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bìrdu— fall down from a height (used mainly in ventive)
bìrdàku— stirring stick (used to stir tuwo)
bìrdaadùko— a rope used to make decorations on raw pots
bìrku— go around, surround
bìru— beat (drum), play any percussion or stringed instrument
bìryu— scrape seeds from roasted millet head
bìryaa— unripe millet heads for roasting
bìrànkàɗu— roll a disk
bìràɗu— wash dishes, wash pots
bìrìɗ— wealth, riches
bìrùnkùɗum
bìraaza mà àɗà
bìraazaa— incense (used by sorcerers)
bìrɗu— become rich
bìsku— accept, receive
bìsnu— plant, sow
bìsìn— make holes for seeds when planting
bìtlaa— open out, expand, e.g. a flower
bìyu— blow
bìyî— there, the place in question
bìɗbìndim— mist
bìɗi— culled grain heads
bìɗu— wash
bìɗànkàru— roll along
bìɗàa— bathing
bùmbàyu— singe
bùnkwu— hide, conceal onself
bùnkwàtu— hide
bùrdàngàlu— become entangled
bùrdùkuu mà ndagài— insect (type)
bùrdùngùl— lying out flat
bùrzungulu— large intestine
bùrzàazu— stir, mix
bùràɗìn— washing dishes, pots
bùto— ashes
bùɗànkàru— roll
bùɗòk— with a pop
baa— implant; pound in a nail
baa kùrbaa— rude person, person who does not show proper respect
baabùrakkàm— African catfish
baabaa— indigo
baagò— clan
baarìmè— weapon
bǎ’— father
bàa— daughter
bàa tà mèndò— girl
bàaba— father, dad, daddy
bàabu— father
bàabìn— grainheads with pollen on the outside
bàabàatu— deceive, trick
bàabiilò— bastard
bàacii— large stomach, pot belly
bàadinèe— girl
bàagu— pull, drag
bàagèe— wake (iri)
bàakàtu— winnow using a tray
bàalèɗ— scar
bàarà mà Jàlàm— an annual hunting festival held in Jalam
bàarìme— lament for a fallen warrior
bàaràa— festival
bàatà wadì— a little
bàatàràa— spices
bàawùso— layar zana
bàayàa— wealth, riches
bàazìn— youth, young man
bàaɗù— five
bàa’— father
beebî— according to
beebee— mute
beezàa— salt
bii— place
biigìlà— harvest season, beginning of the dry season
biikìlì— two-colored horse
biiɗàa— strutting, swaggering
bìi burum— darkness
bìibì— rat (type)
bìice— here
bìidi— red horse with white spots
Bìilân— a male name
bìiraa— mist, haze
bìiti— place, there
bìitâ— there, that (distant) place
bìitî— there, that place (away from the speaker)
boolàa— white horse
boonèe— suffering, difficulty
booro— ridgerow
buucì— mat
buufèe— burbling of billygoat
buukurèe— billy goat
buutì— distress, troubles, woe
buutù— cheapness, ease (of a task), uselessness
buuɗì-buuɗì— Senegal coucal
buuɗuuɗù— bird (type)
bùuyim— ratel, honey badger
bùuzùru— billygoat
bùuzuuzù— dung beetle
bùuɗu— glean
bèe— son
bèenù— hut, room
bèeràsìn— knee
bèeɗì— night
bòo— edge, border, boundary
bòo bèenù— doorway
bòo tàrai— moonlight
bòo àuci— river bank
bòobò— edge
Bòobò— a female name
bòobô— turn by turn
Bòori— a male name
bòosàasim— layar zana
cagadleerè— the vine Cissus populnea
cagadleerì— fennec
cagàdlau— lion
cak— in a group
cakaram— chattering
cancòoli— a sore that emerges from the nose or eye
capkaraa— comb
car— indicates fullness
cargùm— flying squirrel
cariyaa— weighing, measuring
ci— you, to you, your
cikìn— new
cilis— small amount
cillibir— tree (unidentified type)
cilwò tà ɓàa— peak, apex, top of tree, rock, etc.
cin-cin— bird (type)
cinàa— beginning, start, introduction
cireɗ— having a gap
cirfì— deleb palm
cirot— amsa amo
colɗe— large forked stick used to support pot when stirring
càfu— catch in the air
cài— transplanting, seedling
càkcàkùu— dregs from beer brewing
càkaa— dig, dig up
càkaa ùdo— hankufa
càlum— shade, shadow; soul
càlàm— water in which flour or a little kunu has been added for drinking
càlaa— root clump of any grain
càlaafàti— poisonous gecko
càmtu— soil oneself, beshit oneself
càmu— pick beans
càmò— love, beloved
càn— paternal uncle
càncòoli— the gum yielding acacia Acacia sieberiana
càndùwàa— beautiful
càngwài— coarse grain left after sifting
càngaayà— cornstalk hut built for rituals during harvest
cànkàcì— hangnail, cuticle
cànkàlài— having protruding teeth
càptu— collect, gather
càpu— cut off, intercept
càrkuu— fodder
càrnànàa— grass (unidentified type)
càru— weigh, measure
càràfù— fish
càsim— rat, mouse
càtir— tail
càwan— a while ago
càwaa— shame, embarrassment, reticence, modesty
càwaa sàra— give condolences on a death, express sympathy
càyi— nettle tree
càɓu— become sore from rubbing together, e.g. thighs from walking
càɗi— quarter, neighborhood
càɗàkuu— boundary, limit
cìdàm— seed
cìkwànkwàyu— rinse mouth
cìkàaràa— thinning crops
cìlànfàaɗì— Sodom apple
cìnàm— mistletoe
cìnaa— fear, be afraid
cìri— stealing, theft
cìru— steal
cìryò— brindled cat
cìràu— thief
cìrìɓtu— arrange, organize
cìrɓi— cakuɓe
cìrɗu— spit in a stream
cìttaa— ginger
cìɓaa— tie a knot
cìɗìkindè— baby tooth which does not fall out when the adult tooth emerges
caa— begin
caaca— gambling
caacaa kumbài— rat (type)
caakumò— twigs, kindling
caakaa— weaving
caanà— dispute, argument
caaràaràa— small centipede
càa— peers, compatriots, friends
càa— you
càacàkù— dregs of beer after straining
càacàa— news, word, speech
càafu— thresh
càafàa— potash
càaku— weave
càamu— gather, collect
càayi— parasitic fig (tree)
càaɓu— soak, be soaked, be moist
càaɓàtu— soak, moisten, make wet
ceewì— bird (type)

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