
                   African Words, Numerals, and Sentences
                   ==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==-==

      (Used by Former Slaves in Georgia and South Carolina in the 1890s)

Taken from John W. Blassingame,
"The Slave Community,"
(c) 1979, Oxford Community Press.,
Appendix II



Table I: African Words
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                    .
  alligator       ngundo                  hoe             sengo

  baby            mauna                   hog             gooloo
                   _                                       .
  back            nema                    horse           valo
                    _                                                  _
  banana          biteba                  house           dro; nzo; bindu
                                                            _ _
  beads           nzeembo                 knife           mbala

  bear            nzow                    land            nte; nsetu
                    _                                      .
  beard           njavo                   lie             gange

  belly           vomo                    love            zola
                                                                    ,
  skin seat       cando; conda            man (young)     tucka; mayuc'kala
                      _                                    _
  bird            noona                   man (white)     feata
                                                           _
  boat            coombay                 man (colored)   feta
                                                              _
  boy             muana tucka             meat            zimbezy

  bread           dimpa                   money           nzeembo
                                                           .
  butterbeans     mongongo                monkey          cawah
                   _  _
  butterfly       lumpungo                moon            gonda

  cat             boomba; mboomba         partridges      goomba; kimbimbe
                   _ _                                      _
  chickens        susu                    peach           ncepho
                    .  .                                           .
  cities          mbamba                  peanuts         gooba; drangay
                                                             ,     .
  cloth           nlilly                  peas            madaza; zangy
                   .  _
  clouds          ma tute                 pipe            torida
                                                           _
  coon            bungee                  pot             canzo
                   .  .   .
  corn            massa; massango         rabbit          loomba

  coconut         lombo                   rain            mvoola
                                                             .
  cow             gomby                   rock            matade
                                                           .
  dance           zacccomma               sense           gangu
                    _                                        .
  dead            fuedy                   sheep           mamamy
                   ,  , .     _  _                         .
  deer            paccasa; mibunga        shoulder        vambo
                                                           _ _
  devil           doky                    sky             zulu
                                                           _
  dirt            ntoto                   snakes          neoka
                   .  .
  doctor          ganga                   spider          sembe

  dog             boa                     squirrel        gemo; conka

  ear             kootoo                  stars           birtity
                   .                                       __
  eyes            maso                    steel           weer
                   .                                       .       _
  fire            bazo; tuvia             sun             tango; muany

  fish            golla                   sweet potatoes  zeembala
                   ,  ,                                    .
  fly             pesse                   teeth           mano
                   .
  foot            tamby                   tobacco         soonga
                                                           .      .
  fox             coomba                  water           lango; maza
                   . .
  give me         kala                    watermelon      malengy
                                                           , ,
  gun             cully                   whiskey         malavo
                   _      _                                .
  hair            suky; truky             women           canto

  hand            corko                   women old       bauba

  head            ntu                     women (young)   ndoomba
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Table II: African Numerals
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       _
1: corse                20: makamorly
                                        .
2: corla                21: makamorly enwano
       .                              _
3: kootatoo             22: makamorly ezoly
       .                                .
4: kooya                23: makamorly etatoo
       .                                .
5: kootano              24: makamorly eya'
          .                             .
6: koosambano           25: makamorly etano
                                        .  .
7: tambwody             26: makamorly esambano
    . .                                  .
8: nana                 27: makamorly ensambody
   ,  .                                 . .
9: evwa                 28: makamorly enana
        _                             ,  .
10: koome               29: makamorly evwa
        _      _                   .
11: koome emorse        30: makomatatoo
        _      _                 . .
12: koome enzole        40: makomaya
        _    . _                   ,
13: koome entate        50: makomatano
        _ _ .                      .  .
14: koome eya'          60: makomasambano
        _    .                 .
15: koome entano        70: lusambody
        _    .  .                .
16: koome ensambano     80: luovwa
        _    .                 . .
17: koome ensambody     90: lunana
        _ , . .               . .
18: koome enana         100: kama
        _ ,  .
19: koome evwa
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Table III: Sentences Employing African Words
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Ukola?                          How do you do?

Quer quenda?                    Where are you going?
        _
Pahnam bezy.                    Give me some meat.
 _      .             _.
Wenda twas mona kona keamvo.    Carry me across the river.

Vo vonda ngondo.                Kill that alligator.
  _
Sheka.                          Shoot him.
    .
Borkala.                        Call him.

Weeza.                          Come here.
     . . .
Zola ana aku?                   Do you love your children?

Inga (or yinga).                Yes.

Gogomby.                        No (or, Go away).
 _ .  . _
Yala kayala.                    He is very sick.
 _     . .  .
Wenda baka ganga.               Go bring the doctor.
  _
Fuedy.                          He is dead.
.  .    . .  .
A canto ana yaku?               How many wives have you?
 _   _
Kutatu.                         Three.
   _     _ _
Ungaya muana ngo?               Have you seen any lions?
      _
Noka kunoka.                    It is going to rain.
       .  .  _
Wenda banga tevia.              Go build a fire.
  _    .
Muany yama.                     The sun is hot.
   _   .    _ .  .      _
Unga gwaku wona yaku ungayi?    Are you living with your mother?
 _ .
Yala                            Where pains you?
      .
Ntu bwanga.                     My head aches.
  .
Nzala.                          I am hungry.
 .    .  _
Mano ganze.                     My tooth aches.
  _ .   _ _
Ruaka mbala.                    I cut him with a knife.

A kway tukiddy?                 How far away does he live?
 _
Wuto Coonawany.                 I was born in Coonawany.
 .    . _
Mazo Mazema.                    He is blind.
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