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

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huni—ibir-ti

huni R.
s. well of a ship: in Nile boats there is a
huni loth in the bow and the stern.
huni-huni R.
s. whispering, murmuring.
ir minina huni-huni wek' a-weru why
are ye whispering together.
llUT Rdr.
s. in hur kinje the four quarters of the
world.
huret R.
s. tares, weeds.
husi R.
s. or liususi obstacle in the path. s. hisisi.
butt R.
•s. moth. s. itta.

I

i Dai.
interj.
e RDM., e O.N. Oh ’ (Czermak calls it an
introductory particle}.
s. e.
-i RDM.
-i, -in Dai. plural suffix.
ham. Ga. -i, -in, Ba.
Mas. Nan. -i, nil. Shi.
Ku. -i. In all these cases
contracted from -in.
1 RD.
s.
ei O.N. hand.
i-n tu, keffa palm.—i-n jer, dogo back
of the hand.—i-n kid knuckles.—
i-n bare interstices between the
fingers.— i-n sor, bacci lines on the
palm.—i-n kur-ti elbow.—i-n budur-
ti wrist.
ham. A.E. a, Bed. ayi,
Nan. e.
I M.
v.t.
ei O.N. say, name.
ai-ga Aly i-nan they call me Aly.
ham. Sa.'Af. i, Bil. Kham.
Qu. yi, cent. Zagh. i.
-ia M.
conj.
-ian in order to.
s. -ani.
-ia postpos.
ibe Rdr.
in -ia, -eiA, -ha O.N. out of, in, to.
in ibe tinja corpse.
Of. nil. Ba. i-.
ib-e R.
v.t.
leave behind.
ar. aby reject.
ibica-n M.
adj.
ebije D. slow.
s. ebije.
ibir R.
v.t.
cover with earth.—kode-gi ibir-bs v.t.
earth over the cattle-track (round a
water-wheel).—ibr-id R. s. dust.
ham. Bil. bir-a, Som.
bir-i, Sa. balo, Bed.
bur earth, Ba. boro
smear the floor with
clay, Lat. boro earth.
ibir-ti DM.
s.
bir-tu, bir-tando Dai. strength, power;
storm.—ibirti-g' undur Z)., idir JZ.
turn.
sem. Amh. birtu strong,
and cf ham. Sa. abir
hero.