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Number: 1
Word: all
Abidji :fɛ̃́ĩ́ 2 Herault 1983: 181. Cf. also kpã́ 'all' [Tresbarats 1983: 45] (semantic difference not explicated).
Number: 5
Word: big
Abe :gbúgbù 1 Herault 1983: 104. Cf. gbǝ̀ 'thick' (French gros ) [Kouadio 1983: 17].
Abidji :gbàdà 1 Herault 1983: 104. Cf. rʋ̀ 'to be big' (verbal stem) [Tresbarats 1983: 45].
Number: 6
Word: bird
Abe :āhũ̄ɔ̀ 1 Herault 1983: 127. Quoted as āhwʋ̃̀ in [Kouadio 1983: 24].
Number: 7
Word: bite
Abe :pū 1 Herault 1983: 117; Kouadio 1983: 14.
Number: 8
Word: black
Abe :ví-vì 1 Herault 1983: 122. Reduplicated stem (cf. 'white').
Abidji :ló=bù 1 Herault 1983: 122. Cf. also brì 'to be black' [ibid.].
Number: 12
Word: burn tr.
Abe :tū ... là 1 Herault 1983: 33. Literally: 'burn ... fire'.
Abidji :là ... lɛ́ 2 Herault 1983: 33. Literally: 'light (vb.) ... fire'. Cf. also ɕà 'to burn' [Tresbarats 1983: 45] (no indication of whether the stem is transitive or intransitive).
Number: 13
Word: claw(nail)
Abidji :ŋ́=kʋ́ã́ 2 Herault 1983: 127; Tresbarats 1983: 58. Plural form: mʋ́=kʋ́ã́ .
Number: 16
Word: come
Abe :wā 1 Herault 1983: 185; Kouadio 1983: 17.
Abidji :hí 2 Herault 1983: 185. Quoted as ʔì in [Tresbarats 1983: 48].
Number: 17
Word: die
Abe :rɔ̄ 1 Herault 1983: 118; Kouadio 1983: 14. Meaning glossed as 'death' in the former source, but as 'to die' in the latter.
Abidji :lú # 1 Herault 1983: 118. Nominal stem: 'death'; the verb is unattested.
Number: 18
Word: dog
Abe :ɣó 1 Herault 1983: 44; Kouadio 1983: 17.
Abidji :à=dùà 2 Herault 1983: 44; Tresbarats 1983: 50. Cf. also á=dʋ̄ā 'bitch' [Tresbarats 1983: 49].
Number: 19
Word: drink
Abe :nɔ̃̄ 1 Herault 1983: 29; Kouadio 1983: 17.
Abidji :nɔ̃̀ 1 Herault 1983: 29; Tresbarats 1983: 45.
Number: 20
Word: dry
Abe :fú 1 Herault 1983: 166; Kouadio 1983: 17.
Number: 24
Word: egg
Abidji :ń=dî 2 Herault 1983: 126; Tresbarats 1983: 59.
Number: 25
Word: eye
Abe :àı̃́ 1 Herault 1983: 126; Kouadio 1983: 21.
Abidji :nʋ́ ~ nʋ́nʋ̀wı̀ 1 Number: 28
Word: fire
Abe :là 1 Herault 1983: 76; Kouadio 1983: 17.
Abidji :lɛ́ 1 Herault 1983: 76; Tresbarats 1983: 48.
Number: 31
Word: foot
Abe :òfùtà=bū 1 Herault 1983: 139. Cf. fù 'leg' ([Herault 1983: 99]; [Kouadio 1983: 28]).
Abidji :lı́=ká 2 Herault 1983: 99, 139; Tresbarats 1983: 58. Polysemy: 'foot / leg'. Plural form: á=ká .
Number: 32
Word: full
Abe :ší 1 Herault 1983: 144; Kouadio 1983: 28.
Abidji :íé 2 Herault 1983: 144. Cf. also yì 'to be full' [ibid.].
Number: 33
Word: give
Abidji :tʋ̀ 2 Herault 1983: 62; Tresbarats 1983: 42.
Number: 36
Word: hair
Abe :órò=fʋ́ 1 Herault 1983: 44. Literally: 'head-hair'. Quoted as órʋ̀-fʋ́ in [Kouadio 1983: 31].
Abidji :í↓ né=rúhó 2 Herault 1983: 44. Literally: 'head-hair'.
Number: 37
Word: hand
Abe :àbɔ̄lɔ̄ 1 Herault 1983: 109. Cf. bà 'arm' ([Herault 1983: 32]; [Kouadio 1983: 17]).
Abidji :bɔ́ 1 Herault 1983: 32, 109; Tresbarats 1983: 59. Polysemy: 'hand / arm'. Plural form: rʋ́=bɔ́ .
Number: 39
Word: hear
Abidji :tì 1 Herault 1983: 67; Tresbarats 1983: 45.
Number: 40
Word: heart
Abidji :lú↓ bó-lʋ́wı́ 2 Herault 1983: 46. The second component is the word 'small'.
Number: 41
Word: horn
Abidji :áhʋ́á ~ áxʋ́á 2 Number: 45
Word: know
Abidji :dı̀=ã́ 2 Herault 1983: 166. The second component is said to mean 'face'.
Number: 47
Word: lie
Abe :rɛ́-šī 1 Herault 1983: 51. The meaning is 'to lie down'; the second component is 'earth'.
Number: 50
Word: louse
Abidji :ɔ́ɲʋ́ 1 Herault 1983: 148; Tresbarats 1983: 58. Plural form: m=ɔ́ɲʋ́ .
Number: 51
Word: man
Abe :yíkpē 1 Herault 1983: 96; Kouadio 1983: 33. Plural form: è=yí=kpō .
Number: 52
Word: many
Abe :dɔ́ 1 Herault 1983: 27; Kouadio 1983: 28.
Abidji :kpã́gbá 2 Herault 1983: 27. Cf. also ŋ̀gʋ́ã́ 'many' [Tresbarats 1983: 45] (semantic difference not explicated).
Number: 53
Word: meat
Abe :nɔ̀pyɛ́ 1 Herault 1983: 188; Kouadio 1983: 20, 25. Polysemy: 'meat / animal'.
Abidji :ń=nı̃̀ɛ̃̀ 2 Herault 1983: 188; Tresbarats 1983: 59. Polysemy: 'meat / animal'.
Number: 54
Word: moon
Abe :vɛ̄ 1 Herault 1983: 107, 116; Kouadio 1983: 24. Polysemy: 'moon / month'.
Abidji :wɔ̃̂ 1 Herault 1983: 107, 116; Tresbarats 1983: 58. Polysemy: 'moon / month'. Plural form: ɔ́=wɔ̃̂ .
Number: 55
Word: mountain
Abe :Not attested. Cf. fáɲĩ̄ 'hill' [Herault 1983: 47].
Abidji :Not attested. Cf. lı́fɛ̀ 'hill' [Herault 1983: 47].
Number: 56
Word: mouth
Abidji :nʋ́=mʋ́-tì 2 Herault 1983: 30. Quoted in an entirely different morphological variant as ɔ́mʋ̀ in [Tresbarats 1983: 59] (hence the segmentation).
Number: 58
Word: neck
Abe :lāɣʋ̀sʋ̄ 1 Herault 1983: 51; Kouadio 1983: 22.
Number: 59
Word: new
Abe :pwɔ̀-pwɔ̀ 1 Herault 1983: 122; Kouadio 1983: 25. Reduplicated stem.
Number: 61
Word: nose
Abe :ŋ́gɔ́ 1 Herault 1983: 122; Kouadio 1983: 17.
Number: 62
Word: not
Abidji :=mʋ́ ~ =mú 1 Tresbarats 1983: 62. Verbal suffix for sg. forms; the pl. variant is =mı́nı́ ~ =míní . Tonal change also said to be representative of negation, with or without these suffixes.
Number: 63
Word: one
Abe :ŋ̀=kpɔ̄ 1 Herault 1983: 192; Kouadio 1983: 17.
Number: 64
Word: person
Abe :yīkī ~ yīɣı̄ 1 Herault 1983: 96; Kouadio 1983: 34. Plural form: ŋ̀gī=kī .
Abidji :kpã̂ 2 Herault 1983: 96; Tresbarats 1983: 58. Plural form: á=kpã̂ .
Number: 65
Word: rain
Abe :òfō=míǯī 1 Herault 1983: 145. Literally 'sky' + 'water' q.v.
Abidji :mĩ́dí 1 Herault 1983: 145. Same word as 'water' q.v.
Number: 66
Word: red
Abe :làı̃̀ 1 Herault 1983: 160. Cf. ɛ́ɛ̀ 'to be red' (vb.).
Abidji :lé=bè 2 Herault 1983: 160. Cf. bèné 'to be red' (vb.).
Number: 67
Word: road
Abe :šìgbɔ̄ 1 Herault 1983: 43; Kouadio 1983: 22.
Number: 71
Word: say
Abe :hɛ̄ 1 Herault 1983: 61. Quoted as hı̃́ ~ hɛ̄ in [Kouadio 1983: 24].
Number: 72
Word: see
Abe :wū 1 Herault 1983: 190; Kouadio 1983: 17.
Abidji :dı̀=nʋ̃́ 2 Herault 1983: 190. The second component is said to mean 'day'.
Number: 73
Word: seed
Abe :àmɔ̃́ 1 Herault 1983: 89. Meaning glossed as 'grain'.
Abidji :ámã́ 1 Herault 1983: 89. Meaning glossed as 'grain'.
Number: 74
Word: sit
Abe :sò ší # 1 Herault 1983: 20. Meaning glossed as 'to sit down'.
Abidji :pì ... été # 2 Herault 1983: 20. Meaning glossed as 'to sit down'.
Number: 75
Word: skin
Abe :òhō 1 Herault 1983: 135; Kouadio 1983: 24.
Number: 76
Word: sleep
Abe :ɕā=mʋ̃̀lā 1 Herault 1983: 63; Kouadio 1983: 29. The main component is mʋ̃̀lā 'sleep (n.)'; the first word is the auxiliary verb 'to make'.
Abidji :kè=mʋ̃́nɔ̀ 1 Herault 1983: 63. The main component is mʋ̃́nɔ̀ 'sleep (n.)'.
Number: 77
Word: small
Abe :dʋ́-dʋ̀ 1 Herault 1983: 137. Reduplicated stem.
Abidji :lʋ́wı́ 1 Herault 1983: 137. Cf. also tı́krı́ id.
Number: 78
Word: smoke
Abidji :mí↓ négbê 1 Herault 1983: 85. Transcribed as mínēgbê in [Tresbarats 1983: 52] (i. e. with phonetic transcription of tones instead of marking the "downstep" operation).
Number: 81
Word: stone
Abe :òpú 1 Herault 1983: 35; Kouadio 1983: 22. Meaning glossed as 'pebble' ('caillou '), but the wordlist has no separate word for 'stone' ('pierre ').
Abidji :lú↓ =bóbú 1 Herault 1983: 35. Meaning glossed as 'pebble' ('caillou '), but the wordlist has no separate word for 'stone' ('pierre ').
Number: 82
Word: sun
Abe :čí 1 Herault 1983: 172. Entirely different word found in [Kouadio 1983: 29]: ŋ̀gū .
Number: 83
Word: swim
Abe :yō ǯì 1 Herault 1983: 121. Literally: 'to float (in) water'.
Abidji :bɔ̀-dí 2 Herault 1983: 121; Tresbarats 1983: 50.
Number: 84
Word: tail
Abe :bɛ̀lɛ̄ 1 Herault 1983: 153; Kouadio 1983: 27.
Number: 85
Word: that
Abe :ńtɛ̀nǝ́-bágbô 1 Herault 1983: 38. Cf. 'this'.
Number: 89
Word: tooth
Abe :èyí 1 Herault 1983: 59; Kouadio 1983: 22.
Number: 90
Word: tree
Abe :tī 1 Herault 1983: 19, 29. Polysemy: 'tree / wood'.
Abidji :tĩ̂ 1 Herault 1983: 19, 29; Tresbarats 1983: 60. Polysemy: 'tree / wood'.
Number: 91
Word: two
Abe :ā=ɲʋ̃́ 1 Herault 1983: 192; Kouadio 1983: 29.
Number: 92
Word: walk (go)
Abe :yī 1 Herault 1983: 16. Quoted as yí in [Kouadio 1983: 17].
Abidji :ʔà 2 Herault 1983: 16; Tresbarats 1983: 45.
Number: 93
Word: warm (hot)
Abe :ɲʋ̃́ 1 Herault 1983: 42. Meaning glossed as 'hot'. Quoted as ɲɔ̃̄ in [Kouadio 1983: 29]. Cf. also ɔ́là 'to be hot' (verb) [ibid.].
Abidji :tı̀ 2 Herault 1983: 42. Meaning glossed as 'hot'.
Number: 94
Word: water
Abe :mìǯī 1 Herault 1983: 64; Kouadio 1983: 29.
Abidji :mĩ́dí 1 Herault 1983: 64; Tresbarats 1983: 59.
Number: 97
Word: white
Abe :fú-fù 1 Herault 1983: 27. Reduplicated stem (cf. 'black').
Number: 99
Word: woman
Abe :yíɣɔ̄ 1 Herault 1983: 74; Kouadio 1983: 33. Plural form: è=yíɣɔ̄ .
Abidji :yí 1 Herault 1983: 74; Tresbarats 1983: 58. Plural form: é=yí .
Number: 103
Word: near
Abidji :gbéĩ́ 2 Herault 1983: 150. Also ríré id.
Number: 104
Word: salt
Abe :ŋ̀gʋ̄ 1 Herault 1983: 167; Kouadio 1983: 23.
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