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ciiliilii bàzàn— dove milk
ciimà— mai karɓar baƙi
ciipìràm— compensation given to a sorcerer to keep him from inflicting some greater evil
ciirà— syphilis
cìiciicì— here's a scary thing!
cìikài— open space outside a compound
cìiwàtu— teach, learn
cìiɓu— place on
cìiɗi— small cricket
cooro— gap between the front teeth
cuucaka— hookworms
cuukùla— the fig tree Ficus thonningii
cùubèe— room or hut where traditional medicines are kept
cèebàdlèe— bird (type)
cèekirêk— clitoris
Dabràa— a male name
dabè— fracture, a break
dabòo— conjuring, trickery
dadàyi— stammering, stuttering
dagwalò— residue scraped from inside dye pits (used to plaster houses)
dakùmò— guinea fowl
dakèe— steer, castrated bull
Dambee— a male name, after a spirit who carries messages to Ndagai
damsaarè— ring around the top of a well-bucket
dandàlii— meeting place, town square
dangunò— red flower balls of locust bean
dangaa— cornstalk fence
dankàa— hawk
dankòotliyà— injury to toe or finger causing loss of a nail
danàa— when?
danàayî— when?, when is it?
danòo— sweet juice of locust bean flower balls
dar tà àmù— drought
dartòo— file (for sharpening tools)
darò— lack, absence, failure
dar’e— this year
dauyàa— cassava or yam
dawài— grazing, feeding; tending animals
daɓtlàu— kunu
dibinò— date palm; dates
dibàmbàro— kidney
dibìs— thickness
dibèer tà jàgo— Bambara groundnuts
dibèerò— peanuts, groundnuts
digàa— paved road
dik— all, the totality, both (referring to two)
dilaa— jackal
dimbìl— stocks for restraining mad person
dindèeno— folktale, riddle; opening formula for folktale
dingìl— drumstick of chicken leg
dingìnèe— small children
dirdìr— sawdust
dirkàa— Achilles tendon
dirtì— midnight, middle of the night
Diyòo— a male name
diɗaa bòo— ritual chanting
dlikùmò— camel
dlàbàɗcà— huge
dlàrbèedaa— joking, not taking things seriously
dlàɗdlàrò— physically weak and loose
dlìmba-dlìmbàu— insect (type)
dlìraa— fighting
dlàabàru— become confused
dlèetè— bird (type)
dugzhìr— bastard
durus— all
duwàalò— calf (of leg)
dàbaràa— trick, plan, scheme
dàbi— black plum
dàbu— break (stick), break in two
dàbàn’yàlìi— tree (unidentified type)
dàbàtu— disperse, scatter a group
dàbàyì— the trees Combretum glutinosum, C. lamprocarpum
dàddàrù— be patient
dàfò— scar
dàgar— a celebration commemorating some event
dàgu-dàgu— of different kinds
dàgwar— sorcery
dàgàlaa— tree (unidentified type)
dàgàɗu— find, come across, go to meet
dàgaa— call
dàgòoriimà— creativeness
dàkandòolèe— flying squirrel
dàkà-daka— with difficulty
dàlu— pluck out or off
dàlài— domestic knife with a wooden handle
dàlài mà fàatlàu— unstable person, loose cannon
dàliilì— reason, purpose
dàmbu— mix something thick, e.g. stir miya into tuwo
dàmbaazìwùrì— wild hunting dog
dàmfèewàa— hairy caterpillar
dàmi— tamarind
dàmi-dàmi— the thorny shrub Chamaecrista mimosoides
Dàmjaa— a female name
dànci— shea nut
dàndakùsùr— fowlfoot grass
dàndàfòo mà bàzàn— abandoned well
dàndè— before
dànjânjaa— lizard (type)
dànkalì— sweet potato
dànkaràa— lizard
dànkaɓàayà— chronic injury, an injury that does not heal
dànɗu— sew
dàrai— tree (unidentified type)
dàru— lack
dàrànkwàtlè— a weed from which makes a remedy for diarrhea
dàraa— sweep
dàuràa— the tree Terminalia spp.
dàwadì— one day, another day
dàwun bai— circling of the birth hut (traditional celebration)
dàwaa— scrape out, e.g. pulp from inside a gourd
dàyi— tree (unidentified type)
dàyu— allow, let, permit
dàɗu— chop, cut, harvest guinea corn
dàɗaa— chop, clear bush for new farm
Dâvì— female name
dìccà— ten
dìci— you
dìfi— seventeen year locust
dìgnàa— wooden food bowl
dìgo— first, in the first place
Dìgìraa— a female name
dìko— you
dìku— you (plural independent pronoun)
dìkaa— grandmother; granddaughter
dìlkù— false sesame leaves
dìlaa— scoop out dry substance; clean a well
dìmbìràu— tree (unidentified type)
dìmdim— probably the shrub Gisekia pharnacioides
dìmpo— forehead
dìmpu— butt with the head
dìmtu— warm up, heat up
dìmu— plug up, stop up
dìmu— we, us (independent pronoun)
Dìmzà— name (male or female)
dìndàmar— bran
dìndì— toad
dìnkò— gums
dìnu— become warm, become heated
dìnaa— tan leather
dìrmàsu— rub with hand, rub between hands
dìryò— bird (type)
dìrê— sowing seeds broadcast
dìrìn— a game like draughts played by women
dìrù’kùlù— a boil without pus
dìraa— for water in a well to dry up
dìrɗìs— shady, having shade
dìshi— grandparent, grandchild
dìsu— they, them (independent pronoun)
dìsàa— evil, ugly, bad
dìsàa lèetinàakà à mìyà?— beetle (type)
dìto— she, her (independent pronoun)
dìya tà dòoku— horsefly
dìyo— fly (insect)
dìɗaa— vein, tendon
dìɗuu— beg, beseech
dîrmi— the fig tree Ficus polita
dîrmi tà Gwàna— tree (unidentified type)
dùbùn— a reinforcement around the inside of a thatched roof
dùgwar— a scar that leaves a welt
dùkwa ìdoo tà gùno— flavoring a food by adding particular ingredients, e.g. adding peanut flavoring to sorrel sauce
dùkwu— thrash, beat, hit; kill
dùkwaa càacà— resolve a dispute, lay a matter to rest
dùmbàyu— submerge, go under water, dive
dùrùrù— expansive, spacious
dùwâl— strap to which a stirrup is attached
dùwoo— an enclosure made of stalks at a doorway
daa— that; saying that
daa masàr— maize, corn
daadifiiɗàa— buried granary
daadaa— bishiya (iri)
daagùjaa— worn out grindstone
daatù— tallness, height
daawàano— bow-legged
daayà— (from Blench) buffalo weaver
daazo— a small bee that lives in the ground
dàadir— painted decorations inside a calabash
dàadàku— beat, thrash
dàadàkà— smithing, forging, beating
dàadìn— spiny plum
dàadìn mà kùmɓàci— plant (unidentified type)
dàadaa— mother
dàafu— continue, keep doing
dàafò— leaves, foliage
dàagu— pull
dàagwàlò— kunu
dàakàɓàa— cooked beer that has not been strained
dàakùcaa— chicken with permanently ruffled feathers
dàakùɗù gâza— grubworm
dàakùɗaa— tuwo (iri)
dàalìmàa— small axe with long thin blade
dàalò— castration
dàami— anvil; hammering
dàamu— be worried, be bothered
dàamàsù— finger millet, seeds used to flavor porridge
dàamàtu— annoy, worry
dàanâm— be careful!
dàanaa— kapok (tree)
dàashàa— short sorghum (type)
dàawànaa— adulterer, someone who seeks others' wives

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