ON Nob. Andaa./Matok.
ⲁ̄ⲉⲓⲗ ⲁ̄ⲓ̈, ⲁ̄ⲓ̈ⲗ ⲁ̄
aeil āy, āyl ā

'heart, soul, self'

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#Nobiin
• ⲇⲉⲙⲓ̄ⲣⲁ (demīra)
• ⲧⲟⲥⲥⲓ (tossi); ⲁⲙⲁⲛ ⲧⲟⲥⲥⲓ (aman tossi)

#Andaandi / #Matokki
ⲇⲉⲙⲓⲣⲉ (demire)

Egy. Arabic > دميرة

Ultimately < Coptic.

Sahidic > ⲧⲉⲙⲏⲣⲉ (temēre)
Bohairic > ⲧⲁⲙⲏⲓⲣⲓ (tamēiri)

‘Annual Nile flooding’

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The coordinating conjunction 'But' in Nile #NubianLanguages are Arabic loans based on لَكِن or أَمَّا

Almkvist (1877): illākin (Nobiin/Andaandi); lākin (Mattok.)

Reinisch (1879): ammā, lākin

Lepsius (1880): ammā; lākin, lākinī; mādal* (Nob.)

Werner (1987): làakíin (Nob.)

ùlùm-gà
crocodile-accusative

bàhàr-rà*
river-locative

àn-gíi
1sg.possessive.pronoun-uncle

íig-ìnnà
call-3pl.present

* Locative postposition: -là 'in, at, by' ; after -r > -rà
bàhàr-là > bàhàr-rà

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a cartoon crocodile is swimming in the water ALT: a cartoon crocodile is swimming in the water

#Nobiin ⲟⲩⲗⲟⲩⲙ (ùlùm), #Andaandi / #Mattoki ⲉⲗⲟⲩⲙ (elum): 'crocodile'

#NobiinProverb
ⲟⲩⲗⲟⲩⲙⲅⲁ ⲡⲁϩⲁⲣⲣⲁ ⲁⲛⲅⲓⲓ ⲓⲓⲅⲓⲛⲛⲁ

ùlùmgà báhárrá àngíi íigìnnà

'In the river, call the crocodile uncle.'

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#Andaandi / #Matokki ŏr; ŏrū, ŏ́rw-ī (plural): 'king, chief'

ŏr-bāb, ur-bāb: 'king and father'

#Andaandi / #Matokki ur-an
#Nobiin ur-aŋ: 'become king'

In Nobiin, 'becoming' is expressed thru verb -áŋir / -áŋil: 'to become', which attaches directly to noun

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ⳝⲟⲩⲛⳝⲟⲩⲣⲧⲓⲅⲟⲩⲟⲩ ⲙⲓⲣⲓⲅⲟⲩⲟⲩ

junjurtigū mirigū

New Beginnings

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