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OTETELA- ENGLISH DICTIONARY.
This dictionary is based on one compiled by Mr.
C. C. Bush in 1923, having been revised by the Lan-
guage Committee in 1924, and other words added.
Even in 1925 more words were added, some being
those collected by Mr. Bush and some by the under-
signed while doing the work of copying.
The words in this list belong principally to the
Ewangu dialect of the Otetela language. Words of
other dialects or languages are indicated, the follow-
ing abbreviations being used:
Bui. -- Buluba Fr. French
Eng. English Kit. Kituba
Ewg. Ewangu Lom. Lomami
There are some advantages in having the plurals
of the nouns and the infinitives of the verbs written
out, but on account of the scarcity of type and in or-
der to avoid much repetition, this has not been
done except in cases where there is any irregularity,
either apparent or real.
A list of the classes of nouns is given in the Gram,
mar (par. 15), showing the singular and plural prefix,
es; and a list of examples to show the formation of
the infinitive [par. 79). Some additional remarks are
made below as a supplement to these lists.
Remarks on the Formation of the
Plural in Certain Classes of Nouns.
Note that in class 6, as well as in classes 8 and 9,
when the stem of the noun begins with h, this h al-
ways changes to p.
Luhita, pita, finger; ehele, pele, wall; kihuna
puna, native stool.
In class 6, the 1 of the stem becomes nd or n, the
latter before a nasal in the following syllable. Loledu,
ndedu, beard; lulemi, nemi, tongue. In this class
w of the stem becomes mb or m, the latter before
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