English-Efe Vocabulary (Original Draft)

184 Pages·1936·4.99 MB·English

by  Edwin W. Smith

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FIRST
D R A F T JULY 1936
E N G L I S H - E F E
V O C A B U L A R Y
C O M P I L E D
B Y E D W I N
W . S M I T H .

ENGLISH - EFE VOCABULARY
ABLE, TO BE: (1)kuba
I am not able: magikuba-ha, 1.7
if thou canst: abet cha njkuba, 9.22
ACCEPT, TO: believe; abe
ACCOMPANY, TO: go with: o**o
ACCOMPTTSH, TO: eba ilusle
until these things be accomplished: abesj ba
oiu abule heba i^usje. 1.3.30
ACCUSE, TO: (ijtisu
they accused him of many things: haitisu itda
tbeM, 15.3
Many things they accuse thee of: aljka lnt a
ahtsocha Itjsu a. 15.4
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ADJACENT, TO EE: round about: aba
anl the land of Galilee round about: hene bapere
Ga1l1ayal hisaba nl al, 1*28.
ADJURE, TO: (Dtapu
T adjure thee: inlye ko cha mutapu, 5.8.
ADULTERY:
Commit not adultery: naiume, 10.19
... and adulteries: itdo^e lume ina, 7.22.
------- - TO COMMIT: defile: (1jmagu
commits adultery against her: lchl ie hosa 1 tda
lmague, 10.11.
commits adultery: Ichl ba le hjmagu, lO.n.
AFFAlRj thing: udu
AFOOT: kogochu
they ran afoot: ahjtama kogochu, 6,33
AFTKR: behind, book of: 11po
after me: mai ipo, 1.14
after he sent his son: Ijpo hjtjbu magu a ltda, 12.6.
after that: hapi ide a ijpo: 12.34.
------- use verb 1adj (pass;.
after three days: ubu eohlna ladj m a, 8.3*>.
-------- use verb 1odi (pass;
and after two days: hapi ubu ekpwe hi sitodi nj a: 14.1 .
AFTBRWABD: ijpo
and afterward: hapi lede a Mpo, 16*14
AGAIN, TO DO: apa
then he again entered K.: ba hapa llas-*e K., 2*1
let them not eat again: ahakapa cha anue, 11.14
and Pilate said again: Pl^ato hapa jtenje, 15.12
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AGREEMENT, TO BE IN: aso
and live in peace one with another: anaso mu^embe, 9.50.
ALIVE, TO BE: uba (?)
It is John whom j beheaded, he is risen (alive)
Yohana abj a amuhl sube ombu uchu *>e h^tu^uba, 6.16
ALIVE: adj. jho1a
And they when they heard them saying: He is alive:
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H^pi *>ede hjsogt aiye ahlsasi, ba na jhola, 16.V’.
ALL: bapere, bape
ALONE: i te-ni
he was alone: 1 tda hocha 1tenl, 6.47.
ALOUD: jma ja
he began to cry aloud: hjgbwaga jtochuwe jmaja, 10.47
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AI READYj so soon: ifo
Pilate marvelled that he was already dead: Itana mba
ni Pjiato hupj hlsogl hjsotde Ifo a, 15.44
ALSO: jna
Jesus (also) was going before them: Jesu jna benj hjtado
jde etuwe. 10.52. <
ALTHOUGH: usaha
Although a 1! shall be offended: Usaha abl bapere hjlore..
14.29.
ALWAYS: Isa olu hobu (? till daybreak)
The poor ye have with you aiway: Abj yeya lna gabo
anjhltete Isa o^u hobu, 14.7.
AMAZED, TO BE: speechless: uhu-bj
They were all amazed: bape ahuhu-bi, 16.5
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AMAZED, TO BE: ltdl itana
They were a^l amazed: bape ahjtdj ttana, 6.5*t .
AND: hapj
One Idiom is to attach the sign of the plural to the
first of two proper names, e.g. James and John:
Yakobo-jni Yohana.
ANGEL: malajka (from ArabicJ
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ANGRY, TO BE: (ljtachj
They began to be angry with James and John:
ba hjbwaga i tactile Yakobo-inj yohana: **0,41.
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ANOINT, TO: ou
they anointed the sick with oil: ba hupl ouwe abjhuna
macmrta, 6.13
that they might come and anoint him: ba here ba hou jtda
idet 16.f
I if. E
ANOTHER: pest, jpesi
another servant: leu jpesl, 12.4
I will build another: cha muta jjpesi, 14>58.
— ----- jha.
another country: hene jha, 13,34.
ANSWER, TO: all
ANXT0U3, TO BE: (ljtalu
be not anxfcous beforehand: anjhagjsigbwaga jtaluwe, 13,n
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APPROACH, TO: (l)labe
the hjur is come: ba ubu hilabe, 14,41.
ARRIVE, TO: hlka (Nyoro, hlka)
when a good day arrived: ubu ^emba histhlka, 6,26.
It Is that summer has arrived: ichi^e ba mwaka hlhika,15,28.
AS, like: acha
ASCEND, TO: ride: atu
ASHAMED, TO Bis: sonl ote (Nyoro: kwatwa ensonj j
If a man Is ashamed: Bes-f abl a^e sonl hote, 8.38.
ASK, TO: question: (1jlodu
they feared to ask him: tumbl ahosu ltda llodu, 9.32
asking..: ahalst^odu n-f , 9. TO