village

n-aulélèn [North]   n. [North] Grazing around home. See: pɛ́rpɛ̀r ‘Grazing around home’; línká ‘The driving or herding of cattle at dawn to eat the grass when it is still dewy, and then bring them back later for milking.’.

aulúó   Nom sg: áúlùò. Acc pl: ɨnkáúlèlè. [North] Acc sg: auló. n.r. Outside; ground outside village. Ɛtárá ŋolé ɔláŋóróní ɔrmɛʉ́t ti áúlùò àŋ. Yesterday a hunter killed a giraffe just outside our home. (Pk). Ɛ́tayú lɛ́lɔ́ kuóô tɛ̀ mʉatatá ɛ́ntɛ̀rɛ̀ʉ̀ aulúó. Remove those kids and lambs from the sheep-fold and take them outside the village. (Pk). Ɛɨtʉ́ taá doí oshî táatá aitókì anɛtarɨ́ aulúó aké átíi. Of late, I have not been going (pulling) very far away, just within the vicinity of the kraal. (Pk).

o-leŋótì   Nom sg: o-léŋòtì. Acc pl: i-leŋót. Nom pl: i-léŋòt. n. 1 • [South] Large firewood log, which may be kept burning for days.

2 • Fireplace outside a village.

3 • Comfortable, sheltered (often shady) place outside the gate where the elders (men) sit and observe what is going on. Kɛ́ɛdɔ́ oléŋòtì lâî. (The plant making) my shady place is tall. (Pk). See: náàpò ‘Meeting place’; ol-ogól ‘Firewood log’.