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

taf—tam

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taf M.
v.t. tafflr; tobb D. dip, dip bread in milk,
quench.
s. talb.
taf M.
s. only in T^n O.N. side, part.
taffab M.
s. (for tan fab) his or her father.
s. tar, fab.
tag KDM.
v.i. be covered.—tag-ir v.t. cover.—tage-di
nil. Shi. tago a cover,
K. (tageddi and tagaddi Kalabsa
ham. Nan. tuk, tuc
Almkv.), tage-ndi, tag-indi, tagetti
DM. cover, lid.—taga-di, tagre-di K.
cloak.
to cover and s. deg.
-tag K.
conj. -tan M. (of. O.N. time)
ham. Ba. teng until,
with negative verb till, when, before.—
ding-it time; nil.
mulki nal-men-tag till they see the
Shi. can day, time.—
kingdom.—ici-gi ew-men-tag before
they had washed their hands.—sit-tag
when ? sittag-bbkon till when ?
Cf. ham. A.E. ta.
taia M.
s. taya K. herd.—taia taia-na M., taya
taya-ged K. by companies.
ar. tay'a-t.
tain K.
v.i. tahh M. come, go; pass by.
s. talin, tann.
taj K.
v.i. suffer the pangs of labour.—in malle-
gon tajar-na ugud-ar ter-an Matt,
xxiv. 9, But all these things are the
beginning of travail.
tajin KM.
s. saucepan.
ar. tajin.
tak
v.t. (Rein.) bind, braid.
tak Dai.
v.i. enter.
nil. Di. tek go.
taka K.
advb. taka-n M. quickly.—taka taka ju K.,
takan takan ju M. go quickly !
takk KM
v.i. tak O.N. = katt D. passive suffix.—mer-
takk be cut.—611i-takk be hung.—
kusu aigi takki-kirbssan K. the
meat stuck in my throat.
tai Daz.
s. bamboo. Oxytenanthereabyssinica. Hochst.
tai M.
s. rope for tethering goats, small animals.
nil. Shi. tol, Bongo tollo.
talb K.
v.t. tab, taf M. dip in water.
talin K.
v.i. tain, tai, tai-tai K., tanh M. go, come.
—taim-bul K. passer-by.—jen talin-
bul K. the coming year.
tall K.
v.t. lick water (of a dog).
tam Jf.
suffix forming the negative imperative.
ham. A.E. tm, Copt. TH
toga-tam-e pl. toga-tam-ana do not
not. Cf. also Kham.
strike.
De. Qu. ta^. ten-a m

the negative imperative.