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àmà— maid of honour
Anàayàm— these, these nearby
Hàrɗàu— Palm fonds
Àsee— and then
arzìki— wealth
Àmù ndagài— Rain water
Ànkuni— Today
atanaa— hedgehog
jagò— town
àmun— year
Àsaa
Àskuu— market
kwarò— house
Ànkùs— Yellow earth
Har— Untill, even
Ànkwàr— Grey hair
Àndô— Recently
àmin— generation
àmɓâm— that one
Àru— dig out
Àmshò— alcoholic drink
sim— name
Arànchìni
Ànche— Now
amɓa— there they are
Anàaɓam— those over there
Àsu— take
àmbuu— lungfish
ayàa maìwâ— aunt
Àsòo— old person
At!— oh!
àmàsànji— colostrum
Ànkà— those associated with
Hànƴàawi— Late morning
Asuwàani— a type of tree
Anàaɓì— these
Àsàu— old
Ànàku— Pestle
Àpti— Flour
Ànii— Then
Anjàlmà— newborn baby
kwaràu— home
Àshàa— Aisha
Àamùu— Water
Hànƴàr— two colors
amɓì— this one
Àsaa kàa— praise
amɓu— there it is
Àraa— Sorrel, roselle
Anyà!— Ok!, Well then!
Ankàli— Common sense
Araajòo— Tax
alàjāfù— child abandonment
làwi— deserted place
abakùu— gamba-grass
abìs— incense
agayau— the trees Crateva religiosa or Clerodendron capitatum
agwdù— departure of an angry wife
agàji— sword
agùram— caltrop, puncture vine
aikwìilàa— a pure white sheep, including feet
ai… ai…— and
ajabà— amazement
ajagwàlyà— roots of a tree dug up for firewood
ajamà— rattles on legs of dancers
Aljèe— a male name
alkamàa— wheat
Allà-wadare!— To hell with it!
alàmbazàm— male spirit who guards the entrance of a house
alàmpii— calabash fragment
anyà— OK, well then…
aràncìni— chameleon
Arì— a male name
asir— secret, personal information
aswaanèemà— pickpocket
asìm— plan, knowledge, wit
at— oh!
atìmaatìr— tomato
atàatâi— expression of surprise
ayam— this, this one; (as adj.) this…, these…
aye— here it is, here they are
ayè— where?
ayìndin— black grain storing ants
azìrfa— silver
azàa— time spent with a prospective husband before marriage
azìi— intestines, guts
bai— back
bai màalaa— world
baktà— cloth
Bandùumàa— a male name
bangazam— amsa amo
bango— round mud wall of a hut on which a thatched roof is placed
bangài— baboon
banzaa— worthlessness
barmajè— horsefly
baràkàu mà Dèegùbi— an annual festival held in Degubi after the harvest is in
baràa— begging
bayà— but; if that's not the case…
bayàku— grass (unidentified type)
bazaraa— hot season before rains
bellàm— decorated calabash
bi— question particle
bikùrù— sweat, perspiration
bilàamà— ward head, village head
bindìrkuukù— rhinoceros
Bintà— a female name
Birbà— a female name, after a powerful spirit
birbìr— dust
biri— herd, flock
birim— black
birim mà àko— unhappiness
birèe— drumming, playing any percussion or stringed instrument
birèenì— a thorny shrub, probably Dichrostachys cinerea or Acacia ataxacantha
bità— the next world, the afterlife
biyòk— piles, hemorrhoids
biyàa— where?
buk-buk-buk— rhythmic slapping
bulus— easily, cheap
bumbum— mount of Venus, pudenda
burbàa— Allah
butàa— the afterlife
bà— emphasizer for imperative
bàbàɗù— dirt, dirty, filthy
bàciiɓèelu— seven
bàcooɗì— six
bàdaa— kick
bàdèe— bustard
bàgai— the shrub Cadaba farinosa
bàgdaajèe— foolish person
bàgwàjò— chin, beard
bàgàdè— dancing of a bride, groom, and their friends
bàgàlu— be distraught, be flustered
bàje— sorghum that one makes beer with (swells when put in water)
bàka— full arm, upper arm; foreleg of animal
Bàkarkarài— Karekare person
bàku— find, seek out
bàlàk— healthy, well
bàlànno— balambo
bàmbuulèe— flower of baobab before it breaks open
bàmo— grass (unidentified type)
bàrdàzài— astringent taste, e.g. skin of mango
bàrgi— lily pad
bàrkàtài— disorganized
bàrmò— knock-kneed
bàru— give
bàràkuu— alongside, beside
bàrànkàu— gift
bàraa bòo— seek reconciliation, ask for understanding, plead for patience
bàreewaa— red-fronted gazelle
bàsò— loan
bàsaa— shoot
bàsuuru— hemorrhoids, piles
Bàtàtaatà— a female name
bàutu— sell
bàwi— bush duiker
bàwu— get lost, disappear; die
bàyaa— tiger nuts
Bàzàm— male name
bàzàn— well (for water)
bàzàrtu— gossip about, slander
bàzaa— hairy goat or sheep
bàɗaa— separate, untie
bàɗèe mà jàgau— morning star
bâ— doer
bâ bàrmò— knock-kneed person
bâ bàsaa— hunter, one who shoots
bâ bàarà— hunter
bâ dàadàkaa dàami— blacksmith (“beater of an anvil”)
bâ gwàigwai— mad person
bâ kwàràkuu— farmer
bâ kwàrò— householder, master of a household
bâ kàlɓee— greedy person
bâ kùlè— barber
bâ kùyà— poor person, pauper
bâ ngìzò— blacksmith
bâ tingèeno— neighbor
bâ tlàabèe— crazy person, lunatic, madman
bâ wàanò— worker
bâ ɗìbàtàa— seller
bâi— bark (of tree)
bâi ɓaa— bark of tree
bâmma— net for carrying a bundle of guinea corn heads, animal fodder, etc.
bèlu— two
bèn mà keezinò— cage for fowls
bìcàu— tree (unidentified type)
bìcaa— explode, snap shut
bìdò— monkey, esp. patas monkey
bìdò birum— baboon
bìdò ngìraa— vervet monkey
bìjimii— false locust
bìlbìl— red and sharp pointed
bìlim— deception
bìlànkar— a very fine type of kunu given to babies who cannot nurse
bìlân— good, beautiful, handsome; beauty
bìmbaɗ— ten
bìni— grinding stone
bìnjì— stink bug
bìntu— pierce, be pierced
bìrbàɗi— morning
bìrbìr zòngee— a plant something like cloves

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