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

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dessi—dib

dessi KDM.
adj. or desse KD., te Dai. (for tehi?, tedye
ham. Sa. 'Af. dad, dat.
Munz.), tesse Mid. green, blue: raw,
-—cf. Auel. tese, Kab.
unripe, uncooked.—s. greens, vegeta-
tedse fresh grass, Ba.
bles.—dess-an KD., dess-an M. grow
deti grass.
green.—desse-kir D., dessa-kirM. dye
green.—dessiy-ar M. adj. very green.
desa K.
s. miser.
ar. gasi'.
dese-bu K.
v.i. or delise-bu be bewildered.
ar. daliis.
dessa D.
s. midwife.
dessa M.
s. (Almkv.) people who visit the bridal pair
during the first week after marriage.
det KM,
v.t. or ded pick up, gather, collect.
s. dad.
det-id remove.—det-ed snatch away.—
-deta-kab M. graze.—bsi detm-gon ju
K. walk carefully ! — deti-jam-e be
gathered together.—det-e M. firewood.
deu KDM.
s. dei M. (for derw? cf. del-ti K. oven,
HAM. Copt. XOT, Som.
dor-k bake) oven : griddle for cooking.
dub, Haus, dafa, Ful
deu-gi goi-el K., deu-ga goni M. a
defa cook, Ba. deba
potter. — cf. dew-ir s. roast.
burn, der cook, nil.
Di. deb cook.
deyir-e K.
v.t. transform, turn one thing into another.
ar. dayir turn round.
-di K.
possessive suffix.
di Dai.
v.i. stand up.
-di K.
-di; -de M., -di Dai. Mid. suffix denoting
the instrument.—kuse-di key.—bare-
di winnowing fan.—kobe-di K., kofa-
de M. key.—agse-di K., anisen-di M.
whetstone.—tabe-di Dai. pipe.—
tege-di Mid. rope.
di KDM.
v.i. O.N., ti Dai., ti, di Mid. die, be ex-
ham. Ga. du, dua, Ba.
tinguished.—di-ar death.—di-el dead.
tu-an, Mas. tua, nil.
—di-atti murderer.
Barea di, Ku. tu, Di.
tou, Shi. to wo.
dib K.
s. difii M., ‘xinni O.N. village, fortified
Cf. sem. Ti. Amh. Ge’ez.
village, ruins of a fortress, high mounds
dab er fortress, ham.
of ruins.—dib K. Aswan.—difii M.
Dirr.—cf. Dufofa D. place-name
(ruins).
Sa. daber.
dib M.
adj. dobbo K. bad, wicked.
s. dobbo.
dib M.
s. dibi-r, also diwi, diwi-r; tur K. evening,
ham. Bed. dib sunset,
night.—dippa, dib-ga by night.
Mas. deipa evening.