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jìdìbèn mà ndagài— the tree Bauhinia rufescens
jìdaa— choose
jìgna— complaining
jìgum— gourd for storing oil
jìgwài— small mound formed by hoeing in which grain is planted
jìgìrnìm— malnutrition
jìgaa— jigger
jìlaa— belch
jìlàadàa— bishiya (iri)
jìlèe— chip, a piece broken off
jìmfìrmà— bird (type)
jìmjìm— threshed grain heads
jìmtàa— groaning, moaning
jìpcê— taxes
jìrbàɗu— plug an opening with earth
jìraa— split, slit
Jaagìlaa— woman's name
Jaajì— male name
jaakùwàa— cap, hat
jaanàa— a yellow cow
jaaɓiraa— jumping, hopping
jàabì— cooked whole beans
Jàadòo— a male name
jàagu— intercept, head off
Jàajai— female name
jàajim— grumbling, complaining
jàajàfu— hit with a sharp blow to remove dust, etc.
Jàamàa— a nickname for a man named Muhammadu
jeele— going to and fro
jeelè— potsherd
jiirè— truth
jìibò— a beating, a thrashing
jìidìibèn— kargo
jìijì— rubbish heap
Jìijì— a male name
joojoo— running
jùugàa— pile of grain heads, pile of wood, etc.
jùurùu— brown horse
jèeni— ladle
jèeru— grow old
jèerò— old age, growing old
jèeree— clap net (for fishing)
jèewi— gourd water bottle
jòobè— small pot for cooking miya
ka— from
ka— you
kacakaca— scattered, shattered
kalangu— moss or algae in water
kalài— small clay bowl
kangir— sour smell
kanjum— emaciated
kanjàu— hourglass drum held between legs
kap— all, completely
Karaikarai— Karekare people
karap— unexpectedly
karmis-karmis— pelvic movements in dancing
karmò— death
karài— load, implement, goods, stuff
karâ— how?
kaskawakài— Senegal coucal
katarkò— wooden bridge
kaɗà-kaɗè— fast (swiftly)
kaɗè— fast, quickly
ke— too, as for, indeed
ket— (in kà ket) with difficulty, barely, hardly
kimbàa— guinea pepper
kincìr— giraffe
kinaa— calf (young of a cow)
kinàa— seedling, something transplanted
kinèe— remainder, the rest
kirdì— pagan
kiriɓ— large amount or variety
kitàa— far away, over there
kiɗ-kiɗ— laughter
kiɗak-kiɗak— carefully, stealthily, furtively
ko— you, to you, your
ku— you, to you, your
kucup— falling suddenly
kudìrà— misfortune
kujàm— thirst
kujèeraa— chair, stool
kulaɓ— snapping loose
kulum— always
kulùm— guinea fowl chicks
kulàaɓi— human baby, baby chick
kuliiràm— spirit (type)
kulɓè— foetus, prematurely born animal
kumbù— small gourd
kuncò— young corn
kuninkà— becoming pregnant before weaning previous child
kuno— happiness
kunàa— you
kunèe— you (plural; non-completive direct object)
kun’yuurì— tree (unidentified type)
kupiràm— loincloth
kurfì— well-bucket
kurmèesi— biting ants
kurnàa— Christ's thorn
kurtàa— deaf mute (can neither hear nor speak)
kurus— amsa amo
kurya— small drum played for barbers
kutufi— chisel
kutà-kutò— having the taste of ashes
kutì— thus
kutò— ashes of burned cornstalks
kuzùm— hunger
kuzùrku— tick
ku’yìr— bird (type)
kwabò— cloud
kwacò— close, near
kwafì— Bataleur eagle
kwaikwàdò— dutsen jigida
kwalak— indicates whiteness
kwalalai— joint of a cornstalk
kwanca— claws, e.g. of leopard, of hawk
kwankyàl— large pot for cooking tuwo
kwanɗàkù— the tree Strychnos spp.
kwarkwaro— spindle
kwatakoorì— hero
kwatlànkànà— shells of peanuts, eggs, etc.
kwazàmbàtù— boil (abscess)
kwaɗankòoli— kangaroo rat
kwàkwìyu-kwàkwìyù— raising dust
kwàliyàa— bird (type)
kwàlàku— bishiya (iri--ramiya?)
kwàlàmaa— greed, gluttony
kwàl’yàmu— gawk, gape, stare wide-eyed
kwàm— cow
kwàncàr— locust, grasshopper
kwànkwàni— tree (unidentified type)
kwàntal— small bundle of grass
kwàntàlàa— calf of leg
kwàntàa— waterbuck
kwàpcàrò— measles
kwàr tà ìfìi— bar (for drinking), club
kwàra-kwàrò— circular
kwàrcì— self-praise of wrestlers, etc.
kwàrcò— tree (unidentified type)
kwàrnànàa— black-crowned tschagra
kwàràkuu— farming
kwàrɗàsài— noise made by something
kwàtankwarè— old lizard
kwàtàfar— cockroach
kwàtànkwami— tsetse fly
kwàzò— convalescence, nursing, becoming well
kwàɗi— small calabash
kwârkoodì— insect (type)
kwaakwàa— coconut
kwaari— plant
kwaatlaa— loofah gourd, sponge
kwàakwàriyàakò— crowing of a rooster
kwàakwàa— tree (unidentified type)
kwiitaa— egg plant, garden egg, bitter tomato
kyàlkyàl— hard bare ground, plain
kyàlɗu— chew, chew cud
kà— and (joining nouns)
kà tà bèenù— roof
kàbàn— buffalo
kàcàr̃— gravel, small stone(s)
kàfìn— before
kàkâi— there is some, it exists
kàltu— press against, press down on
kàlàngà— door closure made of palm ribs
kàlàu— small drum played in accompaniment to a large drum
kàlaa— feel
kàlɓee— greed
kàlèe bò— troublesomeness
kàncu— become overripe on the vine, e.g. okra, peppers
kàncàlài— running and jumping
kàncàŋ— coarse in consistency
kàndiirà— scepter
kànkàl— jute stalk
kànkàrcà— puff adder
Kànkaadì— a male name
kànta— woman's head scarf
kàrcànài— having a rough surface
kàrshàɓ-kàrshàɓ— amsa amo
kàràm— crocodile
kàsu— pour
kàsàgarkè— bird (type)
kàsaa bèeràsìn— kneel
kàsaa kàa— belittle oneself
kàtàfeefè— butterfly
kàyaa— pass by
kèmee— duiker (type)
kìkinjìr— camel
kìlkìlu— warn or threaten by pointing with the forefinger
kìlà-kìlaa— zorilla, Saharan striped polecat
kìlî— white horse
kìlaadò— guile, evil
kìlaasìkò— Italian senna
kìlaatìràm— catarrh in animals
kìntifù— duck
kìnaa— remain, be left, be left over
kìnàamaa— greedy person, glutton
kìrnu— become great
kìr’yu— strangle, choke someone
kìyaa— circumcision
kìyaaràa— black horse
kòlookò— lizard (type)

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