A Grammar of Mombo Songho Dialect

As mentioned above, alongside ńdá ‘person’, there is nógè ‘people’ found only incompounds. Since the regular plural ńdá-gé is found as well, I’m inclined to considernógè as separate lexical unit.wèyǎy or wùyǎy ‘girl’ still remains related to wê: and yɔ̂: for most speakers. It is theonly example where compound forms of ‘child’ and ‘women’ differ from those inindependent use.4.2.3 ‘So-and-so’4.2.4 Initial Cv- reduplication in nounsInitial Cv- reduplication is not a productive pattern in nouns. Few examples known tome are listed below and classified according to their tonal patterns. Most of themexhibit reduplication with coping of initial syllable vowel. There are some instances ofCi:- with a long vowel. For reduplicated monosyllables like gégè ‘jaundice (disease)’that could be interpreted as cases of Cv- reduplication, see section § 4.1.6 on full-stemiteration.I. Cv- reduplicationa. {HL}dán-dámpólì ‘paper wasp’mú-múnì ‘godly Muslim’mɔ́-mɔ̀:ⁿ ‘well-being (in greetings)’b. {LH}kù-kùyá ‘tricky, furtive (thing)’sù-sùgùlí ‘anus’c. {H}sé:ⁿ-sé:wⁿ ‘Trachylepis quinquetaeniata, five-lined skink’II. Ci:- reduplicationtí:-tà ‘one’ní:-nà ‘wound’nì:-njá ‘backing (flat metal piece) on opposite side of the cock of a gun’27