48 A Mendi Vocabulary. 
I go to Africa gna gi-ya Men-di 
I come from Africa . gna gi-hi-ya Men-di 
God sees me ge-waw e gna te 
Isee God gna gi ge-waw lo- 
God sees good men ge-waw e ta-moi aoe -din-go lo-a 
e-waw e ta-moi e-yan-din-ne lo-a 
Gia eees HEF tiem Poss e ta-moi ce aa lo-a 
Shu-ma Kim-bo gan-law 
Shu-ma Kim-bo de-wi-a 
Shuma knows Kimbo 
Shuma strikes Kimbo 
Kimbo strikes Shuma Kim-bo Shu-ma de-wi-a 
What do you call thisin Mendi? ba-ye dzhi lo-li Men-di _ -a hung? 
Did I say it right ? gna gin- -de donk -din- -Z0 
I will not gna gi-ru-ma-n : 
Thank you bi si-a tng Je 
Have mercy on me gi-la-ba-rung oe fo 
Good bye mu-ngen-da-he. ei : 
Some of the principal towns in the Men-di country, according 
to Covey and Pratt, are Dzha-e-ve-fu-lu, Go-raun or Go-la-hiing, 
Bai-ma, Se-bi-ma, Si-ma-~bu, Gna-ya-hung, Gong-a-bu, Bom-barli, 
Fo-la, Fu-la-wa, Ben-de-bu, and Ben-der-ri. 
The principal rivers are (1.) Mo-a, which runs into the Vai 
country ; (2.) Sewa, which runs into the Bullom country ; (3.) 
Ma-wu-a, which comes from Gissi, where it is called Ma-ku-na, 
and joins the Mo-a; (4.) Ma-le, which flows by Dzho-po-a, and 
joins the Mo-a; (5.) T’a-yem-ma, which joins the Sewa; (6.) Ke- 
ya, which comes from Gola, and joins the Ma-wu-a. 
Prayer composed for the use of the Mendi prisoners at New Ha- 
ven, by their teachers, and translated into Mendi, by 7s 
Covey. 
O Ge-waw wa, bi-a-bi yan-din-go ; bi-a-bi ha-ni gbe-le ba-te- 
ni; bi-a-bi fu-li ba-te-ni; bi-a-bi nga-li ba-te-ni ; bi-a-bi tam-bi-le- 
* pr ba-te-ni; bi-a-bi ngi-yi ba-te-ni; ke ndzha wa; bi-a-bi dzha-te 
ba-te-ni, ke ‘pacli, ke gnwaw-ni, ke nwu-a, ke nin-ga wu-lo-a. 
Ge-waw, bi-a-bi hin-da gbe-le ; bi-a-bi ta-moi si-na ti-gbe-le 
lo-a; bi-a-bi gna lo-a; bi-a-bi gna di lo-a; bi-a-bi gna lo-a, ki-@ 
fu-li a-gu-a; bi-a-bi gna lo-a gbin-di; bi-a-bi gi-li-la hin-de gbl 
gna-ga ka-la. 
O Ge-waw, bi-a-bi gna gaw ko-la, gna-gi si-a-gwa bi-ma; bi 
gha gaw me-he gi me ke gi gbaw-li, gi si-a-gwa bi-ma. Gna di 
ei ha, gna di a-lo-law ku-na-faw. Gna di ba-te yan-din-g0- 
Gna-gi bi maw-li, bi gna-ma hum-gbi. Gna-gi bi maw-li, bi gn 
daw-wung yan-din-go. Gna-gi hin-da yam-mo wi-li-a. Ma-nu 
gna-ma. Gi bi-ma ni-ni-a. Ki-a nga ha, bi gna di we, bi di-la 
hin-da bi-gbe; Ge-waw wa ndui wa. Amen. 7 
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