tema'shight vocabulary— verbs. 
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203. The year is fertile, awatay ik- 
kenateni. 
— is sterile, awatay igamanna. 
204". The rainy season is come, 
akase yuse. 
is gone, akase igele, or 
yimmede. 
The cold increases, asemmet 
etid. 
is strong, asemmet ikkene 
tigawet. 
lessens, asemmet efenas. 
(94.) 
is over, asemmet ebegbag. 
205. The {forty) dark nights are 
passed, ehaden isattefen, or 
esattafnen, ebarbar, or ejuma- 
dede. 
The black winter is gone, ta- 
gerist takauelit tabarbar. 
The white {i. e. mild part of 
the) winter is come, tegisht 
tamellelt tagerist. 
203. Ikkendteni, from iken, it makes ; 
teheni, dates ? teni, dates, Mozabi and Wa- 
dreagh. Also ofdteni, barren (land), llkkena 
is productive ; tenl, this season ? — H. B. ] 
Igamanna, barren, and emannet, fertile, 
and manna-n- awatay, famine-year, need 
fuller elucidation. 
204. Tigawet ^oxtikuaet,sirQ,ngt\i; Arab.? 
205. Ehad, night; Ghad. efad ; Wa- 
dreagh, eghed (compare Arab . ghea, ob- 
texit) ; Kab. eyyat. 
Asattef, (with t in Ben Musa), black 
(or dark ?). 
Akauel, black, is aghogul in Wadreagh, 
for which Venture has inghdl. 
Ejumddade, ffeq. from imeda ? 
R B 
206. The leaves are fallen, alan ata- 
rakat (71.), alan amin. 
The houghs are stript, afelliga 
akasen. 
The tree is getting new leaves, 
ahelaklak ehisbk. 
blooms, ehislik insliar. 
is bearing fruit, ebishk 
aboriarak. 
is not full grown, eliisbk 
war iduil. 
is dead, ehishk akkor [is 
dried']. 
207. The dates are ripe, tebeni ting- 
ne. (167.) 
not yet ripe, telieni bar 
egodi war tingne. 
The herbage is coming forth, 
teshe ebarbar or tafokat [ta- 
foghat, 174.]. 
The guinea-corn comes forth, 
eneli efokat. 
The guinea-corn gets reed, eneli 
eiia kogeri. 
The reed {stalk) bristles (in 
stubble), kogeri yikhta. 
208. The corn is making large leaves, 
eneli eje farketen. 
Tegisht, as tiggemdt in 202. &c., seems to 
have final t as feminine mark, like Arabic. 
206. Ami, is faded ? 
Ildklak, budded forth ? 
Inshar, is beautiful ? Inshagh ? com- 
pare amonshagh, envious, &c., 116. 
Idfdl, (not again). In Kab. itulan or 
idhulan, kinsfolk, softened from itegulan, as 
I think. 
208. EfSrat, yields harvest ? In vocab. 
teferten, salary, — qu. revenue ? Heb. 
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