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 Unpublished manuscript.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.