Grammar and Dictionary of the Bobangi Language as Spoken Over a Part of the Upper Congo, West Central Africa: Comp. and Prepared for the Baptist Missionary Society's Mission in the Congo Independent StateBaptist missionary society, 1899 - 499 Seiten |
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adjectival particle adjectives bātô bete bika bilokō Bobangi bobötô boköbô bôla Bolobo böngö bôsö bulama busa bwaka bwalê bwêlê canoe cassava cloth colq Conjugation continued denotes division consists elāmba elokō enclitic ënga epôsë ëtê final vowel intj kānga kata kêla kete kind of fish kind of tree kōmo kūla lêka lēngele libanza linga lisô lôba lolëngë māmbi mbisā mëya minô misô mõi molökô môtô motuyā mpë mpösa mūnyā mūtu mwanā mwenē n.pl ncë ndakô ndë ô ndêmbë ngai ngana ngūya nôngô noun ntëi ntinā nzötô ömbë palm person plural preposition pron pronominal prefix pronoun sênga sentence sōke sōkia stative syllables tamböla tense thing tika tone verb verbs which end vowel words yêyë yika yöka yumba zāla zāmbi
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Seite 18 - These words are the most graphic in the language, they are the "colouring" words, the stories and common speech of the people are full of them, and often they have such force that sentence after sentence can be constructed by means of them, without the use of a single verb, the verb being indicated by these indeclinable adjectives. They take the place of adjectives to a very large extent, and in the dictionary their meaning will often be found indicated by an English adverb, yet in Bobangi they are...
Seite 94 - VIII. GAMES OF CHANCE; GAMBLING GAMES. 62. Luela. Bakongo. Bentley mentions this as "African backgammon." I know nothing of it. Can it be some form of mancala? 63. Ebenzako. Bobangi. Lot, which is sometimes taken by holding a number of reeds (one of which is knotted in the middle) in the hand, each of the interested parties drawing; the decision affects him who draws the knotted reed. 64. Lobesi is the most widely spread and favorite means of gambling; it is typical in the Middle Congo as among the...
Seite 152 - Njimina. Bakongo. Always played inside the house. (Bentley.) 51. Mokale-mokale . Bobangi. One player is sent into hiding and in his absence one member of the company curses him ; he is then summoned, all crying together mokale-mokale ; he guesses at who cursed him; if right the curser takes his place; if wrong he goes out again, is again cursed and recalled. (Whitehead.) 52. Who's got the button? There is a group of games corresponding to this old favorite. Nkandi a ngongo...
Seite 172 - ... children of the leopard,' and cry for the sun until it appears again, when they resume their play until the sun is hidden again." (Whitehead.) Mr. Weeks names munteko, "a game at touch in the water," Bangala: this may be the same. 16. Dancing. Most African dances are certainly not to be considered as "games.
Seite 175 - The players form two sides, each of which takes the name of a fish ; one member takes a handful of palm kernels and throws them before him one by one, naming a fish for each ; when he names their fish, the kernel is carefully watched by those who bear it; then on each side there is chosen a mokati and a molungoli; the molungoli turns his head, while the mokati puts his finger on the kernel acknowledged to be the one thrown at the time the name of the fish was mentioned; this done the molungoli turns...
Seite 175 - ... (on whose head)? he answers muna ntu a (on the head of ) naming an acquaintance; the beating then stops. (Bentley.) 57. Ncu ncu. Bobangi. The players form two sides, each of which takes the name of a fish ; one member takes a handful of palm kernels and throws them before him one by one, naming a fish for each ; when he names their fish, the kernel is carefully watched by those who bear it; then on each side there is chosen a mokati and a molungoli ; the molungoli turns his head, while the mokati...
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Seite 175 - The players divide into sides, and each arranges his number of seeds before himself, reserving one to throw at those opposite; on a seed being thrown those who are 'wounded' become the property of the thrower, and at the conclusion of the game he who has most seeds is reckoned 'King.
Seite 83 - Ebebe, n., kind of game in which the players are all seated except one who stands in the centre of the ring formed by those who are sitting down. One or more rises from their sitting posture, and the one in the centre of the ring makes a rush to touch with his hand one of those...
Seite 186 - ... finger ; if the seed is found between the tips of these fingers, the one who has measured his distance must now throw the seed with the dust ; if found outside the limits of these tips, the measurer must either hand over himself or one of his side to the other...