Digo
ISO 639-3: dig
Regional language
Language Details
| Family Lineage | Niger-Congo › Atlantic-Congo › Volta-Congo › Benue-Congo › Bantoid › Southern Bantoid › Bantu |
| Countries | Kenya, Tanzania |
| Approximate Speakers | ~1,500,000 |
| Notes | Part of the Mijikenda group |
Hebrew Comparisons
| Word | Meaning | Hebrew Word | Transliteration | Hebrew Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| chungu | cooking pot | דּוּד | dûwd | from the same as דּוֹד; a pot (for boiling); also (by resemblance of shape) a basket; basket, caldron, kettle, (seething) pot. |
| ndagaa | small fish (sardine) | דִּיג | dîyg | denominative from דָּג; to fish; fish. |
| kubwa | big, large | כָּבֵד | kâbêd | from כָּבַד; heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid); (so) great, grievous, hard(-ened), (too) heavy(-ier), laden, much, slow, sore, thick. |
| kubwa | big, large | כָּבַד | kâbad | or כָּבֵד; a primitive root; to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses); abounding with, more grievously afflict, boast, be chargeable, [idiom] be dim, glorify, be (make) glorious (things), glory, (very) great, be grievous, harden, be (make) heavy, be heavier, lay heavily, (bring to, come to, do, get, be had in) honour (self), (be) honourable (man), lade, [idiom] more be laid, make self many, nobles, prevail, promote (to honour), be rich, be (go) sore, stop. |
| kubwa | big, large | כֹּבֶד | kôbed | from כָּבַד; weight, multitude, vehemence; grievousness, heavy, great number. |
| kila | each, every | כֹּל | kôl | or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever). |
| kóla | to dig | כָּרָה | kârâh | a primitive root; properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open; dig, [idiom] make (a banquet), open. |