The ASJP Database - Wordlist Nghwele 3

Wordlist Nghwele 3

Compiled by Guillaume Segerer and Søren Wichmann

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No.	Meaning	Concepticon	Word	Loan

1	I	I	nie	False
2	you	THOU	weye	False
3	we	WE	Ceye	False
6	who	WHO	nani	False
7	what	WHAT	Coni	False
9	all	ALL	zose	False
9	all	ALL	yose	False
10	many	MANY	mvw~izi	False
10	many	MANY	5ingi	False
10	many	MANY	wengi	False
12	two	TWO	mbili	False
14	long	LONG	nhali	False
15	small	SMALL	ndodo	False
16	woman	WOMAN	anamke	False
18	person	PERSON	nhu	False
19	fish	FISH	somba	False
20	bird	BIRD	dege	False
21	dog	DOG	umbw~a	False
22	louse	LOUSE	ngina	False
23	tree	TREE	biki	False
24	seed	SEED	mbeyu	False
25	leaf	LEAF	yani	False
26	root	ROOT	mzizi	False
27	bark	BARK	gome	False
30	blood	BLOOD	damu	False
31	bone	BONE	vuha	False
32	grease	FAT (ORGANIC SUBSTANCE)	nona	False
33	egg	EGG	finga	False
34	horn	HORN (ANATOMY)	hembe	False
35	tail	TAIL	mkila	False
38	head	HEAD	dosi	False
38	head	HEAD	ditw~i	False
39	ear	EAR	gutw~i	False
40	eye	EYE	so	False
41	nose	NOSE	mhula	False
42	mouth	MOUTH	mulomo	False
43	tooth	TOOTH	no	False
44	tongue	TONGUE	lulimi	False
47	knee	KNEE	goNho	False
49	belly	BELLY	inda	False
50	neck	NECK	singo	False
51	breast	BREAST	matombo	False
52	heart	HEART	moyo	False
53	liver	LIVER	ini	False
54	drink	DRINK	Nw~a	False
55	eat	EAT	ja	False
55	eat	EAT	dy~a	False
56	bite	BITE	luma	False
57	see	SEE	ona	False
58	hear	HEAR	hulika	False
59	know	KNOW	ma5a	False
60	sleep	SLEEP	gona	False
60	sleep	SLEEP	nhongo	False
61	die	DIE	fa	False
62	kill	KILL	koma	False
62	kill	KILL	5oda	False
65	walk	WALK	genda	False
66	come	COME	izo	False
69	stand	STAND	ima wima	False
70	give	GIVE	kuNha	False
71	say	SAY	longela	False
72	sun	SUN	zua	False
73	moon	MOON	ezi	False
74	star	STAR	nhondo	False
75	water	WATER	mazi	False
76	rain	RAINING OR RAIN	vula	False
76	rain	RAINING OR RAIN	vuli	False
77	stone	STONE	dibw~e	False
78	sand	SAND	msanga	False
80	cloud	CLOUD	wingu	False
81	smoke	SMOKE (EXHAUST)	mosi	False
82	fire	FIRE	moto	False
83	ash	ASH	ivu	False
84	burn	BURN	lungula	False
85	path	PATH	nzila	False
86	mountain	MOUNTAIN	mulima	False
90	white	WHITE	nzeru	False
92	night	NIGHT	Cilo	False
95	full	FULL	mema	False
97	good	GOOD	inoga	False
99	dry	DRY	5ara	False
100	name	NAME	zina	False

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Glottocode: kwer1261
ISO 639-3: cwe

Coordinates WGS84

5°54'S, 38°42'E
-5.90, 38.70

number of speakers	152,000
status	alive

Classification

WALS: NC > Bantu
Glottolog: Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southernbantoid > Narrowbantu > Eastbantu > Northeastsavannabantu > Northeastcoastalbantu > Ruvu > Eastruvu > Centraleastruvu
Ethnologue: Niger Congo > Atlantic Congo > Volta Congo > Benue Congo > Bantoid > Southern > Narrowbantu > Central > G > Zigula Zaramo(g.32)

Sources

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