Sereer-Siin vocabulary

Below is a selected inventory of Sereer Siin lexical items, taken from Fal (1980). This is intended for use by people who want to expand the currently recorded Sereer Saloum lexicon. If you've elicited a word and gotten its Sereer Saloum equivalent, please check off the rightmost column in the table whether retrieving the form was successful or not. Faytak 19:48, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

Nouns

Note that Fal only lists stems (and not noun class morphology) in the sections discussing phonology, where the majority of the data here comes from. Noun class morphology is as such not included, with the assumption that it will be easy to fill in.

Siin sg	Siin pl	French	English	elicited? (x)
	tof	rôniers	ronier palms
piic		feuille de rônier	ronier palm leaf
fiic		aiguille	needle
ɗaaf			fruit of P. curatellifolia
ƭaaf			P. curatellifolia
ɗaap		redevance	fee
	taax	coussinet [du] tête	head pad
mbat	pat	cerf	deer
pom		rat	rat
lup		danse de possession	possession dance (?)
luk		noyau	pit, stone
dak		bonnet	cap
bat		baptême	baptism (?)
par		cruche à ouverture large	wide-mouthed pitcher
boop		cavité dans laquelle se loge la graine de mil	cavity the millet grain lodges in (?)
boob		herbe	grass
mbaac	paac	genre de bovidé	bovine sp.
maac		gros mil	whole millet
ndap		grenier	attic (?)
ndam		honneur	honor
lap		veau	veal
lam		héritier	heir
tax		sève	sap
sax		espèce de serpent	snake sp.
mbot		bourse	grant, award
saax		pays	country
mbos		un arbre (Gardenia)	Gardenia tree sp
ɓit		clôture	enclosure
	koon	fruit du pommier du Cayor, séchés	dried Cayor apple
ƭak		sol dur et fertile	hard, fertile ground
maak		planche	plank
maat		royaume	realm, kingdom
ndox	tox	incendie	fire (conflagration)
	tut	cérémonie de circoncision	circumcision ceremony
tud		épervier	sparrowhawk (?)
cat		bout	end
	cal	des rires	laughs
sal		pieu	stake, post
sir		écorce de baobab	baobab bark
kiis		mil granulé	millet in granules
	tan	terre salée	sacred ground
mbet		surprise	surprise
fiit		être effronté	be impertinent
coos		pioche	pickaxe, mattock
caar		diarrhée bovine	bovine diarrhea (?!)
bej		pointe	point
mbej		toute petite pointe	point, dim.
ñal		grelot	bell
caaw		action de faire cuire	act of cooking
ñaaw		haricots	long beans
	kañ	feu de branchettes	fire of twigs (?)
xam		crème fraîche	crème fraîche (?)
rak		cuisse	thigh
	kas	flèche	arrow
tok		entrée	entrance
toq		charge (à porter sur la tête)	load (borne on head)
coq		action de piler	act of pounding
ceq		action de tailler	act of carving
keew		argile	clay
geew		assemblée	assembly
gidi	kidi	fusil	gun
tog		calebasse	calabash
sug		cuiller en bois	wooden spoon
kar		arrivée	arrival
ɗak		motte de terre	clod of earth
ɗaŋ		couscous à l'arachide et au sucre	peanut and sugar couscous
nax		conte	tale
nqaw	qaw	canari	canary
ŋol		bambou	bamboo
	toŋ	lannea velutine	Lannea sp.
iɗ		gale	mange, scabies, scab
eed		trame pour le tissage	frame for weaving
nafa'		bourse	schoalrship, grant
kurtala'		ceinture	belt
safe'		gris-gris	gris-gris (?)
	fog	parents	relatives
basil		vomissements	vomit
daɓ		nombril	navel
baac		paille	straw
boomi		massacre	massacre
dam		rate	spleen, colic
lad		dette	debt
daŋ	taŋ	paume de la main	palm of the hand
a	b	c	d
a	b	c	d
a	b	c	d

Verbs

Siin	French	English	elicited? (x)
paax	bon	(be) good
dab	aller trouver	to find
ɓis	apporter	bring (along)
tam	sourd	(be) deaf
joos	râper	to grate
jaar	pécher à la ligne	to line-fish
fiij	arroser le couscous avec de l'eau	rinse couscous with water
rax	chasser	hunt, chase
ŋar	braire	bray
diq	donner un coup de poing	punch
dinq	être épars	be scattered
do'	bégayer	stutter
du'	saigner du nez	bleed from the nose
ne'	nommer	name
si'	couler	to flow
bad	être très grand	be very large
fad	atteindre, arriver	attain, arrive
bub	offenser	offend
buf	ramasser	pick up, gather
dad	échapper	escape
ɓasil	avoir beaucoup d'enfants	have many children
boos	avorter (animaux)	abort (animals)
ɓoos	digérer	digest
jaab	galoper	gallop
jaaɓ	répondre	respond
mar	être gâté (couscous)	be spoiled (couscous)
boobi	ramasse la paille	gather straw
fas	enlever l'écorce	strip bark
daaf	rapiécer	patch
a	b	c
a	b	c
a	b	c
a	b	c
a	b	c
a	b	c

Other

Siin	French	English	elicited? (x)
a	b	c	d
a	b	c	d