English-Turkana Dictionary

Copyright © A Barrett, 1988

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First published 1988

Published by

Macmillan Kenya (Publishers) Limited

P.O. Box 30797

Kijabe Street

Nairobi

ISBN 0-333-44577-5

Printed in Hong Kong

The compiler and publishers wish to acknowledge with
thanks the assistance given by NORAD with the
publication of this dictionary.

To

My Mother and late Father

Sisters — Mary, Teresa, Sally and Eileen

Brothers — Pat, John, Harry, Paul and Martin.

Contents

Biography vi

The Turkana vii

Some aspects of the Turkana language viii

Structure viii

Pronunciation viii

Grammar x

Bibhography xxviii

How to use the dictionary xxix

Headwords xxix

Parts of speech xxix

Translation into Turkana xxix
Different ckisses of verbs

and adjectives xxx
Examples and grammatical

information xxx

Singular and plural forms xxx

Abbreviations used in this dictionary 1

Dictionary 2

English - Turkana
Dictionary

Compiled by A. Barrett

Copyright © A Barrett, 1988

Published by

Macmillan Kenya (Publishers) Limited

P.O. Box 30797

Kijabe Street

Nairobi

ISBN 0-333-44577-5

Printed in Hong Kong