The ASJP Database - Wordlist Lifonga 3

Wordlist Lifonga 3

Compiled by Guillaume Segerer and Søren Wichmann

Showing 1 to 91 of 91 entries

No.	Meaning	Concepticon	Word	Loan

6	who	WHO	ya	False
7	what	WHAT	nde	False
7	what	WHAT	iye	False
10	many	MANY	ike	False
11	one	ONE	mowi	False
12	two	TWO	ib"ale	False
13	big	BIG	nEnE	False
14	long	LONG	lEi	False
14	long	LONG	alai	False
16	woman	WOMAN	twali	False
17	man	MAN	lele	False
18	person	PERSON	to	False
19	fish	FISH	pwe	False
20	bird	BIRD	itogE	False
20	bird	BIRD	imbulu	False
21	dog	DOG	mbwa	False
22	louse	LOUSE	mbuwa	False
22	louse	LOUSE	mbua	False
23	tree	TREE	mete	False
25	leaf	LEAF	ka	False
26	root	ROOT	nganga	False
27	bark	BARK	epopo	False
28	skin	SKIN	epopo	False
30	blood	BLOOD	mbuna	False
31	bone	BONE	kuwa	False
32	grease	FAT (ORGANIC SUBSTANCE)	pongo	False
33	egg	EGG	ngEi	False
34	horn	HORN (ANATOMY)	yeke	False
35	tail	TAIL	mela	False
36	feather	FEATHER	nzoto	False
37	hair	HAIR	uwe	False
37	hair	HAIR	hue	False
38	head	HEAD	to	False
39	ear	EAR	toi	False
41	nose	NOSE	nzomba	False
42	mouth	MOUTH	noko	False
43	tooth	TOOTH	no	False
44	tongue	TONGUE	lemu	False
44	tongue	TONGUE	lemi	False
47	knee	KNEE	b"ongo	False
49	belly	BELLY	b"umu	False
50	neck	NECK	ingo	False
51	breast	BREAST	b"ElE	False
52	heart	HEART	tema	False
53	liver	LIVER	b"ale	False
53	liver	LIVER	pupa	False
54	drink	DRINK	mei	False
55	eat	EAT	jei	False
55	eat	EAT	jyei	False
56	bite	BITE	toi	False
57	see	SEE	wEni	False
58	hear	HEAR	ki	False
59	know	KNOW	ebi	False
61	die	DIE	wei	False
62	kill	KILL	li	False
64	fly	FLY (MOVE THROUGH AIR)	pomboi	False
65	walk	WALK	landi	False
66	come	COME	yei	False
67	lie	LIE (REST)	milangei	False
69	stand	STAND	tEli	False
70	give	GIVE	i5i	False
71	say	SAY	toki	False
71	say	SAY	lobi	False
72	sun	SUN	moi	False
73	moon	MOON	Eli	False
74	star	STAR	nzoto	False
75	water	WATER	mai	False
76	rain	RAINING OR RAIN	manoka	False
76	rain	RAINING OR RAIN	mbula	False
77	stone	STONE	b"oko	False
78	sand	SAND	ale	False
80	cloud	CLOUD	pata	False
81	smoke	SMOKE (EXHAUST)	ninga	False
82	fire	FIRE	wa	False
83	ash	ASH	nzutu	False
84	burn	BURN	bololi	False
85	path	PATH	ngela	False
86	mountain	MOUNTAIN	ngomba	False
87	red	RED	bomanug	False
87	red	RED	bomangu	False
90	white	WHITE	bopEpEgEkE	False
91	black	BLACK	indo	False
92	night	NIGHT	kolo	False
92	night	NIGHT	kEya	False
93	hot	HOT	mbambo	False
94	cold	COLD	pEu	False
95	full	FULL	tumegi	False
96	new	NEW	sika	False
97	good	GOOD	lamu	False
99	dry	DRY	koki	False
100	name	NAME	kombo	False

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Glottocode: bamw1238
ISO 639-3: bmg

Coordinates WGS84

2°16'N, 19°22'E
2.27, 19.37

number of speakers	20,000
status	alive

Classification

WALS: NC > Bantu
Glottolog: Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southernbantoid > Narrowbantu > Central Westernbantu > Northzaireriver > Riversbantu > Ngiri > Ngiriterrien > Bamweic
Ethnologue: Niger Congo > Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southern > Narrowbantu > Northwest > C > Ngombe(c.412)

Sources

Donzo Bunza 2015: Langues bantoues de l’entre Congo-Ubangi (RD Congo): Documentation, reconstruction, classification et contacts avec les langues oubanguiennes. Bruxelles - Gent: Université Libre de Bruxelles - Faculty of Arts and Philosophy.