Bimoba Key Terms February 2014

By Jackson Bonjak and Jacob Faatong (former translator)

1. alphabet/ letter - nammir
2. small letter - nambik
3. capital letter - namjar
4. vowel - nambanyinnkar
5. consonant - nammkɔɔnkar
6. digrah -
7. glottal (scissors) - barpɔɔtik
8. nasalised letter - mannyatir
9. word - mɔbonn
10. key word - mɔbonjar
11. phrase - maguunu
12. syllable - mɔbonjinn
13. syllable chart - footu siar ki li see mɔbonjinn taar ni
14. sentence - mɔbona n taan ki tee maan
15. full stop - setu dɔk
16. question mark - buboit dɔk
17. comma - foon dɔk
18. read - karin
19. write - sɔb
20. trance - tɔkii
21. draw - nan, ki nan boninauŋ
22. teaching learning material (TLM) - Ki want ki bi tumii ki bant siar
23. complementary basic education - pinpiik tumiu ki kpaatir nan bibeŋŋaŋ
24. school - sakur
25. learner - tummitɔɔ
26. to learn - ki tumii
27. discussion - pinpakit / labafaant
28. Group discussion - nibur labafaant/ pinpakit
29. Activity - toona
30. comprehensive reading - ki karin bant li paak
31. text / exam - bikinu
32. passage - pabik
33. lesson - kinkarin boor
34. rhymes - mɔbona nba ki li yiinu naan leer
35. poem - ki yeen mɔbna nba tee baakir yar
36. song - ----------yaŋ
37. functional literacy - ki tumii a damm maan karuŋ nan sabuc
38. exercise book - gbouŋ sɔbkar
39. primer - karuŋ gbouŋ yen
40. home - binbe boor
41. house - ŋaak
42. bowl seŋ / kutseŋ
43. blackboard / chalk board - (bilakbɔɔt) ki bɔnt dikpinn ki sɔbin li paak
44. group members - mɔtaauk niib
45. mind mapping (naming members of one group - ki kaan mɔtaauk niib sana
46. nurse - dokita (tebirɔ)
47. hospital - sibit
48. bucket - bokit
49. germs - bonfoi nba baat nan yiari
50. bacteria - bonfobis nba teen niib yiari
51. cholera - nii ŋaan sii
52. hammer - jaar
53. veterinary officer - naadɔkita
54. crop - banbuburit
55. class - tumii diiuk
56. economic trees - tiini nba mɔk sommir tee niib
57. fruit trees - tilontii
58. store - bonna bunbɔrboor (sitok)
59. savannah - kunkoouk
60. addition - pukinnt
61. 4 plus 4 equal to 8 - ŋanna fan pukin ŋanna li taan ŋannii
62. subtract - nyinnu
63. 5 minus 3 equals 2 - ŋaŋmu fan nyinn ŋannta ŋanleeb biar
64. multiplication - pukinu
65. 5 times two equal ten - ŋaŋmu taar munlee lii tee piik
66. division - bɔkitu
67. 10 divided by 2 equal 5 - piik fan bɔkit munlee lii tee piik