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Dinka-English Dictionary Dinka-English Dictionary This Dinka-English Dictionary is a collection of words gathered from various sources. It includes the words from the Dinka-English section of Nebel’s Dinka-English Dictionary. This is a draft document released by SIL. [This version was converted to Unicode by Roger Blench on December 17, 2005. Minor corrections ot spelling and formatting were also made] Dialects The Dinka language consists of numerous dialects. This dictionary attempts to include all dialects using dialects codes within the entries. The following is a chart of the dialect codes used within this document (based on the initial survey results by Roettgers). Code Dialect English Name Roettger Codes North NE North-Eastern NEp Padang NEb Abialaŋ Abialang Nb ABI Agɛɛr (Paloc) Ageer Ng AGÆ NEd Doŋjol Dongjol Nd DOŊ Ŋɔk (Sobat) Ngok Ns ŊSO Thoi-Rut-Luac N3 TRL Thoi Thoi Nt THO Rut Rut RUT Luac (ne) Luac ELU NW North-Western NWr Ruweŋ Ruweng Nr REW Pan Aru Pan Aru Np PAN Alɔr-Ŋɔk Alɔr Alor Na ALO NWn Ŋɔk (Kordofan) Ngok Nk ŊAB South SW South-Western Malual-Rek-Tuic SWm Malual Malual Wm MAL SWr Rek Rek Wr REK SWt Tuic (west) Tuic Wt WTW Luac (sw) Luac Wl LUA SWj ???? Code Dialect English Name Roettger Codes SC South-Central Gɔk Gok Cg GƆK SCa Agar Agar Ca AGA Ciec Ciec Cc CIC SA South-Aliap Aliap Aliap Cl ALI SE South-Eastern SEb Bor Bor Eb BOR Athoc Tuic (east) Tuic Et ETW Nyarweŋ Nyarweng En NYA Ɣɔl Ghol Eɣ ƔƆL 12/17/2005 Dinka — English Dictionary 2 A - a a adv. only, just. Muk a töny. Carry only the pot. aariäŋ they are playing. a part. discourse marker to reference item new to a a- / aa- v.pref. non-historical declarative marker, story. indicative verb particle of statement. a- SW v.pref. nominalizer marker on verbs. [Gram: omitted in questions, prefixes to PRS [Gram: used to create a verbal noun from a verb form or verb auxiliaries] Syn: ë-. anin verb, may be archaic marker] he sleeps Bï jaal? Abï jaal. Shall he leave? apac sweetness, something edible. He shall leave. a- n.pref. archaic gender marker for feminine aba Pl: abak. aux. you will. [Gram: contracted singular. Syn: ma-. form of yïn+abï] abiook herdsman. raan biok aba Pl: abuk. aux. I will, I shall. [Gram: contracted anyingaak a type of ant. from ɣɛn+abï] Aba tiŋ. I shall see. aa SWr Sg: e-. aux. historical declarative marker abaa aux. will to me. [Gram: 1st person pronoun for plural subject. [Gram: Unlike the normal object with future time; contracted from declarative marker /a-/, the plural pronoun abï+ɣa] Yïn abaa kony. You shall help me. comes between the historical marker and the abac SWj adv. only. SWr: aril, arir. tense auxiliary thus setting the /aa/ apart abadha SWr n. wretch (starving, thief of food). from the tense auxiliary.] Syn: a-. cf: cuär. aao, aao cï we have been. [Gram: verb particle abak SWr v. ... abate. of narrative with plural pronouns] ɣok aao cï apal abak abate. lɔ keny we set out on a journey abak SWr Pl: abɛk. n. part, half, remainder. abaŋ aawe, aawe cï you-all have been. tök one half aake, aake cï they have been. abak SWr Sg: aba. aux. you shall, you all will. a ook SC It is us.. ɣ [Gram: contracted form of wek+abï] Abak aa SWr Sg: ë-. v. to be (pl). [Gram: a before tïŋ. You shall see. words beginning with /a/] Keek aa abal SWr Pl: adëijök. n. lustful person, whore. They are Dinka. aux. historical Muœnyjçñ. cf: aguɛc, bal. SWm: apaŋyol. declarative marker for plural subject. [Gram: Unlike the normal declarative abalany SWr n. little grey monkey. cf: agɔth, marker /a-/, the plural pronoun comes londor. SCa: bindɔr. between the historical marker and the abaltur SWr SEb n. big forest lizard. SWm: luil. tense auxiliary thus setting the /aa/ apart SWr from the tense auxilary.] Syn: a-. abanpoor n. vegetable sponge. cf: makorweu. aao, aao cï we have been. [Gram: verb abany SWr n. creeping plant with bitter eatable particle of narrative with plural fruits. pronouns] we set out ɣok aao cï lœ keny abaany SWr n. small thorn tree with very pliable on a journey aawe, aawe cï you-all have been. wood, used in construction of roofs. aake, aake cï they have been. abaŋ See: abak. n. half, part of. aɣook SC It is us.. abaŋ aʼut SWr n. fabulous princess. Loi ɣɛn aba ciet aa- Sg: a-. v.pref. non-historical, declarative abaŋ aʼut. Treat me like a princess. marker when the subject is plural. 12/17/2005 Dinka — English Dictionary 3 abaŋ bɛny abiu abaŋ bɛny SWj n. attendant of a chief. Nhialic abɛ̈k SWr n. some. abaŋda. Our merciful God. abɛ̈ɛ̈l / abɛ̈l n. fool. abap SWr n. 1) small dike in channel to trap fish. abɛr Sg: abar. n. orphan, motherless children. cf: gëëŋ. 2) patch on clothes. cf: buop. abɛt SWr n. cob of maize. abar SWr Pl: abɛr. n. orphan, abandoned child, abɛtwei SWr n. third division of the stomach of motherless or fatherless child. cf: adoŋor. cud-chewing animals. abara SWr n. wild dura sorghum. cf: rap, abeer, abɛth Pl: abeth. n. animal’s sternum. cf: gueeŋ. adɛr. NWr: agook. abɛth SWr Pl: abeth. n. flower of the waterlily. abat SWr n. native iron. cf: abeer. ninfea. pur abat spade of native iron. abɛu SWj n. small tiang antelope of the Kordofan. abatäu SWr See: abatɔu. n. sword. SWr: thiäŋ. abatɔu SWr n. sword, not used by the Dinka but abï Pl: abïk. aux. will; shall; future time marker. known to them because a big Malual Chief, Abï bɛn. He will come. Shak-Shak, had engaged a Kordofan abiaac SWr n. trail of snake or crocodile. cf: tac. executioner. Variant: abatäu. abiäny See: abuɔ̈c. n. pot (ql). abathei SWr n. grass insect. kind of: kɔ̈m. abiäny tök one pot. abaathiɔr SWr n. wave. abiar SWr n. part of the stomach of a goat filled abee aux. will to him. [Gram: contracted from with fat. abï+ye] abiec SWr n. wild vine. cf: dok. abel NW SWj n. boat. SWr: riäi. abiei SWr n. species of sycamore tree with small abel SWr n. imbecile, weak minded. figs and lanceolate leaves. abenh SWr n. maize. cf: abou, matabaa. abiɛt SWr n. razor, razor-blade. cf: rëët. NWr: ŋet. abeŋ SWj n. lymph glands of the groin and armpit. abiik SWr n. flour. cf: aköp. Na cï piu puɔr, ke ŋei SWr: adhëŋ. liɔke thin ku tɛu abiik thin. When the water is aber SWr n. a row, line, column. cf: reŋ. Kajkë boiling, the bran is stirred in and then the aberic. Stay in a row. flour is put in it. NWr: anup. aber n. passage. abïk conj. until. cf: ɣet, agut. abeer SWr n. iron ore (processed into iron in abïk SWr See: bïk. aux. they will. [Gram: future former times by the Jur and some Jieng far plural marker contracted from kek+abï] from the Jur). cf: abat. Abïk tïŋ. They will see it. abeer SWr Pl: aber ̚. n. dura which sprouts from abil SWj n. leprosy. SWr: tuet. stubble. cf: rap. abiook SWr Pl: abiok. n. herdsman. raan biok abëër SWr n. volunteer plants which come up. SWj: abook. SE: adubiök. abeer kɔth SCa adv. abreast. SWr: loom, abeeric. abiokrual SWr adj. hospitable, generous. “throw abeeric SWr adv. abreast. cf: loom. SCa: abeer fruit of sausage-tree” ahead (going on, you kɔth. can rest on it (for lack) of a stool; aberŋic n. sandgrouse. meaning: who is hospitable can await abeth Sg: abɛth. n. sternum (plural). hospitality) abeth Sg: abɛth. n. waterlilies. abioŋ SWr See: abuoŋ. n. stalks. abɛk SWr Sg: abak. n. part. abiu SWr n. milkless cow. kind of: weŋ. 12/17/2005 Dinka — English Dictionary 4 aboi acaa aboi SWr n. 1) eunuch. 2) coward. cf: raan riɔc. nearness of the Creator hovering over them. abook SWj n. herdsman. SWr: abiook. Against warning she used a too long pestle abolbol SWr n. big wasp. cf: apiin. in pounding the millet, and the Creator aboloŋ SWr n. tasty mushroom. withdrew into the height, nhialic.. aboŋo SWr n. loincloth. abuk SWr Pl: abuuk. n. temporary hut on fishing abor See: bor. n. flood. cf: piɛ̈u. SWj: amol. ground, tent. aboor SWr n. right pronunciation, accent. Aboor abuk Sg: aba. aux. we will, we shall. Muɔnyjäŋ aliu jamdeic. He has not the right [Gram: contracted from ɣok+abï which Jange accent. Raan lɔ rol aboor. He is a good probably developed from [ok+abï+ku]] speaker. Abuk tiŋ. We shall see. abot SWm n. thread, twine. abuoc SWr adj. impotent to beget children. abou SWr n. maize. cf: abenh, matabaa. NWr abuolguak SWr n. large grass insect. SWt: anyuol. abuoŋ SWr n. stalks grown from durra stubble. abudo See: abudho. n. pumpkin. Variant: abioŋ. abudho SWr n. pumpkin, squash. Variant: abudo. abuop SWr n. swamp rat, beaver rat, with flat tail. NW SWj: abuth. abuor SWr n. hot soil. cf: buol, bolbol, biɔ̈r. abuui NE n. dust. cf: bulbul. abuot SWr n. cattle pneumonia. Abuk SWr n. wife of Dengdit, worshipped as abuɔ̈c n. pot, vessel. cf: töny. sbj: abuɔ̈c, abiäny. mother of the Dinka-race. Whilst her abuɔk Sg: abuɔɔk. n. Lechwe antelopes. husband Deng the Great obtains rain from abuɔɔk SWr Pl: abuɔk. n. Nile Lechwe antelope. the Creator, Abuk speaks to her children abuɔ̈k SWr See: buk. n. mould, mustiness. through the thunder. A little boy near abur SWr SCa n.
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