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VOCABULARIES 



Further Phrases in Olukox.jo. 



^fy house Enyuinba yage. 



Thy house , ya-yo. 



His house „ yaye. 



Our town Obutala etu. 



„ bwetu. 



Your country Erirembo. 



rienyu, -enyu. 



Their chikh-en Abana babo. 



Bad -bi. 



Female -kali; -owene. 



Good Tiuya (fine). 



Great -kulu. 



Little -nunu, -ke. 



Male -lume. 



Sick, ill Aluere. 



"White -eru. 



Here Eno. 



Black -iraiilu. 



Plenty -ugi- 



There Eria ; Hali. 



No, not lyehe ; Si-. 



I am Endi. 



Thou art Uli. 



I bring Xga leta, 



Ngendireta. 

 I come Ngasa. 



Wase I {imp.). 

 I come not Sindendiasai. 



Sindiasa. 



I dance Xgendiwin'. 



,, winai. 



Idle — Ngakuwa. 



I drink Nganyuwa. 



Ngasoma. 



I drank Xagwirinyu'. 



I drank not Siiulinfuiyu'. 



I eat Ngalia. 



I eat not Sinditrali. 



I give Mba. 



I am giving Ngandi kuh'. 



I give you Ngakuha. 



I gave him Nanamuhere. 



J go Ngagendn. 



I went Nanagendire. 



I kill them Ngabaita. 



1 know Xgaikiasi. 



I know not Singaikiasi. 



I love Xgasima. 



We make Tu kaliniA. 



„ say „ kabuga. 



„ sold not Situ tuawola. 



He stinks Amabeha ; Amabwla. 



He steals Akiba. 



They laugh BakasekA. 



You weep Muka rerd. 



Why art thou Wa rara (lala) wa 



sleeping 1 kwireci 1 



Where did he go? Agendire hai 1 



Who comes in ? Oyu gengira nende 1 



What do you say ? ... Wa wuru tike 1 



\* Infinitives in Olukonjo alivaj/s made 

 with 5th (Eri-) prefix, and not with 1.5th 

 (Ku-). Thus, to sleep is ^ri-lala ; not 



To see Eri-langera. 



To speak Eri-londa. 



To dance Eri-bina. 



To fall Ei'i-wa, and also 



Eri-hinda. 

 To striko Eri-tera. 



I strike ^dera.* 



I struck Naterire. 



I did strike Ngatera. 



I shall strike Xda tnxi. 



If I strike Xgi tera. 



I may strike Ndere. 



To come Eri-asd. 



I come 'Sgasd. 



I come not Sindi asd. 



Thou comest not Siwasa. 



He comes not Siasa. 



We come not Situ«s«. 



Ye come not Simw(/.sa. 



They come not Siba.sa. 



* Verbal root in italics. 



