Appendix:Gule word lists

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Gule word lists from Seligmann (1912)[1] and Evans-Pritchard (1932).[2]

Seligmann (1912)

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Vocabulary

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English gloss Gule notes
back yă̄n
belly abŭ̄n
bird ădă̄dă̄mŭt
bitch aumin
bread bă̄s
bull narĕ̄
calf aɖib no change
cow ib
dates bŏ̄nonĕ
day tă̄
dog au
dust tufena
ear igă̄n
elephant gal
eye yan
fire kăss
gazelle sĭ̄r strongly rolled r
giraffe lĕ̄
grass ĭe guttural breathing before first vowel
hair ĭf
hand mítagamal
head gaden
honey gai-ĭb
house edin pl. no change
house (centre of) kobédĭn
hyena karaŋ
iron fĭl
khor (small stream) ră̄si
leopard ador f. adormim
lion ador f. adormim
man gără̄wáig pl. gămoi
meat fŭ̄m
milk tĭs
moon aiyŭ̄n
mouth ĭten
night asemsi
nose fufan
ostrich akŭ̄lŭl
pig kŭtŭrŭ
pot kă̄nis
kain rŭ̄s
roof gă̄dă edin
spear kŏsaŋ
star kĕlu pl. no change
stick lŭ̄s pl. no change
stone ŏf pl. no change
sun tă̄
teeth sĕ̄n
threshold ye ĕ̄din
throwing stick bíligen
tongue adad ayan
village ro
water ai
wind mŭ̄gŭs
woman gĕrí̆̄m pl. gemim
wood (piece of) wod
one dĕdín
two dĕssú
three dĭnă̄mú
four dĭkássabit
five dŭbŭĭt
six dĕlódĭn
seven dilă̄so
eight debé̆̄dig
nine dĕmadídin
ten derkă̄bu
eleven derkabu dé̆din
twelve derkabu dessú
thirteen derkabu dinamu
twenty derkabu déssu ă̄kŭ̄
eighty derkabu debedaku
hundred derkabu ă̄shĕrákŭ̄

Selected phrases

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English gloss Gule
I eat auwamá̆̄s
thou eatest ănămá̆̄s
he eats ărămá̆̄s
she eats ăbămá̆̄s
we eat anagamá̆̄s
you eat awaumá̆̄s
they eat unamá̆̄s
English gloss Gule
you eat meat ana má fum
I eat meat auwa má fum
she eats bread abamá bus
she eats dates abamá bonone
we eat dates anagáma bonone
you eat honey anama gai ĭbĕ
English gloss Gule
I drink wĭsī
thou drinkest water ĭnsī ái
he drinks water ersi, irsi
she drinks ibsi
we drink ingí̄si
you drink awö́si
they drink unö́se

Evans-Pritchard (1932)

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English gloss Gule
abdomen abūn
Adansonia digitata (tebeldi) kān̄
back iyān
Balanites aegyptiaca (heglig) sŏk
beard tĭkŭn
beer asur
bird ădādămĭt
blood wāīdjo
boy adāt
bread (kisra) bŭs
breast kŭkāīan
bull nārē
buttocks ĭnŭn
chest ciān
chief ĭtĭba
cloth (dammur) bīt
cow ĭb
ear ĭgŭn
earth du
eight debēdĭk
elephant gŭl
eye yan
father bŭrnŏ
finger adŏtunun
fire kăs
five dubuit
food kŭmŭs
four dĭkasabĭt
giraffe
girl wādūs
goat me
God Gyŏk
gourd dēnī
granary tōīn
granary (entrance to) yātōīn
grass ĭĕ
grave suk
grinding-stone āī
hair ĭf
hand mĭt’ŭn
head gŭdĭn
hen sŏgōrŏt
hoe kuter
hut edĭn
hut (entrance to) yeedin
hyena kārang
iron fĭl
knee kukŭn
knife aderŭng
leg sumŭn
leopard adŏr
lion adŏr
man gărăwaĭg
meat fum
milk tis
moon aiyus
nabbak tree sĭŭk
nine dĕmadĭdĭn
nose fufŭn
one dĕdin
ostrich akudul
penis fŏdun
rain rūs
sandals bāīt
sesame ŭf
seven delāso
shoulder gŭdībēn
six gelōdin
sky aguĭt
snake bŭmba
spear kŏsang
stick lūs
stone ŏf
sun
tamarind afet
ten derkabu
testicles fādān
three dĭnamu
throwing-stick bĭlĭgen
tongue ŏdāīān
tree wŏt
two dussĭk
village ŭsmakŏro
water āī
woman gĕrīm

References

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  1. ^ Seligmann, Brenda Z. 1911-1912. Note on Two Languages in the Sennar Province of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Zeitschrift für Kolonialsprachen 2: 297-308, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951001892732g.
  2. ^ Evans-Pritchard, Edward E. 1932. Ethnological Observations in Dar Fung. Sudan Notes and Records 15: 1-61, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41716022.
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