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A Gissi or Kissi Vocabulary. 



Her mother 



Our mother 



Your mother 



Their mother 



I eat 



Thou eatest 



He eats 



We eat 



Ye eat 



They eat 



A king 



Kings 



Close by the king 



A maa 



Men 



ka-la-ndaw 



ka-la-na 



ka-Ia-in-da 



ka-la-in-da 



ya i-di-e 



nom a-di-e 



lin-du a-di-e 



na i-di-e 



in-da a-di-e 



in-da a-di-e 



su-lo 



su-la 



su-Io-li-ko 



la-gna-gnaw 



lang-ba 



One man 

 Two men 

 Three men 

 Four men 

 Five men 

 A good man 

 A bad man 

 A white man 

 A black man 



God loves men 



Men love God 

 Give to me 



la-gna-gnaw pe-le 

 lang-ba gnftng 

 lang-ba a 

 lang-ba hi-ol 

 lang-ba ngwai-nu 

 la-gna-gnaw ken-daw 

 la-gna-gnaw wawn-du 

 la-gna-gnaw hCim-bu 

 la-gna-gnaw ti-gni 



( ha-la-ma-la-ka tshu- 



t le lang-ba 



(lang-ba tshu-le ha- 



i la-ma-la-ka 

 yon-ge-a 



The Kissi numerals, according to Dr. Prichard, are, 1. pi-li, 2. 

 miu, 3. nga, 4. i-61, 5. ngue-nu, 6. ngom-ptnii, 7. ngom-mi-u, 8. 

 ngom-rnag, 9. ngue-nu-iol, 10. to. — Researches i7ito the Physi- 

 cal History of Mankind. Lond. 1837. Vol. II. p. 99. 



Dr. Prichard also says : " The Kissi are a people of whom we 

 know nothing, except that they inhabit the mountainous country 

 about the sources of the Niger, to the southward of Sulimana and 

 Sangara." — Researches, Vol. 11. p. 75. 



I add from my informant. 



The Gis-si country is bounded on the south by the Men-di coun- 

 try and on the west by Kon-no. 



The Gis-si people constitute three kingdoms ; one, the capital 

 of which is close to Kon-no; the second, the capital of which is 

 Kwin-de-hu ; the third, the capital of which is Yen-gi-ma. 



The principal towns in the Gis-si country are Te-i-du, Dwa-va, 

 Slan-go-lo, Yen-gi-ma, Kwan-go, Dzhum-ba-u, Bom-gba-du or 

 Zon-gi-a-ma, Kom-man-du, Di-gwi-na, Ban-do-ning, Ton-gi, Sai- 

 i-dii, Du-gau-no, Kwin-de-hu, Kon-dzhu, Dzho-po-a-hu, Tshe- 

 son-ne, i. e. new town, Dzham-ba-u, Ta-ku-lo, Su-a-du, Yaw- 

 baw-du, Den-go-ben-gu, De-hu-ma, etc. 



The principal rivers are (1.) Ma-ku-na, which flows by Slan- 

 go-lo and Dzham-ba-u in the Gis-si country, by Kwan-go and 

 Yen-gi-ma, now in Gis-si, formerly in the Men-di country, and 

 thence into the Men-di country; (2.) Me-h, which flows by Di- 

 gwi-na and Yaw-baw-du, and thence to the Kon-no country; 

 and (3.) Ma-gna. 



