Igala
Language Details
| Family | Niger-Congo |
Hebrew Comparisons
| Word | Meaning | Hebrew Word | Transliteration | Hebrew Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bàrà | millet | בָּר | bâr | or בַּר; from בָּרַר (in the sense of winnowing); grain of any kind (even while standing in the field); by extension the open country; corn, wheat. |
| golo / goro | grind, smooth | גָּרַס | gâraç | a primitive root; to crush; also (intransitively and figuratively) to dissolve; break. |
| daka | to pound, to crush, to beat (in food preparation, especially yam or grain) | דָּקַק | dâqaq | a primitive root (compare הָדַךְlemma הָדךְ missing vowel, corrected to הָדַךְ); to crush (or intransitively) crumble; beat in pieces (small), bruise, make dust, (into) [idiom] powder, (be, very) small, stamp (small). |