Likpakpaanl – English
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ngbeen noun tassles (on edge of garment)
ngbigbei cf gbei noun thickness
ngbiir cf gbiir 2 noun playing, entertainment
ngeehn noun will, pleasure, desire
ngeen noun sleep Ngeen chuu mi. I am sleepy. (sleep has-caught me) Ngeen bi. Sleep is there. (response to greeting concerning health)
ngem cf kikekengeŋ kinigengeŋ ligenl ligenl likekenl unii determiner some of Ngem tar ki len tibaa ngem mu tar ki len tiken. Some said one thing and others said another. (Some shouted and said one-thing, others also shouted and said another.)
ngiin 2 cf giin ngarm der. of gar 2 noun an answer, reply
ngirm cf gir verbal noun return, go back
ngongobim cf ligongol noun mounds, hillocks
ni 1 cf aa 1 aa 1 ba 1 ga naa 2 naan 2 unspec. comp. form of ni 1 aa 1 nilaba nilani pronoun it, them M daa ni. I bought it. naan 2 unspec. comp. form cf aa 1 ga ni 1 negative future pronoun it won't... . neuter pron. /ni/ assimilated to neg. /aa/ and fut. /-n/ morphemes.
ni 2 pronoun you (plural sub.) Ni cha la? Where are you going? (You are-going where?)
ni 3 locative in U bi kidiik ni. 'He is in the room'
ni 4 locative hither U gir ni ti chee. He returned to us.
ni 5 connective and (between two nouns) Ubo ni ute .... A child and his father....
nibaa 1 reflexive yourselves (2 pl. reflex.)
nibaa 2 determiner some, certain, any (thing/s) neuter
nibaa 3 numeral one (thing) Nyan tiwan nibaa kipiik kipiik ni tii Uwumbɔr. Give God one thing out of every ten.
nibaabaa numeral each one, one by one
nibaakan adverb maybe, perhaps
nii cf tibinn verb defecate nii tibinn defecate fæces
*niin numeral eight (takes obligatory prefix agreeing with the nominal to which it refers.)
nilaba cf ba 1 ni 1 interrogative which? which one