Crétois 1972: II, 403; Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 44. Adverb. Cf. tiɗ ka fop 'all the birds', etc.
NUMBER:2
WORD:ashes
Serer:ndaw1
Crétois 1972: IV, 423. K-class. Quoted as ndaːv in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 98].
NUMBER:3
WORD:bark
Serer:xoɓ #1
Crétois 1972: VI, 338. Ol-class. Plural: qoɓ a...ak (with consonantal gradation). Polysemy: 'leaf / empty vessel / certain types of bark'. In [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 63], quoted as hob in the meanings 'tree bark' and 'empty vase'. Not quite clear if this is really the default equivalent for generic 'bark', but no better candidate found so far.
NUMBER:4
WORD:belly
Serer:fud1
Crétois 1972: II, 426. Ol-class. Plural: pud a...ak (with consonantal gradation). Quoted as fuːd in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 45].
NUMBER:5
WORD:big
Serer:magin1
Crétois 1972: IV, 8. Verbal root: 'to be large, enormous, great, imposing, etc.'. Quoted as maːgin 'to be big' in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 84].
NUMBER:6
WORD:bird
Serer:ndiːɗ1
Crétois 1972: IV, 459. N-class. Plural: tiːɗ k- (with consonantal gradation). Polysemy: 'bird / child (fig.)'. Quoted as ndid in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 98].
Crétois 1972: I, 234. Quoted as baːl in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 4]. Cf. also ɗok 'to be very black, deep black' [Crétois 1972: II, 188].
NUMBER:9
WORD:blood
Serer:fo=ʔoːy1
Crétois 1972: II, 402. Ol-class. Plural: po=ʔoːy k- (with consonantal gradation). Contains the same fused prefix (of liquids) as 'water' q.v.
NUMBER:10
WORD:bone
Serer:hiːʄ1
Crétois 1972: IV, 38. Ol-class. Plural: kiːʄ a...ak (with consonantal gradation). Quoted as hid (possibly a misprint for hiʓ) in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 62].
Crétois 1972: II, 97. Transitive and intransitive use. Quoted as doh in [Exanno & Greffier 1960: 20].
NUMBER:13
WORD:claw(nail)
Serer:mbambaːɲ1
Crétois 1972: IV, 190. N-class. Plural: pambaːɲ k-. Polysemy: 'claw / nail / hoof'. Quoted as mbɛnbaɲ in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 87] (cf. also the dialectal Petit-Côte variant mbembaːɲ in [Crétois 1972: IV, 230]).
NUMBER:14
WORD:cloud
Serer:eːl ~ yeːl1
Crétois 1972: II, 222; Crétois 1972: VI, 447. L-class. Plural: eːl a...ak. Quoted as el ~ yɛl in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 34].
NUMBER:15
WORD:cold
Serer:
Not properly attested. The closest candidate is the verbal root ɓuːɓ, glossed in [Crétois 1972: I, 299] as 'to be freshː to cold (of weather)'. Contexts, however, show that it is mostly used in the meaning 'fresh, cool' rather than '(unpleasantly) cold'. In [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 10], it is glossed simply as bub 'to be fresh'. Cf. also ʓogoɲ 'to be cold (of weather)', ʓogoɲ-el 'to be cold (of smbd.)' [Crétois 1972: III, 225], not eligible semantically. For the moment, we prefer to leave the issue unresolved and the slot empty.
NUMBER:16
WORD:come
Serer:gar1
Crétois 1972: II, 488. Plural form: a ngara.
NUMBER:17
WORD:die
Serer:xon1
Crétois 1972: VI, 344. Plural: a nɢon-a. Quoted as hon in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 64]. Cf. also the marked term saːy 'to die (of a king)' [Crétois 1972: V, 552].
NUMBER:18
WORD:dog
Serer:ɓox1
Crétois 1972: I, 276. L-class. Plural: ɓox a...ak. Quoted as boh in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 9].
NUMBER:19
WORD:drink
Serer:yer1
Crétois 1972: VI, 439. Plural: a yer-a. Quoted as yɛr in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 161]. Polysemy: 'to drink / to smoke'.
NUMBER:20
WORD:dry
Serer:weːr-u1
Crétois 1972: VI, 234. Adjectival derivate from the verbal root wer 'to be dry'. Quoted as wɛr 'to be dry' in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 155].
Crétois 1972: III, 530. N-class. Plural: lanɢ k-. Polysemy: 'earth / soil / ground'. Quoted as lãg in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 76].
NUMBER:23
WORD:eat
Serer:ɲaːm1
Crétois 1972: V, 27. Quoted as ɲam in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 108]. Cf. also ɲam 'to taste (smth.)' [Crétois 1972: V, 8] (with a short vowel).
NUMBER:24
WORD:egg
Serer:ɓoːf1
Crétois 1972: I, 285. L-class. Plural: ɓoːfa...ak. Quoted as bof in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 8].
NUMBER:24
WORD:egg
Serer:gin2
Crétois 1972: II, 544. L-class. Plural: kin a...ak. Quoted as gin in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 51]. Semantic difference between ɓoːf and gin is unclear (most of the contexts are quite similar).
Crétois 1972: II, 40. K-class. Quoted as dar in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 16].
NUMBER:27
WORD:feather
Serer:laːl1
Crétois 1972: III, 564. Al-class. Plural: laːl a..ak. Quoted as sg. lah (lah al) 'feather' in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 76].
NUMBER:28
WORD:fire
Serer:fiɗel1
Crétois 1972: II, 359. L-class. Plural form: piɗel k- (with consonantal gradation). Polysemy: 'fire / Hell'. Quoted as fidɛl in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 42]. Distinct from kaɓ 'flame / to be lit, to be in flames' [Crétois 1972: III, 296].
NUMBER:29
WORD:fish
Serer:liɓ1
Crétois 1972: III, 597. N-class. Plural: liɓ k-. Quoted as lip in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 80].
NUMBER:30
WORD:fly v.
Serer:et1
Crétois 1972: II, 217; Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 35. Has the form yet in the Fadiouth dialect [Crétois 1972: VI, 442].
NUMBER:31
WORD:foot
Serer:ʓaf1
Crétois 1972: III, 86. Ol-class. Plural: ɕaf a...ak. Polysemy: 'foot / leg'. Quoted as dʸaf in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 24].
NUMBER:32
WORD:full
Serer:may1
Crétois 1972: IV, 42. Verbal root. Polysemy: 'to be full / to be many / to be abundant'.
NUMBER:33
WORD:give
Serer:ɕi1
Crétois 1972: I, 369; Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 149. Plural: a ɕi-a.
NUMBER:34
WORD:good
Serer:faːx1
Crétois 1972: II, 312. Verbal stem: 'to be good'. Plural form: a mbaːxa. Quoted as fah in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 36]. Cf., with consonantal gradation: paːx 'well (adv.) / that which is good, good thing/s/ (n.)' [Crétois 1972: V, 220].
NUMBER:35
WORD:green
Serer:
Not attested. Cf. the verbal root nep 'to be full of sap; to be verdant' and the derived nep-and 'to make green, to paint green' [Crétois 1972: IV, 348-349].
NUMBER:36
WORD:hair
Serer:wiːl1
Crétois 1972: VI, 240. Ol-class (in the singulative meaning), l-class (in the collective meaning). Plural: biːl a...ak (with consonantal gradation). Used both in the meanings 'head hair' and 'body hair'. Quoted as vil in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 156].
NUMBER:37
WORD:hand
Serer:ɓay1
Crétois 1972: I, 226. Quoted as bay in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 6]. Ol-class. Plural form: ɓay a...ak. Distinct from naːx 'arm' [Crétois 1972: IV, 338].
Crétois 1972: III, 92. Plural: a nʓagda. Meaning glossed as 'to be long, to be big'. Verbal stem; the derived adjectival form is ɕagdu 'long' (with consonantal gradation). Dialectal variants: ʓagaːd (Palmarin), ʓahaːd (Petite-Côte). Cf. also the intensive form: ʓigid 'to be very long, very large' [Crétois 1972: III, 193]. Quoted as dʸagid ~ dʸigid in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 25].
NUMBER:50
WORD:louse
Serer:ɓaːl1
Crétois 1972: I, 235. Plural: ɓaːl k-. Quoted as bal in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 4]. Also used as a verbal root: 'to delouse'.
NUMBER:51
WORD:man
Serer:koːr1
Crétois 1972: III, 444. Ox-class or ol-class. Plural: goːr w- (with consonantal gradation). Polysemy: 'man (male) / husband'. Quoted as kor in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 73].
NUMBER:52
WORD:many
Serer:bet1
Crétois 1972: I, 148. Verbal root. Polysemy: 'To be many / to be excessive / to be extreme'. Quoted as bɛt in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 6]. Cf. also ʓaːk 'to be abundant, to be many, numerous' [Crétois 1972: III, 154]; fuːf 'many, a lot' (intensive form) [Crétois 1972: II, 454]; may 'to be many, to abound, to be full' [Crétois 1972: IV, 72].
NUMBER:53
WORD:meat
Serer:tegeʄ1
Crétois 1972: VI, 57. Plural form (with consonantal gradation) from regeʄ (l-class) 'a piece of meat' [Crétois 1972: V, 374]. Quoted as tegɛʓ in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 142]. Should be kept distinct from nex 'muscle, flesh, piece of meat' [Crétois 1972: IV, 352].
NUMBER:54
WORD:moon
Serer:nɢoːl1
Crétois 1972: IV, 610. Onɢ-class. Plural: qoːl a...ak (with consonantal gradation). Polysemy: 'moon / month'. Cf. also the same form belonging to oŋg-class: nɢoːl, pl. nɢoːl fu...n 'light'.
NUMBER:55
WORD:mountain
Serer:pimb1
Crétois 1972: V, 243; Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 114. Al-class. Plural: pimb a...ak. Polysemy: 'mountain / hill / elevation'. Cf. also ndaŋgor [Crétois 1972: IV, 417], plural: taŋgor k- (with consonantal gradation). Polysemy: 'hill / mountain'. Quoted as ndãgoːr 'hill, mountain' in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 97], where the word is marked as a borrowing from Wolof.
Crétois 1972: II, 215. Negative suffix that forms the negative active base of the verb (e. g. and 'to know', and-er 'not to know', 'he does not know'). Quoted as ɛr in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: XVIII]. The corresponding suffix for the passive voice is -and (e. g. fex-el 'to be loved', fex-and 'not to be loved') [Crétois 1972: I, 36].
NUMBER:63
WORD:one
Serer:leŋ1
Crétois 1972: III, 586. Quoted as lɛŋ in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: XVI].
NUMBER:64
WORD:person
Serer:kiːn1
Crétois 1972: III, 403. Ox-class. Suppletive plural: wiːn w-. Quoted as kin in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 72].
NUMBER:65
WORD:rain
Serer:teɓ1
Crétois 1972: VI, 52. Al-class. Plural: teɓ a...ak. Nominal derivative from the verbal root deɓ 'to rain' [Crétois 1972: II, 49], with consonantal gradation. Quoted as tɛb 'rain', dɛb 'to rain' in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 16].
NUMBER:66
WORD:red
Serer:yaxg-u1
Crétois 1972: VI, 411. Adjectival derivate from yaxig 'to be red'. Quoted as yahig 'to be red', yag-u 'red' in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 159].
NUMBER:67
WORD:road
Serer:ɗat1
Crétois 1972: II, 140. Al-class. Plural: ɗat a...ak. Polysemy: 'road / path / passage / law, justice'. Quoted as dat in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 16].
NUMBER:68
WORD:root
Serer:paʄ1
Crétois 1972: V, 207. Al-class. Plural: paʄ a...ak. Quoted as paʓ in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 112].
NUMBER:69
WORD:round
Serer:
Not properly attested. Cf., perhaps, moːl 'to make a ball, make round', moːl-ox 'to be rounded' [Crétois 1972: IV, 137-138].
NUMBER:70
WORD:sand
Serer:fuːʄ1
Crétois 1972: II, 462. Ol-class. Plural: puːʄ a...ak (with consonantal gradation). Quoted as fuʓ in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 46].
NUMBER:71
WORD:say
Serer:lay1
Crétois 1972: III, 551; Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 78. Cf. also lemb 'to say' [Crétois 1972: III, 584].
NUMBER:72
WORD:see
Serer:ga ~ gi1
Crétois 1972: II, 463, 532; Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 47, 50. Plural: a n=ga-a ~ a n=gi-a. The difference between the two stems seems to be dialectal (gi is marked as Petit-Côte in the source).
NUMBER:73
WORD:seed
Serer:ax1
Crétois 1972: I, 72. Plural: ax k-. Quoted as ah in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 1]. Polysemy: 'seed (for sowing) / grain / human seed (fig.)'.
NUMBER:74
WORD:sit
Serer:moːf1
Crétois 1972: IV, 135. Polysemy: 'to sit down / to keep still / to dwell / to rest'. Quoted as mof in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 91].
NUMBER:75
WORD:skin
Serer:ɗoːl1
Crétois 1972: II, 194. N-class. Plural: ɗoːl k-. Quoted as dol (l-class) in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 21].
NUMBER:76
WORD:sleep
Serer:ɗaːn1
Crétois 1972: II, 148. Polysemy: 'to sleep / to go to sleep / to rest'. Quoted as dan in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 15].
NUMBER:77
WORD:small
Serer:neːw1
Crétois 1972: IV, 358. Verbal root: 'to be small'. Quoted as nɛv in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 102].
NUMBER:78
WORD:smoke
Serer:fo=suːn1
Crétois 1972: V, 734. Ol-class. Derived from the verbal root suːn 'to smoke'. Quoted as fo=sun in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 138].
NUMBER:79
WORD:stand
Serer:sipox1
Crétois 1972: V, 622. Polysemy: 'to stand upright / to be planted / to rise up'. Quoted as sipoh in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 134].
NUMBER:80
WORD:star
Serer:xoːr1
Crétois 1972: VI, 366. Ol-class. Plural: koːr a...ak. Quoted as hoːr in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 65].
NUMBER:81
WORD:stone
Serer:ɓil1
Crétois 1972: I, 253. Plural: ɓil a...ak. L-class. Quoted as bil in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 7].
NUMBER:82
WORD:sun
Serer:nʓeːʄ1
Crétois 1972: IV, 653. N-class. Quoted as nʓɛʓ ~ sɛʓ in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 101, 129].
NUMBER:83
WORD:swim
Serer:weʄ1
Crétois 1972: VI, 230. Plural: a mbeʄ-a (with consonantal gradation). Quoted as vɛʓ in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 154].
NUMBER:84
WORD:tail
Serer:las1
Crétois 1972: III, 537; Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 78. Al-class. Plural: las a...ak. Polysemy: 'tail / end / extremity'.
NUMBER:85
WORD:that
Serer:=n=a ~ =g=a1
Crétois 1972: V, 164; Ezanno & Greffier 1960: XIV. These two, apparently more or less synonymous, bimorphemic combinations (-n- and -g- are "semantically empty" pronominal formants, while the monovocalic morpheme =a expresses the idea of distance from the speaker) are usually appended to the various class forms of the definite article, e. g. o kin oxa-n-a 'that person', a koy ala-g-a 'that monkey'.
NUMBER:86
WORD:this
Serer:=n=e ~ =k=e1
Crétois 1972: V, 167; Ezanno & Greffier 1960: XIV. These two, apparently more or less synonymous, bimorphemic combinations (-n- and -k- are "semantically empty" pronominal formants, while the monovocalic morpheme =e expresses the idea of proximity to the speaker) are usually appended to the various class forms of the definite article, e. g. o kin oxe-n-e 'this person', a koy ale-k-e 'this monkey'.
NUMBER:87
WORD:thou
Serer:wo1
Crétois 1972: VI, 241. Quoted as vo in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 156]. Used both as independent subject pronoun and as possessive adjective ('my').
NUMBER:88
WORD:tongue
Serer:ɗelem1
Crétois 1972: II, 164. L-class. Plural: ɗelem a...ak. Quoted as delɛm in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 17].
NUMBER:89
WORD:tooth
Serer:ɲiːɲ1
Crétois 1972: V, 60. L-class. Plural: ɲiːɲ a...ak. Quoted as ɲiɲ in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 109].
NUMBER:90
WORD:tree
Serer:ndaxar1
Crétois 1972: IV, 425. N-class. Plural: taxar k- (with consonantal gradation). Polysemy: 'tree / plant'. Quoted as ndahar in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 97].
NUMBER:91
WORD:two
Serer:ɗik1
Crétois 1972: II, 176. Quoted as dik in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 16]. Has the form ɗaq when accompanied by the article a ('those two') [Crétois 1972: II, 138].
NUMBER:92
WORD:walk (go)
Serer:ret1
Crétois 1972: V, 378. Plural: a ndet-a (with consonantal gradation). Quoted as rɛt in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 119]. Cf. ɲaxan 'to hurry; to go' [Crétois 1972: V, 21], quoted simply as ɲahan 'to go' in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 107]. Cf. also taːr 'to go (somewhere)' [Crétois 1972: VI, 47], e.g. in ta taːr-a "where are you going?".
NUMBER:93
WORD:warm (hot)
Serer:sum-u1
Crétois 1972: V, 712. Polysemy: 'hot / warm / boiling'. Derived from the verbal root sum 'to be hot, etc.' [Crétois 1972: V, 709; Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 138].
NUMBER:94
WORD:water
Serer:foː=fi1
Crétois 1972: II, 415. L-class. Plural form: poːfi k- (with consonantal gradation). Quoted as fi (fo-, -ol) in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 41] (indicating that fo- is a fossilized class marker).
NUMBER:95
WORD:we
Serer:in1
Crétois 1972: III, 64; Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 67. Used both as independent subject pronoun and as possessive adjective ('our'). No clusivity.
NUMBER:96
WORD:what
Serer:xar1
Crétois 1972: VI, 285. Quoted as har in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 58].
NUMBER:97
WORD:white
Serer:ran ~ rand1
Crétois 1972: V, 354-355. Cf. the verbal stem: ran-ig ~ ran-g 'to be white' [Crétois 1972: V, 356-358]. Quoted as ran-ig 'to be white', ran-gu 'white', ndan 'white' (with consonantal gradation) in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 117].
NUMBER:98
WORD:who
Serer:an1
Crétois 1972: I, 34; Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 2.
NUMBER:99
WORD:woman
Serer:tew1
Crétois 1972: VI, 67. Ox-class. Plural: rew w- (with consonantal gradation). Quoted as tɛv in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 143].
NUMBER:100
WORD:yellow
Serer:xoylar1
Crétois 1972: VI, 357. Verbal stem: 'to be (become) yellow'. Quoted as hoylar in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 65].
NUMBER:101
WORD:far
Serer:koɗ-u1
Crétois 1972: III, 412. Adverbial form, derived from the verbal stem goɗ 'to be far away' [Crétois 1972: II, 565]. Quoted as goːd 'to be far away', koːd-u 'far' in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 52].
NUMBER:102
WORD:heavy
Serer:meɗ1
Crétois 1972: IV, 79. Verbal root, with polysemy: 'to be heavy / to be important, serious'. Quoted as mɛd in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 89].
NUMBER:103
WORD:near
Serer:mat1
Crétois 1972: IV, 35; Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 86. Verbal root: 'to be near, to come close'. Plural: a mat-a.
NUMBER:104
WORD:salt
Serer:fo=ʓem1
Crétois 1972: III, 182. Ol-class. Nominal derivate from the verbal root ʓem 'to be salted'. Quoted as fo=ʓɛm in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 29].
NUMBER:105
WORD:short
Serer:raɓ1
Crétois 1972: V, 346. Quoted as rab in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 116].
NUMBER:106
WORD:snake
Serer:fa=ŋol1
Crétois 1972: II, 261. Plural: pa=ŋol k- (with consonantal gradation). The first syllable is a fossilized class marker; the root =ŋol is also listed by itself in [Crétois 1972: V, 126], where it is mentioned as part of the complex form ŋol-fa-ɲan 'worm'. Quoted as fa=ŋol in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 56].
NUMBER:107
WORD:thin
Serer:xoʄ1
Crétois 1972: VI, 358. Plural: a nɢoʄ-a. Verbal stem: 'to be thin'. Quoted as hoʓ in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 63].
NUMBER:108
WORD:wind
Serer:qeɲ1
Crétois 1972: V, 319. Al-class. Plural: qeɲ a...ak. Polysemy: 'wind / cholera / k. of sickness'. Dialectal variant: keɲ. Formally derived from the verbal root xeɲ 'to be windy, make wind' (impersonal) [Crétois 1972: VI, 317]. Quoted as kɛɲ in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 61].
NUMBER:109
WORD:worm
Serer:
Not attested.
NUMBER:110
WORD:year
Serer:hiːd1
Crétois 1972: IV, 36. Ol-class. Plural: kiːd a..ak (with consonantal gradation). Polysemy: 'year / old' (in the latter meaning, functions as a verbal root). Quoted as hid in [Ezanno & Greffier 1960: 62].