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kùci— baobab tree
kùdà— lame person
kùfìnà— locust (type)
kùlò— casting lots or flipping a coin to determine a winner
kùlùmbi— undecorated calabash
kùlaa— shave
kùluu-kùlû
kùma tà kooro— plant
kùma tà ɓa— leaf
kùmallo— nausea; faintness from hunger
kùmo— ear
kùmu— dip out (a thick substance), remove a mass of something, gather up a group of things
kùmɓasè— an irritating disease of feet or hands in the wet season
kùmɓàci— grey monitor
kùmɓài— hedgehog
kùncu— scratch with claws or nails
kùnka— insect
kùnkùsu— charcoal
kùntu— pinch small piece off, bite off small piece of
kùntunkuru— mallet
kùpsàarò— gizzard
kùrbu— accompany
kùrbaa— rudeness, disparagement, contempt, scorn
kùri— red earth
kùrikùri— bright red velvet spider seen during the rainy season
kùrtu— small round gourd
kùrtàtu— become deaf
kùrtèetànaa— deafness
kùrùm-kurum— rummaging through kitchen for food in the absence of the owner
kùraa— cut grass with sickle
kùrɓàtu— work hard at a task
kùrɓò— broth, soup
kùshkùtùm— fowl lice
kùtau— miyar lami
kùtu— finish
kùtaa— warmed up tuwo
kùwa— indeed
kùyangaa— bride
kùyà— poverty, being poor
kùɗfò— small red ant
kùɗinkiyaa— gourd drinking cup
kùɗu— refuse, dislike
kùɗìm— warm
kùɗìncì— sty in the eye
Kûkù— a male name
kaa— transplant; erect, set up, establish
kaanèe— well, unexpectedly, “and what do you know…?”
kaaràu— roasted meat
kaarì— corn stalks
kaasalaa— idleness
kaashin Yàawo— bristly starbur
kaashinmaataa— probably the ordeal tree
kaatlìm— greed
kàa— about, concerning
kàa— you
kàa tà bàka— shoulder
kàa tà cìràu— the weed rattlebox
kàa tà gàdlai— top for a granary
kàabuu— days, extent of one’s life
kàacìgaigai— button grass
kàafubùr— the weed Indigofera astragalina
kàagìlmo— garlic
kàajîn dibì— grass (unidentified type)
kàaka— brother, clansman (as a vocative)
kàakàtu— cool off
kàalàa— hoe for cultivating
kàanaadi— patience
Kàariyàa— a male name
kàaru— roast, burn
kàarùwàa— cries of praise, ritual speech by sorcerers
kàashû— cashew
kàawàa— playing, game
kàaɓi— aardvark
kàaɗu— be silent, be quiet
keelè— reservoir
keeràwì— rat (type)
keezì— hen, chicken
kìinàami— belt for sharpening razor
koo— or
koocà— fingernail
kooli— locking legs together around something, e.g. wrestler around opponent, donkey rider around donkey
kooroo— donkey
kooroo mà rìya— bush donkey
kuunù— three
kùudlurù— false sesame leaves
kùudlùɓùu— big fat stomach
kùufu— boil meat, cook (meat) partially before putting into sauce
kùutau— bellows
kùuto— admonition, advice
kùuɗu— sharpen a blade
kèe— you (masculine singular; non-completive direct object)
kèekee— bicycle
kòocì— pounded potsherd mixed with clay to make new pots
kòokàtàm— hardness
kòokòoji— red-billed hornbill
kòolaa— finger
kòori— dirty person
kòoshàɓìr— having a body like a lizard
kòoɗu— fix, forge, repair
kòoɗà— chieftainship
lailai— cool
lakoodì— whip, cane switch
lallè— henna
lardì— inhabited area, region
layi— cold
laɗàu— cocoon
lidò— bedbugs
likiɗ
linkir— tiny in size
linkì— the tree Grewia mollis
liɓan— completely covering
lon— chewstick tree
lugdèe— ladle
làbi— food bowl made of a calabash
làfò— Senegal hartebeest
làgò-làgò— loose, loose-fitting
làkkà— large calabash
làli— tree (unidentified type)
làmpàɗèe— valley
làmu— meet, overtake, find, come across
làmàɗu— grind wet substance
làmoo— plaiting hair, twisting a two-strand rope
làmɗà— oatgrass
làntàa— comb (of chicken)
lànu— wither
làu tà bàzàn— collapsed well
làudi— sickle
làuke— everyone, anyone, whoever
làulau— quickness, speed
làwaa— clear area for farming
là’yu— vomit
Lâdì— Sunday
lìbaa— be tired
lìbèe— tiredness, fatigue
lìfu— head toward
lìfèeri— pad on donkey's back for riding or placing load
lìjâm— bridle
lìm— saliva, spit
lìmpàtu— lick
lìmaa— duck, dodge
lìmɗa tà bàreewa— antelope sesame
lìnɗo— sesame
lìɓu— stick on, place something sticky on
lîbdi— quilt armor for a horse
lùku— leave behind, leave
lùnkwàɗu— taste, taste by dipping finger in
lùwèt-lùwèt— easily bent, pliable
lùɓu— spread, smear
laaciɗòo— locust bean flower
laafiyà— health, good health
laalàala!— count me out!, I'm not involved!
Laarabà— Wednesday
làa— who?
làafìyaa— sandal, slipper
làalintàr— purse, handbag
Làamiisùwà— Thursday
làawu— give birth, bear
làawàa— birth; children
làayimà— umbrella
làayî— who?, who is it?
leewaa— soaring
liipu— pocket
lìitànu— rub, wipe
loo— meat
loo mà rìyaa— wild animal
loo mà zù— flesh
lookàcii— time
luusìn— tongue
luusìn mà kwàm— purslane
luuɗèe— baby
lùumà— grass (unidentified type)
lèebàn— a sticky substance used to trap birds
lèefò— copaiba balsam
lèeli— razor
lèeli-lèeli— askan ruwa
lèelàkòo— tuwo of beans eaten with oil (food)
lèeleewàa— tamarind with sweet fruits (tree)
lèemômòo— bride
lèetu— touch, taste
lèewai— bird (type)
lèewi— child; boy
lèewì tà bìni— top grinding stone
lèewì tà kwàm— calf (of cow)
m— as for
macàwi— anus
madàbur— moneywort
madàbìr— grass (unidentified type)
magaani— mirror
mainà— neem tree
mangwàrò— mango
manà— how much?, how many?
manɗò— insect (type)
margaɗèe— sorghum with sweet pulp
maràguwà— the trees Cassia arereh; C. sieberana
masallaaci— mosque
masàsèɗ— the shrub Guiera senegalensis
mba-— alone, only
mbacì— eating with four fingers
mbalwàzi— tree (unidentified type)
mbandì— that, which (relative clause marker)

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