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South Mande Reconstruction: Initial consonants1 - Langues mandé ...

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Series 20:S<strong>Mande</strong> Dan Tura Mano Guro Yaure Gban Mwan Wan Beng*z z z z z s z z z z*zaa affair, matter-3 > Dan (bl, gw) za n trial, judgement; reason; accusation,Tura # zaa n quarrel, conflict, Guro BN za n discussion; competition,contest, Yaure HO sa, Mwan # za n affair, matter, Wan # za n matter; action,Beng # za n problem, difficulty; dispute, matter; history, story*z again > Dan (bl, gw) z, Tura # z, Mano ZE zē adv again; also,Mwan # é-z again*z agama lizard > Dan (bl, gw) zō, Tura # z, Guro VV z, YaureHP s, Gban ST zò, Mwan PM zō, Wan # zò*-za agent suffix > Tura # -zaa rare proprietor, Guro # -za, Mwan PM zan proprietor*zl antelope bushbock > Dan (bl) zlòò, Dan (gw) zlòò, Tura # zòlò,Mano ZE zòlō n "red deer", Guro # zl, Gban ST zò n antelope (sp.),Mwan # zrō medium size antelope, Wan # zrò*zl bee-1 > Dan (bl) z n bee; gad, prick, Dan (gw, kl) z(-ga), Tura #z, Mano VV z, Guro # zl, Gban ST z, Mwan PM zl, Wan # zr (cf.*tip)*z borassus palm > Guro BN z, Yaure HO s, Mwan PM z, Wan #z, Beng # za (?)*zèkèlè caterpillar > Tura # zȅkȅlȅ, Gban ST zȅklȅ, Mwan zèklècaterpillar (edible)*z-la descend-1 > Tura # z-na vi descend; fall (of rain), Guro # z videscend, vt spin, Gban ST z, Mwan # z-na, Wan # z-a vi descend; vt put*zlè grandfather > Dan (bl) z, Dan (gw) z, z, Dan (kl) z rngrandfather, grand-grandfather, etc.; step-father; elder step-brother, Dan (kl)zéȅ rn grandfather, Beng GL, PA zl n grandfather; grandparent's brother;grandparent's sister's husband; great uncle*za hatred > Guro BN za n hatred, resentment, Gban ST za n resentment*zlŋ heart > Dan (bl) zù, Dan (kl, gw) zū rn heart (organ), Dan(gw) zȍ rn heart (location of emotions), Tura # z rn heart; soul; mentality;thought, Mano NE zò, Mano ZE zō, Guro BN, GR zùlù, Gban ST z nsoul, Mwan # zrū liver (location of emotions), Wan # zŋ, Beng zū (?) n chest,breast (the latter form may also belong to the set *chest-2, Series 12)*zna husband > Guro # zana´ husband; son of husband's sister; father'ssister's husband, Yaure HP sara, Wan # zr, Beng # za

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