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shìilàa— long flute made of an animal horn and gourd resonator
shìimàa— wetness, moisture
shìitaa— red pepper
shèelàa— proclamation, public announcement
Sibdù— Saturday
sibìli— forked post
sikit— indicates blackness
silò— plant
silèeɗi— bald head, baldness
simèerì— Cape hare, rabbit
sinàa— them
sinèe— them (non-completive direct object)
sirdì— saddle
sirkaacì— ice, hail, snow
sirkàa— fetish, a charm or hex used to do evil to someone
sirìm— root; basis, meaning
sit-sit— breathing
su— to them, for them (completive indirect object; also intransitive copy pronoun)
suku— them
sàbin— broom
sàbun— the fodder grasses Eragrostis tremula; E.ciliaris; E. gangetica
sàci— beehive
sàfàyu— exchange
sàfà’yu— exchange
sàku— swell
sàkwàr— father-in-law; mother-in-law
sàkànà— gifts, such as chickens, taken to prospective mother-in-law to please her
sàkàtu— lift, raise
sàkò— nest
sàkù— hair; feather
sàmpu— stab, pierce, lance (boil, etc.)
sàmpàpu— stab repeatedly
sànji— pumpkin
sànɗu— carry, take from one place to another
sànɗùu— load
sàraa— arm, hand
sàrɗu— three-pronged pole on which fetish is kept
Sàuku— end of year ritual blessing each member of the household to drive away evil
sàuɗu— plow, bank up
sàwài— leather apron worn as loincloth by men
sàwaa— guinea corn
sâlbarkàa— thank you!
sìbàa— resemblance, likeness
sìlpàɗu— slip down, slip away
sìlaalìyà— skink (and other skink spp.)
sìmmàna— discussion, conversation, story
sìmu— pay back, take revenge, avenge oneself
sìmɓu— come to (after fainting, etc.), become revived
sìnsir— dew
sìnu— sneak up on, stalk
sìnàatu— lay, lay down, lay out
sìpu— divide, distribute
sìpaadì— shoe with covered top
sìpɗu— comb, comb out
sìràm— even, including
sìraa— shredded meat
sìyo— leg, foot
sùbò— abandoned eggs
sùkcì— placenta
sùru— fry
sùwùn— white-tailed mongoose
sùwaa— dissolve, melt
saa— drink
saabeerèe— disused farm
saakitì— hooded vulture
saalò— the shrub Hymenocardia acida
saaroo— Nile perch
sâunaa— spider
saayà— beads, gemstone
sàa— him
Sàaban— a male name
sàabùwa— scorn
sàada— expensive
sàafàɗu— pound to remove bran
sàamìnto— sugar ants
Sàamaa— a female name
sàawaa— medium-sized storage pot
sàaɗu— scrape out
seegàwi— Abdim's stork, rainbird
sìitu— choke, become choked
soorùm— medicine, remedy
suusù— sugar cane
sùunàa— dream
sùuti— cobra
sèe— him (non-completive direct object)
sòokoo— sorcery
sòomu— begin
tagalàu— baobab leaves used for miya
takau— she (completive intransitive copy pronoun)
takànɗàa— salt
talau-talau— tall
tambàl— kettle drum, beaten for ceremonies involving the king
tangàwì— making a fire by twirling a stalk next to cotton or other flammable material
taràa— farm
tau— to her, for her (completive indirect object; also intransitive copy pronoun)
tifèenò— the trees Detarium microcarpum; D. senegalense
tikakau— you (masculine singular; completive intransitive copy pronoun)
tikau— to you, for you (masculine singular; completive indirect object; also intransitive copy pronoun)
tiku— to you, for you (plural; completive indirect object; also intransitive copy pronoun)
tikuku— you (plural; completive intransitive copy pronoun)
timu— to us, for us (completive indirect object; also intransitive copy pronoun)
tin— since
tingèeno— living, dwelling, staying
tinki— he (completive intransitive copy pronoun)
tiriɗ— tree (unidentified type)
tirnàanì— stingless bee that produces sweet nectar
tlaram— leaves of guinea corn (fresh or dry)
tlirit— indicates greenness
tlàbaa— kick forward, kick with foot
tlàru— wrest away, take by force
tlàɗaa— reach, be enough, suffice
tlìkau— quiver
tlìraa— tear, tear off
tlìɗaa— peel off, strip off
tlùkùm— fool
tlaa— reach, be enough
tlàabu— allow to pass, pass through, trip
tlàabàtu— make mad, craze
tlàafàɗu— break into pieces, split wood
tlàatlànài— bitter
to— her, to her
tokolok— small-headed
tukcàalò— crop of bird
tukuɓ-tukuɓ— movement of donkey
tunku— we (completive intransitive copy pronoun)
tà— of, that of (feminine genitive linker between two nouns), cf. mà
tàbàa— chasing birds or monkeys from a farm
tàfu— receive, accept
tàkcànu— splatter, shatter
tàku— dip out (water)
tàkwaɗ-tàkwaɗ— boiling
tàkwàlài— bulging-eyed
tàkànu— move things from one place to another
tàkà’yu— pound something wet and soft
tàkaa— post, e.g. to attach fence, pole, either vertical or horizontal to support a structure
tàkaaci— suffering
tàlfu— answer, respond
tàlu— pluck fruit, knock fruit down from tree
Tàlaatà— Tuesday
tàloo-tàlo— turkey
tàman— estimation
tàmci— ewe
tàmu— pleasant, nice, sweet, tasty; pleasantness
tàngàlèeɗi— slipperiness
tàni— mahogany
tàpkarà— francolin
tàrai— moon, month
tàràn— small termites
tàti— right, right hand, right side
tàutu— return, put back
tàwu— return, go back
tàwàatè— getting an early start
tàɓu— abort, have a miscarriage
tàɓè— miscarriage
tàɗùu— day (24 hour period)
tìfu— spit
tìk-tìk— indicates shaking
tìkcàcànu— shatter, break into pieces
tìko— your
tìku— your
tìlɗu— slip off, slip loose
tìmbi— navel
tìmu— our (linked genitive pronoun)
tìmaa— show, point
tìmaacì— cheating
tìngaa— sit, sit down, stay; become
tìnkunkùs— closing formula for folktales
tìntir— wood boring insect, auger beetle
tìnyà— scabies
tìrɗu— express pus from boil, crush by pressing
tìɗtu— lay out, lay down
tìɗu— lie down, spend the night
tì’ik— hiccough, hiccup
tòdlɗi— burr grass
tòn mà wàntin— nostril
tùgùlu— churn, stir something thin
tùgùm— stump, log
tùnàm— tunas
tùrku— orphan
tùwaa— war, battle
taabàa— tobacco, tobacco flowers, cigarette
taakìi— fertilizer, manure
tàa— her
tàabi— round woven tray used to cover pot and to winnow bran from grain
tàafu— clap hands
tàafè-taafè— butterfly
tàagiyàa— hat, cap
tàagòogò— woodpecker
tàalì— tulip tree
Tàalaa Birbà— Almighty God
tàamàsu— pound a second time after removing bran
tàanu— remember, think about, consider
tàaràa mà kaarì— pile of stalks gathered on farm
tàatàru— move slowly, move carefully, help walk
tàatàrài— walking backward, moving backward
tàatàrèe kà bai— backwards
tàaɓìco— zana mat
tàaɓìsa— sicklepod
tàaɗu— break, shatter
teefìlee— scoop for tuwo made of calabash fragment

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