Ndun wordlist - Roger Blench

Roger Blench: Ndun Wordlist
No. Gloss Singular Plural Commentary
289. Pigeon (Domestic) as Hausa
290. Guinea-fowl ikyop ikyop
291. Hooded Vulture 25 ŋgùrǎ eŋgúrǎ
292. Village Weaver 26 èʃàhwe éʃâhwe
293. Cattle-egret 27 ánún ràndɔ̀ n lit. ‘bird of cattle’
294. Black kite
(shirwa) 28
295. Standard-wing
edabala édábálá
Night-jar
296. Owl (various spp.) aŋkɔĺɔ́ meŋkɔlɔ
297. Grey Parrot 29 ansεm mesεm
298. Senegal Coucal 30
299. Bush-fowl
ahɔlí mèhɔ̀ lì
(fakara)
300. Swallow ànyεmìn menyεmìn
301. Pied crow
(hankaka) 31
302. Woodpecker ágbígbɔk megbigbɔk
303. Insect (Generic) menkpansùwi
304. Scorpion ìlyàn
305. Butterfly anfεbik infεbik
306. Dragon-fly
307. Mosquito apɔɔ mepɔɔz
308. Spider 32 tìntàn intíntàn
309. Mason wasp 33 etankwè
310. Bee emùr emúr
311. Sweat-fly akyek mekyek
312. Fly I amaltí
313. Fly II ébwìr
314. Fly III ámpúmpùs
315. Housefly ànʃíʃin méʃíʃin
316. Ant (Generic) áŋgwáran méŋgwàràn
317. Louse (Human) akwárá mekwárá
318. Millipede ínkpínkpǎnhyìl ínkpínkpánhyìl
319. Centipede èbìgyèm ébígyèm
320. Cockroach únkpari ìnkpyàrì
321. Termite áŋgyer-yó
322. Flying-ant izo
323. Grasshopper èmbàdà mbádà
324. Praying mantis èbwàtεn ebwátεn
325. Firefly
326. Giant Cricket àtyεr métyεr
327. Earthworm íntìntyɔǧεl
25
(Neophron monachus)
26
(Ploceus cucullatus)
27
(Ardeola ibis)
28
(Milvus migrans)
29 (Poicephalus senegalus)
30 (Centropus spp.)
31
(Corvus albus)
32
(Acarina spp.)
33
(Belenogaster spp.)
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