g' [kan, k', watokan, watikan] when; which, that, who (conjunction;
7p);
[ga] [verb auxiliary to indicate imperfect, i.e.
present and future tense] (auxiliary; 3, 5)ga to help,
to aid [low tone] (verb; 21);
[g'] ~ [verb auxiliary to indicate positive imperfect,
i.e. present and future tense] (auxiliary; 3, 5)
ga ti
(~) to be
[linking verbs; identifiers] (verb; 9p)
gaa against,
on, by, from, at [long vowel, high tone]
(preposition; 6p); {ga}
by, next to, upon, against [usually indicates contact]
(adverb; 20)
gaanandi {gaanendi}: initiation
ceremony for newly possessed; learn to dance (verb)
gaananto, gaananta person initiated at
possession dance (noun)
gaani, gaano [foori] dance (noun)
gaanu {gaan} to dance; to travel through,
to cross, to put crosswise (verb);
gaanu batama place to dance (noun);
gaanuyan, gaanuyano {gaanyon}: dancing, act of
dancing (noun)
gaanuko, gaanuka {kaankow}: dancer (noun)
gaari saddle
(noun; 5)
gaayi [gay] to be a long time
[low tone]; to stay a long time, to delay, to linger
[intransitive] [low tone]; to hold back, to delay,
to stop [transitive] [high tone] (verb; 8p); to
support, hold up [dp]
a gay: it's been
a while [low tone] (adverb; 17p);
a gay kayniyo:
just a little while ago [low tone] (adverb; 17p)
gabi, gabo
strength (noun; 13p, 18);
da gabi kwaaray:
with a strong hand (adverb; 18)
gabikom [kabikoni] powerful person, strong
person (noun; 11)
gabikoni [gabikom] powerful person, strong
person (noun; 11)
gabou [noori guyya]: sacred ibis [bird]
(noun; 5 list)
gaham, gahamo body,
flesh [literally: body meat] (noun; 6p)
gaham baani: health [in the sense of health
of the body] (noun; music sheets)
gakasine help
afforded by a person (noun; 26)
gamagie flying fox [mammal] (noun; 5 list)
game between, in the
midst [will nearly always be]
(conjunction; 21)
gana to follow, to
obey [idiom "to be owed"] (verb; 7p, 21p)
ganda [laabu]
bottom, ground, land (noun); lower, under
(adjective; 9p);
below, down
(adverb; 9p)
ganday to fall on someone's neck - a na
nga izo ganday: he fell on his son's neck (verb)
ganda hi, ganda hiyo {gandahi} train
(noun)
gandafarkey common ant-lions (doodle bugs)
[animal]
(noun; 5 list)
gande, ganda chest
[anatomy] [low tone] (noun; 10, 20p)
gangamize parasite / insect [animal]
(noun; 5 list)
gangare, gangara
slope, incline (noun; 22)
gani third month of
lunar year (noun; 25p);
gani, gani, gano [*]:
fresh, uncooked, raw (adjective; 13p)
gani banda fourth
month of lunar year (noun; 25p)
ganji, ganjo
[saji]
uninhabited area, “bush” (noun; 7p)
ganji-farka waterbuck [mammal] (noun; 5
list)
ganji-yo girafe [mammal] (noun; 5 list)
gar [sometimes
garu]
to find, to come upon, to happen across by
appointment (verb; 12p)
garasa tanner; also
shoemaker (noun; 11p)
garaw to loan [high
tone] [something which will be repaid in equal
value, not an object which itself will return] (verb;
15p);
garaw bana: to repay a
loan (verb; 15p);
garaw sambu: to borrow
money, take up a loan (verb; 15p);
garaw, garawo a loan, a debt
[high tone] (noun; 15p)
garawkoni debtor (noun, 11)
garbe, garba cheek
[fleshy portion] (noun; 10, 320p)
garey to chase, to
chase away (verb; 12p)
gari flour of cassava
[manioc] (noun)
garu, garo mud house, mud
wall [tone from low to high] (noun; 24p); garu [gar] to find,
to come upon, to happen across by appointment [low
tone] (verb; 12p)
Gasa! Brother!; For
crying out loud! [rare] (interjection; 15)
gasama salamander [reptile] (noun; 5 list)
gasu, gaso half gourd
in form of a bowl (noun; 19p)
gawey hunting as a
profession (noun; 13p)
gay {gaayi;
gey} to be a long time; to last, to take (time)
[low tone]; to stay a long time, to delay, to linger
[intransitive] [low tone]; to hold back, to delay,
to stop [transitive] [high tone] (verb; 8p); to
support, hold up [dp]
a gay: it's been
a while [low tone] (adverb; 17p);
a gay kayniyo:
just a little while ago [low tone] (adverb; 17p)
gayandi {geyendi, geyandi} to make last
long, cause to linger (verb)
gayanto, gayanta {geyanto} the older, the
oldest (noun)
gaynda {geynda} to go without (something)
for a long time; to be absent from for a long time
(verb)
gayyaη, gayyaηo {geyyaη, geyyaηo} duration
(noun)
za gayyaη: since long ago, since along while
ago (adverb; 17)
gisi to lay down; to depose (verb; 11)
goboro widow, widower
[add alboro or wayboro to precise]
(noun; 26p)
gobu cane, stick, rod
(noun; 24p)
gomni, gomno grace,
free gift [no return expected] (noun; 3p)
gonda [#] to have
[literally: to be with] (verb; 5p)
gondi, gondo
(~) snake
[reptile]
(noun; 8p, 5 list)
goro to
sit, to dwell, to reside (to live), to reside in (to
live in), to remain [low tone] (verb; 3p);
goro, gora cola nut [tone from high to
low; Cola acuminata] (noun; 12p)
gorokasine,
gorokasino neighbour (noun; 26)
gorokoy, gorokoyo retailer of cola nuts
[see goro] (noun; 11)
goroŋgari, goroŋgaro
rooster (noun; 5)
goroŋo, goroŋa
chicken [bird] (noun; 5p, list);
goroŋo nya: hen [has
laid eggs] (noun; 5);
goroŋo way: hen [has
not laid eggs] (noun; 5)
goy to work [high
tone] (verb; 4p);
goy, goyo work; occupation, trade;
obligation; affair [high tone] (noun; 4p);
goy-ize, goy-izo [goyteeri / o] workman with
salary (noun)
goy-jiney tool(s) for work (noun)
goyandi {goyendi } to use, to utilize; to
study magic (verb);
goyandi, goyando {goyendi, /o} magic
goykasine, koygasino
colleague,
work-partner, fellow-labourer (noun; 26)
goyko, goykwa worker, a person who is
working (noun)
goytarey, goytara
state of work (noun; 22)
goyteeri, goyteero [goy-ize] professional
worker, workman with fixed salary (noun)
gu [= igu] five [5]
[in combination with noun]
(cardinal number; 3)
gula (noun)
gumo very, very much
(adjective; 13p);
gumo-gumo very much, a
great deal (adverb; 18)
guna to look, to look
at, to watch (verb; 3p)
gunde, gunda abdomen,
belly; stomach (noun; 10, 20p);
baba
gunde: real father (noun; 26);
te gunde: to become pregnant (verb;
20p)
gungu, gongo island
(noun; 22)
gunguri, gunguro
[guri] egg
(noun; 8p)
guri, guro
[short form of gunguri] egg (noun; 8p)
guru to fetch [water]
(verb; 23p)
gusu to be deep (verb; 9)
gusu, guso hole, pit
[high tone] (noun; 21);
gusu, gusu, guso [*]
deep [tone from high to low]
(adjective; 21)
guuru, guuro
metal, iron; hour, time, o'clock (noun; 23p)
guuru bari, guuru bariyo [velo] bike,
bicycle [literally: iron horse] (noun)
guuru bi, guuru biyo
iron, steel (noun; 23p)
guuru ciray, guuru
cira copper (noun; 23p)
guuru
kwaaray, guuru
kwara aluminium, any shiny metal (noun; 23p)
guuru sey, guuru seyo
brass, bronze (noun; 23p)
guuru sisiri [konkayzemiimandakomo; talfon]
telephone (noun)
gurza to print (verb)
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