Appendix:Nara word list
The following word list of Nara is from Rilly (2005). Most of the words are from the Higir dialect.
Sources
[edit]Rilly (2005) makes use of data from:
| Source | Citation |
|---|---|
| Reinisch (1874) | Reinisch, Leo. 1874. Die Barea-Sprache: Grammatik, Text und Wörterbuch. (Sprachen von Nord-Ost-Afrika, 1.) Wien: Wilhelm Braumüller |
| Bender (1968) | Bender, Lionel M. 1968. An Analysis of a Barya Word List. Anthropological Linguistics 10. 1-24. |
| Thompson (1976) | Thompson, David E. 1976. Nera. In Bender, M. Lionel (ed.), The Non-Semitic Languages of Ethiopia, 484-494. East Lansing: East Lansing, Michigan: African Studies Center, Michigan State University. |
| Abushush (1999) | Abushush, Dawd. 1999. A Brief Essay on Phonology and Morphology of the Nara Language. June 1999, SOAS, University of London. Unpublished manuscript. |
| Hayward (2000) | Hayward, Richard J. 2000. Observations on tone in the Higir dialect of Nara. In Vossen, R. and A. Mietzner and A. Meissner (eds.), "Mehr als nur Worte...": afrikanistische Beiträge zum 65. Geburtstag von Franz Rottland, 247-267. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag. |
| Abushush-Hayward (2002) | Abushush, Dawd and Richard J. Hayward. 2002. Nara (research article). Journal of the International Phonetic Association 32. 249-255. |
List
[edit]| Gloss | Nara | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ashes | hübet, hɪbɪd | |
| ask | eʃ-ei, iʃ | |
| bad | koʃ-ku | |
| be | n- | |
| belly | tawa | |
| big | dub-ko | |
| bird | karba | |
| black | suur-ku | |
| bone | kati | |
| build | kus | imper. kun |
| burn | war | |
| carry | soŋgi, suŋ- | |
| child | tii | pl. taada |
| clay, mud | lɔg | earth |
| cloth(es) | kutta | |
| come | till- | |
| country, home | do | |
| cut | ked, kad | |
| dance | bal- | |
| deaf | maueno-go | |
| descend, go out | bal-day | fall |
| die | di, de, d- | |
| donkey | horge | |
| drink | li | |
| eat | kal | |
| father | aben | |
| fingernail | shìítà | |
| fly (n.) | wini | pl. winti-ta |
| frog | gɔ̀ɔ | |
| give | nin | |
| goat | bele | |
| god, Creator | ebberé | |
| grandmother | afo | |
| hair | sabi | pl. saba |
| hand | ad | |
| heart | asma | pl. asimta |
| heavy | dilu-ku | |
| high, deep | telle-go | high |
| hole, well | kol-ko | hollow |
| house, hut | wa | |
| husband | abta, abda | |
| kill | sii- | |
| kiss | ʃuki, ʃoki | |
| language, word | bana | |
| lightning, light | minni | |
| louse | ʃìti | |
| love (v.) | sool- | |
| meat | kasa | fat |
| mother | anin | |
| mouth | awɔlo, àwòlà | |
| name | ade, aada | |
| new | wor-ko, wɔr-ku | |
| old | murga | |
| open | hog | |
| part, half | wagi | |
| person | aite, eite | |
| rain | hala | |
| say | wol-ai (speak), wəl-ək (say!) | |
| shield | kodo | pl. kotta |
| sit down | deŋgi | stay |
| slaughter, cut out | kad | |
| sleep | notei | |
| smoke (n.) | asuru | |
| snake | woso | pl. wosta |
| star | wini | pl. wintita |
| sterile | mella-go | |
| stick | kora | |
| strong, rich | bor-ku | |
| strong, thick | hə́bʌ́r-kù | thick |
| swim, bathe | búŋín | |
| sword, spear | madet | sword |
| take, lift up | hind | |
| take, pick up | nem-, nam- | |
| that (demonstrative) | te | pl. tegu |
| this | yi | pl. yigu |
| thorn | keer | pl. keera |
| tooth | nihi | pl. nihit-ta |
| two | ariga |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Rilly, Claude. 2005. The classification of Nara language. Journal of Eritrean Studies 4: 1-27.