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teekùɗ— two days after tomorrow
teeɗò— a question, inquiry
tiidàr— bird (type)
tiikùra— firefly
tiilaakò— grey hornbill
tìigàyu— scatter, disperse
tìiku— reduce, decrease
tìikà’yu— scatter, e.g. seeds for birds
tìisi— savings
tìitàku— sift, winnow with tray
tootai— small, little
toozàli— antimony
tuu— conquer, win (in a contest or battle)
tuufàa— day after tomorrow
tuumà-tuumò— insect (type)
tuumò— laziness
tuutù— puppy
tùuci— witchweed
tùuli— large water pot
tùumà— mortar
tùumà mà ndaagàya— grub, grubworm
tǎt tà kwàrò— tree (unidentified type)
tèe— her (non-completive direct object)
tèeɗu— ask
tòonò— hole, depression
tòonù mà ishèe— anus
tòori— ridgerow on farm
tòoɓàlài— small and round of head
uggà— amazement
usako— Hello!, Greetings!
Usàinaa— female name
usàkuu— spirit (type)
wadì— a, a certain one, some, certain ones
waket-waket-waket— crying
wam— again, moreover; how about…?
wanangè— maybe, perhaps
wandè— moreover
wasu— bone
wattishàa— sneeze, sneezing
watèe— well, well now; then, too
wayà-wayà— purple glossy starling
waɗi— one
wuncirì— bucking of donkey or horse
wunàa— luck, getting something
wup— indicates lunging
wurkuu— pus
Wurwàa— a female name
wàci— goat
wàikee— every (one), any (one), whichever
wàlawùyo— red sorghum
wàltu— save, rescue
wàlwàl— neat-looking, shiny
wàlaa— escape
wàncìr— grey hair
wàngu— ransom, redeem
wàntin— nose; mucous
wàrdi— perfume
wàrɗo— fart
wàtai— sorghum
màwài— on purpose, deliberately
wàyum— metal, iron, money
wàyaa— be finished, come to an end, be all gone
wàɗu— cook tuwo
wàɗaa— tuwo, food, staple food
wùlo— neck, voice
wùlyo— smoke
wùlaa— load, burden
wùnwun— tree (unidentified type)
wùrgu— fling against, strike with something thrown or swung
wùru— descend, get down; arrive
wùrwàɗu— sprinkle on
wùrwùrtu— roar, growl
wùtlkàɗu— search around in a container into which one cannot see
wùɗkù— mosquito larvae
waa— find, obtain, get, receive
waaliikà
wàagaa— wrestling
wàalu— go
wàalàitànaa— shortness
wàalèe— arrival, coming
wàanò— work
wàawo— Acacia senegal or A. dudgeoni, a source of gum Arabic
wàawurì— scrambling for something, e.g. a group of children for coins
wàawàsu— singe
wàayàm— which one?
wàayàtu— finish
wàazàa— mare
wàaɗò— singing, song
wìili— prolapse of the vagina
wìilu— flay, skin
wìiɗàa— lightning, shining, flashing
yali— ground, earth, country, land
yankè— pants, trousers
yari— fatness
yauyàu— button grass
ye— when, as for (topicalizing particle)
yi— the, the one in question
yiɗiɗi— finely granulated
yàdu— bite
yàdàru— pluck, pluck off, snap off
yàgàa— twigs, kindling
yàkandìi— two-stringed lute with a large resonator
yàmu— carve wood, do carpentry
yàngà— Nile monitor
yànɗu— tie
yàrdu— agree
yàru— push fuel into fire
yàrèɗ— heartburn, indigestion
yàsi— fire
yàtî— come back, return hither (singular imperative)
Yàugè— man’s name
yàwo— good; well
yàwàntu— prepare, arrange, repair
yàwaa— grow up
yàɗi— breast; milk
yàɗi-yàɗi— horned melon
yàɗi-yàɗi tà àdà— a weed with small edible pods, probably Cucumis pustulatus
yâwâi— woe is me!, alas!, oh, my God!
yìmtu— return, put back, take back
yìmu— return, go back
yìɗìgaìi— very tiny
yaalo— white eggplant
yaamancìi— personal plot on part of a large communal farm
yàa— etching, tracing, designs
yàatu— trace designs, etch
yàayàpu— sprinkle with water
yàayaa— elder brother, elder sibling
yàaɓu— spoil, be broken, be broken down
yàaɓàtu— spoil, ruin
yàaɓì— fighting, quarrel, combat
yàaɓèe mà zùmbùlùm— anger
yee— if, when
yìiwo— friend, companion
yuu— happen, become
yèekee— everywhere, anywhere, wherever
zakeelee— tall and skinny
zambàyi— late afternoon, evening
zankoo— crest, comb (of fowl)
zarì-zarì— the trees Cassia arereh; C. sieberana
zhiyom— cuspid, canine tooth
zhâtik— blood clot, congealed phlegm
zhìrin— headache
zhiimò— smell of something rotting or fermenting
zhìimu— smell sour, smell fermented
zinàa— errand, something sent
zinàa buucì— traditional sacrificial festival
zinàa ndagài— traditional sacrificial festival
zinàa sim— naming ceremony for a newborn
zirèe— planting across ridgerows
zugùmbàali— failure to do work as assigned, purposely doing a job poorly
zàbu— cause
zàbaa à baaba— dying cloth
zàgaa— rub (wood to smooth it)
zàkcar— gossip, having one’s personal affairs be revealed
zàkwàlàmbèɗ— hornet
zàkòojì— deleb palm shoots
zàmbàtu— olive
zàngìlàn— mature, grown up
zànjai— spotted hyena
zàntàlài— clitoris
zàrci— a small type of ant
zàriyà— the fodder grass Digitaria debilis; D. velutina
zàrwànài— tears
zàwànu— rainbow
zàwaa— cry, weep
zàwàa— crying
zàyùu— deposit, money put away
zân— Kanuri person
zìgau— leopard
zìgìm— long-handled planting hoe
zìgìrìk— huge but not energetic
zìmbìlìm— heart; temper, temperament
zìmpìtìm— muzzle for animal
zìnci— tethering post
zìndì— tree (unidentified type)
zìnginàani— dozing
zìngìnò— Abyssinian ground hornbill
zìnkirawài— mosquito larvae
zìnku— peek at, peep at, peer from a distance
zìnkàacau— star
zìnzin— mud-dauber wasp
zìro— laughing, laughter
zìrzir— vaginal prolapse
zìrìnka— spurs
zìrìnka mà dànkarà— grass (unidentified type)
zìtu— greet
zùngwàràru— shove repeatedly, prod repeatedly
zaa— give (name)
zaawùci— long hooked stick used to pull fruits down from a tree
zàazì— porcupine
zìilaa— stick
zìiwùrì— steamed meat or vegetables
zoogale— horseradish tree
zùu— body
zèerèerèe— tall and thin
zòori— rope
à— to, into (location)
àbtu— feed
àbu— be full (after eating), be satisfied
àbàbìi— swelling due to an injury

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