VOCABULARIES 



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I dance not 



I die not 



I drink not 



I did u(\t drink 



I ate not 



I do not kill tlieni ... 



I loved 



We ref nsed 



We refuse 



How do you make 



palm wine? 



What shall we drink 1 

 When art thou 



coming 1 



Give me food 



Cut me a small stick . 



I want a little stone . 



Which (fowl) will 



you give me ? 



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. 



Sindcndikwa 



Sindendinyuwa. 



.Sindiiianyn. 



Sindiandere. 



Sindendibaita. 



Nanasimire. 



Twaganire. 



Twagana. 



Obuabo) wa- ma 



bugerote ? 

 Tugende.swma' ki ? 



Wasire nicolwwa ? 



Mbe l)ialia. 



Undure kangahanga 



akake 

 Nga yenda akabue 



akake. 

 Enkcokco eriaye yw- 



kendemba? 

 Ani omu nyumba 

 Esionyonyi isiamao- 



buluka. 

 Yama amole. 

 Eiigusu egarira. 

 (Jmntio gunugire 



(fell) 

 Omuti wakunukire. 



The man fell down to Omnndu amaihinda 



the ground (aliindire) ahe.se 



(to the ijrouiul : old 

 Bantu, ajHinsi). 



A leaf Ki-yuma, ki-huma. 



Leaves Ania-yuma, ama- 



huma. 



A pumpkin Eri-rema. 



Pumpkin Ama-rema. 



All -usi, -wsi. 



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

 (water), gtosi ; all (things), ebiu.si ; all 

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

 all (towns = butala), owwsi.] 

 A good man (man 



good) Omiindu owxiwciie* 



Good men (men <jood) Abandu ahaberi^. 

 Agoodgoat(goati^oo(Z) Euibuli yuwetie. 



Good goats Esiambuli esioM'en^. 



A good thing Ekindu eco tveiie. 



Good things Rlmdu ehyo tvene. 



A good place Handu hawene. 



A good banana Akakamata akawene. 



Good bananas Obukamata oba)2w«^. 



Sick, ill -aluerc. 



Tall -le (omule = tall, as 



tree or man). 



Short -kuhi (onumtu omu- 



kuhi = a short man). 



Further Phrases in Orunyoro (Urutoro, Oru 



My house Enju yange. Plenty 



Thy house „ yawe. There 



His house ,, 'yi- No, not 



Our town Harubuga ruaitu 



Your country Harulmga yany'. Now 



Their children Abana babo. lam 



Bad -bi. I bring 



Female -isiki, kazi. „ you 



Good -rungi ; -kuru ; de. I come 



Great -kwtw = big. I come not 



Little -toito, -kike. I dance 



Male -sajja, -wjw ; -irumi. Idle 



White -era, ruwera. i 



Here Hanu. I I drink 



Black -kwiragura. I I drank 



* Good (root) in italics. 

 VOL. II. 



HIM a). 



-inji. 



Hali, Kuli. 



Kwaha weo. 



Ti-, to-, ta-, etc. 



Atibunu. 



Xdi. 



Xindeta. 



Ninkuletera. 



Ninyija ; Qidja. 



Tina idje ; Tinyije. 



Ninzina. 



Xinkaba ; X^ikaba ; 



Xafwa. 

 Xinyuwa. 

 Xanyuwere. 



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