VOCABULARIES 



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I dance not 



I die not 



I drink not 



I did not drink 



I ate not 



I do not kill them ... 



I loved 



We refused 



We refuse 



How do you make 



palm wine ? 



What shall we drink 'i 

 When art thou 



coming 1 



Give me food 



Cut me a small stick . 



I want a little stone . 



Which (fowl) will 

 you give me 1 



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. 



Sindendikwa 



Sindendinyuwa. 



Sindinanyu. 



Sindiandere. 



Sindendibaita. 



Nanasimire. 



Twaganire. 



Twagana. 



Obuaba) wa- ma 



bugerote 1 

 Tugendeswma' ki 1 



Wasire m<BlcBwa 1 



Mbe bialia. 



Undure kangahanga 



akake 

 Nga yenda akabue 



akake. 

 Enkakw eriaye ja- 



kendemba? 

 Ani omu nyumba 

 Esionyonyi isiamao- 



buluka. 

 Yama amole. 

 Engusu egarira. 

 Omutio gunugire 



(fell) 

 Omuti wakunukire. 



The man fell down to Omundu amaihinda 



the ground (ahindire) ahese 



(to the grov/nd : old 

 Bantu, apansi). 



A leaf Ki-yuma, ki-huma. 



Leaves Ama-yuma, ama- 



huma. 



A pumpkin Eri-rema. 



Pumpkin Ama-rema. 



All -usi, -msi. 



[All (men), -bmsi : all (trees), eycosi ; all 

 (water), gmsi ; all (things), ebiusi ; all 

 (cattle), esifflsi ; all (sleep = otulo), otwusi; 

 all (towns = butala), owmsi.] 

 A good man (ma,n 



good) Omundu ow\iwene.* 



Good men (men good) Abandu abaSewe. 

 Agood'goat(goatig'ood) Embuli ymveiie. 



Good goats Esiambuli esioiferae. 



A good thing Ekindu eco we7i£. 



Good things Ebindu ebyo iwwe. 



A good place Handu hsMiene. 



A good banana Akakamata ak&wene. 



Good bananas Obukamata ob<Bt»«rae. 



Sick, ill -aluere. 



Tall -le (omule = tall, as 



tree or man). 



Short -kuhi (omuntu omu- 



kuhi = a short man). 



FuETHEE Pheases IN Oeunyoeo (Ueutoeo, Oeuhima). 



My house Enju yaiige. 



Thy house „ yawe. 



His house ,, 'yi. 



Our town Harubuga ruaitu 



Your country Harubuga yany'. 



Their children Abana babo. 



Bad -bi. 



Female -isiki, kazi. 



Good -rung); -kuru ; de. 



Great -ktatco = big. 



Little -toito, -kike. 



Male -sajja, -mjo) ; -irumi. 



White -era, ruwera. 



Here Hanu. 



Black -kwiragura. 



* Good (root) in italics. 

 VOL. II. 



Plenty -inji. 



There Hali, Kuli. 



No, not Kwaha weo. 



Ti-, to-, ta-, etc. 



Now Atibunu. 



lam Ndi. 



I bring Nindeta. 



you Niiikuletera. 



I come Ninyija; Qidja. 



I come not Tina idje ; Tinyije. 



I dance Ninzina. 



Idle Ninkaba ; 



Nafwa. 



I drink Ninyuwa. 



I drank Nanyuwere. 



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Nakaba ; 



