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Yanda, a language of the Dogon group in Northern ... - Roger Blench

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R.M. <strong>Blench</strong> <strong>Yanda</strong> Wordlist Circulated for comment<br />

English Français <strong>Yanda</strong> Commentary<br />

blacksmith forgeron zyεmε<br />

potter potier εzumay<br />

slave esclave gunɔ<br />

tw<strong>in</strong> jumeau ɲimεm<br />

prophecy prophétie<br />

shame<br />

honte<br />

fear/fright peur<br />

bravery/courage courage<br />

laughter<br />

rires<br />

wisdom<br />

sagesse<br />

guilt<br />

culpabilité<br />

anger<br />

colère<br />

race/runn<strong>in</strong>g course zɔbu<br />

sleep sommeil gidεn<br />

circumcision circoncision bulpagɔ<br />

death mort tibε<br />

name nom ín contrast ìn ‘tooth’<br />

grave<br />

tombe<br />

song chanson pili<br />

proverb proverbe nuŋa<br />

story histoire dumpay<br />

word mot dum<br />

lie mensonge kakal<br />

news nouvelles kibal<br />

hunger faim gya<br />

horn corne kεlε<br />

tail queue dulɔ<br />

egg oeuf tool<br />

w<strong>in</strong>g aile kagadε<br />

fea<strong>the</strong>r plume kula also ‘hair’<br />

gum/glue colle<br />

anthill termitière damde dulu<br />

hole, pit trou bɔndɔ<br />

hole <strong>in</strong> tree trou dans arbre pɔmbɔ<br />

poison<br />

poison<br />

load fardeau, charge te dwa<br />

firewood bois de feu te<br />

stick bâton tana<br />

work travail bidε<br />

war guerre zaŋ<br />

fight<strong>in</strong>g<br />

combat<br />

medic<strong>in</strong>e médicament õĩ<br />

div<strong>in</strong>ation div<strong>in</strong>ation<br />

money argent kεlε<br />

shadow ombre k<strong>in</strong>dε<br />

th<strong>in</strong>g chose kyu<br />

land/country pays damma<br />

sickness/disease maladie kiŋ<br />

smallpox variole<br />

diarrhoea diarrhée, écoulement du<br />

ventre<br />

eczema<br />

eczème<br />

goitre<br />

goitre<br />

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