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’yàlu— become unhafted
’yàràrà— frog roselle
’yàràwì— the twiner with sticky sap called “tears”
’yàsu— grind
’yàwàlu— move, stir
ìwaa— remove from a liquid
’yàagaa— plant (unidentified type)
yàakàrà— strength, force
’yàaràtu— stop, bring to a stop
’yòo’yi— stone used to roughen grinding stone
àuyàa bàaɗù— one hundred
bàɗaa— for the dawn to come, dawn
bàahńnèe
bai— not
bàraa sàraa
bàru— domestic pigeon
bìidi kooro
bunàa— implanting, establishing
càmtu— oath, swearing
càwaa— hold, seize, catch
ci— you
ci— (preceded by low tone) your
cìkàaràa— purse on a string hung around the neck
daa— the tall, stiff grass Cymbopogon giganteus
dàbu— scatter, disperse
dàddàru— eczema
dadiro— eczema
dàdlàr— amsa amo
dàngò— unidentified animal
dàwu— scrape out gourd
dàyi— thistle
ɗìbii— children, offspring
ɗìmu— go straight, be straight
ɗinàa— climbing, mounting
ɗìnyu— wait
fèeɗu— four
funàa— closing
ginàa— slaughtering, cutting
gìrɓu— wake up, start, be startled
gùumu— naming ceremony
gùyaa— pierce a hoe handle
hâuyaa— twenty (used to form numbers 30-10), a score
hâuyaa bàaɗù— one hundred
hnnàa— eating
hǹnì— his (linked genitive pronoun)
hǹno— my (linked genitive pronoun)
ìdìm mà…— king of…, chief of…
jaagìlaa— clean, neat
jàlaalìm— the 12 tribes of Jalam
jàmâli— high rank
jìijì— the grass Cyperus articulatus
jìlèe— belch
kinàa— transplanting, erecting
kìyu— cut, snap off, cut off, separate in two
ku— you
kùraa— burned crust of tuwo inside pot
kwàbò-kwabò— fleecy clouds, raincloud
kwànkwàru— rap knuckles on the head
làmu— plait hair
làu
m— when
màafilànji
mândi— the one who; that which; that, which
mìina— a red goat with black markings
mu— we
ndàlaa— ones who have…
ndaa ruwaa mà X…?— what does X care about…?
ngàni— a long time
ngìrì gii ngìɗ— showing off, putting on airs
ngwai— difficulty, pain; difficult, painful
nnàa— seeing
nzinàa— pulling, drawing water
ribì— cold season
rinàa— entering
sinàa— drinking
sirr— amsa amo
tàfan— inside
tàmu— speak, say, tell
tlàabu— be mad, crazy
tlinàa— reaching
to— her (linked genitive pronoun)
ùlaa— bring, carry hither
wakài— goats
wàalài— short
wùnwun— soot
yàru— stop, come to a stop
yàwaa— small fish
yî
yikàye— and then
yinàa— doing; making
yuu— hurl (spear), spear by hurling
’yàakàrà— strength
’yu— do, make
zìnkàacau— star(s)
zìnku— harvest grain, cut grain stalks for harvest

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