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

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tatti—tel

t&tti DM.
s. tasteless, sour (of water-melons),
tatt-ur DM. colocynth.
s. danat-ti.
tan M.
v.t. toi sweep.
tau-ar s. broom.
cf. tib.
tawa
s. saucepan.
ham. Som. dawa.
tawo M. postpos. tauwo ; tjvto O.N., togo KD. beneath,
below.—tauw-ds v.i. sit down.
s. togo.
tawwer M.
s. (for tan wer) his friend, partner.
s. wer.
tayu-b D.
s. tayug M. (Almkv.) spinal marrow. (Cf.
teju Kdr. brain.)
ham. Som. dayi tallow.
-te KDM.
-de Dai. nominal suffix.
ham. Sa. 'Af. -ta, -to.
ewet-te clitoris, kawwir-te bird.
shortened from -t-awi.
-t-ay.
te Dai.
adj. (for tei, tehi) blue, green.
s. dessi.
te KDM.
s. tele Dai. (Munz.) grave.
teb KD.
v.i. tew, tiw Dai. be, exist, stay, stand; be
ham. Bil. diw, Nan.
on the point of doing. — teb stop!
ambab teg-in, ai-gon teb-ri Father
sits, but I stand. — kma-tbd-eddo
aigi tog-ired-teb-kon he nearly
hit me.
tepi sit, stay.
ted
s. only in Te*x, vec'x O.N. law.
tedde D.
pron. for ter-re is he ?
s. te-r, -re.
teddo K.
advb. tad-do M. (for ter-lo, tar-lo) there,
teddo-tdn thence.
s. te-r, -lo.
teg KD.
v.i. tig M., tvk O.N., tekk-er Mid. sit, stay,
sem. Ti. Ge’ez sanlia,
live, exist, reside ; begin. — ard-ir
Ar. tanah, ham. Qu.
teg-os lie on the ground ! teg-os kal!
tanku, nil. Barea
sit down and eat! Dakka-r ugres
dengi, cent. Kan.
toski-gi teg-sum he stayed three
dega, dang, Teda
days in Dakka.—sarki-ged jbren-gbn
teg-ossum she began to weep from
fear.
dang.
tei
s. only in Teei O.N. hope.
tej-ix Kdr.
s. brain.
s. tayu-b.
tekk M.
v.i. in tekk-ir cheat, make a fool of.
ar. takk be stupid.
tekk-ar DM. adj. or takk-ar narrow.
nil. Di. tyek be difficult,
rough.
tel KM.
v.i. be hot.—jug-tel-bu K. be incensed with
nil. Bag. tel lighten,
rage.—tan jitta tela-fin M. his body
dazzle, Shi. til be
is hot, he has fever.
clear, ham. Tabi tel

the sun.