Nathaniel Mackey Concordance

I don't claim to be a true textual scholar, but as I read further into Songs of the Andoumboulou, it has become obvious that I need to develop at least a private concordance of sorts. Then it occurred to me that I should share it. So, here it is! If any of you know of any other concordance, please let me know. I only list important words that I notice are used at least a few times. (Verbs are listed separately, after the initial group of nouns, adjectives, and so on. I list active verbs used in independent and dependent clauses, and I do not list gerunds. Mackey does use gerunds a fair amount.)

In the course of creating this concordance, I have noticed some fascinating use of similes. See these pages: EW 36, 37, 38, SU 3

Eroding Witness= EW

School of Udhra = SU

angel — EW 52, 53 SU 3, 4

ass/ buttocks — EW 37, 41, 46

ascend / assent — EW 33, 44, 46

bed — EW 38, 45, 52,, SU 4

blood — EW 35, 43, 44, 49, 52,
book — SU 4

buttocks / ass — EW 33, 37, 41, 46
cloth — SU 4

cloud — EW 45, 53
crawl — EW 49

dance — EW 37, 52, SU 3, 4

dead — EW 33, 34, 35, 44, 49

Dogon — EW 31

dream — EW 39, 50,

dust — EW 42, 47, 49, 50, SU 4,

ear — EW 41, 48

entrance — EW 51, 53,
eye — SU 3
feet — SU 3

finger — EW 36, 37, 38,

float — EW 54

flood — EW 53, 54, SU 3

god — EW 41, 54

hands — EW 35, 36, 37, 45, 48, SU 3

head — EW 34, 35, 51, SU 3

hear — EW 52,

image — EW 49, 51,
immersed — SU 4
inside ("inmost") — EW 34, 39, 43, 45, 46, 49

kiss — EW 37, 40, 43

labor — EW 44

light — EW 42, 43, 44, 47, 49, 51, 53
linger — EW 49

loss — EW 44, 50, 52,

meat — EW 35, 41

memory (remember, etc.) — 36, 49, 51, 53

milk — EW 41, 53
moored — SU 4

mouth — EW 33, 37, 40

name — EW 33, 49,

ocean / sea — EW 34, 37, 46
outdistance — EW 49

possess — EW 52, 53,

potter-god —EW 51, 52
relinquish — EW 49

repeat — EW 41, 51

rib — EW 54,

root — EW 52, 53, SU 4
ruin — , SU 4

sea / ocean — EW 34, 37, 46
sleep — SU 3

song / sing — EW 31, 33, 35, 39, 40, 48, 49, 53, 54

sound — EW 35, 39,

stones / rocks — EW 43, 45 SU 1, 3

sun — EW 39, 45, 48, 50, 52, 51, 53, 54, SU 4

thigh —37, 41, 48, 53

thirst — EW 34, 42

throat — EW 33, 34, 49, 53

thumb — 37, 41, 47, 48

tide — EW 38, 51

touch — EW 49

voice — EW35, 48,

water — EW 35, 52, 53, 54

wave — EW 34, 38,

wet / moist (adj.) — EW 36, 38, 40, 52, 53, 54

white — EW 36, 41

wind (blow) — EW31, 37, 41, 42,, SU 4

word — EW33, 34, 39, 52

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absorb — EW 45
accuse — EW 54
appear / reappear EW 35
applaud — EW 54
ask — EW 44, 50
arrive — EW 41, 42
avert — EW 53
beg — EW 50
begin — EW 45
bend /unbend — EW 54
bewail — EW 44
beware — EW 44

bide — EW 43
bite — EW 44
blunt — SU 3
born EW 34
break — EW 51
breathe — EW 45
bring EW 34
brood — EW 51
brush — EW 45

catch — EW 52
call — EW 54
carry / miscarry — EW 54
cave — EW 37
coil / uncoil — EW 50
collapse — SU 4
come — EW 48
conceal — EW 39
conceive / misconceive — EW 54
continue — EW 54
crash — EW 51
cross EW 36
cut — EW 46
dance — see above
delivered — EW 39
deny — EW 46
die — EW 41
dip — EW 41
dissolve — EW 38
double — EW 50
drinks EW 35
eat — EW 45, SU 4
eke — EW 52
echo — EW 53
embrace — EW 39
emerge — EW 45
empty EW 35
endanger — EW 44
explain EW 34
extend — EW 50
fade— EW 38
fall — EW 45
find EW 36
gather — EW 47
get — EW 37, 54
give — EW 54
goes EW 36
grasp — EW 38
grin — EW 37
hang — SU 3
haunt EW 35
hear — EW 40, 52
help — EW 41
imbibe — EW 47
infect — EW 41
intend — EW 54
keep — EW 40, SU 4
kick — EW 52
know — EW 49, 51
labor
lick — EW 52
bide — EW 44
leave — EW 39
lit — EW 46
mark — EW 41
mat EW 36
melt — EW 45
move — EW 40, 44
nod EW 36
oils — SU 3
part — EW 45
persist EW 36
pick — EW 54
pierce — EW 53
play EW 35
preach — EW 52
prolong EW 36
pull— EW 38, 51
quote — EW 54
regret EW 36
rehearse EW 36
remain EW 36
renew — EW 53
resurrect — EW 53
rear — EW 51
rise — EW 45
root — EW 52
rout — EW 45
rub — EW 53
says (see also "speak" and "tell") — EW 33, 34, 39, 41, 42, 44, SU 3
see — EW 48
scrubEW 36
see — EW 54
seem — EW 48, 50
shape — EW 51
show — EW 48
sing - see above
sit— EW 49, 51, 54
sought — EW 48
speak — EW 39, 48, 50
sprout — EW 50
stalk — SU 3
sticks EW 33
stroke — EW 53
struggles — EW 50
strum — EW 47
surround EW 36
swirl — EW 53
take— EW 38, 44, 54, SU 3
talk — EW 39
teach EW 34
tell EW 35, 37
test — EW 37
thread — EW 53
throw — EW 37
thrust — SU 3
toll — EW 46
touch — EW 40
turn EW 34, 37, 54
vomit — EW 47
walk — EW 45
want EW 35, 37, 50, 51
warn EW 34, 44
waste EW 35
waver — EW 48
wept — EW 46
wet— EW 38, 52
whip — EW 52
whisper — EW 41, SU 3
work— EW 38, 40