| fa [untranslatable,
used to intensify expression; example: Haggoy fa!
= Be careful!, Watch out!] (adverb; 18)
faba to save, to come
to rescue of, to come to the aid of
(verb; 11p)
faberu (F) February [Zarma normally use
Muslim, lunar, calendar instead of Roman calendar]
(noun; grammar/time)
fafe, fafo breast [pc,sb] (noun; 10)
faham #: to
understand, to comprehend [usually put “nda” before
the object which follow the verb] (verb; 4p)
fahamandi [fahamendi] to explain, to make
someone understand (verb)
fahamandi, fahamando that what makes it
possible to understand (noun)
fahamey [fahami] understanding (noun)
fahami, fahamo [fahamey] understanding (noun)
fahamko, fahamkwa a person who understands
well and quickly (noun)
fahamyan, fahamyaŋo [fahamyoŋ, /o]
capacity to understand (noun)
faka to put on [as a
man throws his robe about him]
(verb; 11p)
fakara conversation,
visit [high tone] (noun; 10p);
to converse, to visit [high tone] (verb; 10p)
fala easy; by
extension: cheap, not expensive (adjective; 8p)
falaη (Songhai-Kaado) [fanaη, simberko]
go / cawl on all fours (verb);
falaηkow, falaηkowa (Songhai-Kaado) [fananko]
he/she/the one who goes on all fours; disabled /
handicapped / incapacitated person
falawa aluminium;
any shiny metal (noun; 23p)
fanaη [falaη] go / cawl on all
fours (verb)
fananko, fanankwa [falaηkow, simberko]
he/she/the one who goes on all fours; disabled /
handicapped / incapacitated person
fandu, fando round
flat mat [for sifting, bowl lid or fan]
(noun; 24p)
fansi to dig (verb;
23p)
fansiko, fansikwa [dey fansiko]:
digger of wells (noun; 6, 11)
far to farm
(verb; 8)
fareje {fareeje} stick, block, brick
(noun; 16)
saafun fareje: stick, block of soap
farga to be tired,
to be fatigued [low tone] (verb; 19p);
fatigue, tiredness [tone from low to high] (noun;
19p)
farhan, farhan
{farahã}
joy, cheerfulness [tone from high to low] (noun; 13p)
farhan [te farhan] {farahã} to rejoice; to be
happy, to be joyful [tone from high to low] (verb;
13p)
farhandi {farahandi; farahendi} to make
cheerful; to bring joy (verb)
farhante {farahante} cheerful, jolly (adjective)
farhanto, farhanta {farahanto, farahanta}
person who is cheerful (noun)
fari, faro
cultivated field, farm (noun; 6p)
fari-koy, fari-koyo
owner of a field or farm (noun; 11p)
farkay, farka
{farkey, /a} donkey [high
tone ; domestic animal (noun; 1p,
5 list)
farmi science or
occupation of farming (noun; 23)
farsi to divide, to
make into equal parts (verb; 24p)
farsimi, farsimo
fraction, part, half, portion of a division
(noun; 24p)
farta see fatta
fata underarm, wing
(noun; 10, 20p)
fatama (chicken) louse (noun)
fatkoy, fatkoyo [curo] wing owner, bird
(noun; 13)
fatta {farta} to go out, to
exit, to leave; to come out; to germ, to germinate (verb,
5p, 11);
fatta (laabo) ra: to go out of [the country]
(verb; 5p)
fattandi to make to leave, to make to go
out (verb, 7)
fawa to butcher, to
dress a carcass for sale (verb; 11p)
fawako, fawakwa butcher (noun; 11)
fay {fey} to divide, to
separate, to divorce, to split up; to distribute
(verb; 11p);
fay-fay {fey-fey} to divide in a number of parts
(verb);
fay nda {fey nda, fenda} to leave alone, to separate oneself from,
to drop, to let go of, to get away from
(verb; 22)
fayandi {feyendi} to pronounce a divorce
(verb)
fayanto, fayanta {feyanto, /a} divided,
separated, divorced (adjective)
fayko, faykwa {feyko, feykowa} person who
separates, who sows discord (noun)
fayyan, fayyaŋo {feyyoŋ, /o} action of
dividing, separation, divorcing (noun)
feji, fejo sheep
[singular; domestic animal] (noun; 4p,
5 list);
feji garu: ram (noun; 5)
feji ham: mutton (meat of sheep) (noun; 15)
feji nya: ewe [has given birth] (noun; 5)
feji way: ewe [has not given birth] (noun; 5)
feema {feeme, feema} oven; altar for
incense (noun)
feema kangay, feema kangayo: oven stone
(noun)
fenetar, fenetaro
(F): window (noun; 6p)
fereje, ferejo brick
(noun; 12p)
feri {feeri} untie, open, uncover (verb;
grammar)
filana a certain, so
and so, such and such (noun; 24p)
firssa cobra [reptile] (noun; 5 list)
fisi to scratch
around in [high tone] (verb; 24p);
fisi, fiso garbage,
sweepings, refuse [high tone] (noun; 24p)
fiti to open (verb;
10p)
fitifita duck (shoveler / garganey /
chestnut-bellied sand grouse) [bird] (noun; 5 list)
fitila lantern, lamp
(noun; 19p)
fo [ho]: to greet
[short vowel]; to hunt [game; long vowel]
(verb; 2p, 13p);
fo [afo]: one [1]
[high tone; in combination with noun] (cardinal
number; 3)
fobu, fobo clay
water pot (noun; 10p)
fofo hello, thanks,
greetings (adverb; 2p)
follon only
one (adverb; 18);
banda follon: levelled out, even (adverb; 18)
folo, fola hag,
purse, sack (noun; 19p)
fonda [see also fondo] greeting
with [used in greetings, derived from "fo nda"]
(interjection; 7)
fondey Coke's hartbeest [mammal] (noun; 5 list)
fondo, fonda road,
way [like French “chemin”],
path
(noun; 5p, 9p);
fu fondo: a way home,
home road (noun; 5p)
fongu #: to remember,
to reflect (verb; 26p)
foono kirey monkey [mammal] (noun; 5 list)
foono bi baboon [mammal] (noun; 5 list)
foono kirey patas monkey [mammal] (noun;
5 list)
foor-guuri, foor-guuro [foor-ize, ~-izo]
testicle
(noun; 10)
foori, fooro (?) [gaani]: feast, celebration; game;
dance (noun)
foori batama: location of feast; playground
foori batama dooni: song of location of feast
foori-ize, foori-izo [foor-guuri,
foor-guuro] testicle (noun; 10)
fooru, fuuro scrotum [tone: low-low] (noun; 10)
fooru {foru} to feast; to play; to dance
[tone: high-low]
(verb; 17p); to
skin (an animal) [tone: high-high] (verb)
fotoforo carp species (Cyprinidae) [fish]
(noun; 5 list)
fottu
bitter (adjective; 18);
fottu-fottu slightly
bitter (adjective; 18)
foy to spent, to
pass the daytime [high tone]; to pass the middle of
the day [low tone] (verb; 2p, 7p);
foy, foyo sauce, gravy to go on dish [tone from low
to high]
(noun; 16p)
foyan [hoyan]:
hunting (noun; 13p)
foyyan state of
being during the day (noun; 7p)
Franse French
(adjective; 6)
Fransi boro
Frenchman / Frenchwoman (noun; 6)
fu, fuwo [hu] house, home
(noun; 1p);
fu borey: members of
one's immediate family (noun; 26p);
fu fondo: a way home,
home road (noun; 5p)
fufule, fufula
humidity, heat; hot weather (noun; 13p)
fukoy, fukoyo home-owner, proprietor; head
of a house
(noun; 11)
fula hat, beret [not
straw hat] (noun; 11p)
fulanzam to rest, to
breathe, to take a vacation, to breathe in [low
tone] (verb; 13p);
fulanzam eleventh month of lunar year
[high tone] (noun; 25p)
fullu, fullo anus (noun; 10)
fumbu to rot, to
stink, to smell badly (verb; 16, 21)
fun to come from; to
come of something [tone from low to high]; to make a
vehicle go, to drive, to row [a boat] [tone from
high to low] (verb; 5p, 18p)
fun gaa ga kaη: to fall from -
handariyayzey ga fun beena gaa ka kaŋ: the stars
shall fall from heaven
funa to live, to be
alive [not to reside] (verb; 10p)
fundi [biya] breath of live, source of
live (noun)
funsu to
breath out, to blow out, to exhale (verb; 17p);
danji funsu: to fight a fire;
funsu ga: to blow upon
furo: to
enter, to go into (verb; 5p);
furo fuwo ra: to enter the house
furu to throw out,
to throw away, to abandon, to discard, to abort, to
toss (verb; 13p)
furu kange [boŋ dake]:
cushion, pillow [literally: toss the knee]
(noun; 24p)
futay {futey} anger (noun) futel [watel] hotel (noun)
futu, futu, futo [*]:
bad, mean, dangerous (adjective; 5p) |
