VOCABULARIES 



967 



I dance not 



I die not 



I drink not 



I did not drink 



I ate not 



I do not kill them ... 



I loved 



We refused 



We refuse 



How do you make 



palm wine 1 



What shall we drink 1 

 When art thou 



Give me food 



Cut me a small stick . 



I want a little stone . 



Which (fowl) will 



you give me I 



He is inside the house 

 The birds flew away. . . 



He is taller than I ... 

 The parrot screams ... 

 The rotten tree falls... 



The tree fell 



Sindendiwinai. 



Sindendikwa 



Sindendinyuwa. 



Sindinanyu. 



Sindiandere. 



Sindendibaita. 



Nanasimire. 



Twaganire. 



Twagana. 



Obuabw wa- ma 



bngerote 1 

 Tugendescoma' ki 1 



Wasire mwlwwa 1 



Mbe bialia. 



Undure kangahanga 



akake 

 Nga yenda akabue 



akake. 

 Enkwkco eriaye yw- 



kendemba? 

 Ani omu nyumba 

 Esionyonyi isiamao- 



buluka. 

 Yam a amole. 

 Ehgusu egarira. 

 Omutio gunugire 



(fell) 

 Omuti wakunukire. 



The man fell down to Omundu amaihinda 



the ground (abindire) ahese 



{to the <j round : old 

 Bantu, apansi). 



A leaf Ki-yuma, ki-huma. 



Leaves Ama-yuma, ama- 



lmma. 



A pumpkin Eri-rema. 



Pumpkin Ama-rema. 



All -usi, cosi. 



[All (men), -bwsi : all (trees), eywsi ; all 

 (water), gwsi ; all (things), ebiusi ; all 

 (cattle), esiwsi ; all (sleep = otulo), otwwsi ; 

 all (towns = butala), oweasi.] 

 A good man (man 



good) Omundu owuwene.* 



Good men (men good) Abandu aba/« m . 

 Agoodgoat(goati(/oo(/) Embuli yuwene. 



Good goats Esiambuli esiowene. 



A good thing Ekindu eco ux tie. 



Good things Ebindu ebyo wene. 



A good place Handu k&ivene. 



A good banana Akakamata akaw< m . 



Good bananas Obukamata obawene- 



Sick, ill -aluere. 



Tall -\e (omule = tall, as 



tree or man). 



Short -kuhi (omuntu omu- 



kuhi = a short man). 



Further Phrases in Orunyoro (Urutoro, Oruhima). 



My house Enju yahge. 



Thy house „ yawe. 



His house ,, 'yi. 



Our town Hand »uga ruaitu 



Your country Harubuga yany'. 



Their children Abana babo. 



Bad -bi. 



Female -isiki, kazi. 



Good -rungi ; -kuru ; de. 



Great -kwtw = big. 



Little -toito, -kike. 



Male - sa JJ a > - &) j &) '> -h'umi 



White -era, ruwera. 



Here Hanu. 



Black -kwiragura. 



Plenty -m/P- 



There Hali, Kuli. 



No, not Kwaha weo. 



Ti-, to-, ta-, etc. 



Now Vtilmnu. 



I am Ndi. 



I bring Nindeta. 



„ you Nifdvuleteia. 



I come Ninyija; Oidja. 



I come not Tina idje ; Tinyije. 



I dance Ninzina. 



I die Ninkaba ; Nakaba ; 



Nafwa. 



I drink Niuyuwa. 



I drank Naiiyuwire. 



* Good (root) in italics. 



VOL. II. 



