A Grammar of Mombo Songho Dialect

dóŋgò ‘emotional center associated with heart’ɛ́ŋgɔ̀ ‘place, site’ɛ́ŋjɛ̀ ‘gravel’gè:ŋgé ‘blood’jùŋgé ‘cluster (of fruits, e.g. wild grape, mango)’kàŋgé ‘earring with spirals (gold-colored)’ké:ŋgé ‘inheritance, legacy’ké:ŋgó ‘charcoal’máŋgá ‘member, one included in (sth)’ɲá:ŋgó ‘tinder (for flint lighter)’núŋgé ‘cow-pea’ó:ŋgè ‘hearth for cooking formed by three large stones’ó:ŋgò ‘place, location’páŋgó ‘cemetery in a cave’púnáŋgé ‘flour, powder’sɔḿɔ́ŋgè ‘soap’sé:ŋgè ‘millet’séréŋgè ‘(metal) chain’síyéŋgé ‘amount, quantity’sóléŋgé ‘drop (of liquid)’sóríŋgè ‘vomit (noun)’té:ŋgé ‘firewood’téŋgé ‘small drinking trough for chickens and dogs’tíníŋgò ‘tree or (woody) shrub’tóŋgè ‘crosspieces (in the ceiling of a house)’4.3 Derived nominals4.3.1 Characteristic derivatives in -ŋgà and -gaDenominal derivatives with a meaning ‘one who has (or is characterized by) X’, where‘X’ stands for the input noun, are formed by adding suffix -ŋga. Regardless of what theinput noun tone contour is all derivatives show up as {HL}, with low-toned -ŋgà suffix.A list of such derivatives with corresponding input forms is given below (notexhaustive):Table xx1input gloss output gloss31