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

-r—russi

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-r KDM.

-r KDM. Mid.

-ir. Suffixed to the verbal stem, it gives an
intensive, often a causative meaning; as
bai-r send away, duk-ir lift. After
n, d, and sometimes after r, it changes
to -d, as gen-d reconcile, ben-d pray,
nor-d cut. After m, it becomes -b ; as
tom-b break to pieces.
-ir, -ar. Suffix forming nouns, as kas-ir
turban, kab-ar food; also adjectives as
nasi(r), noso(r) long, gitti(r) difficult.
Common in Midob, as passa-r sun,
ay-r neck, tu-r belly.

-r KD. Dai. postpos. -ir ; -la M., -ri Mid. in, at, by.
-irtbn, -rtbn from.
-ra M. postpos. for -la after r in, at, by.
-ratbn from.
raar Dai. s. (Munz.) spider.
rai K. advb. in rai-gir slowly.
-re KD. and le interrogative particle. In D. it
becomes -de after r, as ted-de for ter-re
is he ?
-re KD. numerical suffix. — toski-re a third.—
kemsi-re a quarter.
-ro KD. postpos. for -r after a vowel, in, at, by. Sometimes
reduplicated as in gir-ro-r on the road,
esi-n gar-ro-r on the bank. (Compare
na-n for -n, -na.)
-rogo M. postpos. for -logo after r, with, through.
rume K. adj. for urume black.—s. blackness.—misi-n
rume eyeball.—burn rume black
girl.
russi K. s. rice.

ham. Ba. -ri, -rd altering
to -du after n, d, and
to -bu after m. Com-
pare Mas. -d in bur-d,
gur-d.
Reinisch cites a parallel
-ara from De. Qu. and
suggests -ar to be iden-
tical with -ad, -at and
various Hamitic suffixes
in -t, -a-ti, i-t and
ar. -a-t.
ham. A.E. r, cent. Zagh.
-ri and s. -1.
s. 1.
ar. tarayyu' delay.
ham. Ga. -re, nil. Bag.
-le.
ham. A.E. r-.
s. -r, -1.

s. -logo.
s. urume.

AR. ruzz.