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

117

maj—m-ar

maj K.

v.t. bind, gird oneself.—a-maje-di girdle.

makada DM. s. makadda D. maize. Zea mais.

makat-ti M. s. water-melon.

makit v.i. only in O.N. fear.
mall-e KDM. adj. madl-e K. each, all.—malle-n auel-lo
K. in front of every one.—malla-ha M.
all together.—maller-an A., maller-
an. M. be all . . . thus ar indo maller-
andu K. we are all here.
malti KD. adj. malto, matto 717., julntto O.N. east,
matt-okki Easterners.
mal-ti KD. s. or mar-ti small canal.
mam Mid. interj. pam no.
mame D. s. mame M. root.
man KDM. pron. pl. gu juljui O.N. that; that over there,
mando KM., man-d8 D. there.—man-
doton thence.
mahg K. v.i. or bang bleat, bellow.
mangir M. v.t. pl. mangir-an allow. Used thus: aiga
noge mangir let me go !—aiga noge
mangir-an do ye let me go !
mahisse M. s. manisse 7)., magise K. a sweet scented
grass.
man M. s. man (Almkv), misi KD , O.N. eye.
mah-in nini, id eyeball, pupil.—mah-in
kitti, kos, naua(r) eyelid.—mah-in
sihirti eyelashes.—mah-in kul eye-
socket.—mah-in nulu white of the
eye. — man-issi, man-essi tear. —
mah-in kufa-galil-la in the twinkling
of an eye.—mah-gatti evil-eyed.—
man-jabas-ko blear-eyed.—mah-we-
ko one-eyed.—man-issan dirt in the
eye.—mah-in kaba blood in the eye.
mar DM. s. village.
m-ar KDM. v.t. miss, not to find.

nil Di. mac {or perhaps
majj, mar-j reflexive
of mor bind).
ham. Bed. makade, nil.
Ku. makada both -
Abyssinia.
eg. ar. makat melon-
patch.
sem. Amh. malla.

Cf. cent. Kan. balte,
Teda balte morning.
s. mar-ti.
ham. Mas. mme.
S. p. XXXV.

s. bang.

s. magise.

nil. Shi. my er villages,
m- negative + ar find, cf.
nil. Di. mar.