FACTOID # 29: Qataris have lots and lots of gas.
 
 Home   Encyclopedia   Statistics   Countries A-Z   Flags   Maps   Education   Forum   FAQ   About 
 
WHAT'S NEW
RECENT ARTICLES
More Recent Articles »
 

FACTS & STATISTICS    Simple view

  1. Select countries to view: (hold down Control key and click to select several)

     

     

    Compare:

     

     

  1. Select fact or statistic: (* = graphable)

     

     

     

  2. (OPTIONAL) Compare to statistic: (both need to be graphable)

     

     

     

  3. View result as:

     

       
(OR) SEARCH ALL encyclopedia, stats & forums:   

Encyclopedia > Shabo lexicon

This is a lexicon of the endangered and little-documented Shabo language of Ethiopia, containing the few words that have been collected of it by linguists (currently, it contains those collected by Teferra & Unseth). See Shabo language for a bibliography.

  • all: yinkapo, haɓa
  • ashes: punk'wa
  • bark: ork'an
  • belly: jukuma, sukuma
  • big: mat
  • bird: holut
  • bite: p'ida, kaw(ge) (see "tooth", "mouth")
  • black: c'inii(ŋ/n)
  • blood: yɛrom
  • bone: ɛmenan, ɪmaha
  • breast: duh
  • burn (transitive): gota, goma
  • chicken: baako
  • claw/nail: ʃeŋgi, cofolkoh
  • cold: k'enɗi
  • come: amo
  • cut: c'ota
  • die: k'o
  • dog: kaan, kaʔal
  • drink: woh (cf. "water")
  • dry: sʔoto, ici
  • ear: k'iti
  • eat: t'a
  • egg: tutukan
  • eye: se
  • fat (noun): sʔilima(m/ŋ), ciime
  • feather: c'eka (= "hair"?)
  • fire: c'uwa
  • fish: c'aŋa
  • fly (n.): kayan, zefa
  • foot/leg: bicca
  • four: aŋan
  • girl: koto (= "woman")
  • give: hanno
  • go: no
  • good: ɗanka
  • granary: gootare
  • grass: c'aamo
  • hair: c'eeka
  • hand: ifu
  • head: k'oyi
  • heart: (yi)dundet
  • horn: kolbe
  • house/hut: doku, aha
  • I: tiŋ
  • kill:
  • knee: hutu, hotu
  • know: ɗɛ
  • leaf: c'aam(o) (cf. "grass")
  • liver: cukuma
  • long: ɗama
  • louse: nɛnna
  • lung: ʃambo
  • man: upa
  • many: habba
  • meat: (cf. "kill")
  • milk (human): il
  • moon: kasupu, kaʃip (cf. "sun"), goom(u)
  • mouth: kaw(ʃɛ)
  • name: iŋkaye
  • neck: nimma, dɛppu, ʃonna(se)
  • one: iiŋki
  • other: maʔam, yuu, upa (= "person")
  • rat: kilta
  • red: c'aara
  • river: wo (cf. "water")
  • road/path: homa, koma
  • root: tiltil
  • say: sum, kimmo
  • see: yinno/yesi
  • seed: walkun
  • sit (down): mo(opa), manka
  • skin (human): akuʃ
  • sleep: haɓa(fa), tolʔam
  • small: hɛdeb(u) (cf. "thin")
  • smoke: tooru, ciimbi
  • snake: paar
  • spear: ɓake
  • spear handle: gɛre
  • stand (up): hitta, ponkaɓala
  • star: marion
  • stone: manna
  • sun: oha, kaiʃet (cf. "moon")
  • swim: liyet
  • tail: ʃooʃa, ʃundum
  • that: ŋa
  • thin: hɛdɛbu (cf. "small")
  • this: ŋaŋam, ney
  • thou: kuku
  • three: jiita
  • tongue: handa
  • tooth: k'aw (see also "bite, mouth")
  • tree: k'onna
  • two: babu
  • want: inɗeet
  • warm/hot: ʃub
  • water: wo
  • we: yiŋ
  • wet: k'inna
  • what?: naambi
  • white: ɗada
  • who?: kukne, naafe, neʔebe
  • woman: umɓa, koto (= "girl")
  • work: apuur
  • you (pl.): ʃubək

  Results from FactBites:
 
Shabo_language LANGUAGE SCHOOL EXPLORER (864 words)
Shabo (also called Mikeyir) is an endangered language spoken by about 600 hunter-gatherers in southwestern Ethiopia, in the westernmost part of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region.
Shabo uses postpositions after nouns, eg: upa mana pond ɗɛpik moi "a man sat on a rock" (lit.
"Shabo: presentation of data and preliminary classification", in: M. Lionel Bender (ed.), 1991, Proceedings of the Fourth Nilo Saharan Conference Bayreuth, Aug. 30.
Shabo language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (919 words)
Shabo (also called Mikeyir) is an endangered language spoken by about 600 hunter-gatherers in southwestern Ethiopia, in the westernmost part of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region.
"Shabo: presentation of data and preliminary classification", in: M. Lionel Bender (ed.), 1991, Proceedings of the Fourth Nilo Saharan Conference Bayreuth, Aug. 30.
"A sketch of Shabo grammar", in: M. Lionel Bender (ed.), 1991, Proceedings of the Fourth Nilo Saharan Conference Bayreuth, Aug. 30.
  More results at FactBites »


 

COMMENTARY     


Share your thoughts, questions and commentary here
Your name
Your comments
Please enter the 5-letter protection code

Want to know more?
Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:

 


Lesson Plans | Student Area | Student FAQ | Reviews | Press Releases |  Feeds | Contact
The Wikipedia article included on this page is licensed under the GFDL.
Images may be subject to relevant owners' copyright.
All other elements are (c) copyright NationMaster.com 2003-5. All Rights Reserved.
Usage implies agreement with terms.