Appendix:Nara word list

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The following word list of Nara is from Rilly (2005). Most of the words are from the Higir dialect.

Sources

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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 Unpublished manuscript.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

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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

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References

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  • Rilly, Claude. 2005. The classification of Nara language. Journal of Eritrean Studies 4: 1-27.
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