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goat m��ku, w�ci = �ci<br />

goat, castrated �uy�k�<br />

goat, hairy b�z�<br />

goat, male b�kur�<br />

goat, mature male b�z�ru<br />

God Mb�la, ndag�i, T�l� Birb�<br />

going to and fro j�le<br />

gold d�n�r�<br />

gone, be all w�y�<br />

good b�l�n, y�wo = íy�wo<br />

good fortune �lh�r�<br />

goods jang�m, kar�i<br />

gossip b�z�rtu, z�kcar<br />

gourd (see also ‘calabash’, ‘ladle’)<br />

f�wun general name for gourd plant<br />

(Lagenaria siceraria), j�wi bottle,<br />

j�gum for storing oil, gw�b� large<br />

round, gw���la round with large<br />

opening, kumb� small, k�rtu small<br />

round<br />

gown g�r�, sh�kw��� = sh�k�í�<br />

gown, man's nzan�i = zan�i<br />

grab sh�ru<br />

grain heads, culled b��i<br />

grain heads, good guj�<br />

grain heads, threshed j�mj�m<br />

grain residue dird�r<br />

grain with bran removed sh�mp��u<br />

grain(s) �ik�<br />

grainhead mb�l�m<br />

grains, whole gw�yi<br />

granary g�dlai<br />

granary top k� t� g�dlai<br />

grandfather = grandson d�shi<br />

grandmother = granddaughter d�k�<br />

grandparent k�ka<br />

grandson = grandfather d�shi<br />

grasscutter gwaz�bi<br />

grasses (see also ‘plants’, ‘trees’) giz�n<br />

general term for grasses and weeds,<br />

m�f�f� cotton grass (spp.?), k�shin<br />

Y�wo Acanthospermum hispidum<br />

(bristly starbur), abak� Andropogon<br />

gayanus (gamba grass), t�dl�i<br />

Cenchrus biflorus, C. ciliaris (burr<br />

grass), d� Cymbopogon giganteus,<br />

farn�-farn� Cynodon dactylon (dub<br />

English-Karekare Wordlist 89<br />

grass), j�j� Cyperus articulatus,<br />

j�nk��� Dactyloctenium aegyptiaca<br />

(comb fringe grass), z�riy� Digitaria<br />

debilis; D. velutina, d�ndak�s�r<br />

Eleusine indica (fowlfoot grass),<br />

s�bun Eragrostis tremula; E.ciliaris;<br />

E. gangetica, yauy�u Mitracarpus<br />

hirtus (button grass), l�m��<br />

Monocymbium ceresiiforme<br />

(oatgrass), g‰r� Oxytenanthera<br />

abyssinica (bamboo), f�r�<br />

Pennisetum polystachyon and others,<br />

l�s�n m� kw�m Portulaca oleracea<br />

(purslane), sh�fara Saccharum<br />

spontaneum, ag�ram Tribulus<br />

terrestris (caltrop, puncture vine),<br />

n�z� thatch grass<br />

grasses (unidentified type) b�mo,<br />

bay�ku, b�r�za m� ���, c�rn�n�,<br />

k�j�n dib�, l�m�, mad�b�r, z�r�nka<br />

m� d�nkar�<br />

grasses (unidentified) d�r�nkw�tl�<br />

grasshopper kw�nc�r<br />

grave m�b�<br />

gravel k�c�� = k�c�<br />

grazing daw�i<br />

great, become k�rnu<br />

greed k�l��, k�tl�m, mb�mb�,<br />

kw�l�m�<br />

greedy person b�� k�l��, k�n�m�<br />

green g�la-g�lau<br />

greet z�tu<br />

grey hair �nkw�r, w�nc�r<br />

griffon nz�m�<br />

grind ��rzu, íy�su<br />

grind coarsly ngw�íyu<br />

grind wet substance l�m��u = l�m��u<br />

grinding stone b�ni<br />

grinding stone (old) d�g�j�<br />

grinding stone shaper íy˘íyi<br />

grinding stone, top l�w� t� b�ni<br />

groaning j�mt�, �mpo<br />

grope w�tlk��u<br />

ground yali<br />

grow old j�ru<br />

grow up y�w� = íy�w�<br />

growing up z�ng�l�n

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