Vocabularyof the Language of the Dar-mitchequa, or a Tribe of Shangalla in the interior.
English.
The sun,
Moon,
Star,
Wind,
Rain,
Lightning,
Earth,
Sky,
A mountain,
Iron,
Gold,
A knife,
Spear,
A stone,
Tree,
Grass,
Honey,
Wheat,
Barley, very little.
Meshella,
Daghsha,
Neuk,
Bread,
Large cakes,
Water,
A well,
A river,
Fish,
A horse,
Ass,
Cow,
Bull,
No bullocks,
Calf,
Sheep,
Lamb,
A goat,
Kid,
Horn,
Skin,
Lion,
Shangalla.
Wō-ka.
Be ja.
Bé ja.
Zú bá.
Dim' ma.
Mud-de-ma.
En né ah.
Gō-za.
Je-sa, a rock.
Sō khar.
At yea.
Chag-gur.
Miō-khur.
Do je sa.
Geá'.
Ge zea.
Kut cha.
None.
Segum.
Kon chá.
Tan kah.
Be-liz-za.
En-ga.
Pān-sa.
I-ah'.
Qu-iah.
E-pú-cha.
Go-sha.
Feriz ze.
De guoggá.
Kuōs-sa.
Wuddo guōssa, or wuddoma.
Din á wa.
Mé kha, or ga-já.
Dú ma, or dú ja ja
Méah'.
Dú méah'.
Ko-ma.
Bé ma.
Gúm-ba.
English.
Camel,
Dog,
Agazen,
Rhinoceros,
Buffalo,
Locust,[1]
Bird,
Man,
Woman,
Son,
Girl,
A young woman,
Father,
Mother,
Brother,
Sister,
Grandmother,
Grandfather,
An old man,
Head,
Hair,
Eyes,
Nose,
Ears,
Mouth,
Lips, and beard,
Teeth,
Tongue,
Chin,
Arms,
Leg,
Breast,
Kidney,
Bowels,
Fingers,
Blood,
A day,
Night,
Morning,
Evening,
Houses of wood,
Hut,
Small,
Shangalla.
Tō-ra.
Ko-a.
Kó qua.
Arwé harish.
Gim ms ga.
We-da.
Meta-gúzza.
Gún-za.
In-guf-fa.
Du-gunza.
Dingif fa.
Du gun na.
Wab bé.
E-yo-a.
Hai-h'.
O-whé'.
Ep-pé-eh.
Am pé eh.
Gaz-za.
Illu kō ma.
Bē quāh.
Illikú mah.
Kō tu ma.
Tsé ma.
Sum-ma.
Bés-ma.
Kuus-ma.
Ko tet tú ma.
En gil les sa.
Yá ma.
Chug-gu-ma.
Ko-ze-ma.
Chichchu má.
E-lu-ma.
Qué-a.
Móh há.
Mai-ka.[2]
Mu guk kua.
Gid-de-da.
Mu gus ja.
Meet-se.
Gogua.
Dit se chen-a.
↑The Shangalla make a practice of eating the locust.
↑Few of them know any thing of years, months, or division of time.
