Word List for Marghi (Central)

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Entry	Marghi (Central)	English
	* represents labio-dental flap
1	áʔà	no
2	bábál	open place
3	ʔbàʔbàl	hard
4	ʔbáʔbə̀ɡù	wing
5	t̠ʃát̠ʃá	all
6	dàlmà	big axe
7	dàwà	enemy
8	ʔdàʔdàhʊ	bitter
9	ʔdárí	to taste
10	ɮà	to fall
11	ɮàɮàkù	drum
12	dzíbá	to measure (rope, cloth)
13	dzànì	to know
14	fà	farm
15	ɡàlí	a spear
16	ɟáʔdí	hump (of cow, camel)
17	ɟàpʊ̀	both
18	ɣà	to put on; to shoot
19	ɣàfʊ́	arrow
20	j̝àj̝àʔdʊ̀	picked up
21	j̝ámbál	a curved sword
22	xá	big water pot
23	xùrì	to lift up
24	çà	moon
25	d̠ʒáɡʷa	a fish
26	d̠ʒàŋɡár	louse
27	kákádʊ̀	book
28	kàŋɡá	drum
29	càr	tongue
30	cácíkà	whooping cough
31	là	to dig
32	láɡà	bow
33	màlà	woman
34	nà	song
35	náná	locust bean tree
36	ɲàɲafʊ	sprinkled
37	ŋà	to call
38	ŋàŋà	bent
39	pá	to build; to fold
40	páʔdʊ́	rain
41	ráktsə́ní	to be equal to
42	rótsə́ní	to hold
43	rùbùtsə́ní	to write
44	ɡʷàrà	to play
45	sà	to drink
46	sál	man, husband
47	ʃá	to turn
48	ʃàʃílɡà	star
49	tá	to cook
50	tátá	that one
51	ɬà	cow
52	ɬànà	to cut off
53	tsá	to beat
54	vál	granary
55	vàsʊ̀	fault
56	bə̀*ú	describes sudden appearance and flight
57	káwà	I'm sorry!
58	ʔwáʔwí	a bell-like adornment
59	jà	to give birth
60	jàmáʔdʊ́	wind, cold
61	jàjà	fruit; born
62	ʔjà	thigh
63	ʔjàr	smoke
64	zàʔdʊ̀	to thatch
65	zárzár	always
66	ʒábá	to resow
67	ʒàʔbí	cloth
68	bʷál	ball
69	bʷàlí	insane person
70	ʔbʷà	to cook
71	ʔbʷàʔbʷà	cooked
72	fʷà	pool
73	fʷàŋ	hollow
74	ɡʷà	to enter
75	ɡʷàɡʷàʔdʊ̀	mixed
76	ɣʷá	to reach inside
77	ɣʷàmà	sp. grass
78	hʷà	to boil
79	hʷàhʷà	boiled
80	kʷàkʷàʔdʊ̀	picked up
81	kʷàkʷá	weak, impotent person
82	kʷàtám	wooden bowl
83	mʷál	friend
84	mʷàlmʷàl	sour
85	ŋʷà	front, face
86	ŋʷádə̀ɡʊ́	vulture
87	ŋʷàʔdʊ̀	to hunt, stalk
88	pʷá	to pour in, to put (many) in
89	pʷákù	snow-white
90	sʷá	to shut (without locking)
91	sʷàlàtsə́ní	to pacify
92	tʷámá	sp. large black millipede
93	tʷàŋ	log of firewood
94	ɬʷa	to cut in two
95	vʷà	Kanuri
96	vʷànd̠ʒà	a big frog living in the water
97	b͡dà	to sting (bee), to kick (donkey)
98	b͡dàɡʊ̀	valley
99	ʔb͡də̀ʔb͡dʊ̀	chewed
100	pɬəpɬʊ	forged
101	pɬàl	to make wider
102	bɮə̀nà	to kill (many)
103	b͡dzà	foolish
104	b͡dzàb͡dzà	foolish
105	bzə́r	child
106	bzə́rkùr	childhood
107	psár	grass
108	psə́bá	to send
109	p͡təl	chief, king
110	p͡tə́ná	to reduce, decrease
111	p͡tsà	to roast
112	p͡tsàp͡tsà	roasted
113	b͡dʒàɡʊ̀	compound of a woman without a husband
114	bjàl	to shake off; to spring (a trap)
115	pɕíká	a tree
116	pɕìnà	to wash
117	pɕìpɕʊ̀	washed, clean
118	pɕú	red monkey
119	bjábjágʊ́	a small bat
120	pɕí	hoe-handle
121	pɕír	a tree
122	mbà	to tie
123	mpà	to fight
124	m͡np͡tàɡʊ̀	bush
125	ndàl	to throw
126	ntà	to split
127	m͡nb͡dá	to surpass
128	ɲɟárí	to leave
129	ɲcàhʊ̀	to break (calabash)
130	ŋɡàbái	Indian hemp
131	ŋɡàdʊ́	to remain over
132	ŋkà	to refuse
133	ŋkànì	to refuse, to prevent
134	m͡nb͡dzànì	to spoil
135	m͡np͡tsàkù	to pick (up), to peck (at)
136	m͡nb͡dʒahʊ	a flute
137	m͡np͡tsʃàʔdʊ̀	to point, to sharpen
138	ndzə́ndzə́ʔbʊ́	covered, turned over
139	ndzer	to accuse someone falsely
140	ntsà	to shout
141	ntsàntsà	shouted
142	n̠d̠ʒà	to open (eyes) wide
143	n̠d̠ʒàʔbú	mud
144	ntʃà	to point at
145	ntʃà	to press down
146	ntʃàntʃà	pressed down
147	mɬá	smithy, forge
148	mɬàɡʊ̀	master, owner
149	mʃàlmə́ŋí (desired)	a tall, long-legged bird
150	m͡nà	mouth, opening
151	ə́mɮʊ̀	nine
152	ə́m͡nà	yesterday
153	ə́mjì	a grass
154	əmçí	hoe-handle
155	ə́mcà	a small clay dish
156	ə́nɬə̀m	piece of broken calabash
157	mbʷàʃkà	forearm
158	ntsʷa	to thread (cord into trousers, etc.)
159	ntʷá	to split in two
160	ŋɡʷal	to be bent, curved
161	ŋàŋà	curved, bent
162	ŋkʷà	girl, daughter