The ASJP Database - Wordlist Kerewe

Wordlist Kerewe

Compiled by Guillaume Segerer and Søren Wichmann

Showing 1 to 83 of 83 entries

No.	Meaning	Concepticon	Word	Loan

1	I	I	ine	False
2	you	THOU	iwe	False
3	we	WE	itw~e	False
6	who	WHO	niga	False
7	what	WHAT	niki	False
7	what	WHAT	ota	False
7	what	WHAT	otiki	False
9	all	ALL	bona	False
9	all	ALL	by~ona	False
9	all	ALL	zy~ona	False
10	many	MANY	bingi	False
10	many	MANY	ningi	False
10	many	MANY	bengi	False
10	many	MANY	kingi	False
12	two	TWO	bili	False
14	long	LONG	lehi	False
16	woman	WOMAN	kazi	False
18	person	PERSON	ntu	False
19	fish	FISH	nfui	False
21	dog	DOG	mbw~a	False
22	louse	LOUSE	nda	False
23	tree	TREE	ti	False
24	seed	SEED	mbibo	False
25	leaf	LEAF	tuntu	False
26	root	ROOT	uzi	False
27	bark	BARK	Cula	False
27	bark	BARK	ly~ula	False
30	blood	BLOOD	nsagama	False
31	bone	BONE	gufw~a	False
33	egg	EGG	huhi	False
34	horn	HORN (ANATOMY)	bembe	False
35	tail	TAIL	kila	False
38	head	HEAD	fotosi	False
38	head	HEAD	tw~e	False
39	ear	EAR	tw~i	False
40	eye	EYE	liso	False
41	nose	NOSE	nindo	False
42	mouth	MOUTH	nw~a	False
43	tooth	TOOTH	lino	False
44	tongue	TONGUE	olulimi	False
47	knee	KNEE	kizuri	False
49	belly	BELLY	nda	False
50	neck	NECK	biCa	False
51	breast	BREAST	bele	False
52	heart	HEART	oyo	False
53	liver	LIVER	ini	False
54	drink	DRINK	nw~a	False
55	eat	EAT	ly~a	False
56	bite	BITE	luma	False
57	see	SEE	lola	False
58	hear	HEAR	hulika	False
59	know	KNOW	ma5a	False
60	sleep	SLEEP	nagila	False
60	sleep	SLEEP	entilo	False
61	die	DIE	fw~a	False
62	kill	KILL	ita	False
65	walk	WALK	bata	False
66	come	COME	iza	False
69	stand	STAND	imelela	False
70	give	GIVE	ba	False
71	say	SAY	gambila	False
72	sun	SUN	zoba	False
73	moon	MOON	ozi	False
74	star	STAR	enenezi	False
75	water	WATER	amenzi	False
76	rain	RAINING OR RAIN	nzula	False
77	stone	STONE	bale	False
78	sand	SAND	seni	False
80	cloud	CLOUD	lile	False
81	smoke	SMOKE (EXHAUST)	ika	False
82	fire	FIRE	lilo	False
83	ash	ASH	izu	False
84	burn	BURN	silila	False
84	burn	BURN	aka	False
85	path	PATH	henda	False
86	mountain	MOUNTAIN	ibanga	False
90	white	WHITE	mw~ela	False
90	white	WHITE	kw~ela	False
92	night	NIGHT	kilo	False
95	full	FULL	izula	False
97	good	GOOD	fula	False
99	dry	DRY	oma	False
100	name	NAME	gima	False

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Glottocode: kere1283
ISO 639-3: ked

Coordinates WGS84

2°03'S, 33°15'E
-2.05, 33.25

number of speakers	241,000
status	alive

Classification

WALS: NC > Bantu
Glottolog: Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southernbantoid > Narrowbantu > Eastbantu > Northeastsavannabantu > Greatlakesbantu > Westnyanza
Ethnologue: Niger Congo > Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southern > Narrowbantu > Central > J > Haya Jita(e.24)

Sources

Nurse and Philippson 1975/99: The Tanzanian Language Survey. http://www.cbold.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/.