Murray, George W.: An English-Nubian comparative dictionary (London [u.a.]: H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1923)

be-r—be-rti

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be-r KD.
ber D.
v.t. (for be-ir) kill.
v.i. berr K., fei M. grow, increase.
ber KD.
v.i. or boer K. (cf. bur Dai. powerful) be
content, rich, satisfied.—ber-bu be
rich, live in plenty.—ber-ar riches.—
ber-id satiety.

bera(g) K. s. rainbow.
berberi KDM. s. barbari Nubian (from a root meaningvaoxil
cf. Ar. berberi Nubian and in the non-
Nubian dialects of Dar Nuba—Talodi
barbara, Eliri babura, Lumun buri-
buri man. Cf. also such tribal names
as Barea, Bari, Berri, Beir. But
s. Introduction p. ix).
beres K. s. fers M. bed.

beri K.

beri KD.

s. summit, top : pinnacle, battlement,
jama-n beri-n dogb-r on the pinnacle
of the temple.—berici-ged ekki
bi-terse-ran Luke xix. 43, shall en-
close thee with palisades? (berici
perhaps from ber wood here ?)
s. Uli M. side, haunch, hip: wing: angle,
corner.—beri-n kid rib.—berberi.

berjb M.

beri adj. crooked.—beri-gir v.t. bend.
beri-gid crookedness, craft. Cf. bu-
radna Dai. (Munz.) crooked.
s chicken-pox.

ber-n udu D. s. (Seetzen) frog.
berri K. advb. indeed, really.—ai berri nalsi Indeed
I saw it!
berri D. s. ferri M. a fish. Tilapia nilotica.
berris D. s. baris KM. sheepskin.
be-rti KD. s. me-n M. goat.

s. be, faw.
Cf. ham. Som. ber sow,
cultivate.
ham. Som. bar pros-
perity, barra rich ;
Haus, bare plenty,
Ba. bura good, right,
Mas. bore be abun-
dant, nil. Ku. bur be
satisfied, cent. Bud.
burba rich.
ar. bairak flag.
ham. Som. barbar young
man, 'Af. bara boy,
cent. Zagh. baru man,
burr boy, Berri the
Zaghawa, meroitic br
var. abr man.
ar. fars.
ham. Ba. lily a.

ham. Bed. biye, nil.
Bon. barra.

french (through eg. ar. ?)
variole.
ar. barr be truthful.
s. farraci.
s. baris.
s. be, me bleat.