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APPENDIX B
WORD LIST
The items in this lexicon come from texts, word lists, and elicited phrases. This
includes words from a draft version of the SIL Comparative African Word List (CAWL)
developed by Keith Snider and Jim Roberts.
Each entry includes the word transcribed phonemically, the part of speech (cf. list
of abbreviations on p. xii), and the definition. Additional information is included when
pertinent. This includes variant forms, morphological analysis, and the reference number
for the SIL CAWL.
— = —
= QUEST. question marker for yes/no questions.
= PL. plural prefix; attaches to animate nouns, descriptive adjectives, and
ordinal numbers.
=( =(
CONJ. subordinating conjunction which precedes a relative clause.
=( =(
cf. F=( F=(. F=(
=>=( =>=( n. father. #0329, 0333, 0345, 0353.
=>= =>= n. yam. #0624.
=(>=( =(>=( =(>=( n. camp (for initiation rites). #0857.
=>=( =>=( =>=( >A= >A= >A= >A= n. father-in-law (wife’s father), son-in-law. #0330, 0367.
=(>=(=( =(>=(=( =(>=(=( =(>=(=( n. hello. #1299.
=>=(=@K(MK =>=(=@K(MK =>=(=@K(MK =>=(=@K(MK PN. June.
=>=(C= =>=(C= =>=(C= =>=(C= n. molar tooth. #0066.
=>=CKK =>=CKK =>=CKK =>=CKK n. type of sugar cane. #0621.
=>(H(= =>(H(= =>(H(= =>(H(= n. Arabs.
=>KJ5( =>KJ5( =>KJ5( =>KJ5( cf. >KJ5( >KJ5(. >KJ5( >KJ5(
= n. hammer. #1086.
=@= =@= n. leg, foot, footstep. #0041, 0061, 0109.
=(@=( =(@=( =(@=( n. meaning, reason.
=(@=( =(@=( =(@=( >K@K( >K@K( n. moral (of a story).
=(@=( =(@=( =(@=( n. meaning. #1372.
=@= =@= n. base of tree trunk. #0626.
=@= =@= KK KK KK KK n. hip, back of thigh.
=@=C= =@=C= =@=C= =@=C= n. lake. #0685.
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