Nuer-English Dictionary

A

(cop.)

is; am; was (locative)

B

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(num.)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

Bar (member of the Bar tribe)

(noun)

(adverb)

(noun)

(noun)

(num.)

(num.)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

area before the door of a house

(num.)

(tr. verb)

(num.)

(noun)

(intr. verb)

(intr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(aux)

future auxiliary

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

taste with tip of tongue

touch with tip of tongue

try with tip of tongue

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

ear piercing (for a wedding)

(noun)

(noun)

fruit tree (sp.)

(noun)

cooking pot (small)

(noun)

(adj. verb)

(adj. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

African Bermudagrass

(tr. verb)

dip under water

(noun)

(noun)

buɔ̱ɔ̱tlɔac

(noun)

(noun)

C

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(adj. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

pillow, traditional

(noun)

(noun)

(aux)

perfective auxiliary

(aux)

negative perfective auxiliary

(aux)

perfective auxiliary

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(aux)

perfective auxiliary

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

push (heavy items)

(noun)

small intestine

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

crumple (clothes)

(tr. verb)

crumple (clothes)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(aux)

narrative auxiliary

(adj. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

food lover (WN)

(intr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(aux)

narrative auxiliary

(noun)

(tr. verb)

click tongue at when thinking

(noun)

pot (traditional)

jar (traditional)

(aux)

narrative auxiliary

(adj. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(adj. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

large intestine

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

catfish (large)

(noun)

D

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(num. classifier)

numeral classifier

(rel. noun)

(rel. noun)

brother, his/her/its

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

rope (for tying cattle)

(poss. pron.)

(noun)

(prop. noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(intr. verb)

(adj. verb)

(num.)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

build with grass

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

mud, hard clump of

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

Dok (member of the Dok tribe)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(adj)

(noun)

(intr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

house (esp. for women)

duelgɔ̱ɔ̱rä

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

bead (made from ostrich eggshell)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

Dh

(noun)

cooking pot (large)

(noun)

(num.)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

throat sack (of a bird)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

tassel (to decorate bull horns)

Ɛ

(prep.)

(cop.)

is; am; was (equative)

(pron.)

(adv.)

(dem.)

(dem.)

G

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(intr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

make tribal marks

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

remove (hard skin e.g. of fruit)

(noun)

open living space with a fireplace

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

water bag (made of leather)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

carry horizontally

(noun)

(noun)

(adj. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(rel. noun)

(noun)

(rel. noun)

father, his/her/its

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

spoon without a handle, traditional

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

crocodile bird; Egyptian plover

(tr. verb)

eat without being invited

(tr. verb)

eat without being invited

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

spread rumours about

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

helmeted guineafowl

(tr. verb)

sit curled up in a ball

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

aquatic grass (used to make mats)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

Ɣ

(pron.)

(adverb)

(pron.)

(noun)

(adverb)

(noun)

mad person in the street

(tr. verb)

(noun)

hole in the ground

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

J

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

African spoonbill

(noun)

greater flamingo

jak-gɛ̈r-gɛ̈ɛ̈r

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(intr. verb)

(noun)

(intr. verb)

(tr. verb)

behave badly towards

(pron.)

(pron.)

(intr. verb)

leave and come back

jiɛn da̱ŋ diɔ̱k wi̱cdɛ bädäk

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ diɔ̱k wi̱cdɛ bäkɛl

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ diɔ̱k wi̱cdɛ bäŋuan

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ diɔ̱k wi̱cdɛ bärɔw

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ diɔ̱k wi̱cdɛ diɔ̱k

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ diɔ̱k wi̱cdɛ dhieec

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ diɔ̱k wi̱cdɛ kɛl

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ diɔ̱k wi̱cdɛ ŋuaan

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ diɔ̱k wi̱cdɛ rɛw

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ diɔ̱k

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ ŋuaan

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ ŋuaan wi̱cdɛ bädäk

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ ŋuaan wi̱cdɛ bäkɛl

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ ŋuaan wi̱cdɛ bäŋuan

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ ŋuaan wi̱cdɛ bärɔw

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ ŋuaan wi̱cdɛ diɔ̱k

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ ŋuaan wi̱cdɛ dhieec

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ ŋuaan wi̱cdɛ kɛl

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ ŋuaan wi̱cdɛ ŋuaan

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ ŋuaan wi̱cdɛ rɛw

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ dhieec

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ rɛw wi̱cdɛ bädäk

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ rɛw wi̱cdɛ bäkɛl

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ rɛw wi̱cdɛ bäŋuan

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ rɛw wi̱cdɛ bärɔw

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ rɛw wi̱cdɛ diɔ̱k

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ rɛw wi̱cdɛ dhieec

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ rɛw wi̱cdɛ kɛl

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ rɛw wi̱cdɛ ŋuaan

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ rɛw wi̱cdɛ rɛw

(num.)

jiɛn da̱ŋ rɛw

(num.)

(pron.)

you (singular object)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(pron.)

you (singular subject)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

table (traditional)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

eat cartilages off (bone)

(noun)

(noun)

ox (castrated bull)

(noun)

(intr. verb)

(noun)

(intr. verb)

spend windy season

(noun)

(prop. noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

eat cartilages off (bone)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

disturb (someone)

K

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(clausal conj.)

(prep.)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(dtr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

living area (for men)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

piece of dry fish

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(gerund)

(noun)

kën ka̱w ka̱w

(noun)

(noun)

black-crowned night-heron

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

blacksmith plover

(noun)

black-winged stilt

(cop.)

are; were (equative)

(pron.)

(prep.)

(adverb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(pron.)

(nominal conj.)

and (third person primary conjunct)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

greater honeyguide

(noun)

sacred garlic pear; temple plant

(noun)

(noun)

(num.)

(noun)

(conj.)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(intr. verb)

(noun)

(pron.)

us (excluding addressee)

(noun)

(noun)

alcoholic beverage

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

fat (of animal or human)

(noun)

(pron.)

us (includng addressee)

(pron.)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

hole (in the ground)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(nominal conj.)

and (first person primary conjunct)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

red-knobbed coot

(noun)

African fish eagle

(gerund)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

L

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(intr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

wardrobe (traditional)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

Lek (member of the Lek tribe)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

great grey shrike

(noun)

(noun)

grinding stone, piece of

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

boast to (someone)

boast about (something)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

boast to (someone)

boast about (something)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

sort by putting in bunches

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

sort by putting in bunches

(intr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

suck out (bone marrow)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

Low (member of the Low tribe)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(adj. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(intr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

boyfriend/girlfriend

M

(exclam.)

(rel. noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(rel. noun)

mother, his/her/its

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

fold many times

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(intr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(gerund)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(dem. pron.)

(noun)

root of a plant (fine)

(rel. pron.)

singular relative pronoun

(noun)

(noun)

(adj. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(intr. verb)

(intr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

piercing (of an ear, etc.)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

N

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(particle)

(intr. verb)

(noun)

twenty-four hour period

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

Nh

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

front of body (from head to toe)

(tr. verb)

Ny

(noun)

(noun)

nyakuoth-gɛɛr

(noun)

(noun)

(prop. noun)

(prop. noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

black-capped avocet; pied avocet

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

fight with hands

(noun)

(noun)

(rel. noun)

(rel. noun)

sister, his/her/its

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

drop (of liquid)

(noun)

grey-leaved cordia; grey-leaved saucer-berry

(noun)

(adj. verb)

(tr. verb)

sit on (something)

(tr. verb)

sit on (something)

Ŋ

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

ŋo̱k tik yua̱k

(noun)

black-headed heron

ŋo̱k thok pur

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

sycamore fig; fig-mulberry

(num.)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

paperbark acacia; paperbark thorn

(noun)

P

(noun)

skirt, traditional

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

grinding stone (for grinding maize or sorghum)

(noun)

ceremonial scar

(noun)

(tr. verb)

pay back (money)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(adverb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

track (of an animal)

(tr. verb)

tie to tethering stick

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

hammer in (thethering stick)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

string (of a musical instrument)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

hoe for cultivating grass used with one hand

R

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(intr. verb)

go without stopping

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(num.)

(loc. noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

grey-crowned crane

(noun)

saddle-billed stork

(prop. noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

spill, run over

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(intr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

make noise about

(gerund)

(intr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

burn (hair, skin)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

hippo (informal)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(intr. verb)

(intr. verb)

spend cold season

(tr. verb)

be pregnant with

make someone pregnant

(tr. verb)

eat watery food

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

plaster with mud

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

T

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(adj. verb)

(noun)

(intr. verb)

be aroused (of men)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(intr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

bring back to life

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(intr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

Shilluk (member of the Shilluk tribe)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

ring (ornamental)

(tr. verb)

shake by making small movements

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

pupil (of the eye)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

cloud (over the sun)

(noun)

(noun)

brown-backed honeybird

(noun)

(noun)

pipe (for smoking)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

harvest (maize)

break (pencil or maizelike objects)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(intr. verb)

spend rainy season

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

container (for storing grain)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

spoon, traditional

(noun)

bowl (traditional)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

lower part of an object (e.g. cup, bottle, tree)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

umbrella thorn acacia

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

floating device

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

Th

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(intr. verb)

(intr. verb)

(noun)

(intr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(adv.)

(noun)

(prep.)

(noun)

(noun)

three-banded plover

(noun)

corner (between the wall and the roof)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

W

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

river bend where the water is calm

(noun)

(noun)

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(noun)

hadada ibis; hadeda ibis

(noun)

(intr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(num.)

(num.)

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(num.)

(num.)

(noun)

medicine (for illness)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(loc. noun)

(noun)

string (for beads)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

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(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

body decoration

(noun)

(noun)

Y

(noun)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

change for (someone)

leave for (someone)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(pron.)

you (plural object)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(pron.)

you (plural subject)

(nominal conj.)

and (second person primary conjunct)

(tr. verb)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

metal implement or tool

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

(noun)

plot of cleared land

(noun)

container (for grain or dura)

(noun)

(tr. verb)

(intr. verb)

(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)

swing (in a cradle)

(tr. verb)

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(tr. verb)

(tr. verb)