Serer lexicon

Nouns

General Nouns

Gloss	Singular	Plural	OAD	KC	MF	Session	Sound token 1	Sound token 2	notes
dog	ʔoɓˈoχ	ɦaʔˈɓoχ				OAD_001	Dog_02.wav, Dogs_01.wav	Dog_03.wav, Dogs_03.wav
cat	mu:s	mu:s(k'ɛ)				OAD_001	Cat_01.wav, Cats_01.wav	Cat_02.wav, Cats_03.wav
bird	ⁿdi:t̚	ti:t'				OAD_001	Bird_03.wav, Birds_02.wav	Bird_04.wav, Birds_03.wav
pig	ru:l	ʔaˈtu:l				OAD_001	Pig_02.wav, Pigs_01.wav	Pig_03.wav, Media:Pigs_02.wav
insect	ˈjejɛt	ˈjejɛt				OAD_001	Media:Insect_01.wav	Media:Insect_02.wav
spider	ˈapɔˈhɔlæʧ	ˈapɔˈhɔlaʧ				OAD_001	Media:Spider_03.wav	Media:Spider_04.wav
ant	ɲɪ:ɲaχ	ɲɪ:ɲaχ				OAD_001	Ant_03.wav	Ant_04.wav
butterfly	oˈfɪd	ˈχapid				OAD_001	Butterfly_01.wav	Butterfly_02.wav
fruit	oˈɓi:	χaˈɓi:				OAD_001
person	ʔɔˈkiːn	βiːn, ɥiːn			---	MF_002	Person_03.wav	People_01.wav, People_05.wav
man	ɔˈkʷɔːɾ, ɔˈkʷɔːr	goːɾ			---	MF_002	Man_01.wav	Men_02.wav
fire	'fidɛl					JM_004
tree	'ndaχar	'taχar				JM_004
town, village	'satɪ	'satɪkɛ, 'ʧ’atɪkɛ				JM_004			ɪ~ɛ~e, ˈsaatɛ
city	'satɪ fa'ma:k	'satɪ 'ma:kɛ				JM_004
light	lɛ:r					JM_004
fence	a'ɗiŋk	a'ɗiŋk				JM_004			presence/voicing of final stop?
name	gʊn	a'kʊn				JM_004			ʊ~o, ɡon - VW
sap	go:n					JM_004
drum	famb	a'pamb				JM_004			a~ʌ
song	a'kjim	a'kjim				JM_004			how do you make superscripts? (j)
salt	o'ɉɪm	ha'cɛm				JM_004			voicing of palatal stop in pl? ɪ~ɛ
rumor	ˈonan	ˈxanan				JH_005			lit. 'instance of hearing'
dance	ˈoᵐbɛtʃ	ˈhaƥɛtʃ				JH_005
gift	tʃʰɪtʰ	tʃʰɪtʰ				JH_005
fish	lɪƥ	ˈlɪƥkɛ				JH_005			No regular plural
scale	aˈʋas	haˈbas				JH_005
tail	las, ʔaˈlas	ˈχalas				JH_005, MF_013
fin, spine	aˈƈor					JH_005			Did not elicit plural
boat	sukʰ					JH_005			Did not elicit plural
feather	(ʔ)aˈnaf	N/A				JH_005, MF_013
year	oˈhi:d	χaˈki:d				VW_006
husband	oˈkor					VW_006
baobab tree	ƥa̰:k					JH_012			No plural elicited
baobab fruit	ɓa:k					JH_012			No plural elicited
shell, rind	ˈɔχɔƥ	ˈhaqoƥ				JH_012			Also (tree) bark
forest	aˈqoƥ					JH_012			No plural elicited; see also TextGrid 013
branch	aˈna:qʰ					JH_012			No plural elicited
root	aˈƥaƈ					JH_012			No plural elicited
yam	haƥ					JH_012			No plural elicited
moss	ˈna:ʋos					JH_012			No plural
wind	aˈƥaɪ					ED_017
milk	ˈʔɔsis	ˈχasis			---	MF_013
tear	ʔoˈɡoːniːtʰ	ˈhakoːniːtʰ			---	MF_013			as in crying
phlegm, mucus	ˈχaːqɔχ				---	MF_013
urine	ˈʔasaiːd̥ʰ	N/A			---	MF_013			derived from V "urinate"
feces	ɗuŋk				---	MF_013			did not check for plural
feces (pol.)	ˈɲaʄlɔχ				---	MF_013			may be more than one word
manure (1)	ˈnɛːfaɾɛʔ				---	MF_013
manure (2)	ʔaˈtʌs				---	MF_013			may be derived from some verb [tʌs]
mouse	ƈɔːχ	ƈɔːχ (maju)			---	MF_013			initial C contrast with "perceive from far off"
meat	ˈndawaɭ	ˈtawaɭ			---	MF_013
fat (as on meat)	ɡɾɛːs, ɡɹɛːs				---	MF_013			Fr. "graisse"
horn	ʔoˈʤæn	ˈχaʧæn			---	MF_013
hoof	ʔoˈfɔχɔs	ˈχapɔχɔs			---	MF_013
wing	ʔaˈkant	N/A			---	MF_013
bracelet	nˈɟara					VW_011

Body Part Terms

Gloss	Singular	Plural	OAD	KC	MF	Session	Sound token 1	Sound token 2	notes
hair	ʋil	aˈʋil			ɥil	ED_010
chest	ŋgaŋg					ED_010
blood	fɔˈʔɔj					ED_010
spit	ˈdɔχɔ:ɲ					ED_010
belly	ɔˈfʊd					ED_010
side	ɔˈsa:χ					ED_010
bellybutton	daɓ	at'aɓ				ED_010
leg, foot	ɔˈɟaf	aˈc'af				ED_010
hip	aˈƥɛk	aˈƥɛk				ED_010
hand, arm	oˈɓaɪ	χaʔˈɓaɪ				ED_017
head	χɔχ	aˈqɔχ				ED_017
nose	oˈɲis	ˈχaɲis				ED_017
beard	o'ratam	'χata,tam				JM_004
tongue, language	'ɗelem	a'ɗelem				JM_004			implosive? 'dɛlɛm?
bone	ˈohi:ƈ	ˈaki:ƈ			(pl) ˈhaki:ƈ	JH_005
mouth, beak	ˈodon	ˈχatɵn			(sg) ˈodɵn	JH_005, MF_013
shoulder	aˈkaⁿd					JH_005			Did not elicit plural; may be same word as "wing"
arm, hand	oˈɓay	haʔˈɓay				VW_006
hand	oˈɓay	haʔˈɓay				VW_006
elbow	ˈnonoŋɡ	χaˈnonoŋɡ				VW_006
finger	ˈnɡol	ko̰l				VW_006
head	χɔ:χ	ˈakɔχ				VW_006
eye	ˈakid, aˈkid	ˈakid, aˈkid				VW_006
nose	oˈɲis	ˈχaɲis				VW_006
lip	nˈɟapʼko	ˈtʃapʼkoʔ				VW_006
mouth	oˈdon	haʔˈton				VW_006
ear	nɔf	ˈnɔf, ˈnɔfkɛ, nɔf ˈmayu				VW_006
eyelid, eyelash	ˈɲo:ror					VW_006
eyebrow	oˈɗi:ɗi:k	haʔˈɗi:kɗi:k				VW_006
forehead	aˈtaɡɪd	ˈakɔχ				VW_006
finger	ŋgol	ƙol				JH_012
butt	fuƭ	ˈapuƭ				JH_012			Also (tree) trunk
skin, hide	ɗo:l					JH_012			No plural
breast	ƭɛːn	N/A			---	MF_013
muscle	ˈɗɔːlɛʔ	N/A			---	MF_013
biceps	ʔʌˈʄɔːχ	χaˈʔʄɔːχ			---	MF_013
nail, claw	ˈmbambaɲ(c)	ˈpambaɲ			---	MF_013
kneecap	ˈroʔoi	ˈhatoʔoi				VW_011
knee	ngubai					VW_011			no good recording
ankle	ngubaiˈɟara					VW_011			lit: "knee bracelet"
stomach, intestine	la:u					VW_011
throat(s)	aˈpɛ̰ɛ̰pʰ	---				VW_011
neck	oˈtʃokʰ	ˈχatʃok				VW_011
heart(s), lung(s)	χɛɛɲ	---				VW_011

Abstract nouns

Gloss	form	OAD	KC	MF	Session	Sound1	Sound 2	notes
love	bugʰ			---	OAD_008
happiness	ɗai			---	OAD_008
sadness	judnɔχ			---	OAD_008

Numerals

Gloss	form	OAD	KC	MF	Session	Sound1	Sound 2	notes
one	lɛŋk, lɛŋx			---	MF_002	Media:One_01.wav	Media:One_02.wav
two	ƭikʰ, ɗikʰ			---	MF_002	Media:Two_02.wav	Media:Two_03.wav
three	ˈtadikʰ			---	MF_002	Media:Three_07.wav
four	ˈnaɦikʰ, ˈnaɦeɪkʰ			---	MF_002	Media:Four_01.wav	Media:Four_04.wav	2nd vowel changes, see session 006
five	ˈƥɛtʰikʰ, ˈɓɛtʰikʰ			---	MF_002	Media:Five_02.wav	Media:Five_05.wav
six	ɓɛˈtʰu ˈfɔ lɛŋ			---	MF_002	Media:Six_03.wav
seven	ɓɛˈtʰu ˈʔɗikʰ			---	MF_002	Media:Seven_01.wav
eight	ɓɛˈtʰu ˈtadikʰ			---	MF_002	Media:Eight_03.wav
nine	ɓɛˈtʰu ˈnaɦekʰ			---	MF_002	Media:Nine_02.wav
ten	ˈhaɾˈɓɐɦaj, ˈhaɾɓɦaj			---	MF_002	Media:Ten_02.wav	Media:Ten_07.wav

Adjectives

Gloss	form	OAD	KC	MF	Session	Sound1	Sound 2	notes
invincible	χɔχ				VW_006
a lot	ˈmayu				VW_006
spoiled (food)	aˈfɔt				JH_012
dank	aˈho:ɲa				JH_012
strong, tough	saʔɗkuʔ			---	MF_013			mod. of "meat," means "sinew" or "gristle"; derived from related V

Verbs

Gloss	form	OAD	KC	MF	Session	Sound1	Sound 2	notes
to dance	fɛtʃ				JH_005
to give	tʃʰɪʔ				JH_005
to measure	li:ƥ				JH_005
to hit	naf				JH_005
to cultivate	χɔɔχ				VW_006, ED_017
to urinate	said̥ʰ			---	MF_013
to go	tɛtʰ				MF_013			in euphemism "go to the woods," see 013 TextGrid
to perceive from far off	ʄɔːkʰ			---	MF_013			any sensory input seems to work
to be strong, tough	saʔɗikʰ			---	MF_013			see derived ADJ
to blow (wind)	ɓaɪ				ED_017

Sentences

Gloss	form	OAD	KC	MF	Session	Sound1	Sound 2	notes
I see you.	ga a hoŋg				OAD_008
You see me.	ga a hamoʔ				OAD_008
She saw it/her/him.	a gaʔ an				OAD_008
She saw Peter	a gaʔ a Peter				OAD_008
Look here! Look at it!	gaʔ i				OAD_008
I love/like you	bugʔa hoŋg				OAD_008
I like water	bugʔam fo:fi				OAD_008
I sit.	mo:fam				OAD_008

Pronouns

Gloss	form	OAD	KC	MF	Session	Sound1	Sound 2
I	miʔ				OAD_008
you.sg	woʔ				OAD_008
he, she, it	tɛn				OAD_008
we	inoʔ				OAD_008
you.pl	nu:n				OAD_008
they	den, denɔʔ				OAD_008

Miscellany

Gloss	form	OAD	KC	MF	Session	Sound1	Sound 2
greeting	ˈnam ˈfiɔʔ			---	MF_002	Media:Hello_02.wav
greeting (contracted)	ˈnamɔʔ			---	MF_002	Media:Hello_short_03.wav
thank you	ˈʤoː kɐˈɲɟɐl, -ɺə			---	MF_002	Media:Thankyou_03.wav	Media:Thankyou_04.wav
response to thanks	ʔɪˈnʌ ˈmbogʷʊn, -ɣʷ-			---	MF_002	Media:Youre_welcome_05.wav	Media:Youre_welcome_04.wav
response to greeting	mɛˈɦɛ ˈmɛn			---	MF_002	Media:Response_to_hello_04.wav
yes	i: , i:jo				OAD_008
no	haʔa				OAD_008