VOCABULARIES 



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Additional Words and Sentences in the Language of the Forest Pygmies 

 (Bambute, Mulese, Bagbira). 



Bambute ; — 

 There is no food to-day Anu ebi amtie. 

 food thereisiiot to-day. 

 Enegea (a dwarf's 



name) is dead Enegea wde. 



To die Ba>;6de. 



Come here ! Ere la'pa upi. 



conie here here. 



Two ears Upi wa ekpe. 



ears of two. 



Go ! Amoro ! 



Strike! llama. 



'Enegea' eats bananas Enegea ahaa wanu. 

 „ bananas eats. 



I eat bananas Maia 'bwm emanu. 



I bananas eat. 



P. eats bananas P. biobwM elanu. 



„ banmnas he eats. 

 We eat these bananas Bwi amuano bam-te. 

 ive eat bananas these. 

 Yes! Bo). 



Balese, or Mulese 



Lips 



House 



Hippopotamus 



I came 



There is no food (food 



there is not) 



1 don't want 



I don't know 



Man 



One man 



Two men 



Three men 



Ten men 



Bagbira Dwarfs :— 



Iron 



Head 



Hippopotamus 



Leopard 



Hyena 



Honey 



Dwarfs : — 

 Utisi. 

 Ai. 

 Apoo. 

 Ele mua. 

 I Anu ebi 

 I Odu epi 

 Ma muba. 

 Moiigedza. 

 Acii, Api. 

 Api edi. 

 Acii wa ekbe. 

 Acii 'etcena. 

 Acii wa mene. 



Lufa. 



Mu. 



Apfo. 



Mali. 



Kau. 



Bui. 



