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

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gergandissi—gil

gergandissi M. s. geglandissi skink.
s. galgal, jendelesse.
eg.ar. karka', karkur.
gergur KM.
s. cat-fish. Synodontis schall.
gesma M.
s. nose ornament.
Of ar. kasama-t face.
gesi KM.
s. grass pl. gesi-ci grass fields.
EG.AR. kes.
geu K.
s. or ti-n geu udder.
geu K.
s. blood.-—gew-an v.i. bleed.
s. ger.
geyat DM.
s. or gayad straw mats.
-gi KD. Dai.
dh’cZ. -ga M. objective suffix. Often omitted in
Bair and Midob dialects.
s. -ga.
gi Kdr.
v.t. see.
gi KDM.
s. maternal uncle.
gib at M.
s. jibad light rod joining the beam of the
‘ shaduf ’ to the bucket.
s. jib at.
gibit KM.
s. jibit platform of a water-wheel.
s. jibit.
-gid KDM.
suffix forming abstract nouns as dbro-gid
fatness, jag-kid fear.
nil. Shi. gin-.
gid KDM.
v.t. gir, frequently gid-ir, rarely gir-ir make
do. Frequently used as a causative
suffix.—maris-kidir disable, sokos-
sidir lift up.
ham. Ba. -kin; (g-ir, g-id
may be g causative + -ir
intensive) s. p. xxxviii.
gid KDM.
s. grass.
gid sbwo KD., gid sama M. hay.
ham. Sa. gfda, Som.
gedo.
gidam M.
s nimne KD. antimony.
s. nimne.
gidd KD.
v.t. igidd D. forbid, hinder: constrain,
oblige.
s. kid cause.
gidd KD.
v.i. gir M. choke, be strangled.
gid-be choke to death ; gid-in-kir KD.,
gir-in-kir M. throttle.
cf. kidd.
giddi-r M.
adj. usually gitti-r difficult.
c/gidd forbid.
gifirt
v.t. only in cmip? O.N. repeat, return.
gigg M.
v.i. gik, jigg laugh.
nil. Bag, kogo, Bon.
kuggu.
gigir M.
s. or jigir pillow.
s. jigfr.
gij K.
adj. nej DM. deaf.
s. nej.
giji-r KD.
v.i. hear, obey: feel, smell, perceive.
aigi gijir obey me!—er bddi-bun-ga
gijir-in do you feel ill?—gijir-kir Z).,
i-gijir-ran-gir bain K. explain.
nil. Shi. nejo recognize,
know.
gikid KD.
v.t. and jigid rub, grate.
s. jigid.
gil K.
v.i. go astray.—gir-ki gil-dssum he lost his
way.—gir-ro were-gi gil-bssu we
missed each other on the road.
ar. gail get lost in a
morass or thicket.