone |
1273 |
|
-kúpé DP |
short |
1274 |
|
-kúpé 14 |
shortness |
1274 |
? |
-kútà 6 |
oil |
1278 |
|
-màd- |
to finish |
1281 |
|
-mààmá 1a/2 |
mother |
1282 |
? |
-mÈ |
dew |
1290 |
|
-mÈd- |
to sprout, to grow |
1293 |
|
-mìd- |
to swallow |
1306 |
|
-mìdà 6 |
nasal mucus |
1308 |
|
-mòàg- |
to scatter |
1323 |
|
-mòdek- |
to shine in the dark |
1330 |
|
-mÓ DP |
one |
1314 |
|
-nà DP |
four |
1335 |
|
-nàmà 7/8 |
upper leg of animal |
1339 |
? |
-nÈÈ DP |
four, see -nà |
? |
|
-nÈnà 7/8 |
abdomen below the navel |
1348 |
? |
-nÉnÈ DP |
big |
1350 |
|
-nÉnEp- |
to become big |
1351 |
? |
-nì- |
to defecate |
1355 |
|
-nìàt- |
to tread, see -dèàt- |
? |
|
-níÓNg- |
to twist rigid thing |
1360 |
|
-níìní DP |
small, see -kÉ |
||
-nòÈ 3/4 |
finger |
1372 |
|
-nòn- |
to becomefat |
1370 |
|
-nú 7/8 |
mortar for pounding |
1377 |
? |
-nú- |
to drink |
1378 |
|
-nùà |
mouth |
1379 |
|
-nùNk- |
to smell intr. |
1386 |
|
-nyÉnyÈdí 9/10 |
star |
1983 |
? |
-nyÓkà 9/10 |
snake |
2112 |
|
-nyÒkÒ 1a/2 |
your (sg.) mother |
1395 |
|
-pá- |
to give |
1404 |
|
-pàc- |
to separate |
1406 |
|
-pácà 5/6 |
twin |
1407 |
|
-pád- |
to scrape |
1409 |
|
-pádá 9/10 |
impala antelope |
1411 |
|
-pádá 11 |
baldness |
1412 |
? |
-pádÈ |
polygamy |
1413 |
? |
-pàdí |
foot of animal |
1416 |
? |
-pák- |
to pack |
1418 |
|
-pákam- |
to become jammed |
1421 |
? |
-pákat- |
to hold a child |
1422 |
? |
-pákek- |
to hang up |
1423 |
? |
-pákod- |
to take out from container |
1427 |
|
-pàkÒ 9/10 |
tree hollow |
1425 |
|
-pám- |
to shout |
1429 |
|
-pànd- |
to split tr. |
1433 |
|
-pándà |
fork in road or tree |
1435 |
|
-pàNg- |
to plan |
1439 |
? |
-páNg- |
to make |
1440 |
|
-pàNgan- |
to agree |
1444 |
? |
-pàp- |
to flap wings |
1447 |
|
-pàpá 5/6 |
wing |
1450 |
|
-pát- |
to hold |
1453 |
|
-pát- |
to become jammed |
1454 |
|
-pé DP |
which |
1498 |
|
-pé 11/10? |
slap |
1501 |
|
-pé- |
to become burnt |
1502 |
|
-péà DP |
new |
1505 |
|
-péà |
fire |
1508 |
|
-pédè |
puff-adder |
1513 |
|
-pénì 3/4 |
handle, haft |
1521 |
|
-pèndod- |
to turn over tr. |
1529 |
? |
-pèndok- |
to turn over intr. |
1529 |
? |
-pèNgó 9/10 |
fetish, charm |
1534 |
|
-pét- |
to pass |
1536 |
|
-pÉd- |
to become finished, to peter out |
1459 |
? |
-pÈdÈ 11/10? or 14/6? |
the itch |
1461 |
|
-pÈÈm- |
to breathe hard |
1468 |
|
-pÉmbà 9 |
white clay |
1474 |
|
-pÈn- |
to flash, as lightning |
1479 |
|
-pÉpok- |
to become light in weight |
1494 |
|
-pÉpÒ 9/10 |
cold wind |
1492 |
|
-pÈt- |
to bend |
1495 |
|
-pÉtÉ |
ring |
1497 |
|
-píÒ 9 or 10 |
cold |
1541 |
? |
-píc- |
to hide |
1546 |
? |
-pígà 5/6 |
cooking-stone |
1548 |
|
-pígÒ 9/10 |
kidney |
1549 |
|
-pìk- |
to arrive |
1550 |
|
-pìn- |
to squeeze, especially with fingers |
1552 |
|
-pínà 6 |
pus |
1547 |
|
-píNg- |
to curse |
1557 |
? |
-píp- |
to suck out |
1559 |
|
-pììpí |
darkness |
1561 |
? |
-pó- |
to cease |
1584 |
|
-pó- |
to dry up |
1584 |
? |
-pòd- |
to strip off (leaves or skin) |
1588 |
|
-pòká |
insect |
1596 |
? |
-pókò 9/10 |
rat |
1597 |
|
-póóm- |
to breathe; to rest |
1600 |
|
-pòNg- |
to winnow by fanning |
1601 |
? |
-póNgò |
kind of eagle |
1603 |
|
-pòòp- |
to blow, as wind |
1489 |
|
-pótÉ 5/6 |
boil, carbuncle |
1609 |
|
-pÓd- |
to become cold, to cool down |
1564 |
|
-pÓd- |
to become cured |
1565 |
|
-pÒkù 9/10 |
blind person |
1573 |
|
-pÓn- |
to fall from a height |
1576 |
|
-pÓt- |
to twist (soft thing) |
1360 |
|
-pù 5/6 |
stomach |
1610 |
|
-pú- |
to become fitting |
1611 |
|
-púán- |
to resemble each other |
1612 |
|
-púd- |
to blow with the mouth |
1613 |
|
-púdÒ 5 |
foam |
1615 |
|
-pùk- |
to dig up, to fling up (earth) |
1618 |
|
-púm- |
to come (or go) out or away |
1622 |
|
-tá 8 |
war |
1630 |
|
-tá 14/6 |
bow |
1631 |
|
-tàbè 3/4? |
branch |
1636 |
|
-tádà 7/8? |
platform |
1640 |
|
-tádÈ 14 |
iron-stone |
1642 |
|
-tág- |
to throw |
1647 |
? |
-tákÒ 5/6 |
buttock |
1650 |
|
-tákun- |
to chew |
1651 |
|
-támà 5/6 |
cheek |
1652 |
|
-támb- |
to take; to receive |
1656 |
|
-támb- |
to call to |
1654 |
? |
-támb- |
to walk |
1657 |
? |
-támbÒ 3/4 |
trap |
1661 |
|
-táánÒ DP |
five |
1662 |
|
-tànd- |
to spread tr.; to strew |
1663 |
|
-táp- |
to draw from a container |
1681 |
|
-tààtá 1a/2 |
father |
1686 |
|
-tátò DP |
three |
1689 |
|
-tè |
that, namely |
1727 |
|
-té 3/4 |
tree |
1729 |
|
-té 3 |
herbal remedy |
1730 |
|
-téáb- |
to gather firewood |
1735 |
|
-témà 3/4 |
heart |
1738 |
|
-tén- |
to cut in two |
1740 |
|
-téén- |
to run away through fear |
1741 |
|
-tÉ 6 |
spittle |
1690 |
|
-tÈded- |
to slip |
1693 |
|
-tÉdek- |
to put in pot over fire |
1695 |
|
-tÉg- |
to set (trap) |
1698 |
|
-tÉk- |
to draw from a source |
1700 |
|
-tÉm- |
to cut down |
1703, 1705 |
? |
-tÈÈm- |
to burn |
1704 |
? |
-tÉmÒ |
axe |
1705 |
? |
-tÈÈt- |
to cut |
305 |
|
-tÈtÈ 3/4 |
hamper |
1722 |
? |
-tÉtÈ 5/6 |
reed |
1723 |
|
-tÈtEm- |
to shake intr. |
1726 |
|
-tíg- |
to leave |
1746 |
|
-tígad- |
to remain |
1747 |
|
-tíkà 6 |
cold weather |
1748 |
? |
-tíkò 14/6 |
night |
1750 |
|
-tím- |
to dig |
1752 |
|
-tímá 7/8 |
well |
1753 |
|
-tínà 5/6 |
base of tree-trunk |
1756 |
|
-tínd- |
to push |
1758 |
|
-tíndÉ |
stubble; clod |
1759 |
|
-tíndí |
heel |
1713 |
? |
-títò 3/4 |
forest patch |
1765 |
|
-ntò 1/2 |
person |
1798 |
|
-tó 3/4 |
head |
1800 |
|
-tó 5/6 |
ear |
1801 |
|
-tó- |
to pound in a mortar |
1802 |
|
-tó- |
to become sharp |
1803 |
? |
-tóá 1/2 |
pigmy |
1804 |
|
-tóád- |
to carry on the head |
1806 |
|
-tóék- |
to put up a load on another |
1806 |
|
-tób- |
to pierce |
1814 |
|
-tóód- |
to put down a load |
1806 |
|
-tók- |
to abuse |
1827 |
|
-tòkot- |
to perspire |
1829 |
? |
-tóm- |
to send |
1831 |
|
-tòmbod- |
to cut open |
1836 |
|
-tón- |
to deny |
1000 |
|
-tòndà 9/10 |
heap, mound |
1841 |
? |
-tóndò |
basket |
1844 |
? |
-tóNg- |
to thread on string |
1846 |
|
-tót- |
to carry and heap up |
1851 |
|
-tòtom- |
to boil over |
1854 |
? |
-tÓÓd- |
to pick up |
1773 |
|
-tÒk- |
to boil up |
1777 |
|
-tÒkÒt- |
to boil up |
1777 |
|
-tÓn- |
to drip |
1783 |
|
-tÓNg- |
to crow |
1793 |
? |
-tú- |
to spit |
1857 |
|
-túd- |
to forge |
1861 |
|
-túúdì 5/6? or 7/8? |
shoulder |
1862 |
|
-túm- |
to sew |
1865 |
|
-túNg- |
to tie up |
785* |
|
-tùngÒ 9/10 |
civet-cat |
1878 |
? |
-yác- |
to open (the mouth) |
1889 |
|
-yàd- |
to spread out (sleeping mat) |
1663 |
|
-yádá 10/11? |
fingernail |
1894 |
|
-yàdé 1/2 |
girl at puberty |
1895 |
|
-yàdim- |
to borrow |
1899 |
? |
-yákà 3/4 |
year |
1904 |
|
-yám- |
to suck the breast |
1908 |
|
-yám- |
to shout, see *-pám- |
? |
|
-yàmà 9/10 |
animal |
1909 |
|
-yàmà 9 |
meat |
1910 |
|
-yàmbok- |
to spread, as disease |
1916 |
|
-yánà 1/2 |
child |
1922 |
|
-yánèk- |
to spread to dry |
1924 |
|
-yánì |
leaf; grass |
1928 |
|
-yànd- |
to spread, as vine |
492, 1931 |
|
-yáNg- |
to dance about |
1936 |
? |
-yàNk- |
to answer |
? |
|
-yápà |
armpit |
1171 |
|
-yát- |
to split tr. |
1946 |
|
-yátè 9/10 |
buffalo |
1947 |
|
-yátÒ 14/6 |
canoe |
1949 |
|
-yáyod- |
to yawn |
1952 |
? |
-yáyò 3 |
yawn |
1952 |
? |
-yég- |
to learn |
1994 |
? |
-yégá 11/10 |
horn |
1998 |
|
-yém- |
to stand |
2006 |
|
-yémb- |
to sing |
2009 |
|
-yémbÒ 11/10 |
song |
2010 |
|
-yèná |
pit |
2013 |
|
-yét- |
to call by name |
2017 |
|
-yétab- |
to answer a call |
2018 |
? |
-yÉ |
him, her |
1954 |
|
-yÉd- |
to become white |
1958 |
|
-yÈdÉ 3/4 |
knife |
1962 |
? |
-yÉdì 3? |
moonlight |
1964 |
|
-yÉdì 3/4 |
moon, month |
1965 |
|
-yÉdò DP |
white |
1966 |
|
-yÉgam- |
to lean against support intr./tr. |
319* |
|
-yÉgek- |
to lean against support intr./tr. |
319* |
|
-yÉnÉ Dp |
self; same |
1970 |
|
-yÉnjÉ |
cricket |
1981 |
|
-yÈp- |
to avoid |
521*, 1986 |
? |
-yíb |
steal |
2020 |
|
-yíbà 3/4 |
thorn |
2021 |
|
-yíbì 1/2 |
thief |
2025 |
|
-yìcÉ 1a/2 |
his father |
2029 |
? |
-yìcÓ |
your sg. father |
2029 |
? |
-yícÒ 5/6 |
eye |
2030 |
|
-yícÒdì 5/6 |
tear from eye |
368 |
|
-yíd- |
to get dark |
2033 |
|
-yídèmà 3 |
darkness |
2034 |
? |
-yídò DP |
black |
2037 |
|
-yígu- |
to hear |
2043 |
|
-yìj- |
to come |
2045 |
|
-yíjad- |
to become full |
2047 |
|
-yíjeb- |
to know |
938 |
|
-yíjókódò 1/2 |
grandchild |
2050 |
? |
-yìkad- |
to dwell |
2052 |
|
-yíkot- |
to become satiated |
2057 |
|
-yìkÒ 3/4 |
ladle |
2005 |
|
-yím- |
to refuse to give |
2058 |
|
-yìmà 9 |
back, rear |
2060 |
|
-yímet- |
to become pregnant |
2062 |
? |
-yìmok- |
to rise up |
2064 |
? |
-yín- |
to dip |
2067 |
|
-yínà |
name, see -gínà |
? |
|
-yìnam- |
to bend over intr. |
2069 |
|
-yínÈ 1/2 |
owner |
2070 |
|
-yínó |
you pl. |
2074 |
|
-yínÒ 5/6- |
tooth |
2073 |
|
-yìncè 3/4 |
pestle |
2076 |
|
-yíncè 3/4 |
daytime |
329 |
|
-yíNgè DP |
many |
2082 |
|
-yíNged- |
to come (or go) in |
2083 |
|
-yíNk- |
to give |
2085 |
? |
-yìpag- |
to kill |
2087 |
|
-yìpek- |
to cook, to stew |
2089 |
|
-yìt- |
to pour |
2094 |
|
-yító |
us |
2097 |
|
-yòdá 7/8 |
frog |
2150 |
? |
-yókè 9/10 |
bee |
2156 |
|
-yókè 14 |
honey |
2157 |
|
-yókì 3 |
smoke |
2158 |
|
-yóm- |
to become dry and hard |
2161 |
|
-yómà 7/8 |
thing of value |
2164 |
|
-yóman- |
to quarrel |
2165 |
|
-yòndÒ 9/10 |
hammer |
2171 |
|
-yòNgó 9/10 |
cooking pot |
2173 |
|
-yÓg- |
to bathe |
2107 |
|
-yÒgà 14 |
mushroom |
2108 |
|
-yÓkà 9/10 |
snake, see -nyÓkà |
||
-yÓke- |
to roast; to burn |
2111 |
|
-yÓmà 14 |
fear |
2103 |
|
-yÓn- |
to spoil tr. |
2119 |
|
-yÒnì |
bird |
2121 |
|
-yÓncÈ DP |
all |
2123 |
|
-yÓnd- |
to become emaciated |
2125 |
? |
-yÒNgÓ 14 |
brain |
2133 |
|
-yÓt- |
to warm oneself |
2136 |
|
-yÓtà |
thirst |
2137 |
|
-yòyá |
fur |
2141 |
|
-yÒyÒ 3 |
life |
2144 |