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52. We went [we passed~\, nikka. 
The ball passed his head, tesawe 
toke eghaf enis. 
I wish to go^ irhegh tikaut. 
I flee, shun, egewuatagh. 
He fled, igewat. 
53. 1 go in, enter, eggishagh. 
Come in to the tent I eggish 
ehen ! 
The rain enters the tent, aman 
eskaran dar ehen. 
He went up and down, imgha. 
He went down, imki (in 209.). 
1 go about, tamaghagh. 
, kelin falannagh. 
54. 1 go out [went out'], ebarberagh. 
The stars shine out, itaren iknan 
ebarbar. 
The moon comes out, ayor ibar- 
bar. 
/ come out of the boat, tabar- 
baragh toraft. 
Set them loose ! simbara ! 
52. Ikka, he passed, he went ; Kab. and 
Shil. : arigh dakagh, I wish to go, Temght 
of Ben Musa. 
53. Eskaran, in Kab., " doing," faeiens. 
Imagha, he went up (Kab.) ; he went 
down (Ben Musa's Temght) ; he went up 
and down (Delaporte's Shilha) ; and 
here. 
54. Barhar, extra, might seem a forma- 
tive from Arab, ban a ; but the native root 
is ebru in Kabail, which exists side by- 
side with barra. There is ibra, dimisit, 
repudiavit ; inebran, repudium ; aberru, 
manumissio ; innabra, emisit (?) ; sinabra, 
perhaps the same as simbara above. 
55. Oshal is iizal of Kab., con'elative to 
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55. Run! hasten! oshal, figgedigdig, 
akkera fedigdig. 
I run, oshalagh, olekwualegh. 
Come back [to me] quick ! kalahi 
shik. 
1 return, come back, ekalagh [kal- 
ahi, ekalagh (?). So Kab,^ 
ikkal, he turned himself. See 
25. above]. 
Come near! ahaz ! 
I approach, ahezagh. 
56. He started early, inshaya. 
You start early, tinshajat, 
(subst.) tanshit. 
I start early, ismargaregh. 
inshegh semmiit [semmut, 
cold, fresh ?]. 
Early to-morrow, ashikken sem- 
mut. 
I start in the afternoon, eduegh, 
(subst.) taduit. 
I wish to start late, erhegh ta- 
duit. 
57. You start to-morrow morning 
from Timbuktu, ke tinshayat 
ashikke dag Timbutku. 
You pass the heat in Kdbara, 
tekelet te Kabaraten [you 
broil]. 
'ujel of Arabic. Lekwual is like leklek (to 
trot) of Arabic, for which we have kelkel 
in Kab. Shik is zik of Kab. 
57. Ikela is here ikela, Arabic kaJa, he 
broiled. Brosselet gives as Kab. eklu, broil 
thou ; perhaps a root common to both 
languages. Ekkel is the imperative for 
Turn yourself. In fact, to turn and to 
roast may be modifications of one root. 
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