Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Dinka polysemous vocabularies

  1. Duɔ̈ɔ̈r(Noun)-means worship 
  2. Duɔ̈r(Noun)- means worships 
  3. Duɔ̈r (Adverb)- almost/very nearly, but not exactly or entirely. 
  4. Duɔ̈r/Duɔ̈t(Noun) -Bundle = a collection of things or quantity of material tied or wrapped up together.
  5. Duɔ̈r- almost, almost exactly, 
  6. Duɛ̈ɛ̈r(Verb) -consider 
  7. Duɛ̈ɛ̈r(Adjective )- considered 
  8. Duëër (Noun)- consideration -careful thought, typically over a period of time. "a long process involving a great deal of careful consideration"
  9. Abuɔ̈i(Noun) =Potsherd _ potsherd is a broken piece of pottery or a broken piece of ceramic material, especially one. 
  10. Buk(Noun) Color is as the aspect of things that is caused by differing qualities of light being reflected or emitted by them. To see color, you have to have light. When light shines on an object some colors bounce off the object and others are absorbed by it.
  11. Buk(adjective)- colored: having a color or colors, especially as opposed to being black, white, or neutral.
  12. Buk(Noun) a set of written sheets of skin or paper or tablets of wood or ivory. set of written, printed, or blank sheets bound together between a front and back cover.
  13. Buk(verb) develops on old food or on objects that have been left for too long in warm, wet air: forming fungus. 
  14. Tëër (Noun)-competition: the activity or condition of competing.
  15. tëër (past participle)-competed 
  16. Tɛ̈ɛ̈r ( Perfect tense)-strive to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others who are trying to do the same.
  17. Mïth aa tëër cuïn në aduɔ̈kic = The kids are grabbing food on the plate(present continuous)
  18. Mïth aacï cuïn tɛ̈ɛ̈r në aduɔ̈kic=  The kids have grabbed food on the plate(preseh was the nt perfect)
  19. Mïth aabï cuïn tɛ̈ɛ̈r në aduɔ̈kic= The kids will grab the food on the plate.

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