Dictionary

 The Oroko Dictionary 1.0 is now available at http://friesen.missionsites.com/MediaView.asp?id=107! Download it on your Android phone (must be version 4.01 or higher).

What you need to know:

1) Oroko words are listed by their root or base form (without prefixes or suffixes). 

• Verbs are listed by their basic command form. For example, to dance is listed as "saka", not "ɗisaka". 
• Nouns are listed in their most basic spoken form, which includes their class marker. For example, dancer/dance is "mosaki" (mo- class marker + saka "dance" + -i noun ending).

 2) Dialects are indicated with the following codes:

      e          Ekombe
      m         Mbonge
      n          Ngolo
      i           Bima
      t           Batanga
      l           Balue
      u          Bakundu
      k          Bakoko
      o          Balondo Ba Nanga
      d          Balondo Ba Diko
 
      A          All
      W         West (n,t,i)
      S          South (m,e,l)

3) The dictionary is being published "As-Is" as of December 2020. It is a work-in-progress.

     Edits will continue to be made as additional data is collected and verified. 

• Suggestions, edits, and new words can be sent to OLDA via lisa.friesen@worldteam.org.