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Komo Dictionary With indexes in English, Français, and Kiswahili John Paul Thomas Facilitator Projet de langue komo Komo Dictionary With indexes in English, Français, and Kiswahili John Paul Thomas Facilitator Projet de langue komo SIL International ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT This document contains data written in Komo[kmw]. For more information about this language, visit http://www.ethnologue.com/language/kmw. © 2014 SIL International®. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ . Table of Contents A a....................................................................................................................................................10 B b....................................................................................................................................................18 Bh bh................................................................................................................................................28 C c.....................................................................................................................................................30 D d....................................................................................................................................................31 Dh dh................................................................................................................................................33 E e.....................................................................................................................................................35 Ɛ ɛ.....................................................................................................................................................40 G g....................................................................................................................................................43 Gb gb................................................................................................................................................45 I i.......................................................................................................................................................46 J j......................................................................................................................................................50 K k....................................................................................................................................................52 Kp kp................................................................................................................................................64 L l......................................................................................................................................................65 M m..................................................................................................................................................66 N n....................................................................................................................................................83 O o....................................................................................................................................................97 Ɔ ɔ...................................................................................................................................................101 P p...................................................................................................................................................103 S s...................................................................................................................................................107 T t....................................................................................................................................................112 U u..................................................................................................................................................117 Y y..................................................................................................................................................119 English Index..................................................................................................................................121 1......................................................................................................................................................121 2......................................................................................................................................................121 3......................................................................................................................................................121 A a..................................................................................................................................................121 B b..................................................................................................................................................123 C c...................................................................................................................................................125 D d..................................................................................................................................................128 E e...................................................................................................................................................129 F f....................................................................................................................................................131 G g..................................................................................................................................................133 H h..................................................................................................................................................134 I i.....................................................................................................................................................136 J j....................................................................................................................................................137 K k..................................................................................................................................................137 L l....................................................................................................................................................137 M m................................................................................................................................................139 N n..................................................................................................................................................141 O o..................................................................................................................................................141 P p...................................................................................................................................................142 Q q..................................................................................................................................................144 R r...................................................................................................................................................144 S s...................................................................................................................................................146 T t....................................................................................................................................................150 U u..................................................................................................................................................153 V v..................................................................................................................................................153 W w................................................................................................................................................153 Y y..................................................................................................................................................155 Z z...................................................................................................................................................155 Annexe français..............................................................................................................................156 1......................................................................................................................................................156 2......................................................................................................................................................156 3......................................................................................................................................................156 A a..................................................................................................................................................156 B b..................................................................................................................................................159 C c...................................................................................................................................................161 D d..................................................................................................................................................166 E e...................................................................................................................................................169 F f....................................................................................................................................................172 G g..................................................................................................................................................176 H h..................................................................................................................................................177 I i.....................................................................................................................................................178 J j....................................................................................................................................................179 K k..................................................................................................................................................179 L l....................................................................................................................................................179 M m................................................................................................................................................181 N n..................................................................................................................................................184 O o..................................................................................................................................................185 P p...................................................................................................................................................186 Q q..................................................................................................................................................190 R r...................................................................................................................................................191 S s...................................................................................................................................................194 T t....................................................................................................................................................203 U u..................................................................................................................................................205 V v..................................................................................................................................................206 7 8 Y y..................................................................................................................................................207 Index ya Kiswahili.........................................................................................................................208 A a..................................................................................................................................................208 B b..................................................................................................................................................216 C c...................................................................................................................................................218 D d..................................................................................................................................................219 E e...................................................................................................................................................219 F f....................................................................................................................................................221 G g..................................................................................................................................................222 H h..................................................................................................................................................223 I i.....................................................................................................................................................224 J j....................................................................................................................................................225 K k..................................................................................................................................................226 L l....................................................................................................................................................231 M m................................................................................................................................................232 N n..................................................................................................................................................240 O o..................................................................................................................................................243 P p...................................................................................................................................................244 R r...................................................................................................................................................246 S s...................................................................................................................................................246 T t....................................................................................................................................................248 U u..................................................................................................................................................250 V v..................................................................................................................................................253 W w................................................................................................................................................253 Y y..................................................................................................................................................254 Z z...................................................................................................................................................254 A a a- →v 3.sg a- il/elle/on a-kond-i akondi he/she aboo →n thick banana ndizi nene grosse banane wants (it) anataka Il/elle veut adj sloppy v ind aboyo-boyo → -a1 → inf. var. of sf gerund Your abɔngɔlɔ abɔngɔɔ -a2 → kond-a a-kokonda ako (inf. var. ) n species of bird abɔngɔɔ → abɔngɔlɔ wanting (it) kutaka kwako Ton voulant aina ya ndege sorte d'oiseau Nkondo abɔngɔɔ a →defective v he, she, it is a- il, elle est a tɔ oani The tail of the abɔngɔɔ is long. akoi. she/he is here (sem. domains: 9.1 - General words.) abɔnja →n albino zeru albinos á1 →llcr: ndea. as of, denoting inalienable abuna-mbau →n the last to be circumcised in a possession -a de njaga á miki the child's arm circumcision cycle mtu mwa kwisha kwa bɛta á miki the hitting of the child (=the child's kutahiriwa ndani ya muda ya tohara le being hit, not the child's hitting something) dernier circoncis dans un cycle de (sem. domains: 8.3.6 - Made of, material.) circoncision á2 →n milk maziwa lait abh'esomba →comp n initiator of a ritual aabe →n okapi okapi okapi Okapia johnstoni mwenye cheo détenteur d'une rituelle (Sclater) (sem. domains: 1.6.1 - Types of initiatique (sem. domains: 4.9.7 - Religious animals.) organization.) 1) 1.1) poss n father of, joined to a aabha →n tree species aina ya mti sorte d'arbre *abha-1 → noun with a hyphen, one who possesses the (sem. domains: 1.5.1 - Tree.) quality of baba ya, mwenye aina ya père n tin ore, any ore from which useful aate → de, celui qui possède la qualité de Abhabhisa metals can be extracted mawe ya bati God is the father of Jesus. ande abha-Yéso. cassitérite (sem. domains: 1.2.2.3 - Metal.) his father (sem. domains: 4.1.9.1 - abhákɛ abanda →n crab mapondo crabe Babanda bánde Related by birth.) 2) poss one who possesses basu. Crabs are (classed as) fish. (sem. the quality of abh'ésomba initiator of a rite domains: 5.2 - Food, 1.6.1.5 - Fish.) (inf. var. ) llcr: . v converse, abha-2 → labha yɔngaga abɛnga →n species of squirrel aina ya kindi chat, discuss zungumuza causer Bagbɛga sorte d'écureuil (sem. domains: 1.6.1 - Types The elders are báoabha k'ɔma á nyɔngɔ. of animals.) discussing a palaver at the scene of the affair. (sem. domains: 3.5.1 - Say, 3.5.1.4 - abia →poss brother-in-law shemegi beau-frère Speak with others.) aboɛ →n species of antelope nyumbu sorte comp n circumcized boy whose abha-ancacia → d'antilope wound is still raw mtohara mwenye abogo →n species of fish aina ya samaki un hasara wazi circoncis dont la chair est poisson Mothers of Bam'a-niki banaoea babogo. toujours vive (sem. domains: 2.6.5.1 - Man, children do not eat babogo. 1.6.7 - Male and female animals.) llcr: ; llcr: . poss wife of a aboi → agabha agabha llcr: ; llcr: . comp n Abhabhisa → mɛyɔ Mokonga circumcision master mke ya mkuu femme God Mungu Dieu Boami na kukua aotoka du maître de circoncision Life and death come from God. k'Abhabhisa. 10