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eba
beeba
n
husband
Syn
bali̱ye
4.1.9.2.1
Husband, wife
ebabi
mababi
n
leaf
1.5.5
Parts of a plant
ebanja
mabanja
n
debt
6.8.5.4
Repay debt
6.8.5
Borrow
6.8.5.3
Owe
6.8.5.5
Credit
ebaale
mabaale
n
1
hard stone
6.6.2.7
Working with stone
1.2.2.2
Rock
6.2.6.2
Mill grain
2
marble rock
6.6.2.7
Working with stone
1.2.2.2
Rock
ebegha
mabegha
n
shoulder
2.1.2
Torso
2.1.3.1
Arm
ebeele
mabeele
n
breast; breast milk
2.1.8.4
Female organs
2.6.4.1.1
Care for a baby
2.1.2
Torso
ebi
dem
those ones
9.2.3.5
Demonstrative pronouns
ebili
num
two
8.1.1.1
Cardinal numbers
8.1.1.1.2
Two
ebi̱li̱ghe
mabi̱li̱ghe
n
pellet for shooting with a slingshot
4.8.3.7
Weapon, shoot
ebo
pro
they
9.2.3
Pronouns
ebumba
bibumba
n
soil; clay; mud
Syn
bisaabo
biidhodho
etaka
1
1.2.2.1
Soil, dirt
6.6.2.8
Working with bricks
6.6.2.4
Working with clay
6.5.3
Building materials
ebuno
mabuno
n
buttock
8.6.2.1
Bottom
2.1.2
Torso
ebbaati̱
mabbaati̱
n
corrugated iron sheet; flat metal with a series of folds used for roofing houses
1.2.2.3
Metal
6.6.2.3
Working with metal
6.5.3
Building materials
6.5.2.2
Roof
ebbi̱i̱li̱
adv
behind
8.5.1.1.1
Behind
8.5.2.2
Backward
7.3.2.2
Put in back
8.6.1.1
Back
ebha
var. of
kibha
ebhango
mabhango
n
upper back
2.1.6
Bone, joint
8.5.1.1.1
Behind
8.5.2.2
Backward
2.1.2
Torso
8.6.1.1
Back
1.6.2
Parts of an animal
ebhi̱mba
adv
up, from a vantage point of being down on the earth
Syn
elughulu
3
8.2.6.3
High
8.5.1.3.1
Above
8.5.2.4
Up
edhaala
madhaala
n
step; status
4.5.6
Status
4.5.6.2
Low status
4.5.6.1
High status
9.3.1
Degree
4.1.4.1
Social class
8.2.8
Measure
edhaala lya haigulu
n
high status
4.5.6
Status
4.5.6.1
High status
9.3.1
Degree
4.1.4.1
Social class
8.2.8
Measure
edhaala lya hansi
n
low status
4.5.6
Status
4.5.6.2
Low status
9.3.1
Degree
4.1.4.1
Social class
8.2.8
Measure
edhaala lya haigulu
madhaala ghaa haigulu
n
high status
4.5.6
Status
4.5.6.1
High status
9.3.1
Degree
4.1.4.1
Social class
8.2.8
Measure
der. of
edhaala
edhaala lya hansi
madhaala ghaa hansi
n
low status
4.5.6
Status
4.5.6.2
Low status
9.3.1
Degree
4.1.4.1
Social class
8.2.8
Measure
der. of
edhaala
egemo
magemo
n
dart, in clothing
6.6.1
Working with cloth
8.3.1.5.3
Fold
eghabo
maghabo
n
countable pile; heaps of food usually for sale
6.8.2.6
Collect
7.5.9.1
Load, pile
7.5.1
Gather
8.1.3.3
Group of things
eghana
maghana
n
herd
Syn
bu̱hi̱yo
6.3.2
Tend herds in fields
1.6.6
Animal group
eghi
dem
1
those ones
8.5
Location
9.5.1.6
Spatial location of an event
8.5.3
Be at a place
9.2.3.5
Demonstrative pronouns
8.5.1
Here, there
2
that one
8.5
Location
9.5.1.6
Spatial location of an event
8.5.3
Be at a place
9.2.3.5
Demonstrative pronouns
8.5.1
Here, there
3
there
Aaghendi̱ye enja eghi kweyamba.
He has gone out there to help himself.
8.5.1.7
Indefinite location
8.5
Location
9.5.1.6
Spatial location of an event
8.5.3
Be at a place
9.2.3.5
Demonstrative pronouns
8.5.1
Here, there
eghulu
n
1
sky
1.1
Sky
2
heaven
2.6.6.8
Life after death
4.9.6
Heaven, hell
3
height
8.2.6.3
High
8.2.2.2
Tall
elughulu
adv
1
north
8.5.2
Direction
8.5.2.8
North, south, east, west
2
front
8.5.2.1
Forward
8.5.1.1
In front of
7.3.2.1
Put in front
3
up; above
Syn
ebhi̱mba
8.2.6.5
Deep, shallow
8.6.2
Top
8.2.6.3
High
8.5.1.3.1
Above
8.5.2.4
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