Oropom Language - Wordlist

Wordlist

This wordlist, taken from the appendix to Wilson 1970, is based on Akol's memories (and thus is considered by Wilson as belonging to the "Turkwell dialect".) He specifically says that he collected words from the other dialect as well, but apparently never published them. The list consists of less than a hundred words, but is unfortunately quite likely to be all the vocabulary that will ever be known of the language.

  • man: muren
  • woman: nakwanta
  • child: muto
  • father: mamunyu
  • mother: iyoo
  • brother: lukiya
  • sister: pese
  • old man: kuko
  • old woman: kukuye
  • mother-in-law: yo
  • warrior: lim
  • enemy: bu
  • thief: mokorat
  • fool: bung
  • clever person: woth
  • seer: murwe
  • wizard: rimirim
  • witch: ariet
  • dog: kokuye
  • cat: ariet
  • cow: ngobo
  • bull: losogol
  • cattle: pange
  • goat: ngoror
  • sheep: merek
  • lion: ru
  • leopard: meri
  • gazelle: tuth
  • eland: ongor
  • snake: kwolta
  • crocodile: moro
  • fish: karu
  • egg: iken
  • honey: madik
  • meat: apintoo
  • milk: coko
  • food: araukoo
  • oil: konoye
  • fat: moda
  • cooking pot: kodo
  • cooking pot (black): kiriente
  • grooved design on pots: nacipa
  • eye: kongiye
  • nose: torom
  • ear: ki-ito
  • tooth: ne-et
  • breast: kisina
  • penis: oyaa
  • vagina: kibunte
  • hand: akeleng
  • foot: apaukoo
  • hair: akopito
  • cowrie shell: pel
  • mark on forehead: nageran
  • ear-ring: napiroi
  • neck bangles: gorom
  • women's apron: ongor
  • stone wrist bangle: aurare
  • spear: ngokit
  • arrow: motit
  • bow: terema
  • soil: nyapid
  • chalcedony: atunatun
  • water: lata
  • fire: emaa
  • sun: aca
  • moon: pele
  • day: awar
  • night: riono
  • rain: lat
  • house: apirgoo
  • tree: telegai
  • grass: purung
  • white: pele
  • black: timu
  • red: kopurat
  • blue: puthia
  • good: pau
  • bad: girito
  • hard: keter
  • soft: lujuk
  • dry: de-au
  • wet: ret
  • to sleep: sanan
  • to walk: pauwo
  • to swim: redik
  • to dig: chege
  • to cut: tubo
  • to sit: paja
  • to lie down: lura
  • to give: we
  • to receive: aruka
  • to cook: ipo
  • to burn: mala
  • to boil water: mak
  • to speak: dokol
  • to marry: ritha

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