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 lo-a 



I see God gna gi ge-waw lo-a 



God sees good men ge-waw e ta-moi yan-din-go lo-a 



God sees bad men < ge-waw e ta-moi e-yan-din-ne lo-a ^ 



( ge-waw e ta-moi yam-mung lo-a 

 Shuma knows Kimbo Shu-ma Kim-bo gan-law 



Shuma strikes Kimbo Shu-ma Kim-bo de-wi-a 



Kimbo strikes Shuma Kim-bo Shu-ma de-wi-a 



What do you call this in Mendi 1 ba-ye dzhi lo-li Men-di yi-a hung? 

 Did I say it right ■? gna gin-de yan-din-go 1 



I will not gna gi-ru-ma-ni 



Thank you bi si-a 



Have mere}'' on me gi-la-ba-rung 



Good bye mu-ngen-da-he. 



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-hung, 

 Bai-ma, Se-bi-ma, Si-ma-bu, Gna-ya-hung, Gong-a-bu, Bom-ba-li, 

 Fo-la, Fu-la-wa, Ben-de-bu, and Ben-der-ri. 



The principal rivers are (1.) Mo-a, which runs into the Yai 

 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.) Ta-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- 

 ve?i, by their teachers, and translated into Mendi, by James 

 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 tum-bi-le- 

 gai ba-te-ni ; bi-a-bi ngi-yi ba-te-ni ; ke ndzha wa ; bi-a-bi dzha-te 

 ba-te-ni, ke ngu-li, ke gnwaw-ni, ke nwu-a, ke nun-ga wu-lo-a. 



O 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-a 

 fu-li a-gu-a ; bi-a-bi gna lo-a gbin-di ; bi-a-bi gi-li-la hin-de gbi 

 gna-ga ka-la. 



O Ge-waw, bi-a-bi gna gaw ko-la, gna-gi si-a-gwa bi-ma ; bi 

 gna gaw me-he gi me ke gi gbaw-Ii, gi si-a-gwa bi-ma. Gna di 

 ei ha, gna di a-lo-law ku-na-faw. Gna di ba-te yan-din-go. 

 Gna-gi bi maw-li, bi gna-ma hum-gbi. Gna-gi bi maw-li, bi gna 

 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. 



