Schadeberg 1982: 20. Also l=íɛ́...l-ɛ́...l-àŋ id. Quoted by R. Thelwall as piɔmbali ~ pyǝmbali [Schadeberg 1982: 173].
Amira:ɕ=imá1
Blench 2016: 2.
Number:6
Word:bird
Lafofa:p=líːyɛ̀-y1
Schadeberg 1982: 20. Plural: á=lìːyɛ̀-y. Quoted by R. Thelwall as p=liɛ ~ b=lie [Schadeberg 1982: 167].
Amira:yuː2
Blench 2016: 2.
Number:7
Word:bite
Lafofa:ʓìɛ̀1
Schadeberg 1982: 20.
Amira:
Not attested.
Number:8
Word:black
Lafofa:b=ìː-lì1
Schadeberg 1982: 21. Quoted by R. Thelwall as b=iːlı [Schadeberg 1982: 173].
Amira:p=ute2
Blench 2016: 2.
Number:9
Word:blood
Lafofa:ɲ=îː-í1
Schadeberg 1982: 21. Quoted by R. Thelwall as ɲ=ie ~ ɲ=eːe [Schadeberg 1982: 167]; as ɲ=i in [MacDiarmid & MacDiarmid 1931: 155].
Amira:ŋ=iyi1
MacDiarmid & MacDiarmid 1931: 155. Quoted as ɲ=i in [Blench 2016: 2].
Number:10
Word:bone
Lafofa:t=ʋ́ám-ì1
Schadeberg 1982: 21. Plural: m=ʋ́ám. Quoted by R. Thelwall as sg. t=uwǝmi ~ t=uwǝːmi, pl. m=uwǝmi ~ m=uwǝːmi [Schadeberg 1982: 167].
Amira:t=uwam1
Blench 2016: 2.
Number:11
Word:breast
Lafofa:d=iːe #1
Schadeberg 1982: 167. Attested with the meaning 'breast (man)' only in R. Thelwall's notes. In Th. Schadeberg's notes, only the word 'breast' (female?) is encountered: t=ʋ̀=ʋ̀gá, pl. k=ʋ́=ʋ̀í [Schadeberg 1982: 21]; this is quoted as ɗ=ɔi 'breast (woman)' in R. Thelwall's wordlist [Schadeberg 1982: 167]. Cf. t=ier 'chest', t=oːwi 'breast' in [MacDiarmid & MacDiarmid 1931: 155].
Amira:l=iuːn1
MacDiarmid & MacDiarmid 1931: 155; Blench 2016: 2. Meaning glossed as 'chest'; distinct from sg. t=wo, pl. k=wo 'breast' [ibid.; Blench 2016: 2].
Number:12
Word:burn tr.
Lafofa:t̪ɛ̂=d̪í-rɛ̀1
Schadeberg 1982: 22. Same stem as 'to eat' q.v.
Amira:
Not attested.
Number:13
Word:claw(nail)
Lafofa:k=ʋ̀ː=g=à-y1
Schadeberg 1982: 34. Plural: ʋ̀ː=w=à-y. Cf. k=wíː-gà, pl. wíː-ì 'claw' [Schadeberg 1982: 22]. Quoted by R. Thelwall as k=uː=k=a [Schadeberg 1982: 169].
Amira:
Not properly attested. Cf. k=aʓuwi 'claw' [Blench 2016: 2].
Number:14
Word:cloud
Lafofa:l=ʋ̂ːr-ì1
Schadeberg 1982: 23. Polysemy: 'cloud / sky'. Differently in R. Thelwall's wordlist: buːluŋ 'cloud', kʌllɔi 'cloud' [Schadeberg 1982: 167].
Amira:t=ikan2
Blench 2016: 2.
Number:15
Word:cold
Lafofa:b=íɔ́ː-lì1
Schadeberg 1982: 23. Quoted by R. Thelwall as yɔːih [Schadeberg 1982: 173].
Amira:b=uuː-lɛ1
Blench 2016: 2.
Number:16
Word:come
Lafofa:kídíèl1
Schadeberg 1982: 23. Imperative form. Quoted by R. Thelwall as kidɥɛn ~ gı́diɛl [Schadeberg 1982: 171].
Amira:nde #2
Blench 2016: 2. Transcribed as {`nde}.
Number:17
Word:die
Lafofa:ŋùŋwì1
Schadeberg 1982: 24. Quoted by R. Thelwall as tɛdi=ŋgǝɲɥi; 'he dies' bidi=ŋiɲɥi; 'death' a=ɲɔɲi ~ ɲɔŋi [Schadeberg 1982: 171].
Amira:ɲuwi1
Blench 2016: 2.
Number:18
Word:dog
Lafofa:b=ɛ́ːpú1
Schadeberg 1982: 24. Plural (suppletive): ɛ́ːrú. Quoted by R. Thelwall as b=ebɥi ~ b=ɛbu ~ b=ɛbui, pl. ɛrui ~ eru [Schadeberg 1982: 168]; as b=ebuwi in [MacDiarmid & MacDiarmid 1931: 155].
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